, 1876-04-08

1t MlkitcO, Tuml'p, g!utt's Landing, on
| Hats slough, C,uuryil near the mouth of
the StillGgnam8h thence passing eastward
Of Camano's Island, ana up the conth FORK Of
tue SkagiS - SkaGit City, they would have
nearly Il direc, route, would supply ubou. n
dozen Logging camps and furnish direct
steam Communication ~ over six hundred
persons, who nnw are wholly without any.
A. soon az hiry, Il time If not hrior'. there
Would he full irrghts on ihls r0utr semi.
monthly ii not weekly trips. After the
first year or two i: woull be rs paying
route as the Sloh0mish River trade, viii h
now employs three steamers per week. We
understand thrt the new propriet"rs Of the
Crntrpyill@ store will he laying in large
stock Of goods within II couple OF months.
Mr.. Gage wi bp lArg' ly increasing his stock
about he first of May. Provided steamer
'wIl run on no other terms, he alone Offers
: 80 pa full freight for the frs. trip, t" in.
dlice them 10 adopt the route. We should
think the self interest 0G steam hoa,-
mrn wouh induce them to try this route
without dely. For instance the Fanny
lake" runs up White River and Snohomish
tach once week. She has ample time, an
wonhl undoubtedly find il profitable to start
with trips oncu y mnn:h n1l increase y
tail to weekly trips TO The s il aguam'sh and
Skagit or she might come up to Snohomsh
City going and returning and thus find it
profitable 10 60 once week from the SO. /
b sides establish direct steam com,D".n.cn.
tion between the StiImgunmiSh ~. i sknut
Rivers anl the Sloromish.
The interests "f the peo'J. along thes,
rivers are nearer unit, r.y.i any o her nor.
tion ot equal size j., the Territory. This
movement would Go more than INV thing
else to unite ihese interests anil develop
them, h"sidr6 hring very profitable to tn.
one lnp".g boat on this route. WIN not
Cap. .till or some other 2, ntlrInn try it
). lncy will, We i Ould tCl like doing all in
alr power to cause the same To he declared
II Steam NAL Route. and have the mails car
rieh directly to the p oplr along this route
Mr.. C,mphcll after selling nut his store t.
Mr, Gage, removed up to the Jam, and open
cd mp y st0 k Of gonls To deal mainly wi b
the Swashcs anI purchase furs; he is dont
quit" business there.
Owing To no direct stcnm communication
there seems to he M sp cialy in the crops
rails Il an the river. like what We see nj
Chimncum in Jefferson County, or on the
Swinom' sh Flats, bu, every hing c'srwhrr
grown IN the Sound. is raised ,u'rc s'uIly
on the river. There is no attorney or Notlry
Public on the river, AMI no liquor saloons
Dr.. Roland is the only physciln, he live.
near the mouth Of the Moth foGk. There
are thrrr rlergymcn on thc river; T. McGin
Methodist, Wan. Price, Unvcrs,ist, and
B, N. l.. Davis, Blp,i.t ,'
They have Il building u'cA for all pul IL.
rrligi US anil social gatherings m St0gt
City, Good Trmpars Lodge OF forty i've
members and Grange Of forty members.
There IL no regular hotel on the river,
although suitable accommodations are iu'
ni,h,d travellers and others hy Nj. Gu"
We have ,krn his much splce in dcscrih
ing this liver, hccuuse lew have ever tried
To write it up we hope within couple oi
months 10 be able to 60 as tar up this river
~ il is niv'gIblr. 10 xanne the cuH'.
and report upon the upper river.
We feel that we have been able in H. $
article to report nmny facts no. hcrrtnlor,
generally known about this fine river valley,
more facts not generally known in less space,
than we have done here.