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The Willamette Valley

here I pass Junction City, going through continuous prune farms, arriving at the university city, Eugene, an important lumbering and mining center in addition to its fruit industry. South of here is Cottage Grove, the supply point and from where is extended a branch line to the Bohemian gold mining district.

The other towns of southern Oregon are Roseburg, justly named from its abundance of flowers, and Grants Pass, in the center of a rich mining section, Medford and Jacksonville, where are many very extensive and rich fruit farms; and Ashland, the largest city in the southern part of the state, where the State Normal school is situated.

Klamath Falls and Lakeview are the inland towns of Southern Oregon. Marshfield and Coquille are shipping towns on Coos Bay, as is also the town

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