Last modified June 4, 2008
The block of type on the top, left corner reads: We Own and offer for sale 800,000 acres of land in Central Oregon, in Large and Small Tracts. Cheap Lands Easy Terms anything that can be raised on the North Pacific Coast can be produced on this land.
The center heading is: Oregon and Western Colonization Company Home Office 1314 Pioneer Press Building, --- St. Paul, Minn. Branch Offices at Portland, Oregon, 268 Stark Street -- Ontario, Oregon -- Prineville, Oregon -- Sweet Home, Oregon -- Burns, Oregon -- Spokane, Washington, 210 Hutton Bldg. -- Seattle, Washington, 510 Hoge Bldg.
The block of type on the top, right corner reads: 6,000,000,000 Feet of the Best Timber on the Continent. Consisting of White, Yellow and Bull Pine, all kinds of Fir, Larch and other saw timber. Timber land marked (green checks) All other land marked (red checks) Prices and Terms on Application.
This map is in good condition with three short tears on the center fold and a few other short tears and wear on the outside edges. The back side has soiling along the fold marks. The map is 7 x 9 inches folded and the soiling is more prominent on those sides. (on the back of the map.) Written in pencil is "Widow Jones line 17?"
$80
11052 The Dalles League Of Women Voters The Dalles--A Hundred Years And More Of Our Town Self-published Fair to good. Ex-library. Scrape marks and soiling on both covers. Two small rubber stamps inside front cover. Card pocket inside the back cover. 1958 stapled paperback brochure, with 22 pages and b&w photos. The Dalles, Oregon Pacific Northwest, Oregon, The Dalles, History. $20
10512 Dodge, Nicholas A. A Climber's Guide to Oregon Mazamas Very good. Previous owner has a rubber stamp in the front and back of the book. No dust wrapper. 1968 hardback with 154 pages, b&w photos, illustrations and a peak index. Mountain climbing, Pacific Northwest, Oregon. $50
8871 None Order Bill of Lading Union Pacific System Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Union Pacific Circa 1917 paperback Form 1564 with several pages. Good. Light shelf wear and soiling on the covers, small water stains on the covers. 2/3s of the forms have been "used" and carbon copies remain. Pacific Northwest, Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, Pomeroy, WA. Reciepts for wheat shipments. $40
10511 Ringhand, Harry E. Marie Dorion and the Trail of the Pioneers Section Two Early History of the Milton-Freewater Area Valley Herald Very good. No dust wrapper. 1971 slender unpaginated hardback, b&w photos. History, Milton-Freewater, Oregon. Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Milton-Freewater, history $40
10491 Searcey, Mildred Way Back When East Oregonian Publishing Company Fine. In a good dust wrapper that has wear and short tears on its edges as well as a 1/2 inch punch mark on the front. 1972 hardback, signed by the author, with 203 pages, b&w photos, an index and end paper maps. A history of Eastern Oregon. Pacific Northwest, Oregon State, Eastern Oregon, history. $60
10871 Staff Soil Survey of Union County Area, Oregon United States Department of Agriculture Good. Light shelfwear and soiling on the covers, creasing on page corners. The back cover has a 1/2 inch tear. August 1985 paperback, 9 X 11 inches, with 194 pages, tables, b&w photos, numerous fold-out maps, one of which is in color. Soil Survey, Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Union County. $30
