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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1890)
arvcn mile from Mw. A mull mill if now in ojcration there, and it capacity I to I fcrratl in-cn-awd thi wiin. The claim art rich. anl thnr development ia not a difficult matter. There are numefou othrr location that will pay well fur work in; ami which art likely m to If improved liut ihirtj-fir mile northeait of Motw i one of the richcat mica minm in the cjuntry a rich at any in North Carolina. It ii owned by the I'rrka, of Chicago, who hare done very little toward it development, but annually take from it quit a anug miii Want rrr, a dipoition to more full develop thi mine ii mani fmted, and it ii likely to hk hm the leading mica pro duccr in the I'nitM State. Of fimt importance in the Mcow country are the grain interrst. The average yield -r arre of wheat, which U the mo't valuable crop, ii twenty five buhr. The aoil ia of that jKfuliar, deep, ahy nature that rharacWui nearly all of the Inland Kmpire It l of volcanic origin, and ita fertility and lading jualili are truly wonderful. No artificial fertilizer are ul there. The complaint in Mine plan a ii that tic land ia lt rich for ordinary croj. Vrar afler year crop that uually pap the productivcneM of the let of oil are harvmted in the 1'a.idt valley and on lVt lakh prairie in inch ijuantitiea at are amaiing to the ronnrvative huabandmrri of the rat, and yrt the land dm not loom ban Wheat, oata and barley are aure crojnt and yield in abundance. Corn ia grown to a limited extent. Kmmd only to the grain minea the llai of the country alout Mcow. Th-re ii opjr tunity for building up vat manufacturing int-reat baed on the Has prluctin of that region, and it ia not likely that the oprtunity will long I negated Mill for utilizing both llai a-d and f)Ur would find a profitable field for oj-ratin at Modw, and cau the development on a large ale of what i nw truly an infant inluotry, though im rtanlln it infamy, Klai culture can U made very profitable b-ninrt in the Katern l'aloue country. It I aUi rirrllent fruit and veri table land, though the fruit racing baa Urn neither thoroughly nor r ilenively pro-ru!rd Fruit i arld'tn pnlucr. in any co,ideraMe qnanli&a until a country ii well n-ttM and ita orrhar 1 ha a rne age. Knough ba lri d ne to drrnofutrate the adaptability of the -nl and eliinai to all the common fruit, and in itne p!ar prache, prv-., grajeffl oth' r teller varirtiea t! urUb All the or Jiury veg. tabjra grow and yield well. TV urfv of the country i rolling It draini iid(, but t-H aUrb nugb mature during the wintrf afl jf-g l f"d tb growing tn- d-jrir;g the dry iti. It U it; tu.t to any one tM familiar with that r"';i.?ry U out an arra of apparently jrr hrd 4 tni UA u?W.i Ci-uKihbg lA, l).(h lU .rf: fcay U lA anl duty, Uneath there ia aUay mituri within rih of the n,t .f planta He n it h It nief lakea. Wing thu -r'ii and dorp, it aUrU a grrl dral of mit'iture and jlel I it up again to the demand of growing rrv4 when the air I dry and the mn h t Jiv)W fall in wtnUr, but grating animal ciKfatly gt a g--il living fr themdr all the yrr. Tic aummer have warm day and c l night The at miphere i th-ar and healthful at all am Utah nunty ha an agricultural fair arutiti that ba improved a tr t 'f I' are a d;-lnlg M. cow for the purje of hil ling annual fEr It b llie uual ra-Te trak a ljuiK t Mre than b le n raj-Mided in the lmprvrment Therityba a park omprUing an are of nearly f-ur arr which i centrally I aUd and i Uing imprord at the pib llC f rtMV The Minnow aite ia mi a light ltkclinet"iard I'ara dte rfrrk The ground ri lo the rait and U g'tilly undulating Th l'UitK lrrtta ar in ll valUy and the reiette irtupy lite higher ground, ff-m which tlre U an uivUlrurtr.1 lie i f a wi l r'ge of country. To the rat and north "r of the Crur I'Alene mountain rJiev the rolling prairie Th'" mountain are ri h In mineral and Uar an an. lint xipply of timtr The now that linger lKrif Ullitnit lltt of the year frr)tr(t the hrel" afl Upplie moillure fif kfJlg grerfi the billib turn where tlfnanli of grailtig animal ff the Hnake rmr country feul In ul'it fd wUu the rangra Ulow are brvwn and dry M ' I tli i attrartite 'ri In Uing ao frlt'd t.i the a !,"( t oi'intry that it ronunand an ImmervM vd irne i,f .t lnea, It i a Uaitifjl retiderne t-.n Tb iiumUr of pUaiant U'tuf, illmtraUl with thi U-f f U rrr f'ti'-ar, trtifir t- the U that it it a rity t t h"O.M aa well aa i f U!f TU fl af Mfpitirg b4l in no way Ind-jr l (th a r kU pifil IVir p lrity i -fenitial. lhn I y d ".ti n l ib'cr loally p'ih matter f t f- r that the yt U i f l- dy will U blaud by tl.e r r t i.l of I nrr I'.ail bog oj rati" in M" o will l liiely thU yrar l-t yar hty i.w f'tit wre r..r. tni'te. in tl lti a?d abjit II'","" ivl"l n the ilnlih of biiOfM b 'iK 7h 1"t I Will I greatly in.f-md tjn t)e prrf.l t Vm4 brk are manfet irl In lU rily, thr i lack of n.aUrial I f ornn.ntl u tultitM l-it 7b rl i i;.ktt that ry ' rntitiit Mm of i-'Mae fHjf.tr t t'.tilf fr of lalv ! a healthy rofj.u.w ail arJ M w r'. tji a I I lsttAitt l i gth of a kind lUt it rfn.af-e.! tl ait atVf.t- n d th t;yt c vaJ tlnr, ly ri '( u ytiii ty tA afrl i i.an.J'it itt .h