Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-02-25
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potato is particularly fine. and viii yield on
our best lands from three hundred to FIVE
hundred bushels to the acre. ~ ssr-.-
WILD Fowls are in great variety, and
during the fall and winter months the wa
ters of the bays, bayous, and inlets literal
ly swarm with them hH
GAME, such as deer, elk, bears, panthers.
wild cats, cougars, DC, can be found in
great numbers in the forests Clans,
oysters, and other shel-fish are abundant.
l. FIsH-The rivers and bays are literally
crowded with salmon, sturgeon and trout.
and the waters OF Puget Sound, Fuca
Straits, and all through the great inland
sea north Of Washington, TEEN with great
shoals of cod and herring, and the adjacent
. waters of the Pacific are well known to be-
the most important Whaling ground in tho
world 1t is believed that men of very
limited means might engage the whaling
business to great advantage. The Indians
fearlessly put out to sea in their canoes.
and succeed not only in capturing large
numbers of whales. but catch great quaint
7 ties Of Goldfish and halibut on the fishing
banks few miles off the coast. The sta
tistics show that the Indians of Cape Flat
terry, in 1852, during five months, sold to
the San Francisco traders upwards of
5000 gallons of oil, all of which are pro-
cured off Cape Flattery and Vancouver's
! Island. -
! HARDoRs The straits Of San Juan de
Fuca, Admiralty Inlet. and Puget's Sound
form the most magnificent harbors on the
continent and probably in the world
From Cape Flattery, at the mouth of the
strait, to Olympia, at the head of Puget
Sound, is about 90 miles. These inland
seas are not confined to one great channel.
but arc interspcrsed with large and beauti-
full islands, forming many channels, and
having in the aggregate shore line of six
teen hundred miles, giving access to fine
agricultural region, comprising an area of
some ten thousand square miles. These
/ waters are entirely free from hidden rocks
and reefs calculated to hinder navigation.
and are deep enough for the largest ships
to ride at anchor On the Pacific coast.
between the Columbia river and Cape
Flattery, are the fine harbors Of Shoalwater
/ Bay and Gray's Harbor. readily accessible
to vessels and very safe. e.-..-r...-.
TMBER.-Upon the banks of the Sound.
and easy Of access for shipping, are i'm
mense forests Of the largest and finest TIM
bcr in the world, comprised mostly of cedar
and fir. The latter, often reaching height
of three hundred feet. are admirably adapt
ed for piles, masts and spars. N'-
The manufacture of lumber is carried ON
extensively; and large quantities of boards,
timber, spars and piles, are prepared at
various points on the Sound, and are ship
ped to the California and South American
markets, TO France, England, China, and
the islands of the Pacific. JAZZ a.' ID
WATER PowER-Throughou the whole
Territory water power is found of varying
force, forming at all times ready and an
economical power to be applied either to
manufacturing purposes of various kinds or
for milling uses. 2 'iar :
MINERALS s-Inexhaustible beds Of coal
have been opened at differ points gconven
lent for shipping. At Bellingham Bay the
mines are now being worked with cher
gy, and a superior coal is raised. There is
also large quantities of building and lime
stone, both on the islands and the main
shore. 80 -. .-.,l. ia
i Recent intelligence from the
gold mines east Of the Cascades, on the
various tributaries Of the Columbia, and in
the vicinity of Fort Colville,a show that
these diggings are paying well. Owing to
the difficulties with the Indians but few of
our citizens have ventured there as yet, but
those who have are reported as having
made from Set SIC per day. When the
Government arranges matters with thu In
dians, SO as to make it perfectly safe for
our people to travel there, it is believed that
these mines will he made TO pay as well as
those of California 80
The Importance Of Puget Sound III - a
commercial point of view cannot be too
highly estimated 1t would seem that a
special Providence has placed this magnifi-
cent sea Of inland harbors precisely where
it is placed, for the specific purpose Of ma
tional depot for the shipping of tho world,
and the western terminus of one of the
great highways for all nations across the
! American continent.
From what have seen Of this most i'm
partant of all Territories Of the Union;
from the most reliable information i can
get of the greater interior portion oft, lying
between the Cascades and the Rocky
Mountains; the great mildness of its eli
mate; its arabic and its grazing lands.
stretching even to its eastern boundary.
which divides it from the plains of Nebras-
ka and Minnesota, am forced to the con-
clusion and belief that the northern route
possesses as many, if not more. natural ad-
vantages for railroad than any other
tacrnss the continnnf IL - -a-----. Z.