Life in the town--Sociables--Religious sects--Sabbath-schools-- Christmas festivities--Education, how far compulsory--Colleges-- Student-life and education--Common schools--Teachers' institutes-- Newspapers--Patent outsides-"The Oregonian"--Other journals--Charities --Paupers--Secret societies. 209
Industries other than farming--Iron-ores--Coal--Coos Bay mines-- Seattle mines--Other deposits--Lead and copper--Limestone--Marbles-- Gold, where found and worked--Silver, where found and worked--Gold in sea-sand--Timber--Its area and distribution--Spars--Lumber--Size of trees--Hard woods--Cost of production and sale of lumber--Tanneries --Woolen-mills--Flax-works--Invitation to Irish--Salmon--Statistics of the trade--Methods--Varieties of salmon--When and where caught-- Salmon-poisoning of dogs--Indians fishing--Traps--Salmon-smoking. 219
Eastern Oregon--Going "east of the mountains"--Its attractions-- Encroaching sheep--First experiments in agriculture and planting-- General description of Eastern Oregon--Boundaries--Alkaline plains-- Their productions--The valleys--Powder River Valley--Description-- The Snake River and its tributaries--The Malheur Valley--Harney Lake Valley--Its size--Productions--Wild grasses--Hay-making--The winters in Eastern Oregon--Wagon-roads--Prineville--Silver Creek--Grindstone Creek Valley--Crooked River--Settlers' descriptions and experiences-- Ascent of the Cascades going west--Eastern Oregon towns--Baker City--Prineville--Warnings to settlers--Growing wheat for the railroads to carry. 231
Southern Oregon--Its boundaries--The western counties--Population-- Ports--Rogue River--Coos Bay--Coal--Lumber--Practicable railroad routes--The harbor--Shifting and blowing sands--A quoted description --Cost of transportation--Harbor improvements--Their progress and results--The Umpqua--Douglas County--Jackson County--The lake-country --Linkville--Water-powers--Indian reservations--The great mountains-- Southeastern Oregon--General description--Industries. 243
The towns--Approach to Oregon--The steamers--The Columbia entrance-- Astoria--Its situation, industries, development--Salmon--Shipping-- Loading and discharging cargo--Up the Columbia and Willamette to Portland--Portland, West and East--Population--Public buildings-- United States District Court--The judge--Public Library--The Bishop schools--Hospital--Churches--Stores--Chinese quarter--Banks--Industries --The city's prosperity--Its causes--Its probable future--The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company--Shipping abuses and exactions-- Railroad termini--Up the Columbia--The Dalles--Up the Willamette-- Oregon City, its history--The falls--Salem--Its position and development--Capitol buildings--Flour-mills--Oil-mills--Buena Vista potteries--Albany--Its water-power--Flour-mills--Values of land-- Corvallis--The line of the Oregon Pacific Railroad--Eugene, its university and professors--Roseburg--The West-side Railroad to Portland--Development of the country--Prosperity--Counties of Oregon --Their population--Taxable property--Average possessions--In the Willamette Valley--In Eastern Oregon--In Eastern Oregon tributary to Columbia and Snake Rivers. 252