New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . comes to per-fection in almost every part of the Pacific coast,and in southern California oranges, grapes,, pears, and plums are the chief fine wool is produced and large herds ofcattle are in the higher lands. Immenseshoals of salmon ascend the Columbia and othernorthern rivers, and on the mountain slopes areextensive forests of Oregon pine, redwood, and cedar. SanFrancisco istlie largest cityon the westerncoast and hasa very fine har-bor. Los An-geles is thechief marketfor fruit andwine. Oceansteame
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . comes to per-fection in almost every part of the Pacific coast,and in southern California oranges, grapes,, pears, and plums are the chief fine wool is produced and large herds ofcattle are in the higher lands. Immenseshoals of salmon ascend the Columbia and othernorthern rivers, and on the mountain slopes areextensive forests of Oregon pine, redwood, and cedar. SanFrancisco istlie largest cityon the westerncoast and hasa very fine har-bor. Los An-geles is thechief marketfor fruit andwine. Oceansteamers as-cend the Col-umbia and Wil-liamette rivers as far as Portland. > Alaska was purchased by the United Statesfrom Russia. It consists of a large peninsulaand a long cliain of islands chiefly valualjle foitheir seals, codfish, and gold mines have beendiscovered along the YukorRiver. The climate of northerrAlaska is one of exti-eme cold,but in the south it is milder tharthat of the same latitude on thtAtlantic coast. This is due t( Totem Puit-. Irrigating an Orchard in the Arid Lands. the warm, moist winds of the Pacific which blo^ over its shores. The seal fisheries are the most noted in tlie world. Most of the natives of the southwest coast are Indians. Sitka is the capital and most imjjortant town. Find out all you can about the following cities and writea short paragraph about each : 1. San Francisco, 2. Denver,.3. Los Angeles, 4. Portland, 5. Salt Lake City, 6. your composition aloud to the class, UNITED 8TATES. 85 ^**^^^ rn } tJbr^^^lii IL r Irr-f ^jl Ml Grain Elevator in Chicago. Ill addition to tlio part found on the rraiiiland, including Alaska, the United Statespossesses several dependencies in different partsof the world and a few small islands in thePaeific Ocean. These dependencies includes theterritories of Hawaii, Porto Rico, and thePhilippine Islands, all of which are of gr^atvalue because of their products. The IlaAvaiian Islands ar
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