Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . een developed. There are also large de-posits of high grade soft coal. The logged-off lands of the district have been found tobe some of the most highly productive andprofitable fruit lands of the state. The cityis electric lighted, has a gravity water sys-tem and is thoroughly sewered. KALAMAKalama, the county seat, is located onfour railroad lines using the track fromPortland to the Sound cities, and also onthe bank of the Columbia River. Fishing,logging and the manufacture of lumber arethe chief industries. There are good publicsc
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . een developed. There are also large de-posits of high grade soft coal. The logged-off lands of the district have been found tobe some of the most highly productive andprofitable fruit lands of the state. The cityis electric lighted, has a gravity water sys-tem and is thoroughly sewered. KALAMAKalama, the county seat, is located onfour railroad lines using the track fromPortland to the Sound cities, and also onthe bank of the Columbia River. Fishing,logging and the manufacture of lumber arethe chief industries. There are good publicschools, four churches, a volunteer fire de-partment, a public lighting and gravity wat-er system and an electric power plant. Kal-ama is well located upon the river bank, andis growing in number of inhabitants. Pavedstreets are being laid and the citizens areawakening to the realization of the greatopportunities afforded by favorable locationand abundant agricultural resources. Ostrander is a village of about 300 popu- 170 Paget Sound and Western Washington. THE HIGH BRIDGE, CASTLE ROCK Ca«tle Rork, is upon the Cowlitz River, a tributai-y of the Columbia, and thereby has water transportation to the great markets, as well as being an important railroad to-wn, and the business center of a fine lumber and agricultural section. lation, located in the fertile valley of theCowlitz River and on the line of the rail-roads. There are logging camps, saw andshingle mills in the vicinity and there arebroad areas of fine grazing and farminglands. In addition to the railroad, steam-ers Fly on the Cowlitz River. Carrolton is a village located on the Co-lumbia River, and having also railroad trans-portation. It is surrounded by a logging andfarming community. On some of the nearbyranches the finest of fruits are produced. Catlin is located in the southern part ofthe county a few miles west of Kelso, thenearest railroad station. The valley lands surrounding the town are extremely fertileand pro
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