, 1878-07-13
WHOLE NO. l27

way is carried on an nrc of circle trnU
one open end around to the other. The
timbers which support this roadway
al 20 serve IN strengthen the frame Of the
barn. Most of the work was done hy
Mt. Westran; besides his own labor, this
barn has cost him only about $50. yet i,
Will now hold 200 tons of hay and when
completed it will hold over 300 tons
II Is SD arranged that all the hay is
pitched down instead OF up, and the
team never has to back or turn round, "A
II is driven in at enc open end onto
the roadway, the load is itcliql oil. and
it is driven out ut the other end onto
solid earth again.
KING COUNTY FARM
is sltnatcd only II short distance from
Mllier's Jerry and some four miles from
Seattle. The hospital ia under the con
troll of the Sisters OF Charity, ibvsr
angels OF mercy in CASES of sickness ~
human suffering. The hospital was
opened May 10, 1878, since which time
"a patients have been admitted, vi these
~ were county patients and seven pri.
vate PATIENTS who paid Tor the care p1-
slowed upon them Consumption and
caes, requiring surgical treatment COM
prise the largest portion OF the cases
Tw" patients have die,i ut the hospital
Antoine f. Harm private pa lent from
White river, died the Goth OF last June;
he leaves wife and large family of chill
dren; his age was 81 years.
Chas. Drew II county patient died July
2nd, aged AZ years; lie was I'M engineer
on Seam vessels by profession; his father
lives in Illinois.
KELLY SETTLEMENT.
Between the salt water OF the Sound and
the bottom land of the Dwanish and
White river valleys is tract OF high
land from three to six miles wide and
nearly twenty five miles long, extending
from Alki point to New Tacoma; from
this tract II number of smul! streams
flow into the Sound, around which is to
0e found more or less good land.
~ In township 2S north, Of rangs past
is creek some five miles long lhat fi,ws
into the Sound about IL miles south Of
Alki Point, which for lack OF . name We
will cal ssteele's creek after j. Il. Steele,
one of the first settlers there. This
stream is large enough to take II good
siz d scow up several miles from iss
mouth, when the brush is cleared oct ot
it. Messrs. Steele, Kelley, Wood, Thy
guson and Bissell have each taken up 30
scres on this creek; the settlement Is
usually called the Kelly settlement,
road ,uns to it from Robbins place IL
the Dwumsh valley, and there is sufti
cient good land for strong agricultural
srttlrnent.
Steele has now, cleared IL acres,
Kelly, do 10
Wood, do
Thygeson, do
At the mouth of the creek on the bay
Geo. Owlett has scme 40 acres cleared.
Stokes 10 acres, and M"ure 10.
Should railroad ever he built from
Ne- Tacoma to Seattle, it would run on
this ridge of nigh land which IS srid to he
we'll adapted to that purpose. Settlers
are scattered along ut various points 80
there is in all something like $50 acres OF
cleared land and some 20 or 40 settlers ~
this whole tract aud room on fertile lana
for several times that amount.
At the northern end of this tract "f
high lud, whcn urir Milton excellent
drpotiles of coal and Img iron ere are
SAID To 4 II.
Game is very abundent and Steelo's
creek is "plumb full" of the spreSlrd
beauties; bing just nice distance iro"'
ether Seattle ur New Tacoma for hn'
sail, aud pleasant fishing excursion; II is'
wonder that those Who enjoy sueh sport
don't frequent 1t from these plaees
shonld they not wish TO 80 10 small
boat, the daily siesmrrs br,wea These
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