, 1876-12-16


dark, situate on his timber claim So,,.
ten miles in a direct course, twcIyrmir.
at least by the mcondlings If the riv.,
above the jam,
This part of the river has always bor,o
an excellent name, yet we were " pri>.i
at the BREATH and depth of the mmO
stream, as well AS its adaptabiitv f,r
navigation. The only tine it has eyer
been known to tr c2c over Was wir,r
before last when Mr.. ). measured ,ho
breadth of it ON the ice at several points
above the jam. finding It's ayenm
breadth for the pant We travelled oy,,
this day to he some two bundled yarA
or six hundred feet, while the ccnterd
the channel at the average stnye of tlp
river is some twenty five feet deep.
In theory the clergy are usually sup.
posed to bn so devoted to preparing ia
all for the hereafter, that they are not
expected to be taken up with The mate
rial prospects of this life, yet practically
we oltcntimcs find them the best business
managers and excellent Judges OF tie
value Of real estate, aS well rs OF the most
fit and proper places to invest so as to
secure the greatest returns on invest.
men,s made from the future progress Of
a community, and the rise in the value
Of property consequent thereon,
The clergy have shown their character.
istic practictical good judgement, socially
as well as financially in their settlement
in this valley. There being so many
settled there in proportion to the popu,
lation that one of the representative men
of the community remarked to us not
long since that the Skagit made a spe'
cialty, of preachers. We would also add
that the excellent moral tone Of that
whole community would seem 10 lndi.
cate that they had excrtcd moral inhu.
cnce for good that cquallcd their busi.
ness Judgment in settling in a valley Of
so much promise, yet we supposed that
they all resided in settled portions ofthe
valley below the jam. Judge of our sur.
prise, when we found that nearly the
first rancho above was owned 10y the Rev,
David Sires of Seattle, situate about one
and onehalf miles from the jam while
at n place four miles above the jam
where the river makes nearly n right an
gle Uhe turn is 81 short and sharp, It
has received the cuphonious title 0t the
Devils Elbow here. As il to keep up
the proper balance and to preserve the
eternal fitness OF things in their social
and moral relations, another preacher
resides at the outer angle of the Elbow,
The Rev. Mr.. Davis His house is situ-
atcd upon the first land reached at all
elevated above the river bottoms, as II
the muscular development of his Satanic
majesty's arm as it approached so near
his elbow, was specially raised above the
general level. so that the Rev. gentle
man should not he too often visited with
an uncalled for application Of the prln'
ciples Of immersion or submersion, or
other water baptism, whenever the river
should take u sudden rise around the
Elbow. We understand this gentleman
has demonstrated the aduptability OF the
soil of the Elbow to produce rise OF o
different nature in the growth OF hops,
these being very successfully grown by
him. They doubtless will before many
years be classed among the leading In
dustries of the valley, as they now are oi
the Puyallup; the Puget Sound hops
being superior to those grown any
where else in the Union.
The place situated within the interior
angle Of the Elbow is owned by Mr. Otto
Clement, he being Mt the time away from
home, up river ut the coal mines.
Two miles above the Elbow the Nook
achamps flows into the Skagit. This
stream is navigable for steamers some
two and half miles to the falls, which
are some ten feet high, affortiing a first
class water power which IS held by Mr.
Savage. A large body of logging timber
adjoins the place, which is being taken
up by number of recent settlers there
Adam Brewers claim adjOins Mr. Ste
,,apa, Horo 10 s;tuakol npa Of fbn finest