Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . ndustry in various parts ofthe county. COWLITZ COUNTY Cowlitz County lies immediately north ofClarke County, bordering about 40 miles onthe Columbia River. It has about 1,100square miles of territory, and about 13,000people. The southwestern portion is largelycomposed of level valley lands, while itsnortheastern part is occupied by the foot-hills of Mount St. Helens. The drainage isall westerly and southerly into the Colum-bia River. Cowlitz River is navigable asfar as Castle Rock, and is an important fac-tor in the transportation pr
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . ndustry in various parts ofthe county. COWLITZ COUNTY Cowlitz County lies immediately north ofClarke County, bordering about 40 miles onthe Columbia River. It has about 1,100square miles of territory, and about 13,000people. The southwestern portion is largelycomposed of level valley lands, while itsnortheastern part is occupied by the foot-hills of Mount St. Helens. The drainage isall westerly and southerly into the Colum-bia River. Cowlitz River is navigable asfar as Castle Rock, and is an important fac-tor in the transportation problem. Tim-ber is the great source of industry, thecounty having about two-thirds of its areaheavily covered. About 40 saw and shinglemills are engaged in disposing of its follows close upon the heelsof the lumberman everywhere in WesternWashington, and nowhere are better resultsin general farming and dairying obtainedthan in Cowlitz County. Cowlitz coal fieldshave not yet been largely utilized. Aside 168 Puget Sound and Western Washington. SMELT FISHING ON THE COWLlTZ RIVER AT KELSO 1 Casing the smelt to send away to the distant markets. 2 and 3 Taking the smelt from the riv. ? ch dip nets. Everyseason, except one out of seven, the smelt ascend the Columbia River from the ocean, enter the v. wlitz and seek theirspawning beds in the upper waters of the stream. They appear about the holidays, and make three runs, lasting fromthirty to sixty days. In one day there has been twenty-seven tons caught and shipped out of Kelso. from the river navigation, this county iswell supplied with transportation facilitiesby rail. The valley of the Cowlitz Riveraffords the natural highway for roads be-tween the Columbia River and Puget Sound. KELSO Kelso is a prosperous city of about 2,300situated on the east and west banks of the Cowlitz River, four miles above its conflu-ence with the Columbia. It is on the mainline of four railways, the Great Northern,Oregon-Washington Ry. &
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