, 1876-03-04
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slness houses, the most entrrpr sing citizens.
Ia" greatest number OF m ,nutuctur,s, the
} grcltt 81 number Ol well devru el mines, has
'he most ncwsp 'pcrs. the finest hools and
churches, the greatest number, and probably
! the best Informed men, and in short is, and
ever will br, the leading city, the chief COM
, III rrial M t opoliS of the Northwest.
lod have pro nh y, long ere this, learned
sumttbIng ~ ,lr Ntent If uur forests and
TIE neutrality-suspicious. that our numbering
lntvr, sts 'uTc alrt ALL assumed, and till that
mdmhInth interest is yearly on the increase.
For Yeas, immense mills, driven by ponder.
UIs cngIne-, w,t no rn of NJ ichintry, have
been running, often night and day, cutting
ant sish.ng ,unbcr ut the rate OF hundreds
ofthousalls of feet daily; the wOo,mans
AK has been cons antly laying low the grim,
hOdr! oi forest monarchs, aud yet They hive
hardy made n perez pt,blc inroad INTO the
alnn-t lntermlnuble timber forests, that
sweep over the anl ,d lit their heads to
hHu rn rvrrywh, re from the "mountnins TO
the sea-
Porl Gamble is properly a fair sample Of
mtNy lumoerng towns. Her mills are the
mos extensive, the amount ot capital invest
c'i IN lumncr manufacturing at that place is
the largest of any firm On the Pacific coast
ihe nunDrr Ur m empO, cd at the mills,
IN the woods. on hoard their vessels, ship
Pi"g to markct,-they own quite feet,
D,s'dc tno.c they charter, ON board
thr stcanc.s used IN towi " aud trrighting,
III c"untrd up would run intu the thou.
SANS. The founder, OF The d m nre from
L Isl AlacamS, NJ iue; many OF tAeir agents,
mech mcs, lorrmrm&c., are from tht same
place; indeed, 81 many of their employees
are nom that place, that for n long time the
town was dupbed New L II Nlachias 1t
w"a Erlltrd by an early settler thai once, an
ir'-nmln who had drank little too much
c0'", was unlucky ennu gl t. fall off the
! wnart into the water. II couldn't swim u
! lirk, hrt hr had II good pair of lungs and
lie rOnrrd on, Justly for help; AL hands
rushrl down and saw Pats heal bohbing
up an down in the brine, At lust Il grey
headed and venerable down easter asked
! Purick where he was from. In Il feeble.
suffering voice he managed To artiCulate
East MnchiaS' Thai settled IT, H.. was
VA k 1t our Ot that in no time. But, oh
bla2ls was'rr that II swearing rei-h0t crowd,
VIII Il tlty found they had fish Il our AIRED
headed son Of Cork, who iih'nt 80 much as
travel through L ,st MachiaS IN his way 10
WashngtoE Territory. They sat right down
n lumber pile, organized court, and tried
! him for his lie, and the jury st0o eleven
for banging and one for acquial So NJ tao
jury couldn't agree, the crowd compromised
10y letting him GO provided he would leave
th' place. Pat III ont and durts not go to
New Nlnchils any more.
AMI nnw viii sa7 ,mething about Sno-
In, ala f,fu 10 elf
tel ct the hra of navigation, oa the s loho.
nlsh River hrnal stream of pur" cold
W.T. +. that rmpiirs into Puget Sound ut
Pmt Gardner Bay AT its mouth it has tx
trnsivc mrsh hnls, which, when reclaimed
ly dy, ing. make the richest of farms. All
dong its bnks from mouth to source, and
all ills tributaries the slmc, il is one un.
broken forest, sve where settlers mve
cleared them home. The principal timber
is fir m cedar Tue bottom lands have Il
growth Of cotton wood, aid +, and nipple
Ev ry tont of the soil, when clear d. is in.
crcliLly rich. 1t il subject to annual over.
flow from firshets, bnt ugycr in the season
oi growing c"ops. The sediment d posted
hy the Nerlow keeps all farms in state Of
perpetual richness, III matter how heavily
cruupcd.
There il plenty Of government land for
the set Ter. bur those sreki,g homes ia this
country must lrar in mind that they must
clear thrir iurms before they can he cult.
vatpI. BIT strong arms md stout hearts
will hnvr NJ trouble If they co ne among Us.
The timid anil feeble had tier st ~ away.
We ARE q progressive people, and don't
want TO pack dead weight.
Three years ago this town contained one
store, one hotel twpO tire veIlingI, an
b't 'ksmi'h ship Tint wa ahnut al
Vow il has twn large stores two 4 Vt class
ho'rls. two blacksmiths, Il sho mskrr u
tailor. u doctor, lawyer. n drug Gst, plenty
vt liquor salo ns, newspaper, library
with mus um Ut natural CuriOsities, and
scientific specimens school all the time,
three steamers week fOm outside ports
ihr'v or forty Il vrllings nnh the hest set at
"n ahead inhabitants of any town on the
Pacific ,lnre. To give nm idea nf one of our
intrrrst4 there " r. cut, tlOatrd down the
river and mrrketrd the last year, forty mill
10 feet of logs. which hmunhI So per NJ,
,yt,ld coin nj the mouth of the river. II IL
not nm uncommon OCcnr nee fIr eur tirmIrs.
to c IL "A hun rp,l tons Of h y We sometimes
have snow, bur il seldom stays with us
Twice in ,wrn'y vars 1t has rrmiinrd ON
the rrnun | three weeks, and the same nupl.
h,r uf th, rimes the river hns heen frozen
over. Il is nulry now, hut the grass is
green. No cnt le nrr being frd except milk
cows work oxen anil wok horses Still 1t
IN ~ bp THAT all stock will lHv" II I've fed
hernre the winter il over. Everything in
shapr Of vegetables fruit or fl 'wrr, tiourishes
here thnt will grow in Massachusetts,. Near
" every State in the Uaon, and al'n almost
every nntionnl'ty on earth. 10 repres nted
among our population. Now, if anyone
wants 10 come here let him. He will have
to rough it for while. but thlt won't hurt
him. Ifpeople come here thinking that we
haven't cut our eye.teeth, by I'll" time they
rub ~ agiin.t us Il few times. they will 6nd
that thpv don't know 1t vii. and that viii do
them gnnd. To the gritty. and those thss
sn, made osgood sticking material. and have
go- tte hod.nut and hold on, We will extend
\ ccr !ial welcomp: bat The slow coach driv.
ellirt :. We k kuerd snd grt liyinx.wi,hOu'-
work Kind. ve haven't u spot or place we
crull plant rh'rn IN, 40 thst they would not
mild,w, hrrulnr sraley, web tUOted and moss
grown in this damp cima'r.
Yours. truly, Dr. CARLETON.