Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-02-18
ogI1PlA, SATURDAY IoRyINC, FEB. Is, 1871
To Emigrants.

To Emigrants.
We arc in receipt Of letters, almost dai.
y, from persons in the Western States
aad Territories east Of the Rocky Noun
taiss, asking for information in relation to
tAis section, With 4 view Of emigrating
hither. The following is an ordinary sam.
pc:
Pour o. ROCKS, Wyoming Ter'y,)
January -, 1871.
k2itsr Warrington Standard:-Ofl late have
beard . good many reports OF Washington
Territory, but can learn nothing that seems to
b Trustworthy and reliable. Will you please
tnfsrm ne how long the winters usually last !;
whether mild or severe; If much snow, and
Y stock can grase all winter, and the price Of
de sane1 Can good land be obtained, and
how far away from your town how is the
country for timber and water, and the principal
species Of timber3 What information can you
give ne in regard to work being commenced
on that cad Of the N. P. Railroad this next
6pring1
Several families Of this place are thinking of
emigrating to Washington Territory If reports
Ass favorable. Very respectfully,
Al. WHITE, P. N.
The limits Of our paper will not admit
Of very elaborate or satisfactory dcscrip.
ton Of the country 10 single article, but
W will answer the foregoing iuterrogatories
in brief according to our best understand.
Ing Of the subject.
I. Our winters are IS long rs they
ere usually in any Of the Northern
States, but the most Indictment season here
corresponds very nearly with the April
weather in the same latitude east of the
mountains. During the occasional cold
days Of the winter months here, the mercu.
y il Thermometers rarely falls to 20 above
ssro. The rainy days here about equal in
aumber the stormy days in the same lati.
tuds there. Snow seldom falls here in
sulkcient quantity to cover the ground, ex-
eept in the mountains and highlands, and
~ have no gales or what would there be
called high winds.
2. Perennial vegetation remains green
and fresh throughout the winter, affording
srasiag for stock throughout the year.
The price Of good cows averages about $40 ;
ysarlings, from SO to $l2; sheep from IS
70 Is; hogs &C.,; work horses from $50 to
800. Prices Of produce may be seen in
eur tabls Of prices current.
3. Good land may be obtained by pre-.
sopt;oa, or under the Homestead law, in
most parts Of the Territory. In the im-
mediate vicinity of this town-say from
ess nile to ave miles-unimproved lands
nay b obtained, in large or small tracts,
from 80 to IS an acre.
4. The uplands are mostly covered with
. very heavy growth Of 6r and cedar, the
trees beisg from one foot to fourteen feet
II diameter, and 20 tall that men of tho
most vsEaeious character have invariably
fallsa iste discredis 10 attempting to state
ths;r hsisht to strangsrs-the most heavi.
y tinbersd lumber forests on the cont.
seat. Tho valleys aud river bottoms-iu
vhish thsrs are still large amounts of IN.
appropriated lands-ars very rich and
gsserally covered with vine maple, alder,
and other shrubs aud vines, With scattered
es1an and cottonwood trees Of mammoth
pespcstioas. Springs and running streams
q IL pursst water are found upon nearly
svssy ssstioa Of land, and these streams
nsstly abound in trout and other delicate
saall fry.
& Work has been vigorously commenced
spse ~ n. p. Railroad, at the Columbia
1lvss, vita the expectation Of completing
tvsaty-1ys nilss BY the 7int Of July, and
sssssstisg vifh Pagst Sound during the
prsssst yssr.
We vesA farther say, that TO the in.
nisFsst farmer secustoned to the garden.
hsepsairiss aad opeaiag Of Tho old North.
-, - DIRK forests, dssss thiekets, and
ssGgsa sestess II This section does not, .,
- Nv, pssseat N inviting aspect bu.
- belisvs - one Who has hewn home
- e III safssbiddins forest, and enjoy
q ar : sssiss Of years this equible aud