Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-03-04
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The Resources Of Our Xerrisery.


TLers arr noae Of o-z people but ~ho wil
adlai, Tia; al ne neea fo- the speedy devd
op-arsi Of H. invaluable resources Of GU
T,ui;ory i Germans t, AID industrious Top
ulation. This We believe we viii son pos
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wanting to r. licve US from tie general stagna.
lion of business which has prevailed the past
six years. As beginning Of the Influx OF
immigration, we note tie arrival of eight fam
lilies. few days ago, who crossed the plsins
last summer and have selected locations in
the Chehalis valley for their future homes.
This party of immigrants, we are Informed.
is closely followed by another, of seven fami-
lies, who will arrive in few days, and that
still more are on the way, all coming with the
determination of taking up permanent resi-
dcnces among us. We bid them welcome.
Let us hope that this is but the beginning of
steady stream Of immigration Which will
soon people our fertile valleys anG enhance
our general wealth and prosperity. We have
ample room and to spare, good locations, and
an excellent market for all surplus products.
The resources Of our Territory are rich and
varied, and are only lying dormant for the
want of the proper energy and enterprise for
their development. Prominent among these
we may mention our capacities as stock
growing county. The wool-clip Of this Sec
ton even now cannot fall much short Of two
hundred thousand pounds annually, which in
the fleece may be fairly estimated at forty
thousand dollars as the yearly income from
this one branch of industry. All Of this raw
material is sent out 0: the country, for tri-
fling value to us compared with what it would
yield if manufactured hire, and the large
sums of money which we are now obliged 10
seud out of tho country for the purchase of
wooden fabrics would b. retained among US to
enrich and benefit our people. This resource
is but in its infancy, but how soon would it
become the means of bringing wealth to our
Territory if We but had factory where our
wool clip could bs wrought into plain, sub
stantial fabrics for general wear! This shows
the necessity for obtaining the assistance Of
men of capital, who will not be slow in in
vesting tieir means when satisfied that our
producers possess the ability to supply them
With all the raw material they need to make
the business profitable to themselves.
Our extensive beds of coal-two instances
exccptcd-lic undsveloped for want Of enter
prise, although tho fact is patent to evcry
one that if properly worked they could be
made to yield ala,gc revenue to the Terri
tory and would b. worry profitable invest
mcnt for the proprietors Of tho mines. The
extreme scarcity of coal in all other parts Of
the Pacific coast is a fact that gives high
prospective value to our coal felds-a value
of which we would have been in the present
possession aud enjoyment if We had had the
requisite enterprise and capital to have put
those mines in operation.
Tho fisheries are another resource we'll CAL
culated to enlist tho attention of those &C.
quainted with the business. 1t stands to-day
among the most prominent resources Of this
coast. We are informed that party Of fish.
ermen went from San Francisco to Bristol
Bay. on the coast north of this place, last
season, and caught eighty tons of cod fish in
three or four days. enough to wet all the sal.
they had with them. and on their return to
San Francisco, sold their catch Of three or
tour days fos eight thousand dollars We rs-
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