Principal Cities of Oregon
principal industry is the shipping of lumber, dairy and agricultural products, fruits, etc. The city has a splendid water supply, as there are two rivers running through, and it is a splendid manufacturing site. Her schools are among the best of the state.
Ashland
Another Jackson County city worth mentioning is Ashland, with its estimated population of 6000. The physical and climatic conditions are suited to farming, fruit growing, dairying, mining, etc. It has an annual rainfall of 21 inches. The surrounding country is resplendent with picturesque scenery; conditions are ideal for hunting and fishing. Just outside of the city are the wonderful Ashland Lithia Springs and the Wagner Soda Springs. The Oregon Chautauqua is held here annually, and every third year the Southern Oregon District Agricultural Fair is held here, the other years it being held at Grants Pass and Medford, respectively. Ashland has foundry and machine shops, factories for the making of cemenl blocks, shoes, and also an ice plant.
Roseberg
Roseburg, the county seat of Douglas County, has an estimated population of 6000, surrounded by a large timber area and a rich agricultural district, with a splendid available water supply, large cement and fire clay deposits, her schools of the very best, her streets are well lighted and splendidly parked and paved. The Southern Oregon Fair and the Strawberry and Rose Festival are held here annually. The average rainfall is 34.67 inches. The surrounding country is splendidly adapted to the growing of small fruits and vegetables, which mature early, thus making Roseburg a good market. The school census shows an annual increase of 15 per cent.
The Dalles
Situated on the Columbia River in the heart of a highly productive section for fruits of all kinds, is the county seat of Wasco County, The Dalles, with its estimated population of 6000. Its streets are well paved and well lighted by plants under municipal ownership. It has splendid high and graded schools, 10 churches, an elevation ranging from 100 feet at the Columbia River to 3000, and an average rainfall of 18.96 inches. The agricultural conditions of the surrounding country are good; fruit may be packed and shipped to Portland in the same day. It is the site of one of the finest salmon fisheries of the West, approximating an output of 50,000 cases each year; it has also a large and efficient flouring mill. The Dalles Chautauqua Assembly is held here each Augiist and The Dalles Fair is quite an event. The hunting and fishing is good and the scenery is grand. Many tourists go up the Columbia from Portland to The Dalles each year.
Corvallis
Corvallis is the county seat of Benton County, with an estimated population of 5500. Its leading industries are lumbering, manufacturing, agricultural pursuits, raising of livestock, etc. It is here that the Oregon Agricultural College and the United States Experiment Stations are located. The college site with its buildings is valued at about $1,500,000. Her school system is good, and her streets are well improved.
Pendleton
Pendleton, the county seat of Umatilla County, with a population, according to the United States census, of 4460, is the chief shipping point for the surrounding agricultural country. Millions of bushels of wheat and grain, thousands of head of sheep and other livestock, together with wool and fruits, are shipped yearly. Here is held the Umatilla-Morrow District Fair, together with the Pendleton Round-Up, which is a season of indulgence in wild west sports, to which visitors flock from surrounding states. In this section are to be found arid lands which the Government, as well as private capital, is irrigating.
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