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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1890)
WEST SHORE. 278 ever, that this region demonstrates it superiority to any other known fruit region on the globe. Ita equal baa never been een, and fine as are the prunei of California, tbey bave to give way when they come in contact with those produced in the more bumid climate farther north. Thousands of acree bave been Bet out in fruit in this region the past five yean, the prune predominating, and in a few yearn this industry will represent many mil lions of dollars annually. Grapes, berries, nuts, vegetables, etc., reach site and perfection seldom equaled, and the production of these is also be coming a highly profitable business. Horses, cattle and sheep represent one of the great industries that is common to all the. states mentioned. The range cattle industry is an enormous one, and represents millions of dollars of value. This bus- .5 Ines is gradually changing it methods, the range system giving way to the individual. In Oregon ana wasmngion mis cuaiige uu progressed farther than in Idaho and Montana, because the great ranges bave been encroached upon lo a greater extent by settlers than in the other states; but it is at work everywhere, and ere many years the great range cattle industry will be extinct. This does not mean that there will be fewer cattle; on the con trary, there will be more and of bet ter quality, though raised in small bands by a multitude of owners. The .ii'.p S! W' V - ' j, jJ same la true of the sheep busi ness. The tendency now Is In the direction of smaller bands and an improved quality of animals. The rearing of horses for market has become quite an extensive industry, and in all (our of the state Is carried on in some localities on the range system. Northwestern horses have In the past few yean made great reputation for speed, endurance and general sound net. Much attention 1 being paid to 1. the duality of the animals. There are a number of breeding farms where run ning and trotting horses are being bred and trained, and the various fairs held this year showed that pure blood horse of all the leading breeds were owned here In large number. Saddle bone and roadsters are the best paying animals, though there I an active demand for good draught ani mals. The atmy finds this region Die best from which to draw its cavalry LOUdlliU TAIN AT COOS RAY, ORIiOON VALI.SY.WAHIIINIITON. bones, and even the English cav alry calls upon it for a great many of its best mount. The small, but hardy, Cay use Indian pony, once go universal in this re gion, has almost dis appeared, and where twenty yean ago the average value of hors es was about thirty dollan, they now av erage over seventy- ve. One of the leading industries is lumbering and it will continue to be for many yean to come. There are immense area of forest lands, capable of supplying billions of feet of lumber annually tor a long time. In Oregon and Wash ington, and extending north Into British Columbia, is a belt of heavy timber, reaching from th ocean to the eastern slope of the Cascade mountains. Here the climate 1 mild and humid, and the trees have grown to gigantio proportions, especially the fir and cedar. Lok from six to ten feet in diameter are common, and are handled in the mill' with ease. The accompanying engraving shows a log fully eijht feet in nor FISl.D w PUYAUUP 3. 1IYDHAUUC MINING IN MONTANA.