The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-16

LorEz, SAN JUAN Co, W. T.,
November 18th. 1916.

ED. lSTELLIGEScER There having
been many letters received by residents
Of this island from persons wishing to
obtain information respecting the land
unoccupied 10y settlers. | have been re-
que s.ed by Mr. ii. f. Hutchinson, our
merchant and postmaster. 10 write =
letter for your valuable paper We
may truly call it valuable. for the arti-
Gle inserted by you short time since,
has brought US settlers and has caused
the location Of soma six claims by per
son. with families. who arrived two
evenings since. Two days were suffi-
cient time for them Ia find good farms
where they can make pleasant homes
They are the kind Of settlers we want !:
men with families TO fill our school
house, Sunday school and church, which
is now held in the school house Should
a few manageable ladies wander this
way, they could have choice Of I'M
proved farms with owners as incum-
brapces. There are now over thirty
good claims unoccupied on our island,
oil of easy access 10 the sea, and no
person would have to haul his produce
oyer three miles to ship the came to
market. Our markets are as good ~
any OH the Sound. There are several
sloops running between this place
and Victoria, also steamers and
small vessels to the Sound ports. We
have store with an accommodating
merchant, where we can get all the
goods we want rs cheap as elsewhere.
a post office where the stesDers land
twice per week; we have a school
house in a central location on the north
part Of the Island. at which place
there will be u school taught for five
months next Summer.
We have opened over twenty-five
miles of road. nearly all of which is
passable for loaded wagons. The land
is a. good as in other parts of the Ter
ritory and the climate less severe. In
"A residence Of twelve years l have
never known the ground frozen more
than four inches deep. and the Their
mometer as low as six degrees above
zero /; seldom lower than eighteen above
zero, aud that but fer n few days Snow
never lies longer than from eight to ten
DAYS The heat Of Summer varies from
81 10 IS degrees. Good claims can be
got within one and onchalf miles OF
the school house and post Office
Those who come first will have choice
of land and location. We will show
them around and endeavor to
furnish shelter until they erect
houses There are no wild animals
t. iniure stock. Deer and wild geese
are abundant, also fish aud bivalves
Of nearly all kinds. Most Of the land
has to be cleared. but the timber is
small, mostly alder. with underground
Of gooseberry and rose bushes, and the
land when cleared, produces good and
sure crops. For fruit Of nearly all
kinds, large and small. it cannot be ex-
celled The nights are too cool for
corn. but tomatoes. cucumbers, and most
other vines DO well. Sickness is almost
unknown An occasional case of rheu-
matism caused by exposure in earlier
times is about all No grasshoppers or
worms TO do us harm, and but little
potato rot.
We gave . good Republican majority
for our candidates, which the new set
tiers consider is sure pledge that they
have found good ncighbors. as none
Others vote that ticket. Send us more
of the same kind. and san Juan county
will never show another Democratic
majority. {. A. SWIFT.