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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1890)
vt mm:. tion of i Urge canal, to Up the Jvutb Yamhill rivtr t hrt diatance alwve JhctMan, (or the 'urje of con veying a large UJy of waUr to the city U le ul a a motive )rr. fii milte of this canal were then built, anJ there remain alut twelve mile mre ! cvitirt it lly the conttrurtion of thla canal, Me Minn till? vouM have a );tch cajatle of furnihing a Ijmljr of watrr with a fall of aevcnty frl, ami it la rtl matrl that it ran l cimlrtel at a rt of atut ', (. Many of the ritiwna here arc looking f rarJ to the raining of that turn fr the )uqw thU um turp. The gl ahowing Mr Minnville make la hut a re llrx of the iroi-ritjr ami fertility of tle country trib utary to it, which ritrml for a tliatanre north of tarn ty-five miW, wrt twtntyfiv milee, uth fifteen tnilrd, ami fat fMUrtrn milf. The 'il that ha ahievnl ao much for thii county of Yamhill, in the Uiltoin lamia, la a lam of dark gray color, ami will average from four to fifWn f t ilrj, while that of the higher IrvrU ii nimj"r in iint imtancre of a light mil of rrl lich color. The ulaml aoil oftat attain an rnormou Jrjith. A wtll mi rwrnlljr aunk on one of the hilli ttavr Uwn, that 4rrm the .il to a tlrj.th of eighty f-l Three lA hill are j-rovlng to I a pro furtive ai tin j-rairie Uml They Ulaln an average altitude of al-ut Nil fM, which ii al-ut Ut l jrritrr than the altitude of the lon, a com-uUl by one of Yamhill'a fut ririrmed count aurveyora One of the Uauti'e of the cultivation of the oil in thie I.rtin of Oregon ii that year after vcar there are ol tainM unfailing cn-j of all kin-la of crrral without irrigation, even on the t" f the fool hllla Kvent ually thii nrXion of Oreg-m will lome aa fainl ff the growing of rrrtain kirU of fruit a it U Unlay lr the i-rtxliution of whral ar-l U fU fruiU a chrrrir, j-lutiii, j.runtt. -ar anl j lr! ) wrll; a!M the imaller fruita audi ai fUfrirt, itraaUr ri anI llak UrrW Tl a-Ij talil.t of thU 4I f t fruit raUiiif U attrihitr-I U lit rl 4fair.x ail l the Uh-f larjrd in-J -fjrnaV wiih irn Tor n.atir vrrt j at !) f thi!! an I the V'l ranje hate l-n wrll t-kr, uh fttl anl On th- hil! it i Jil-le f lh h'. In J Jf ir.jt the entire far. Hfw erllmi 1 ot the g f.in, over thr lrt at a Un. the grtt. rt.aSni g gfrn on tle iminit arl ! j thfgJjt the winVr. 1U trrajni filing thrwgh ihle jit t'f tU fjitfjr have f -r th-ir a urr th Urge ij g U.at gih frvw tU l fr cf Mhjr of the KilU anl gulf t an aUfdif of wtrr i t Vk. tstU ar wtll a Uj V l t-i tl.e M;f-g of il-k f f -lair; ';rj a the fa'.tle fAt olU-n, at all ', akfh'.l j 1; d graw Tuulj, lif, rd.if 1 an I tpi! graei gv With laittfuf ! fekllUof-e t gft fj-.!xa th I II, a the elk ! an l c4hf ihrulUr an 1 0m h n Iw which lra fr t ftUt in Urge ijmntitU The honey t4uinrl ( grralljr jriml tt it cUftvr Thee hilU whu h are lv m thinljr iUl wvllefe long contain a Urge uUtin lanj can t a1 juirrJ at a nominal fgure The trh-4 Un U mar I Umgto at the Mtne j)fi, thrr cu! I I if thr wf hrl-J j re-emi-tiun l r the nati-41 f irrnmnt T the a.rtiman, the t4 hill anl t'cit fg fivm taina are an tleium, aa they aU-vl wl'.h gi;e l!lk anl er are lure very ulue, anl etn the 4k Uar may I funl rrry lrnt;ful mall gme, wh aa gri'Uie, natiie an) i'hiwe l-nU, (juail, l ik an! g-e are eury whre tfUit-l an l th trratu tt . Ing frm the hill anl in.unUlna ar wrll aU-k with rl-4J trmjt The .,rti"n of the ulley Irihulary t MMinnil!e can Uiat of a gl clifnate, lU lK-f l-r In wUtf rl l.im reaching rM lh!a j Ure, on airvjnt of U cl j roiltnily t the vra, fnm whl.b it I only .h tanl aUul f-rty miU, enj iy the rihllarallr g tf?.1 of the ki hrreir that are wftr. on Utvl luring the latl ril of the jrar Hummf thun-Ur ttu an) rycln- are unknown Tlte coming aa"f it U eijrt. will I a jria aa th tn ever enj-'tcl luring radi of tU t(iyraraUt Jt, the an-uit of grln eij fU-l frm he re .1 .rtiMnl that of the -retecf Jrf th lie rt tent ion of tU wrt $U hne of the r.th-m ratlroal from Cnalli t JuMtKi City, thu ei t( the river will have a tl.Migh line .i the t,stU, aid enahle atMi)grra to traul ly ailUr l U ff roftlan l IV "jU ,'' the KMilhrfit ranfe lair I h plfrl n-htf-l "f It OrrgvnUn llailway anl will chai.g il l a !n Ur l gauge, i( will huil l aUt l t miU f tv k l larrn Uf;t'.e anl H J J h. an l thu glr V an all rail rnnU"fi with Vft!il lhl w m1 U f.f rn mi!' aUrtf thin tU j nt ri? Ii !:ir Work i j rfr g raj Uly the fi-'. UUa UU g at Of.g , l ay. Aialy hlenHn Il tj.n tU - e w .rk t lU t' -f jf mill, an-l lU nj ' tiH Ml aUwi wht aniUMi a at il Ii-l-wy it wtll l 7l- Ulf fWUe are ale o i :r g U ,U tfe A a UA'. n ,t U grt t .! Uy .lU rsfy, the M that ihe arL1 a.l Uw a val IU h ! U.t ytar it wa Ut I tiU 1l i ,J iii.-J lU ft ffM l t'. -h " tlx i,hf I U f rt A t;tw - -etMf U tew Uit g t- .t In O.tt il all mvh tU Ui'.'UA W t( tl fit