SHASTA EOUTE — SEATTLE TO SAN FEAXCISCO. 37 



For 19 miles south of Albany the railroad runs tlii'ough a higlily 

 productive grain and hay country. Oats and ^^^heat are the principal 

 grains produced and clover is grown, chiefly for seed. Vetch is sown 



with gram to some extent to make hay, but most oi the hay crop is 

 made. from native grasses, which are cured and baled for market. 

 From Albany Junction to a point a few miJes south of Halsey, a 



distance of abont 20 miles, the track runs due south as the crow flics. 

 The station called Tangent is a few miles south of ^Ubany Junction, 



At the little town of Shedd (see sheet 5, p. 40) there is a creamery 

 and also a flour miU. On the left (east), 2f miles away, is Saddle 



Butte, a volcanic cone from which basaltic rock is 

 Shedd. obtained for use in road making. A number of these 



Elevation 290 feet. concs. each markins: a volcanic vent, probably of 



mfles, 



o 



Eocene age, rise near the vallej^ border. They are 

 surrounded by alluvium washed int<> the valley, and a little cone 

 between Shedd and Saddle Butte is nearly buried by these uncon- 

 solidated valley deposits. 



miles beyond Halsey, m 



irresTiI 



.^V. KJXX L^XXV^ X^^ 



hills 



the Cascade Range on tne leit. 



Population 337!° ' Harrisbui^ lies between Muddy Creek and the 



Seattle 283 mues. • Willamette, in a country where shifting meandering 



streams, with many islands, make hard problems for 

 Harrisburg. the agriculturist. As a prelimiaary step to the work 



Elevation 330 feet. of reclamation by dramage, the Federal and State 

 Population 453. governments are cooperating in making large-scale 



topographic maps of this part of Willamette Valley. 



Near Junction City fields of grain and hay abound and 



Jnnction City. flo^yepg adorn the roadside. Just beyond the station on 



JopuSnSr* the left (east) the httle blue toadflax shines out. In 



Seattle 2% i^es. June the bright blue, purple, or white cliicory, the pink 



• malva, and the yellow poppy give beauty to the scene. 



Irving. In the vicinity of Irving groves of Enghsh walnuts 



Elevation 405 feet. and Orchards of apples, prunes, and peaches, with 



Population 867.* ' large patches of loganberries and other small fruits, 



fa fields of wheat, oats, com, and grass. 



mfles 



hills 



from both sides. 



As the train enters Eugene, an attractive city at the head of the 

 wide part of Willamette Valley, Skinner Bui 



nses 



quarry 



Eugene. ^y^^^^ j^ g^^n near by on the left. The weU-marked 



Elevation 453 feet. columnar structurc of its basalt is clearly visible 

 ^^S^'^'rS^ and illustrates the character of many of the buttes 



farther north in the Willamette Valley. All these 

 buttes are comnosed of sohd basaltic lava and appear to be the 



