Baker 4,615 $931,139 Benton 6,403 1,766,282 Clackamas 9,260 1,886,916 Clatsop 7,222 1,136,099 Columbia 2,042 305,283 Coos 4,834 832,335 Curry 1,208 219,333 Douglas 9,596 2,248,985 Grant 4,303 1,088,097 Jackson 8,154 1,449,623 Josephine 2,485 253,594 Lake 2,804 708,517 Lane 9,411 3,078,756 Linn 12,675 4,334,479 Marion 14,576 3,983,170 Multnomah 25,204 11,511,058 Polk 6,601 1,751,211 Tillamook 970 92,912 Umatilla 9,607 2,094,723 Union 6,650 1,265,603 Wasco 11,120 2,870,645 Washington 7,082 2,137,630 Yam Hill 7,945 2,547,833 ------ --------- Total of the State 174,767 $48,494,223 Increase over 1879 2,071,406 The proportion of taxable property held by each man, woman, and child in Oregon is therefore $277.47. The population of the valley counties, properly so called, is 83,549--this leaves Portland and Multnomah County entirely out. The taxable property of these valley counties is $23,735,262. The population of the whole of Eastern Oregon east of the Cascades is but 39,099. The value of its taxable property is only $8,958,724. The population of that part of Eastern and Northeastern Oregon which is in any sense tributary to the Columbia or Snake Rivers is 28,180. The value of their taxable property is $6,256,547. The average taxable property of the population of the valley counties is $282.68; that of the population of Eastern Oregon, $228.96. [Illustration: The Columbia Cascades Landing (Looking up stream).] These figures will be seen to have an important hearing on the subject of the next chapter. CHAPTER XXIII.