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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1885)
THE WEST SHORE. 197 petitiou nmy be looked for butweeu thu uow route ami all HARNEY VaLLEY, OREGON, the old Amerioan lintjs, especially sinoe an effort will l KPHK ennflieting MmTiti ni to the njricn'.tural raluo made to establish new steamer routes to Australia and 1 of Harney Valley (in Grant County, Oregon,) still China from the terminal point on Burrard Inlet The continue to bo made. All the best meadow land is hold, result will be awaited with considerable interest by the or rather "claimod," under the swamp land laws, while people o! the Coast the remainder is oooupiod solely by stockmen, who assert that it iB valueless for agriculture. A gentleman who Nothino is more convincing of the fact often stated rooctiy returned from the valley corroborates thexo in Thb West Sh'oue, that the settlement of our Western L,,,,,,, auj adds that tho nighU are too oool for valleys and table lands and the cutting up of onr great Lra;n anj wrtu ne oonsiders the valley good only for cattle ranges into farms will not destroy the live stock aivirying and Btock raising. Such does not, however, interests, than a careful comparison of the statistics of L)poar to be the opiiiion of others no doubt as well qual different localities. The Commissioner of Agriculture inwl M j16 jUlige 0f fa capabilities. One of these, who reported in 1884 that Illinois had 1)00,943 dairy cattlo, uaH recotly nm0 a personal examination, contributes valued at $35 each, and 1,442,344 stock cattle, worth $28 L8 f0n0WiU to the Frinovillo Newt: "Tho area of liar each. Iu contrast with this stands Texas, with GG7.501 Loy Yalley proper, iucluding the arms that extend up dairy cattle, worth I24.C0 each, aud 4,277,700 stock cattle, Lnnji emfa wujuu jjow t M mmm M 000,000 worth $17.51. When tho totals are considered we find aore(l( ni0Bt of which is ginxl mowing, gracing and farm. Illinois has 2,300,000 cattle, valued at $72,000,000, while L,g Mlli standing on tho low hills surrounding this the 5,000,000 cattle of Texas are worth only $90,000,000. 1 valley, one can see tho herds of horses ami cattle, which Texas shows eighteen cattle to the square mile, and HU- Lght very much recalls tho scenery on the plains, which nois forty-two. It is very evident that the settlement and ju eariy jayi( woro ooyorod by oouutless herds of buffaloee. cultivation of a region, in addition to other advantages, L16 sports 0f Iudian scares have generally boeu invented adds to the numbers and value of live stock it supports, for tue purpto of keeping people from Kittling tho val and to the general wealth, which, however, is taken from ey iuore Wftg an Indian exoitemout a few day. ago, the hands of tho few and given with the increase iuto the wujch r0(mitod u tho finding of twenty Iudians, all told, hands of tho many. Lf wumn ine wure 0U( decrepit and nearly blind, and , . . i i it the romaluder women and children. This report is sub Float tin has at various times boon found on the , ',, . . . .. , . . , . . . , . .. .. . . stent ay a fact, as uvoetigatod by a oompauy of regular Coast, but the ledges from which it come have never ... ' . . . . , ,, , 44 . " , , V" , l i ii l ii sold ors sent up from Fort Bidwoll about two weeks ago. been discovered. Frospectors should not neglect any ,. , , - , v , T ,. , , " . ,. .. . .. . 1. 1 i i ii i T i 1 1 Of all tho land I saw iu Harney Valley, I did not see indications of tin, for a good lodge of that metal would " ' . . . .. ' ..." ... ii i ii i it i more tlian a section of laud that could bo possibly con- bo worth more to them and tho country than dozen , ,. .. . , , . m i r ii i- in m ir- n s dorod as swamp. There are thousands of acres of good silver lodes. On this subject the Chicago Mimng Iievww ,uu"ou r !!m, i- . . . i, hi i n il it i i niowiua laud in different parts, which is inado giKxl by says: "Tho discovery of tin in tho Black Hills of Dakota u'nu. . . ... , ' , , ! i the annual overflowing of the valley from tho numorotw in many localities, tho development of mines upon veins , . .. . .. . , . . , ' . , - . ii in-i i i , streams of water that pour down their channels from Hie of tho mineral sufficient to ostabbsh iU tote am J 1 on , , of permanency and the purchase o mdls fo the purpose m)low o utilizing the M,ne, have diMjr tt Ito ton , March and April, drying np in the of Enulw h capita iste, and a number of investments have , v " v, . .. ' ' . . i i ti ii s f ii : latter part of May, aud remaining so tho balanoa of the already been made. It would seem, in view of tho im- "'""r , - , V . , , ii ii if i in voar. Tho first meadow grass that appears is tho wire 1 menso demands for this mineral in this country, and the J""1' , , , , , .. rneiise ueuwuu. j j I y oovors the ground, tfreat ooat to oonsumers, that capitalists would bo awake B , , " . ,. . . . . .... ,. 1 , .. , , and. when tlie water leaves, an iinmeiiMO growth of wild to the importance o lb, discovery, and cerjunly invent i- auj olovor grow up, which. .11 Ukeu U.gether, gate the probability of the advantage, offered in this J P rf "rectl0IL leef-fnt in tlie winter month But, for fear oue may Coiteb mines in the West are very largely dopendent think this iminouso extiint of valley is .11 good, I would upon the silver contained in tho ore for their successful say that it is not .11 mowing lamL There are large working. Take, for iuslonoe, tho great copper producers tracts of .ago, rye grass aud greasowood lands, of which, of Butte City. Were it not for tho large percentage of perhaps, not more than one-tenth would be fit for mowing silver they could not bo successfully compote with the land on natural meadows. Tho sage laud is jood, as is mines of Lake Superior, where labor and tlie cost of re- also the rye grass land, for farming, while the greasewood duction are so much less. Such being the case, the cop- land is . nover-failiug browse which .dually keejw cattle per men .re as much interested in the question of main- and horse, fat during tlie winter; then comes the meadow taining the position of silver in our monetary system as land, which never fails of a crop. I was shown . small are tho great silver kings of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and piece of land, wbioh did not look any better than thou. Nevada. When tho inevitable fight oomee in Congress sands of acres surrounding it, which Mr. Mace, the owner, next winter the silver and copper men will be found pull- said produoed forty-two bushels of wheat to the ton in log together. Il88i (
