TRANSPORTATION.

The transportation is limited to the power of steamboats on the
Snake river and the Oregon Railroad & Navigation railway, which
is reached at Lewiston, across the river from Clarkston.

PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS.

ASOTIN, the county seat, situated about seven miles south of Clarkston,
on the Snake river, has about 1,500 people within its borders. It
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has a flour mill, warehouses, churches, schools, public library,
light and water systems, and is a prosperous, thriving town.

CLARKSTON, an important commercial center, is situated on the flats
of the Snake river, in the northeast part of the county. Its population
somewhat exceeds that of Asotin. It has all the business institutions
of a thriving town, is the main distributing point for a large
area, and is rapidly growing.

CLOVERLAND, CRAIGIE AND ANATONE are thriving smaller towns.


BENTON COUNTY

Benton county is bounded north, east and south by the Columbia
river and west by Yakima and Klickitat counties. It has an area
of 1,600 square miles and a population of about 9,000 people.

TOPOGRAPHY.