The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-03
FROM sNoHoMIsH COUNTY

Libby, L arrived at Muckilteo Monday
morning. at II O'Clock. regrptting the
necessity that forced the to leave the
Libby's comfortable quarters for the
rough trails of our undeveloped coun-
try. Mncki,teo must be we'll known TO
your readers as it was amply written
up by one of your force short time
ago. The run Of fish IS about over and
when arrived there they were finish
ing the cans they had on hand Most
Of their China hands had been dis
charged, but will remain at their own
expense until the next run of salmon
will give them employment. and this is
chiefly what makes them give Chinese
labor preference. They must have
skilled labor. and a white man once
taught and discharged would be apt to
leave, while the Cinnamon will remain
and wait after they have learned the
business. The Muckilteo Brewery is
running and doing good business, and
they have one Of the best brewery
buildings in the Territory and plenty of
good water. They make good article
of beer. They are only commencing
and yet they nov make thirty barrels
of beer month. They grind their
malt by water power. Capt. Frost is
still here. the man who owns the pro-
perty, and as the hotel is closed to
strangers who arrive there, with
his usual care for their comfort,
he has provided place where they
may find something to eat. From there
10 Lowell, across the trail, is nine miles
in an air line, and think it is sbou,
100. as it is about the worst trail ever
travelled over. At Lowell at last. /
find the little town dull. though the
hotel kept by Mr. Smith is doing good
business, and the store by Mr.. Jackson
has a good stock of goods. Near this
place there are thousands of acres of
such bottom lands as near the Snoho-
mish river open 70 pre- emption and
settlement, beside many thousand acres
of good farming lands partially tim
bered with alder and vine-maple. Up
the river, on the right. I get to the farm
OF MIR. Hulburt a finO place, under goe6
cultivation. His son. a bright, intclli-
gent boy, pulls me across the stream
and lands me on the trail. 1t is dusk
and six miles to 60. Alas, for me 1
lost the trail and took a logging trail
into the woods, and at half-past ten
o'clock that night, after wading
through fog, wind and water, arrived
at the Snohcmish Exchange. Snohomish
City. more like an escaped convict than
anything else. l was warmly welcomed
and comfortably taken care of by the
landlord, Mr.. Isaac Cathcart, who has
one of the best hotels OH Puget
Sound. if not the very best.
1t contains rs rooms. all large
and oil newly furnished with good fur
niture and carpets The halls are large
and roomy. aud the dining room will
seat comfortably 100 guests. Every.
thing about the place is we'll conducted.
The Riverside House is also very
fine hotel, kept by Mr.. Light, and con.
Quoted Oh good principles In fact,
Snohomish may brsg of her hotels.
SnOhomish City at present is dull as far
as money is concerned, though there are
very many superior residences in course
of construction, and the reason for the
dnllness. as near as can learn, is this:
About one year ago the mill owners
sought to reduce the price Of logs
to four dollars per NJ. The loggers,
of course. held their logs for the
five dollars they had been used to
getting, until their creditors became
importunate, and finally jumped Them
and the result on this river to-day is
that there is between five and six mil
lions of logs tied up here in litigation
OF no use to any one but the officers in
charge Of them. Now the money
value Of these logs is due to the mer-
chants. the farmers, the hotel keepers,
the doctors, and the other business men
Of this place. as soon as the law will
permit these logs to be sold. The mill
men will probably get them at their
own price. l say this much with re-
gard to this, as know the entire cir
cumstances, and know that creditors of
business men here must be lenient, as
they are undoubtedly safe in nearly all
cases Of business men here; but when
their funds are floating in the Pill
chuck awaiting the action of the Sher-
if it is impossible to get at them
There are three stores of general
merchandise here. two hotels, one fruit
and variety store. one butcher shop,
one dairy. kept by Mr.. Hughes, two
lawyers, one dry goods stors, two
blacksmith shops. two saloons. one
newspaper, the Northern Star. one
church, good school, good wharves,
and the steamer Nellie makes regular
trips here three times o week. with
mails, passengers and freight. besides
other steamers. They have also a
good physician here, DR.. Folsom, who
constitutes an indispensable factor in
new place.
Leaving Snohomish. took the trail
for Pork Place. ON the Skykomish river
OF course the trail is muddy at this
season of the year. bat the people of
the; Skykomish country deserve more
than credit tor the unaided zeal with
which they are pushing their road
through alone, and it promises to be
one of the best in the county. 1t is 10
o'clock. midnight, and l know Wood,
McClurg, Harmon. johnson and the
other pioneers Of that place will exense
me till next week. when will write
you of the splendid agricultural coun-
try they have up there.
W. B. Stevens keeps . saloon nearly
opposite the Snoliomish Exchange Ho-
tel and tells good story in favor of
the IxrELLIGENcER. He takes your
daily and says he could rot do without