, 1876-04-08

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aid haa been r,ceived. Despniring Of Out
side MD, n. various tmrs parties have been
10 work 10 see what cnukl he done NJ home
Some two years ago our friend John Camp
bell anil others ussuciated themselves TO
grth,r for the purpose at cutting n passage
around the jam, by clearing sloughs filed
with jim', close btsIc the river. Hoping
NJ the time to bc repaid by logs they could
scrnr" from the upper Jam. and leave a
channel large enough for s,ramrr to pass
up river. Their means were exhausted he.
for they accomplished their ohj"c'.
L,st winter. about February first, three
men from the SnOhomsh. Marvin Minnck,
Dlpiel Mcdonald and John Quirk, together
with Jo.cph Wilson Of the Skagit. startr,
10 work to cut a channel large enough for
a'l purposes Of navigation through the cen.
trc OF the lowtr aod upper jams. Mr..
Campbell is 7cIlously assisting them by all
means in his powr. These m'n evidently
mean business. They hrgtn with no flourish,
Of trnmprts. nor expensive mat rnls. They
are men Of c1peri, nee and practical work.
, ing tnl, Mt in water rs wei as land logging.
The tools thiy use are very few, cheap and
simple. hut very effective. We have been
acquaint,d Il with most Vt these men for u
! long time, known them as thoroughly prao
tical workers. They have started in to 20
through with it, Have pledged their al
to the enterprise. Have cut and cleared
away some twn or three hundred feet "f the
lower jam, and lnosrnel it So tht when the
June frcshrts come l, wil probably, go out,
leaving the main jam of half mile Of en- =
ting to he cut through. These men hope tn
hr renumera,cd in pnrt by the LOGS they g /
out of the jam. suitable for saw logs, and
! in defaul, Of Government aid oI which thy
prospect Is slight they expect that -,hcr
they hn e demonstrated 10 all ptc.ts,rd
that the are the men ft to SUE. d in III,
enterprise. that sufficient support viii br
donated by the. Coal Companies the loggin.
and agricultural Interests af the Sound, con
ncctti. ur that may Ec connected with thu,
river to carry t'rEI through These loI.
will prohhIy oriy purity pry them, mean
while Their "0rk is liable tn stop for lack oI
CT dit. -, ot flnds to curry it farther IN
The 'Ahole Sound region owes !, to the
enterprise, and patriotic public spirit oi
;nrs men 10 see that they are sustained and
that they do not fail lnr lnck of support
From what we know ot them. W are GER
tain that if they are half way supported in
money or credit thy 9W agt ,Edk We i'm.
t'erstand thy ask mn donations to be made
or support su s,rihrl, except that 1t b
upon At. coalition thli they clear Il p,ssag
sufficient for ell purposes nf navigation
through the whole upper and lower Jams
bet1rs they receive II penny Of the amour
subscribed Upon the faith of this sub.
Scription. II made sn.n they car easily pre-.
cure all nee sAary supplies. The balance, #
any is hft will 80 to them. Upon such
terms ~ these, il So ms ~ il there ought Ia
he raised at least $4,000 over the whole
Sound Th,y will probably get 5000
worth Of logs out Of the jam. thus making
themselves even upon this Noble enterprise
Tor our part we feel like aiding such puhlc
spirited men by AL means in our power
To those who have never witnessed sucli
u sight the jam il well worthy Of a visi, Ia
the river. The river here is probably from
400 to GOO feet wide, and very deep A
grcnt pnrt Of the jam is composed of liml cr
thnt scarcely ever rotS. II is the nccnmum
ton Of ag 5, we have no means nf estimt
ing how long. I, lonkS as permanent ~ th
forests beside II. II WAS probably caused
| hy hig trees nnl other lrifl wool lodging in
h,nd or upper end Of II slIool or Island.
gradually. or perhaps in n single season clos
ing thr whole clmnnrl. Alter this WIS once
arcompis I'd. nl the drift in the river
would nee, sslriy he 10 lgel Mt its upper end.
The division between the two jams wns
probably caused by extreme high water nj
some time causing the lower portion of III"
jam to move down short distance, while
the r, 81 remain fixed
In the jun are found trees of all sizes from
the fir, cedar AMI spruce ten feet in diameter
and three hundrd d feet long, down to the
n.rpst brush wood. These are wehged and
mmed together in every conceivable form
The parts projecting our Of the water ARE
u,u,lly covered with long pendant moss
while from the rotten wood or earth NJ.
tnched to roots or logs mny Le seen bushes
or aid r trees alive and growing as well ns
if they were upon nlid hnd, in place Of
over twenty five feet Of winter flowing he.
meath them. 1t is u sight once seen not
snon to he forgotten.
The tir,t store on the river was started by
Mr.. Campbell some five years ago at Skngt
CITY. About one year ago he sold ont to
the energetic Hnl enterprising gentlemen
Mr.. Daniel Z. Gage, who now owns tue
store there.
The father of Mr. Gnge settled ON tn"
river some five yenrs ago. He had quite
large family. must all "t whom still reside
on the river. Mr. Cages mrclr adioins
the skagit City town plat. Since Mr.. d. L.
Gage bonGIt out the stor" br has nc,rly or
quite doubled the business formerly done