The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-04

srs plainly distinguishabls. ON un-
able to present meteorological statistics
Of this portion Of the Territory, and
can only say that the temper ssure u
lever in winter and higher 10 sammsr,
and that the rainfsll 10 about one-hali
lees than on Puget Sound. The sveraee
annual temperature il reported - fol-
lows: Spring. So degrees. summer. 73
degrees. autumn. 50 degrees. and win.
ter. "a degrses
PRODUCTIONS, ETC.
All the cereals. vegetables. fauits and
berries grown within the temperate
zone are rassed in this Territory. The
average yield rer acre Of wheat, oats.
barley. rye and vegetables cssnot BE-
surpassed in any portion Of the United
States. The great wheat region i in
Eastern Washington. Thssrss Of wheat
land 10 the counties Of WAlla Walla,
Columbia. Whitman. Stevens. Yakima.
and Klicitat 10 estimated to be i've mil
lion acres. With . productive capacity
OF one hundred million bushels per an.
mum. The average yield Of wheat per
acre 10 twenty i've bushels. Tho pres
ent season it Is thirty bushels per acre.
Many fields have produced more than
fifty bushels per acre.
The expectation Of wheat from this
rsgion during the present year will be
more than sixty thousand tons. The
only outlet from this portion of the
Territory at present is the Columbia
river, and the facilities for trsnsporta-
iton through this channel arc % made
quate that moro than twenty thousand
tons OF wheat are now stored at Walla
Walla and other points awaiting ship
ment.
It is now universally conceded that
the COlumbis river cannot furnish an
outlet for the productions Of Eastern
Washington and Oregon and Western
Idaho until the ohstruetions at the
Dalles. at the Csscades. and ct other
points are removed.
A canal 10 now being constructed
around the Cascades BY the General
Government. but many years will elspse
before uninterrupted steamboat nsviga-
tion will be secured between the upper
waters Of the Columbis and tho Pacific
Ocean. unless more liberal sppropris.
tions are made by tho Government.
1t l. the duty OF the General Govern
msnt TO remove these obstructions at
tho earliest practical moment. It has,
by favorable legislation in regard to
the public lands. stimulated aud en-
coursged settlemeots even in advance
Of the public surveys.
More than seventy. five thousand in
habitsnts occupy the valleys of this
river and its tributaries atove these
obstructions. A large proportion. are
engaged in agriculturAl puFsuits. bot
are unable to fnd market for their
products. chiefly owing to thess OBJ
structisns. Population is daily flowing
into this region from all parts of the
United States. It hsa an area Of more
than one hundred thousand square
miles. capable Of supporting several
million people. When all the facts are
fully known to Congress. I feel quite
certain that more liberal appropriations
will be made for the improvement OF
this great artery OF the aoeth Paci6c
coast, extending from the ocean ono
thuasand two Anndrsd miles into The
interior. and flowing through the finest
agricultural and erssins portion Of tho
continent.
The beanoh line Of the Northern Pa
citic Railroad. whom completed across
the Cascade Mountains to Puget Sound.
will eOnnect the eastern aud western
sections of this Territory. and furnish
means for the transportation OF the
grain and other products Of the former
to tide water. and Of the ooel lumbss'
fish and o4hee psoaucts Of tie Iaatsrto
. market 10 eastern Washipgton and
western idaho.
PUGET SOUND.
Thir rsuaskAhle body Of water was
described by me in my last annual re-
port, and in co.0borstion OF what then
stated, I give an extract 6em tho report
made BY. Admiral Chaslss Wilkes ssv-
sral yesrs sipcs; s4g 5.5
"Nolhisg can sHsssd the besnty Of
these waters and their saiety. Net :
shoal exists within the Straits Of Juan
Dc Faca. AdmiEalty Inlst OF Hoods
Canal that can In any way Interrupt
their navigation. BY 74-gan ship. II
venture nothing Ia saying thsre is no
country IN the world that psetsssss
wsters equal to thsss They esvse a
area Of about 1000 sQnaye,lAilea The
shores Of al these in1ets and hays are
rsmarkshly bold; % much % that IN
many places ships sids wonld strike
the ~shose before the heel Woald tnaph
the ground. The country BY which
these waters ere sursoanded IL remark.
ably salubsiouA and o&sss every advan-
tage for the accommodation Of . vast
conmercisl and military marine with
convenience for decks and . grsas
aany sites for to~ss and sSlties, at sll
times supplied With water and apsbla
of being veil provided vith svssythise1
BY the surrounding oountsy, which 10
we'll adapted for aegieslGpro.
= The Straits Of Juan dc Fucs are 95
miles IN length, and hsve ~ average
width of II miles. AZ the antsaoes
(sigkt miles in Width ns dasgss szists
and Il may b safely navigsssd through
ost. No part of tbe world soords 6ner
inland sounds. OF . greater numbee of
Aarboss, than n. 1dund Within ~
Straits Of Jaan d Fsea 1Apabls ~ ~
ssivasg The lssgsst slass q vooso. sud
without danger II ~ vhjah y aot
visible. rrc0 lho Eiso ed eAll q ~
tides (le lsst) every facility b o6srsd
for the sroetisa of works fue 9feat
martins nation. TIE countsy also
affords - many sites foe vater power
q any other."