, 1873-07-24

FARMING LANDs.-While waiting for
the railroad terminus. the people of this
city were in great measure insensible
or Indifferent to the great natural sourc-
es of wealth by which they we're sur
rounded, as well as to the means for
their development. The rude awaken
ing from this supplying delusion, has
opened their eyes to the fact that they
are not dependant upon any railroad
ring or wild cat speculations to ensure
the future growth and prosperity of
their to wn, but have all the elements of
wealth at their immediate command
whenever they choose to utilize them.
Sheriff Atkins has just made an ex-
tensive tour through the eastern portion
of this county. the greater part of which
is unsurveyed, and very little of it
occupied by settlers. and reports tract
of land. twenty or thirty miles in extent.
lying between Lake Washington and the
Snohomish and Snoqualmie rivers. of
as rich agricultural lands as can be found
npon the Continent. These lands are
in the main covered with scattering cot
ton wood trees and heavy underground
OF vines and bushes, showing VERY
rich soil, and can be easily cleared.
There are two causes operating stron-
ly against the settlement of these lands
at the present time; the first is the want
of roads affording access to them, and
the second is the fact that they have
not been surveyed and are nwithin the
limits of lands claimsS Ter the grant
to the Railroad; SO tnat the settler is
subjected I'd hazard of getting on to
railroad lands which would place him
at the mercy of the Company. The
first of these obstructions can be re-
moved, at slight expense. by opening
a road from the head of Lake Washing
ton to the Snohomish river, distance
of from ten to twelve miles, which
would penetrate the heart of the region.
which is now only reached by travel of
fifty or sixty miles. The second Will be
overcome partly when the land is sur
Fveyed, and wholly when the Railroad
Company surrenders its claim to lal>
which it has already abandoned in
The meeting held at the Avilion on
Thursday evening, passed yEe follow
ing preamble and resolutions in refer.
encs to this matter:
Whereas, The Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company have located its western
Terminus at Comment (ment Bay, in
Pierce County. W. T., and whereas. the
withdrawal of lands for the benefit of
said Il. r. Co. north of Pierce Coun-
ty, to arit: In King. Kitsap. Snohomish,
Island and Whatcom Counties, include
vast coal fields and large tracts of tim
Der and rich agricultural lanGs; and
Whereas, The said withdrawal is re-
tarding the growth and develovement
of said Counties; therefore, be it
Resolved 1st., That the interest of
said counties and justice to the inhabit-
ants thereof demand an immediate vaca-
ton of said withdrawal.
Resolved I'd, That copy of these
resolutions be forwarded to the Eon.
Willis Drummond, Comm issioner of the
General Land Office and the Hon. C.
Delano, Secretary of Interior.
For the Dispatch.
ORGANIZE The minds of the people
are now becoming generally awake to
the truth that the Northern Pacific Rail-
road do not consider their own and the
peoples interests as identical. We
might long ago have learned this les
son at less expense from the experience
of the people of California and the
Prairie States. and even of our neigh
bors at the Capital.
Nothing could be more outrageous
and injurious to community than th5
vacillating and dishonorable course of
this unscrupulous monopoly in endeav-
oring to disorganize all our existing bu-
siness, and to unsettle the foundations