August, 1881.
THE WEST SHORE,
919
of the same varieties. This is no mere
assertion, but is on actual fact. Cali
fornia Li& a quick toil ai.J warm climate
that result in prodigious growth with
coarse grain and diminished flavor,
while our climate and soil secure con
tinual, 4stcady and satisfactory growth
that enables nature to perfect her pro
ducts to the best advantage. This
great excellence, coupled with the
greatest certainty of production in good
localities, points to an immense Increase
of fruit growing in the future. The
sections of the world where prunes and
plums can be grown are small while
the demand for these fruits is very ex-
tensive. All fruits that are put up
with care and set handsomely before
the customer, sell well, and we only
need to have the world know the qual
ity of our fruit, as it already docs of our
grain, wool, hops, etc., to create a de
mand for Oregon canned and dried
fruits that will increase with time and
make fruit growing as staple an indus
try as we have among us.
We already have great orchards of
npple trees and some varieties of pears,
that have borne too freely when young
and now that the demand for green
fruit has decreased arc allowed to f.tll
into ncsrlect. But apples and pears do
not possess the value commercially that
belong to plums and prunes, and we
look to the future for a special move
ment to produce plums and prunes au
some varieties of pears. 1 here are 1
few varieties of each that possess very
great value and the orchardist who
knows his business will seek out those
varieties that commence in July au
continue to come into season succcs
sivelv. so that he can have three to four
months to devote to curing them. To
conclude, we must explain that while
1? real flctorica will no doubt be started
and made successful, the invention of
cheap drying machines has made it
possible for every fruit grower to pre
pare his fruit and put it on the matket
in perfect condition.
SOUTHERN ORKGON.
Thirty yenr ego, the Anglo-Saxon
history of Southern Oregon and North
ern California began to be enacted.
A few pale facet had pasted through
prior to that time; but it was not until
1851 that any of them, however daring
or however captivated by it lovely Val
ley, iu picturesquely grtnd mountain
scenery, r !t rich gold fields, dared to
pmutM the land.
But wherever nature ha been lavuh
of h thing that the corporeal man
covets, there the ubiquitous American
has been or will be found. And to this
on, 111 ky.lc bl J.O.U0 l.orJwi, CI
mountain barrier and of diatancc from
home of plenty and loved one there,
has, at a fcartul cost, however, been
successfully possessed by a Christian
civilization.
At one point alono in all this region
the Klamath Indian Reservation in
Southeastern Oregon the alorigines
remain, but now, peaceable and friend
ly, they have ceased to " learn war,"
and are slowly but surely learning the
arts, industries and religion of the
civilization referred to.
With this single exception, no trace
of a former occupancy of the country
remains, and Southern Oregon and
Northern California are to-day the
cultivated possession of the sujcrior
race.
In its wild originality this country
became famous for grandeur, variety of
mountain scenery and richness and
marvellous beauty of its valley lands
To-day it is in many rcscct without a
peer; cultivation has added the magic
of it enchantment to the scene, and
the picture is leyoud comparison.
In regard to climate, 11 has scarcely a
rival, and for health but few compare
with it.
The temperature is never Mow
zero, ami never atxivc 100 dcg., scarcely
ever reaching cither of these extreme.
Its mean is a!out 0 deg. at 6 A. M.,
and 50 deg. at I J M. in Winter, and 51
deg. at 6 A. M. ami 76 deg. at II M. in
Summer.
This of course refers to the valley
regions. On Mount Shasta, Mount
Pitt and other summits, where eternal
snows almund, the mercury is down to
where it is disagreeable for man, in
Winter at least, to dwell. Hut this Is
what gives variety, fieshncss and com
fort to the climate, it general mildnes
of character bring the result of other
causes.
If you will now turn traveler, and
take a rule with me in one of the
Oregon & California Co.' coache
over that portion of the road reaching
from the summit of the Siskiyou Moun
tain to Kock Point on Rogue river, I
will introduce you to a seen of un
rivalled grandeur and beauty.
The scene include Rogue river,
Hear river and Butt river valley, un
der the general name of Kogwe river
valley, with the mountain scenery sun
rounding it. The mountain scenery i
cuutM-d of tl.ut portion of tV.c Sh-
kiyou over which the road passes, and
at whose base it runt for distance of
40 milct in a northwest direction, to
gether with an arm thereof, commenc
ing where the road crosses the summit,
and reaching out north, northwest,
west and south to Rock Point, forming
a vast semi-circular amphitheater, 70
mile in scml-clrcumfcrcnce. Those
ate wooded mountain, the semi circle
licing principally prairie, not cloud-
capped and awe-inspiring, but heautl-
tiful undulating hills, verdure-clolhcd
and wood-skirted, and of modest pre
tension. We embark on the summit
of the mountain and dash down past
the mighty forest and rocky peak,
catching now and then a glimpse of the
opening panorama, and begin to rcalixe
that omclhing refreshing await u 1
yond. We pas the Mountain House,
and are at last face to face with the en
chanting scene. Here on our left are the
everlasting Sisklyous, through which
we have just passed, and at whose base
we travel over the south side of the
loveliest valley known to the tight of
mortal, while to the right, and from the
OpHIIC SHie Ol Hi ,ui.ij "I""!
stretching away and around the valley,
rise the grandly beautiful bill to which
our attention has been called. Alway
beyond comparison with other hilt, we
behold them to-day, covered with a veil
of snow, reaching down one-fourth of
the way to the valley, while Mow the
line of now all is verdure-covered ami
skirted with beautiful woods, checkered
with Held and plow, and studded with
lovely villa Winter and Summer
meeting and embracing eih ether.
Passing on down the valley past Ash
land, Phoenia, Jacksonville and Fort
Lane to the end of our journey, tlie
panorama continue In unfold with
never-failing loveliwe, until it U lost
Miind us as, with the water of Rogue
river, we enter the of the moon
tain at Rock Point.
Hut there U a point on llw way to
which we must return. At the Use of
these mountain on the west, where
dashes forth a ofe mountain tf",
coole-l with everlasting ttiowt, in
position to command at one view the
grand punorama, like very queen
arrayed in royal attire, lit Athlaiui,
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