The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-17
LaConner and the Swinomish.
LACONNER, Nov, l4.1S7;.

LaConner and the Swinomish.
LACoSxER. Nov. II, 1877.
Ed. INTHLLI0ENCER:-1 arrived ut
LaConnsr shortly after dark yesterday,
and although 1 had been here few
months before and had heard of i'm
provements in this thriving town, l
was not prepared for the busy scene
that presented itself. The wharf was
crowded with men, and the hotels were
both full-so full that many were
obliged to sit up all night. Harvesting
is over and the men who were en-
ployed. are all looking up claims for
themselves on the Sksgit and other COLI
venisnt localities.
The LaConner Hotel, kept by J. j.
Conner, maintains its reputation as u
first.clsss house. Mr.. Conner has built
q large addition to it this summer, and
contemplates still further enlarging in
the spring. A new hotel has been
started here called the Maryland House.
It IL kept by A. Steigford has eight
rooms and is full all the time. 1t has
been open about two months. L. l..
Andrews has large store filled with
general merchandise, aud it is crowded
81: the time. The Caches Bros have
the postofRcs and . large stock of gen.
eral merchandise. and are doing o good
business. Capts. Chandler and Potter
have lately started . boat yard, which
10 great accommodation to the travel
ling public. They are experienced
ms0, and have . supply of boats of all
sizes, and are prepared all times of the
day and night. to convey passengers
TO any point on the river or bay. John
E. Davis has started . machine shop
and does general jobbing in his line Of
business. He has lsthes and all the
machinery necessary, and will run it
by steam. he intends to add foundry
to it in the Spring and will make small
castings. It will be great benefit to
this section of the country. He owns
the property and is going to build a
fine residence for his family in the
Spring. j. F. Dwelly has q shop here,
and manufactures furniture and all
kinds of wood work. and has large
hay press in front Of his shop Just fin
ished. Mr.. Gilliland is still 1t the key
in the telegraph Office, and a. full Of
iun - ever. J. L. Church has place
for bost building and repsiring and says
hc has more work than three men can
do.
The LaConner drug store. kept by
DR.. T. G. Mickey, is o great conven-
ience to this part of the country. He
keeps fine stock Of drugs, patent med.
icines, paints, oils, etc. and the DR..
himself is very highly spoken of by
all.
The Sw;no,uish fats around LaCou-
ner have been spoken of and written
about 20 much, that to give your read
ess some idea of the productiveness of
the soil, l will give you the result of
one mans farming this year, taken from
his books. Mr.. s. Calhoun had 40
acres of grain. % acres of meadow,
and about i've acres Of vegetables
from which he raised 35,4O7 bushels of
grain, about 600 tons of hay, $50 bush.
els of potatoes and 1870 tons of turnips
aud other vegetables. Two hundred
acres of his land average him SO bush
els to the acre aud and one hundred anG
fifty of il 100 bushels. These are strict
calculations by business man, and it
is only what the entire flat has done
where the land has been cultivated with
the same care and attention.
It is estimated here by those who
know that there will be fully 1000 acres
more grain sown on the Swinomish this
year than was last. I will endeavor
before get though here to ascertain
the exact lumber Of acres under cultl-
walton last year aud the amount of grain
raised.
Sheriff Allsa, Of Whstcom county,
when going up the north fork Of the
Skagit river in canoe, the other day,
babe me jump in and 60 up with him.
! did 20, and travelled with him abou,
two days. He is. beyond doubt, the
most popular man in the county, and
dsservedly 70. When he has disa.
greeAble duty 10 perform, he does it in
such . manner as TO leave no sting be-
bind. We left the bat at Mr.. Talbin's
ranch. BE has . dairy and made
and cold over one thousand pounds OF
butter last year. Further on, ON the
trail. we come to the farm of l. L. Mad
dox. He is . J p. and has lived here
since 1855. He built the first cabin on
the North fork Of the Skagit, and haa
! INV n Gna nlsns nth IN acres uuda,
$500. Wien b. landed on his place be
hsa just one dollar and seventy five
cents, IN axe. and large stock Of the
right kind of pluck. T. p. Nastic ID
moving biz family from WILDLY Island
aud 10 locating near Mr.. Maddox. o
! Paulson has 100 acres on the same Sec
ton. has lived there ak years, and haa
ons hasdEsd and forty acres under
| cultlvo1in. Il isall bottoo land. F.
C. Tingtsy has TO cores near BY. He
has . dairy, and milks IA COWS. he
ss1ls Ill H. butter he can make, at q
good prics He made over thousand
pcunas last year. There were over fifty
thousand bushels of grain raised on The
Skagit River - year.
People sfe spt TO confound LACouneI
and IT, G1ngit. They are quite distinct
LnCounDr IL near the mouth of the
I'D Fork OF the Skaeit, and 10 To-
need At the head OF the Swinomist
Aats.
Thsrs Aas been . good deal Of news.
paper talk about the tirst white woman
Who located here. they ere oil wrong