Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-02-15

lrc can load lis >urplu, into LIS canoe.
that lac has in the mean time dug out
ii a cedar tree. and take It to market.
II hc prefer. IN upland farm, covered
with the 6nest timber in the world, he
sam cut hi< timber up into saw logs or
SPAR timber. and thus realize more than
cnou.A. t. pay fer the clearing, at the
present prices of lumber: AMI When
cleared will produce all the varieties of
the tame grasses. all kinds oi cereals.
and vegetables. arrlc- and pears in the
creates; rcriccti"n-our tmhercd Land
being riuc!. better .or fruit than oar
pr.iric>.
Ia >ayir- t.iat onr -ixih Of the COM
t-y w. prairie. and about one-thir'l al
the ba!aucc wa, rich bottom land. we
did not intend To- lie understood that
tic remainder was unfit for ci;l;iva-
ton. On the contrary. he great body
3 OF tine mountainous region wouid make
3 better farms than the average 81 New
. lugiaml or Wc-.ern Pennsylvania
Indeed. whole coaniic, could bc found
that are now unoccuplcd and regarded
here rs unfit for settlement. that would
be rs valuable for stock raising a. Old
! Wcstinorcland. and would not he any
more rough and mountainous. If YOU
deduct ont the snow peaks of the Coast
and Cascade Ranges, the balance of the
lilly, moIntainou, region. composing
more than onc-lalf of the Territory
west OF the mountains, may be set
down us better land for settlement than
the best Of the upland in New York
or Pennsylvania. There arc thousands
of acres on the hills north OF the Co.
lumbia, where the timber has been
dcadencd by fire, that you have only
to burn over in the fall, SOW your timo-
thy or blue grass, aud you have the
finest and most productive pastures in
the world, and the best watcrcd.
There is room enough on the Sound
and the streams entering into it to set
tie thousand families on first class
bottom farms, that can be rrc-cmptcd
and paid for at the rate Of 81 25 per
acre, in money, (or on which soldiers
warrant can be laid, that can now be
had here for $3.50 to $140,) any time
within the next five or six years.
There is room on the streams empty
ing into Shoalwater Bay, and on the
Bay, for rs many more. In the valley
of the ChcEalis, on Gray's lIarbor, and
the streams entering into it from the
north, there is room for four or five
thousand families on land as good and
easily cleared as any on the Cowlitz or
Columbia, with Il good outlet to the
ocean, and ship and steamboat naviga-
ton up to their very doors.
In reply to question 23d, eff a per-
son should go there without any means,
could they earn enough to support .
family for a twelve month";" we can
better answer by giving him the price
of labor in this vicinity at this time,
and the price Of provisions. Fir wood
is worth 81 per cord, and plenty of TIM
Der in the limits of the corporation for
nothing to make it out of. All other
products of labor in proportion. Flour
is worth IS so per barrel. Pork $40
per hundred. Potatoes arc now 81 90
per bushcl, owing to the cold winter
that has destroyed great many by
freezing; usually 50 cents in the win
ter months, but any quantity can be
had in the fall for % cents. All other
kinds Of provisions in proportion. If
you are disposed to live OH oysters and
clans, you can have them for picking
up from their beds. Coffee is now sell
ling for SOC tea, best, 81 90: white
sugar, Zoe; best brown sugar, BE; salt,
2c: common dome,tics, 12c. and other
dry goods in proportion.
The principal oyster beds OF the Pa
cific coast are OH Shoalwater Bay. An
inferior quality in size are found in
great abundance in the vicinity of
Olympia, but no where else on the
Sound: but clans of all varieties are
abundant all over the Sound. All va