The Columbia River . emouth of the River. Though the country is denselytimbered in its native state, the soil is such that whencleared it is of the finest for dairy and vegetable pur-poses. The mildness of the climate keeps the cloverand grass green and the flowers in bloom the longyear through. As might be expected the chief industries as yetdeveloped are lumbering and fishing. There aremagnificent forests of fir, spruce, cedar, and hemlock,in all directions, while in and around Astoria thereare six immense establishments for transforming thetimber into merchantable lumber. This lumber aggre-
The Columbia River . emouth of the River. Though the country is denselytimbered in its native state, the soil is such that whencleared it is of the finest for dairy and vegetable pur-poses. The mildness of the climate keeps the cloverand grass green and the flowers in bloom the longyear through. As might be expected the chief industries as yetdeveloped are lumbering and fishing. There aremagnificent forests of fir, spruce, cedar, and hemlock,in all directions, while in and around Astoria thereare six immense establishments for transforming thetimber into merchantable lumber. This lumber aggre-gates something like a hundred and twenty millionfeet annually, and it goes to all the ports of the is occasionally floated to the bar and thence toSan Francisco, a log-boom chained in substantial fashionand containing several million feet of logs. Such agreat boom is one of the most curious sights of theRiver-mouth. But transcending all else in import-ance at Astoria is the business of canning and drying. Among the Big Spruce Trees, near Astoria, , bv Woodfield, Astoria. The Lower River and the Ocean Tides 401 salmon. What silver is to the Coeur dAlene, whatwheat is to Walla Walla, what apples are to HoodRiver, that salmon are to Astoria. The people think,act, and reason in terms of salmon. And well theymay. He who has not seen Chinook salmon fromthe Columbia River has not seen fish. Nay, he can-not even be said to have really lived in the largersense of the term. Take a genuine Chinook salmonof fifty or sixty pounds, caught in June, fat, rich,glistening,—but words are a mockery. Nothing butthe actual experience will convey the impression. Thesalmon output on the River has for some years run fromtwo hundred and fifty thousand to five hundred thousandcases per year, twenty-four cans to the case. Theamount dried and smoked represents something likean equal amount. This is for the River from Astoriato The Dalles. The great bulk of this, however, isput up
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