The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-12-28
1.-THE sKAGIT COUNTRY"

The following article relative - the |
skagis appeared as al EDITORIAL AZ the
Er<niag Tribune about a week since,
and we now iuser, it in our columns a.
the urgent reques. Of NJ. ". B. Moore
the writer of it-who desires It TO
have the benefit Of our raoFe extensive
circulation:
The skacit river has It's heaiwAter>
northeas. Of Fort Hope, In British Co.
lnulbia. and runs III a southerly direc-
ton 10 the boun 3ary line; thence lts
conr-e il 10 the south If Mount Baker,
until j, reaches Baker River, and thence
west through Whatconi county TO tue
Sound. rs length Is about l2o mics
| of which from IS TO 100 are navigaoie
far steamers OF a hun lred tons burthen
] i. width being from two 10 four hun
5red wards and its depth greater than
tina. 4 anv other river in the Territory
except the lordly Columbia II has no
cs.cades. falls. rocks or other obstruc-
,ions TO navigation beside the jams. one
of which has already been removed by
the hardy settler, au1 loggers Oh ITS
banks, and the ether they are now at
work upon. It's adjoining lands are OF
various descriptions, high and low, over
flowed and dry. prairie and timber.
marsh. plaies, etc, giving variety ana
choice UNSURPASSED elsewhere. Not
onlv j. thi, tfqe of the country imme
dia'ely along il, banks. bet IT the
large scope between 1t and the Shsla,
eramlsu SAmish. Whattop Lake az
other water ways III Wha,com ana $40
homish counties. atiurding srac.. ace
onst. foe fise thousand farms that II
the second year from their taking "
6 would Weld crops surprising 70 any "n'
| but n dweller on the Pacific s!op'
, None travel through that section with
on. rema' king its extreme beaniy. Ter
tili,y and adap.ability TO settlement
Q and the wonder Is that before TINS
q has not been settled with Il happy, pros
q porous population of many tho"sah"
:, from its headwaters to Its mouth.
: Within the past two years has beel
d discovered and worked a vein of tn
II best coal yet found on the Pacific coast
"a which the opening to Navigation
the Skagit river will permit the prot
'e table mining Of There Is also vas
% ouap,ity Of the finest timber In IN
Ne Territory TO be got when this event !
l. consumated-a thing of inconceivabl
value to the future numbering interest
y Of the Sound. Fir. cedar, spruce an
rs pine abound. the quality OF which les
2. than eleven figures VIII not express
il Gen. Michler, of the U s. Engineer
ing Corps, made thorough exam'na
: t,on OF the two jams III the river. tn
!, will soon follow suit. With the excer
, zion Of mere pittance Of six or seve
II hundred dollars. contributed 10y IL
L. mill and steamboat H. Ell, the merchant
c. &c, of the other Sound places. I'll
Ia whole Of this work is being done b
the unai1cd exerations of the dwclle,
Al along its banks-a small band of d,
d. termined. hardy men, bent on accom-
- plishng the work they have unde
taken The task they have set then
= selves 10 they will do far within Il
estimate of Gen. Michler, and they {
not ask or even desire any such amour
wanting nothing from tho Cover
ment which they do hot fully earn.
- Is only right, however, that they snou
not b. al the sole expense of this in
l. provement. which will benefit others
(, once as much as themselves, and col
:. tinue benetiting during all the comir
= centuries Of future time. With th
:, view they appeal to Congress, throue
&c Delegate Jacobs. for Il small subsid
u either of money or lands, and it is on
% right that their appea. should be hear
"a and granted Because they have or a,
!. doing this without promise Of rewsr
% is no reason that none should be giyel
e especially a. Government for man
II years past has taken upon itself ii
n cost of similar improvements elsew her
y. spending in tha: way many millions {
: dollars yearly. We hope the peti,io
Is Of these men will be promptly granted.