, 1880-04-15

"'' "h' rliuay haTDOr respectively.
lheSe Offices are served regularly with
weekly mail to and from Port Townsend.
Mnc''of the land being OF high and dry
nature. sheep raising constitutes perhaps
the leading industry of the island; although
al important feature Is its
t MANUFACTURE OF LIME.
In several places on the western portion
OF the Island, there are immense deposits
Of limestone. AT one Of these points, Mr..
Jas. McEurdy conducts large lime kiln
where the pure and unexcellcd article is
turned ont in qnantilesrcaching thousands
OF barrels annually, AT another point the
Scurr Bros. own large line kiln which
will soon be operated in full blast. We
may expect the manufacture OF lime to
Oe leading and important industry Of
san Juan county Tor many long years to
come. Judging from the extensive deposits
ot the raw material to be found within her
ltm',s-naIure's bountiiul provision.
Wy ''S''O SroON l'llu ICUlllllS NHCdllL VIl
san Juan island, although land partially
Improved can be purchased at reasonable
prices varying from 81 to $40 per acre.
Most OF the llrms arc occupied by families
and. as usual, nearly every nationality is
represented. lodge Of Good Templars
flourislles OIL the island, and also a saloon
for the retail Of spirituouS liquors. a
,G.st oRCAs ISLAND 5as t4
Is next In size to San Juan. There are
about 45 families reported to ue living
upon it. Their chief occupation Is farm
Ing and herding. besides the production of
lime as on San Juan. A portion OF the
island Is hilly, indeed almost mountainous,
and consequently 1t is especially adapted
to raising sheep and other stock. 1t has
two post offices, viz: Oyas and East
Sound. At the former place, Mr.. r.
Gaines conducts large lime kiln aud ex-
ports large quantities of lime every year.
Good schools are taught on the island, but
no regular church privileges are enjoyed.
The settlers are most all well.to-do,
though some of them would doubtless
change heir location lor moderate con-
siderti0n. Very little good land remains
vacant except the uplaml' which are COM
MOI property for grazing purposes.
Nearly all of the isIard is heavily tim
bered, and the smaller kinds of wild game
are found in large numbers. A
~ ~ -ar- FISHERY @
was located on the southern shore of this !,
i>land about two years ago but ne COM
pany or individual have ever invested
capital enough yet to carry on the business
protltably. Large numbers of hallbur,
salmon and many small kinds oi fish are
found in the waters in AL directions, and, |
when capital comes to the rescue there
viii be- a lucrative industry carried OIL.
adding materially to the wealth and i'm 4
portanre OF the county.
LOPEZ ISLAND,
next in size and Importance Is about 1917
miles long By 3la miles wide. This island
has settled mp rapidly within the past five
years, and there are now about 30 families
living upon it. Most Of their claims are
Dut slightly improved as yet, because sui
ticient time has not yet elapsed since their
commencement A store and pOst-ofllee
are located OH the shores of small bay
on the northwestern side Of the island,
from which point roads radiate In different
directions through the settlement. The
island has recently been divided into two
school districts, one scloo! only having
been taught there heretofore.
A gentleman living upon Lopez Island
has written description thereof from
which we quote largely, especially as the
description Of Typographical features is
applicable to many OF the otllcr islands IN
the county-in part at least, lie says OF
the island: lit has many fine harbors
and very beautiful scenery. Its average
altitude $3.50 feet above high tide linr) is
all included in the government survey. 1t
has two military reservations OF $40 acres
each. and lighthouse rcSerya ion OF 4O
acres. 1t has about 70 actual settlers. and
OF this number about one-halt have fnmi-
lies-thc remainder being single men.
The inhabitants nunber little over 200
persons. About one-halt the land Is still
open for settlement. nearly all Ofwhich Is
suitable Tor agricultural purposes. Near
ly all the states IN thc union are here rep
resented, the state of Iowa leading IN
numbers. Improved farms are worth from
Is to $40 per acre, according TO improve
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