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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1887)
TH K WKST HHOKrl all U tn for iMtthtnont, ici miner al land and certain tract reserved t aid enWpri fir th public lenef)L The naturalisation law are very literal. All that la rv-ry to lvime citi Wti, Jrjs ,f all Iitical and other right, i declaration of intention to Income ttch, u'i.lrntitl by threo year' rraidetH and tho oath of alle giance An alien can tranaart bunim- and hold real etate. The Ural law are riUe mely literal, and render it omj for any one tii aTure homo for almont nothing. Tho provincial government roainUina ft general immigration oflic ftt Victoria, t which tranger ahould apply for information, and to which let ter of inquiry ahould lo addreMl. The goierntnent ha guide and agontf, ho not only aupply neehi information, but ftMut immigrant in udocting loc lion. On Vancouver inland are to lm fouuI plendid location for hundred of fami lit, and th owning railway ro- no will aupply hundred more. It i eUmW tLftt there are three hundred and ulut j tlwiuand acre of arable land on the uUnd, of which three hundred thouaand are well ui(h1 for agriculture, the greater jiftion, htittr ver, lieitg bev iljr tiuUmL Tl.it mammoth uland, and lh nurnenm mllcr one along the oxut, will, in few jrAfA, le Milled ojn by UooumcJa. The chief arable tract are found in the extreme aouth lrn -rti..o, where a margin of low and ullahlo IatxI, varying from two to Un mil in width, lie UtiNn the mountain and the w Aicr. Tbi embrac ft th (!. .1, MctrLin, Sle ul 11 4;Llr 1 iU'.rioiA. Alotg iho tAUrn oftt ho lh lViclkn. SaalU-1, Chs bwibu ftt4 S fc.tb. ilutiirlA, tLru-b Licb ruu Iho lUr rilA),faa K juimk)t U Nr.kin..v I'Mthrr uortb. axt tio C4uvi, AlUrti Afel SAlo.m lit. r rrgioBA, Hr ttoch a1oa)U ah- rultaral Unl txirt. Thofxtrpmo north orn crl of tho ilaml h ftn extDfito ftro of comjrfirntiTely Ior-l UnI, lying in tho vicinity of Fort Ilajx-rt, an oM Htcf lh IInlw)t)' IUy (VimjtAny. (n th went iiilo, but few ttlornenU hare ln rnfttlc, though along the moltitutle of !) ami inU-ta there are many acres of valuable lan I, l-ide which, lumber, f)h atd aal are there in abundance. During the tut decade, Vancouver in land will aettl up rapidly, and thecloH? of that p-ri'l will aee a continuous line of tlourinhing KettlemenU encircling the ialand, with eitended railway and steam er traniMirtation routa linking them together. The aoil of the cultivable landu on the iidnnd ct.tifii.t, in the main, of drift d 4iU of clay and aaud, over which, for the mt jiart, Uiere lien a browuihh black urfac noil, varying frm to to four fe t in thickneM, and containing a large projirtion t)f vegetable matter. In many loralitii, very rich Ioaiuh apjar. When properly cultivab-J, the average yield r acrt, of rt-reaU, U twenty-live buhi 4 of wheat, fifty of oat, ft rty of Chealier Urley, huh fifty of rough lar. ley. Kye, buckwheat, corn, Lo (in certain place), Uanx, pean, jiutatoen, melon and garden vegetable produce, abundantly. All fruiU of tho temperate .ne thrive and Uar prolifically. CaU tie, in atnall hand, do well and aupport theumhe the year nmnd by grazing upon the etlible plant and graaa of the more thinly woodM dUtricta, and browa irg on tho tenth r bruh and the nutri tious lichen which hang from the tre branchea. I Jul care i n puir(-J, ex cept to protide helter, wh re dry betl may i found by the animal during the rainy wratLer. I.yitg along the l"ra r rier, aa far npaatlie t.wn of IIoj, are tutaerou tracU of arable lanL The d. lu latiil about the mouth of the river, are Dot ex