Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-09-19
COUNTY
sources Make It Ideal
Place For Home.
CULTURE AND NUMBERING
d FOUND AT THEIR BEST
b Acres Lying in Valley Now
| Cultivation-2OO,OOO More
Acres Available.

county lies on the ''west
of the Willamette river, about
" between the headwaters and
outh Of that stream, being some
les south Of Portland. Half
c0unty is in the open valley
4lf III the timbered mountains,
~ varied agricultural resources,
ed with this splendid timber
make it one of the richest
s Id Oregon. Near the river,
Forms the eastern boundary,
~ rolling hills which vary in
Rrom 400 to 800 feet, and
~ mostly cultivated. The val
unfrx lying between these hills
VA coS y mountains is about 10 |
wide md 25 miles long. This |
tiH1ipal agricultural section
ontx ins Some of the most cele-
INV Farms, fine stock farms,
orchards, poultry yards, hop
nnd berry and vegetable gar
Ii tho entire state. Rolling as
istriet is, it requires little arti-
drainage. Formerly grain crops
;Sd the Intention of the farmers
buz Of late years this land has
VI 81 valuable that only small
bf II Il now devoted to the rails
Wheat and oats. Celery and
a9u beds and peach orchards
rofItable in the creek and river
md there are also numerous
erejnl pear and apple orchards
county, principally on slopins
IN An orchard adjoining
wiley is one Of the largest
c1t selebrated of the apple and
61uhArds of Oregon. But the
fSl scope is not solely confin-
these things. Practically
.Ift and vegetable known to
Srate zone can be successful
1|31,er district lies at an eleva-
1om 1000 to 5000 feet above
@& md contains nearly 0,00O,-
feot Of standing merchantable
hich is being handled by 20
VIA pIaning mills, which are ex-
no fheir interests as the demand
tommodity increases. The
i 11ostly Douglas fir, although
Il s6me larch, hemlock, and ce-
White pine and oak are found
6iII4 along the Willamette rlv-
h 66< In the open country.
of4a of the county is 10Y
6iiles, one-third the size OF
W. BIZ Delaware. OF this, Is
Hes is in national forest,
fSare a few hundred acres OF
161Tfated domain, remote and
6{ access, in the Coast noun
Ma probably too rough for
ding. The county ranks sec
HE state of Oregon IN the
y 1f hops, fifth in prunes, fifth
1tries, first in Angora goats
Ii5t In registered Jersey cattle.
b the Blue Ribbon county OF
k6le. having carried away the
~ honors at the state fair in Sa-
W. Fall in competition with the
al counties. And at the North
14nafacturers and Land Pro-
how in Portland in 1914, III
1d{ion with counties in all the
0f the northwest, Polk also car
81 Grst honors.
census of 1910 showed a popu-
81 16, ,159, or about % people to
c1are mile. 90 per cent of which
1nerican born. Of the foreign
0ne-fourth are Canadians, and
ts1ance principally Germans,
sh. Russians, Scandinavians,
Scotch and Irish. There are
niles of railroad in Polk bor-
md the Willamette to the east
nh&s water transportation as far
6<pendence.
{ soils of the county are deep
foHile and are drained by the
<1cle, Yamhill and Luckiamute
18th their tributaries. 25OO
oVer is undeveloped in these
Fine well water is obtained
e|hs varying from 20 to 100
"a the water supply of the
4. Downs and cities of the coun-
rure and cool. The value of
Ind varies according to i'm
&1ents and location from cities,
1rroved land, 2 miles from rail
1epot, is worth from 500 to
q acre; 5 miles out SO to
ID miles out $50 to SO. I'm
<ed lands, 5 miles out are worth
>r acre and 10 miles out $40 per
Logged-off lands (that section
&hich the timber has been re-
4 but where the stumps are still
Ing average in value about S25
~ county there are 40 school
81, 4 city and s district high