Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-08-09
WHAT Is BEING DONE IN sNoHoM1sH.
SHoEoMisH CRY. AUG. / lS-3

failed to comply with the promise l had
made Of indicting You n few items from
our most prosperous county.
shall sreah in the superlative de-
gree, for the county is worthy Of being
classed in the highest order of compar-
isons. In no county in the world could
crops turn out better, nor timber Weld
more to the acre, or is there greater
demand for labor at good wages. 1t is
true that as yet we have raised no wheat
or barley, but next year will be seen
large fields bristling with wheat barley
and other marketable produce. This
year we have an abundance of hay for
all the north end of Puget Sound, and
/ potatoes, beets, cabbage, turEips, &c. :,
enough for Western Washington. The
demand for saw logs and timber at pay
ing prices is short this season and many
camps have shut down. There must
be over five million feet of lumber in
logs now laying at the mouth of the
river waiting in turn to be towed to the
mills.
Many farms, or tracts of land, have
changed hands recently; in fact, our
Auditor tells me business is looking up
in his department. Not day passes,
he says. but that some stranger does
not make his appearance desiring to
look at the different Township maps, or
seeking information regarding lands.
As soon as Township q Range 5 East,
Township 2S Range 6 East and Town
ship 26 Range 6 East ere surveyed,
much good land will be subject to entry.
The road from Seattle ria lake Wash
ington, to Snohomish City, is creating
much talk. 1t is a much needed I'M
provement. The surveys have been
made, and very favorable report given
The Supervisors have it in hand cow.
AS soon as they have acted upon it, the
| people of King and Snohomish coun-
ties will jointly build the road. The
distance will be only about II miles by
land and ID miles by water, or if one
wants to 90 by land altogether 25 miles
will land him in Seattle. Aliens saw
mill is now in operation at the falls,
and is doing q good business. AS hay
ing will soon be over, it seems the in
tention of our people to turn their at
tention to building and improving their
homes.
We are pleased to see the attention
of persons is now called to the immense
rich valley of this River, and Mr.. Elan
agan with a gang of laborers and lot of
mules, has commenced dyking near the
mouth. People who have money will
soon see by the example shown by the
worthy and enterprising gentleman that
it is altogether feasible to get good
farm if they will only go about it right.
Before another year those fertile flats
will be occupied by experienced farm
ers. This has. so far, been an unusual
good season for fish and berries and
the Indians are laying in large sup
plies.
At Lowell, Smith seems to be doing
we'll; new signs, new goods and new
babies seem to be the order of the day.
Much rejoicing in the Hugh Ross fam
lily over the birth of boy. It isn't
much of baby, and o boy at that.
don't much blame Ross for rejoicing
though, as he has been sick from the
effects of the mumps for number of
years. Smith says he has put in three
million logs this year. He works IA to
1G hands. The Steilaguamish River
country seems now to invite the atten-
ton of many and is being settled up
fast with families. A good school,
blacksmithshop and another store have
been started, and several farms dykod
in this season. I am informed that the
yield of grain in this valley cannot be
beat anywhere in the world, either in
quantity and quality.
Snohomish City, the county seat of
Snohomish county, and located near its
center, in one of the finest agricultural
and timber countries to be found any
where, is improving fast. 1t now boasts
of two stores, two saloons, two hotels:
the River Side, or upper hotel, is large
and we'll kept, the other the Exchange
is we'll conducted also. We have two
blacksmith's shops, one carpenter shop,
painter, good doctor, lawyer, q
good school and will soon have church.
(Not like Slasher's church at Lowell, on
paper but real meetin' house."
We see from the papers that the
Northern Pacific Railroad has deter
mined on Tacoma as the terminus. We
now hope our Delegate will use his
endeavors to have the lands that were
withdrawn for their uses and benefits
again placed in the reach of bone fde
settlers. They are preferable to rail-
roads. The produce of this country
only finds its way to market by sea and
I don't perceive that we are to derive
any particular benefit from railroads,
under any circumstances, and the dis
advantages will be great, for soon they
will get in power, elect their own
men to Office, and the poor people of the
Territory, like elsewhere be made to
dance while they whistle. Give us
the land back again, and before the
company ever get their road built our
grand children will pay taxes enough
on the lands to build half dozen roads
n, IL A..