, 1875-09-23
snohomish Correspondence.
SNoHoN1sH C1TY, Sept. @

SNoHoMIsH CRY, Sept. ~.
On Monday last. the steamer Zephyr
brought family to this place and SO
did the Fanny Lake on Thursday. Our
population is increasing at about that
rate two families week, and the valleys
above are increasing in settlement in q
corresponding ratio.
The Yakama arrived on the 10TH
She brought goods for the new store OF
Mexsrs. Packard & jackson. They viii
be ready for customers this week.
Judge Haskell is pushing the work on
his mill as fast as the rainy weather
Will permit.
A man with little capital could do
we'll here by purchasing few lots and
erecting cottages thereon for rental
There are not houses enough in town
10 accommodate all the families now
here: and it is known that more are on
the way.
Ranchmen looking for lands on which
10 settle, will do well to examine the
side flats about the mouth of the Sno-
homish River. True, they will Lave to
be dyked, but it will cost much less for
one to ditch and dyke those land than
It will to clear and fence the timber
lands of tho upper river bottoms.
When once under cultivation. the soil
will prove itself incredibly productive
and ipexhaustible. Grains, at least bar
ley and oats, can be produced there as
veil as on the Swinomish and Skadgltt.
And, better still, they are within mile
or two of deep water, and it will cost
almost nothing to ship produce from
tide lands, a great advantage over the
up-river farms. There is an extensive
marsh, commencing near Lowell and
extending to Fiddler's Bluff, distance
ef five miles. Along the river bank
there is strip of dry, arabic land. BE-
hind the marsh rises foothills, heavily
timbered, and between the foot-hllls
aLd the marsh proper, is another gooo
strip of land. Farmers there have Ia
Ken most of their claims in such man
ner as to embrace part timber, part bot
tom and part marsh land. Shii the
great body of the marsh is unclaimed.
An association of emigrants could go
upon these marsh lands, ditch and dyke
them. and make excellent homes out OF
them for their families. These remarks
will apply equally as we'll to the marsh
lands near this town, as well US to the
great marsh up the Snoqualmle, conf
mencipg near the residence OF Mr..
6purrell and extending into King coun-
". to within few miles of Falls City.
Our farmers are doing their utmost
10 have the County Fair complete sue
cess. One day in each week is to be
devoted by the members to work on the
fair grounds until everything is ready.
The ladies have taken hold of the mat
ter and come on the ground with re-
freshments every day that labor is per-
formed thereon. Does any one now
doubt the success of our coming fair!
If 30, let them come and be convinced.
We have built telegraph line without
any aid outside of the County. and If
Seattle will build railroad to our coun-
ty line we will complete it through to
this place. We have hung our heads
snd taken back seats as long as we In
tend to. If Seattleites don't think it Of
auy interest to them to take any stock in
our enterprise, We shall try and take
care Of ourselves. "The winter of our
discomfort is passing away. But few
of those who are coming here have
much money, but they have muscle,
brain and will. We are working out
our own salvation slow but sure. Come
and see US. Y.