Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-23
WHERE she EUSTlcETED.
Aud Spent Vacation-CorvaIiis
Won1an'S Letter.

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home this week from a months
visit up the Colu mbla at little
place called Mist. To the
Gazette she has, by request, sent
letter telling of the section in
which she has been taking her
vacation, and her many friends
will be interested in reading
what she says. The letter fol-
lows:
"The Nehalem is a long, mar.
row valley nesting among the
hills of Columbia and Clatsop
counties. 1t takes its name
from the beautiful Nehalem river
which flows through its center.
This valley, I am informed, is
about AZ miles long and not
more than one and quarter
miles wide at its widest point.
The head of the river is at point
called Buxton, about seven miles
from VERONA. and the mouth is at
Iilwaco. The distance between
the head and mouth is but 20
miles.
Saw mills and shingle mills
line this stream from source to
outlet, and some o. the most
valuable timber in Oregon is
found along its course. Timber
cruisers are being busy here
now buying up timber, and
everyone rates his real estate
pretty high, especially the tim
bered portions. For illustration:
One farmer bought a homestead
of go acres Eve or six years ago
for 81, 900, and less than a year
ago be sold it for $2, 900, and
others are doing as we'll.
The O. R. & N. is surveying
La railroad through this section.
now, from Ti1lamook to Astoria
and Portland. Should the road
go through here the Nehalem
valley will be one of the best in
Oregon for its size. No one can
realize the productiveness of this
section without seeing for one
self.
Of grain and hay the crops are
always good. Old settlers who
have lived here for 40 years state
that never have they seen fail
ure OF crops and that the yield is
always good. Wheat aud oats
are sown in the spring and I
wish you could see the great bill
lowy fields of grain that will be
ready to harvest in couple of
weeks.
| Just now the farmers are busy
moving away their hay, which
is a heavy crop this year, princi-
pally clover and timothy. Vetch
is almost unknown here, only
about one acre being grown for
experiment. One rancher asked
me if vetch looked anything like
clover, when growing. Hop
fields are numerous here, also,
and yield heavily.
About 1000 pounds of cream
is shipped out of Nehalem valley
per week. A large pastuerizer is
located here.
| Three shingle mills, all within
a distance of six miles, are do.
ing rushing business with a
daily average output each OF
$4,000 shingles. The mill near
where 1 am staying cut $4,000
shingles yesterday and has cut as
nigh as 81, 900 in day.
But what the Nehalem neeos is
railroad, and that badly; as it is
now, everything must be hauled
back and forth across the mount
aims from Clatskanie and shipped
from there by boat or rail to Port
| land. Produce has to pass
Through the hards of at least
1.-Two middlernen and that takes of
about all the profit for the Nehs-
lem farmer and manufacturer.
| OF fruits there is always an
abundance of the varieties tina
are grown. Plenty of apples,
pears, prunes, but peaches no moi
thrive here, and for some reason
only a few people have cherries
climbed a cherry tree YESTERDAY
| a big Royal Ami and ate unit
had to get ladder 10 get down,
but I must admit that San JOS
scale was pretty thick on the