The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-16
THE DAILY NTELLICE\(ER
Saturday, Sept. l6, 1915.

ARRIVED. :. Dsnskin, thu .heep
man II Dayton. whom we stated fsw
weeks .inoe had started from the Walia
Walls valley with band Of sir han
drei sheep for thi, market. arrived with
the sheep a. Black river. abogt twelve
miles above this place 90 Thprsisy
evening. aud i.aying them there in
a pasture came 10 town. We received
. call from him yesterday, aud he gave
us the following lnf9g NATION coacsru-
ing bis section Of The country and
the sheep business there. /. IL generally
Supposed by the sheep men in that .ec-
ton that hand Of sheep cannot bc
driven from there 10 this market with
out considerable los. and upon his IL.
rartare. aud Judging from the expe-
ricncs Of othsrs. they predicted that j
be could make the trip without losing
more than seveniy head. be might
consider himself fortunate bat he IN
forms Us that he has not lost single
SHEEP on the whole route. This Aaay
s~ regarded as quite remarkable. Y ben
We consider the character Of the can
. ~ through which they were driven
The sheep are all young wethers and
la good condition. shich fact may
In . measure account for bis extraOrdi-
nary good fortune Mr. Dauskiu owns
the largest band If sheep in the Ter
y,sory, numbering 5000 strong. This
.sson he raised 1000 lambs. only sir
hasared Of which he has sold Next
rear be expects u raise 1000 more As
be has a very large range
be wishes 10 increase his band
70 $1,000 "a soon as convenient
Five years ago be purchased eighteen
cotswold bucks for which hc paid 81
500. and is now crossing this stock with
Spanish Merinos. From . lamb from
this stock he shcared this year thirty
eigh, pounds Of wool, of tue very bcs,
quality While bands of sheep in Kit
tltss valley only shear on the average
three or four pounds of wool to the
head. his band averaged nine pounds
Thus the advantage ot keeping
good stock, even If it costs something
on the start. can be easily seen and APP
preciatcd II would be well for our
farmers generally To follow his exam.
pie. IS it don't cost any more 10 keep
good stock than poor Dayton has
nov about seven hundred inhabitants.
and il Is only three years old. II is
twenty eight miles from Walla Walla
The WOODEN factory there Is becoming a
success. immigration is pouring IN
fast. aud the country is assuming much
importance asa wheat producing sec
ton. Hon. II. \ Newland. from 400
acres Of wheat and barley. this year.
raised 10000 bushels. Thirty acres of
this. in wheat. produced seventy bush.
els To the acre IL was new land brok-
en- up this year. The people there are
very an xious To have railroad comrnun ica
ton with Seattle. andthey consider the
improvement Of the Columbia river ne
OF no importance Ia them a. compared
with this Mr. Danskin enthusiasiical-
ly remarked that the people of Oregon
might talk as they pleased about put
ting locks in the Columbia river, etc,
but he WAS thoroughly convinced. as
WAS oil the leading citizens of the val
10y. that Seattle was the natural. in fact
the only feasible outlet for that coun-
try, aud prospect Of the early com
plction Of the s. l. w. ". r. r. would
fairly set the settlers there wild with
enthusiasm