The' Columbia Register.
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Enter J w :;! -! n'rr Apr'.l .
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ri'K IM.ttf EVkUY EKIOW
i;. 11. MITl'MH.t. K.llliir.
I Then there are evulencca ofbHli
i gold and silver depots in differ
1 ent rarts of h ccunly, especially
ion the Upper Rock Cretk divide,
I where i located the oldest jwlwi
ULfiJLSLfc
I cal formation on thi c.wst.
j XH.U.M V ALLEY.
! The largest and nh.it may at no
' distant day he the richest valley in
the county, is the Xchaleio. The
i river from which the valley t ikes
; its name rises in the coast range of
"STil YT3T!T T3TT!rYST"yQ mountains and pursues a uiudijg
3 '.course for about ISO miles until it
3 reaches the i-ean, at a point hut a
Bronnonp5 comparatively short dift.v.'.oe trom
Subscription j-i iv 1 W lr r in iwniv
A'lvortiMtic r.i!v re.on:i''o.
Columbia County.
Columbia County the pride of
its source. Thai portion of the
IV"
this county, embracing the trilu
tary valleys and creek bottoms, is
j yet practically unsettled. It is
ittue that settlers located in this
1 valley more than a quarter of a
Orecon. Though the fust
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went v:is made in the ' 10's, yet it
is a comparatively new county.
It has a remarkably even climate,
and with its vast timber and miiv
, ' , . , centuary ago, but only a few ot the
llersmanv inducements to explore, J .
, , . . ,.,,s ,,.,V ,.a Ihrst settlers remam, and most of
and settle in Ler Luis and valleys. ; ,
. , . , )5 f ! this land has passed into hands of
The county id one of the oldest ( ' .
., , . ir... speculators, and until a railroad :s
settled portions of the state. Here
and hrh-1 . . .. 0 . f:
; development ot necessity mast te
the Hudson Bay trappers
ermen found a huntet'j paradise.
Of course the first settlements were
made on or near the shores of that
grand stream whose name it bears
and whose waters wash for sixty
miles its eastern and northern
boundaries, .and have borne for
many years its products to the
markets of Portland, the great met
ropolis of the state.
In area the county contains near
ly a million acres of land of all de
scription, from the rich, fertile
bottom soil of the Columbia, Neha
lem, Scappoose, Beaver, and Clats
kanie river basins, to the heavy
timbered uplands.which lie between
its principal water courses. Within
the county are 340,000 acres of
deeded lands valued at $2,500,00d.
Of this amount oniy 1 2,1)00 acres
are in condition for farming," and
the balance is heavily timbered,
and irill require the work of two
generations to change it from for
ests to fields of waving grain and
orchasds laden with'lucious fruits.
TBAXSrOBTAIOS.
, The Columbia River is to the
Pacific Northwest what ihe Ama
zon is to South America, or,, the
Nile to Northern Africa. On its
bosom floats the large sea going
vessels, carrying the commerce of
allnation3 of the earth. Bringing
the products of foreign lands and
elchanging for such products as
can be found in no other part of
the world. This grand stream is
Daralelled with railroads in such
a 1 manner as to give the best com
petitive transportation system, pos
sible. The O. R. &.N., with its
steamships, steamboot3 and rail
road trains, take the lead in the
matter of transportation. They are
closely followed by the Northern
Pacific railway, which is now bid
ding for trade. The Astoria and
Columbia River R. R.,' though an
infant, is making rapid strides to
ward the front as a transporter of
lumber,grairi' and passengers. Then
there are many private companies
runniDg steamboats that ply the
river almost hourly nifcht and
day. The Lurline, running between
Portland and Astoria; the Iralda,
iunning Ibetween Portland and
Rainier; the America, running the
Slough from Portland to' St. Hel
ens; the Mascot, running from
Do not take chances on it wearing away or experiment with some unknown preparation
which may leave the bronchial tubes and lungs weakened and susceptible to attack from
the germs of Pneumonia or Consumption.
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not only stops the cough but heals and strengthens the lungs and prevents serious results
from a cold. Contains no opiates.
A Poltcoman't Tcitlmonya
J. M. Ptteron, night policeman, of Nohu, lowft, write "Last
winter I had a bad cold on nqr lungs and tried at leant half-doted
It Saved Hit Ufa After tho Doctor Said
Ha Had Consumption.
W. R. Davis, Vissalia, California, mitea: "There is no doubt but
F what Foley's Honey and Tar saed my life. I had an awful cough
on my Junes and the doctor told ma I had consumption. I commenced
taking Foley's Honey and Tar and found relief from tbo first and
A urea ootuea cured me complcteO."
advertised couh medicines and had treatment from two phyiidans
without getting any benefit. A friend recommended Voley'it llowy
ami Tar and two-thirds of a bottle cured mo. I coualdex It tho
greatest cough and lung medicine in the world."
Poitland to St. Helena, thence up
Lewis River, and the Sirah Dixon,
running from Portland to Clatska
nie, giving such eas7 transporta
tion as few countries are possessed
of. Freight and passenger rates
are very low when compared with
that of other sections of the United
States,-
DESCRIPTION.
t Columbia County's valleys are
known to be among the most pro
ductive portions of the state, while"
the endless ranges of foothills and
mountaina are covered with a
Vrdwth of yellow and red-mrand
cedar timber, the extent of which
is practically unknown. In ad
dition to the wealth of timber
wVich. clothes, the hillg, the'sbij is
rich with immense deposits of coal
and won ore,' .The Nehalem und
Bunker Hill coal fields are as vet
undeveloped, but enough has been
discovered to know that the de
posits ate" ample to commercial
purposes to" supply all this north
West coast for' two generations;
very slow. Cving toils si eluded
aud protected location, this valley
is favorably situated for fruit cul
ture. And here oue thing is worthy
of note. Apple and other fruits are
free from the ravage of tho pests
that affect to many orchards in
other parts of the country. There
will be abundant opportunity for
the small laruier when once this
country i opened and logged off.
It is not giT.eialij kuown that after
the forests have been removed and
the land cleared for cultivation,
that 'j(ies, pears, qainces, plums,
peai ltea v: I grapes, besides small
fru:;::. uch us currants, raspberries
blaciiberrit and strawberries both
cu.uvted au.t wild and every
kind i,t vegetable, except sweet po-
tat aiosrrswu to perfection in I
tbl? tour.ty. To se the wagon!
loads el iruits, vecretables, hay,
ho!"v wn;,l, irUrapa poles, door
stock, meles, and fish ret floats
that are haukd iiitoour river towns
ami .shipped, would eurprise many
of the fust settlers who thought
only spuds and salmon could be
pro-l'.f .'
BEAVER VALLEY.
Beaver Valley extends from the
head v.atii'sot the Beaver, just back
of llainier, to .where .the Beaver
empties into the Colombia River
bfclu-.? Quincv, a distance of about
twenty miles. Most of the land
within the limits of what is known
as the valley will, be adapted to.
cultivation as soon as the timber is
removed. The timber is very
heavy and of the finest kindreE
pecially in the lower valley. Just
back of Rainier lie3 a portion of
the valley that ha3 been denuded
of its timber by a forest lire that
6 wept through that section many
years ago. South of Rainier, in
the vicinity of Hudson and Apiary,
about one-half of the land that has
been burned over has been put into
cultivation and is at present being
worked by good ranchmen. Where
the timber has been burned off as
in the districts referred to, it does
not require so much work to clear
up a farm and put it into cultiva
tion. Almost anything that can
be raised in Oregon can be grown
in Beaver Valley. But it is better
adapted to dairying and stock rais
ing. i There i3;.no vacant govern'
ment land here. It is owned
much of it, by noa-residents, who
would sell it at a reasonable figure.
Any one wanting a good home
need look no further than this val
ley. In fact this is the poor man's
paradise.) But little capital is re
quired1 to get a few acres here and
make a good living for a family 0:
six or eight persons. Heretofore
the people of Rainier have been
backward ' about encouraging the
settlement of this alley. but now
as 'the wood and logging 'business
will grow less from year to year, it
stands' them in hand to see to it
that every available forty acres
where a crop of hay or spuds can
be raised, be put into the hands of
some good farmer who will make a
goodihome of it. ", , ,
The wooded portions of Beaver
Valley airly teem with life at
present,' as there are numerous
shingle mills and saw mills and
loggors, all Yierogj one, with the
other to pes ' which can remove most
k4
vTarea siies 25c, 50c and $1.00. The 50-cent sbte contains two and one-hn!( time m much as tho small uke and the
$1.00 bottle almost six tlmua as much. Refuse Substitutes
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DICALKR 1NT
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the city.
Ladies' Shoes 11.50 to $3.50
Children's Shoes 50 cts to $2.00
Men's & Boy? shoes f 1.25 toll.
BARON'S SHOE STORE
230-232 Morrison St Near 2d.
Leading iridium priced snoe store
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effectually the great crop of fir,
cedar, pine; spruce, hemlock and
hard woods that natuie has rown
here without the aid of man. From
Delena about midway do;7n this
valley to the river is a large flumo
that is used as a means of trans
portation toget the lumber, shingles
and wood to the railroad and river,
where it is shipped to all parts of
the world. But with all the mills
and machinery in operation there
is still room for more and it will
tenor twelve years at least, and
perhaps more, to' harvest this crop.
In this valley is located the famous
Yeon-Pelton Logging Camp, where
logs are cut, loaded en cars and run
down a 25 per cent incline to tide
water by hydraulic machinery such;
a3 is used in no other logging camp
in the world.
CLATSKASIE VALLEY,
The Clatskanie river basin is
filled with thrifty settlers", many of
whom have grown rich from the?
proceeds of their small ranches.!
When it js fcnown that from COO
to 800 buebels of potatoes may be:
grown to the acre, and from four to
six tons of good timothyliay cut,
it will be no longer pondered at
that' the small farmers' along the
picturesque Clatskanie are CO pros
perous and progressive. Their ship
ping 'facilities by boat and; rail are
first class, ' they havind: Common
point rates from the Bast with
Portland or the Sound cities and
no pof tion of" the country is" glow
ing faster or has brighter' pros
jJectsf for a successfulu'tute. The
government recently completed 'the
dredging of a channel frbrn'jftre OLty
Of ;Ciatskanie .to kelidorum-foia
River, V distance of three? 'iatUes,
that gives them good steamboat
privileges. There is six feet of
water in the ditch at low tide, eo
that there is no necessity for wait-
jing for the tides.
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