The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-30

: i80i2 Ccst+tC ID pace q! -AE DsAttE, AL
Nj Hans 5 Hanson is the iaaii carries
from Snohouish City.
Below d Selleck's pace oil tbs
railroad lands have reverted to ihe
Government. The settlers as ruls
feel quite confident, and are hopeful
regarding the future. Above this point
where the laLds have not reverted q
the Government, the settler. are less
hopeful. Many talk of going east q
the ucuDtaia.. or to some other place
where they expect to fed land with &c
drawbacks.
The truth Q. the matter is ;hat the
settlers Of the Snoqualmie, and parti-
culsrly those far up The valley. have
been very badly situated as regards
markets-perhaps worse than any other
valley on the Sound. Some four or five
years .go, when logging camps began
to extend up the Suoouaimie river. the
settlers were sansuine that these camps
would furnish them snexcel!ent market
for their surplus products. They pre-
pared TO grow hsy, vegetables. &c. for
the camps; they were no more than
prepared to furnish these things IN
quantities before they began to suffer
severely by the breaking up Of the log
gers. The lien law Disseminated very
unjustly against them, so that today the
farmers would have been much better
off If there had never been logging
camp on the river, as they by this time
would have we'll established markets
for their products. Now those who
placed but little dependence On the
camps. but sought oat other markets,
are doing well, many OF them making
money. and all hopeful and confident
regarding the future; while those who
saw no other resource but camp in
which to sell their products are in de-
spair.
Really it is a serious question, and
one Of vital interest to King and Sno-
homsh counties, what shall the settlers
raise thst can be sold, and how shall
they cheaply get their products to mar
ket?
Ultimately the leading industry Of
this river will be tho fruit and dairy
business. There will doubtless before
many years be large cheese factory at
Qualco for the farmers on the lower
Snoqualmie and the Skykomish rivers,
with some two or three others between
there and SnoQuslmie Prairie. but it
will take several years to bring this
about
A steamer would greatly help them,
but only . very small one would pay TO
run here until there was more money
to cause business. The land is pro-
ductive enough. and will grow large
crops Of most anything that can be
cold; but few of the ranches are a,
present adapted to grain raising. Be
sides this should always remain sabor =
din~ted to other Interests. Those who
are forehanded enough to raise enough
OF any one kind OF crop. to pay for
them to ship in winter hold i. until
then when the ordinary sternwhoel
steamers can come up the river to their
places. will do we'll.
Mr. G u Rutherford has some 20
fine sheep on Mr. Rufus Stearns's place.
which he is now working. He and
many others will find this very profita
BILE, IS they will keep very fat al win
ter. with very little food or care On
these fertile bottoms. Many Of the
settlers on the San Juan Islands have q
surplus stock o! sheep. more than they
can keep this winter. which the must
dispose OF cheapIy. Should they be
bought and brought here. where much
| feed will 60 to waste this fall ard win
ter, this waste feed would make them
fat enough to sell at a good price to Sc
attic butchers this winter. Besides
leaving fair stock to grow On.
Tho big marsh On the south bank Of
the river above the residence of II
Spurrell. containing some 5000 or more
acres of land, is at yet wholly unim>
proved. This year. great quantities Of
crspbcrrics are being gathered By the
settlers from this marsh, both for home
use and to sell at Snohomish City.
where they bring good price.
On Saturday. tho Goth Of September,
in company with Capt. w B Seymore,
We assembled the steep high bluff i'm
mediately back Of J d Sclleck's place.
We took with us n powerful telescope
and Holasteric barometer. TIE tel
escope gave Us a fine view Of the marsh
suc river, while the barometer enabled
us to measure the hight Of the falls on
this mountain rs we'll as tho mountain
itself. Mr. Selleck's house is probably
not over fifty feet above sea level. while
the falls are in perpendicular hight
above the level Of the house about $50
feet. The mountain risss very steeply
for $40 feet above tho level Of the
house. then very gradually it recedes
from the edge Of the bluff. At present
very little water flows over Selleck's
falls. but in winter the quantity i,
great enough TO make them very beauti-
full. Messrs Frazier. Selleck and Day
have places SO sheltered from the early
morning sun by this mountain as to pc
cuiisrly fit them for fruit raising, .,
they are never troubled by frost. Nj
Frazier has tree in his door yard tha,
ripencd a bushel and ons-half Of fine
peaches this year. He has many young
peach trees growing and in such shell
tered spot can successfully raise them
We also saw . peach tree loaded down
with 6ne fruit, ripeuing. At Fall City
Frank Dolan, Ned Ford and Phi
Rutherford are about the oaly ones dc.
ing anything At logging on the ono
oualmic Mr. Dolan in the last fou,
years has opened up one Of the largest
farms 90 the river below the falls, te-
sides carrying on bis logging business
This year he raises perhaps more roo
crops than any other farmer on tn.