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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1889)
3M THE WEST SHORE. atopH and is gszing t 'Now ,b8 U WilkiDg away." " 1 -e tithing," said the older man, coldly. I came oul of the shadow while Hector's eyes were ttill following the figure he had seen, and itood U fore them. " iUbiUmn," I id, trying to speak calmly, "I U brought Ibis box at the request of the lady yon art -akicg of, fur ale ii dead." ClUU.lM RlhMl.L Ol H NET- TUB TOWN Or CENTHAL POINT. ON the eigtitrbtb of bruary, 1S89, the late leg Ulaturo lneorjiratrd the town of Central Poiut( io Jarkwm county, Oregon, one of the new and rap Idly growing towns of Rogue river valley. Tho Uiwo lutD named la-cause of iU location, Wing in the very center of tho inhabited portion of Jackson county, and the "central point" for a largo area of the mt fertile and prodactire portion of that part of the stat ) ofU'n referred to aa the M Italy of Ore gm." The town hu iprong op in response to a de mand of a Urgt and pulous region for a shipping and trading piint nesrer than the older towns of AihUbd, Jacksonville, I'Liraix and Medford. The county roods telling from those towns into this por tion of the ulley, all pus through Central Point, thns rendering it unueorMry for the residents of this re gion to gn to the older towns cither for purpotos of basinets or to reseh a gd shipping point on the railroad for their produce The town now has a pop. ulalion approximating fire hundred, and is making a rapid and most gratifying growth. The tat idea of the rrU (Vntral Point has for becoming a city of ranch commcrciJ importance can be obUined from a brirf KUD(y. st the t xtett and character of the conn try batorally tribuUry to it Immedintoly north and boithwM Ii K.ffkl thousand aerrs of Und nnsur. rd io fertility for Ulh guin and fruits. On the est lies a Urgt. art. of Ml khi ,blt j, lj famous for iU pnoctiro qualities for fruit and gtaja. The Und are t um fmrn frost and drouth, acd the prulocU are of sujrrior siit snd hvor' llert, also may U found a lirg ncreK 0f graitl On the outbid, south and a.-utheut Ii. a soil of fflttle, .4k Um, UDe,crlW flir rcrrl fftrni r?;r ,vtl:.,utA . that CJ Wtlral Point lb cbe.jt Mj 1 - . - ) 4 ' " ""'1 I irg ii ncn, ajjuriai Um, cM uuj fllf lh to Irrigate tin, lds, it cuU u djc(s Ui yet excellent crops have always been produced by careful cultivation without irrigation. Farther east; just beyond Bear creek, is a tract of adobe land known as the " Big Sticky " country, because of the adhesive properties of that class of eoiL Cultivation of this adobe land is harder than the loam soils, but wonder, f ul crops are produced. The foothills of that region possess those great fruit producing qualities which are rendering the hill lands of Jackson county so famous. Here are thousands of acres the home seek, er and prospective fruit grower can obtain at a price but little greater than that charged by the govern, ment Valuable deposits of coal, iron and copper lie in these hills, and will ere long be called npon to yield np their stores of wealth. North of the " Big Sticky," and at a distance of only five miles from Central Point, lies a region known as the " desert" It is now used chiefly as a stock range, but will soon be as pro dactive as the other regions mentioned. Its soil pos sesses all the elements of fertility, and water is all that is necessary to render it arable. Water may be brought npon this tract from Rogue river and both Little and Big Butte creeks. In a few years irriga tion ditches will conveit the desert into a valuable farming region. Still farther to the northeast, and distant ten miles from Central Point, lies the Little Butte creek country, through which flows Little Butte creek, and on this stream is situated a thrifty little town called Eagle Point The soil of this country is of loam and adobe, very rich and productive. This country consists of small valleys and rolling hills, and is settled quite extensively. Little Butte creek, for water facilities, is not surpassed in this country, al though but little is used, there being but one grist mill on its banks. Little Butte creek, from the main valley to its source, is bordered by small valleys and rolling hills, while away from the stream are large belts of timber, consisting of yellow pine, sugar pine, cedar and fir, which for lumbering purposes are very valuable. The upper portion of the Little Butte, ai well as the entire Big Butte country, is used princi pally as a stock range. To view tho country north-northeast of Central Point a distance of five miles, Rogue river will be croMcd on a freo bridge, which cost the county nearly IU.000.00 to construct, and is located directly oppc aiU the upper Table Rock, from which the country in question takes its name, The Table Rock country embraces a large scope of territory, and a large por tion of its soil is exceedingly productive in grain and 'tables. Along the north bank of Rogue river are prown tho celebrated watermelons raised by 0. Jwkaon, from whose farm the Portland market ii ia 1 grf l "Pplied. This Table Rock country bu auy natural advantage, which, when folly (level.