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KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES. 



These two counties are east of the Cascade Eange, on a high plateau, 

 varying in altitude from 2,500 to 3,500 feet. The Klamath River 

 has its source in Klamath County and drains the hasin. 



The first settlers of Klamath and Lake followed stock raising. 

 Thousands of horses, cattle and sheep were raised and grew fat on 

 the nutritious bunch grass that grew on the hills. At the beginning 

 what little land was farmed to supplv the necessities of the stock 

 raiser was found verv' productive. With increased population, the 

 waters of the streams were conducted by ditches to the sage brush 

 lands and alfalfa grown, yielding three and four crops in a season. 

 A few "home orchards'' were planted, which in time bore the finest 

 of apples and pears, and with age produced the finest of fruit in 

 qualit}', size and color. 



The building of the railroad from Laird, on the Southern Pacific, 

 to Klaniath Falls, the county seat of Klamath Coimty, is stimu- 

 lating the people of that county to plant commercial apple orchards. 

 This year there will be many acres planted, so I am assured by Mr. 

 0. A. Stearns, county fruit inspector of Klamath County. With 

 water available for irrigation, berries of all kinds yield large crops. 

 Owing to the light annnal precipitation in Klamath and Lake, 

 \\»ater is a necessity for irrigation to get the best results on much 

 of their lands. The government is now completing, under the 

 Reclamation Act, a system of irrigation that will irrigate 180,000 

 acres in this county. With this system completed and railroad con- 

 nections to Klamath Falls, Klamath County will, in a few years, 

 become one of the richest counties in the State in horticultural and 

 farm products. 



Lake County is east of Klamath. Lakeview is the countv seat, 

 with a population of 2,500. It is a typical Western stock-raising 

 town, located at the northern end of Goose Lake. With rail con- 

 nections Lake County has everv advantage possessed by Klamatli 

 County. Lake County is well watered, bavins: a great number of 

 lakes within its borders. Silver, Summer, Albert, Warner, Guano 

 and the northern half of Goose Lake, with many small streams 

 flowing into the lakes is the source of water supply of Lake County. 



RECREATION. 



To the fruit grower, in connection with his work in the orchard, 

 when work becomes irksome and recreation is needed, the Third 

 District, with its mountains and streams, offers every opportunity. 

 The mountains and foothills contain an abundance of deer, bear 

 and other large game. Quail are verv plentiful in the valleys. 

 During the winter months water fowl are plentiful about the lakes 

 and streams. All streams are stocked with plenty of fish. The 

 mountain trout, steelheads, salmon trout and salmon are very plen- 

 tiful in the TJmpqua and Roirue Rivers and their tributaries, and 

 larije numbers are caught in season with hook and line. 



