The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-22

Through happy tesYs size looked at'me
fMy blue-eyed darling, fsir to seei);
And OF the childish days gone by,
We talked little, she and /.
Till on the stairs a step was heard
Which all my child's soft bushes
stirred. .s rf
Twas he whom she had chosen alone
To love the best when older grown. 81
And whom the hoar bad come At last,
And solemn vows had bound them fast.
Sbyly my grandchild came to me,
an play no more with boys" .snid she.
RPRoMsssNa SECTION.
Writing on the 2oth Of March. a
Yakima City correspondent Of the s. r.
Chronicle says: - 8n 49,
Our winter has about drawn to .
close. The snow has entirely disap-,
peared in the valley and on
the southern hilldaes, vegetation
is springing up, and in . few
weeks the hungry herds will again
feast on luxuriant bunch grass. The
mortality ameng live stock has been
comperatl yoly mall this winter. Farm
ers living in the thickly settled portion
of the valley have beeay feeding their
stock more or less. but stock men on
the outskirts have not fed amouthful.
The acreage of cereals this year will be
much in excess of that Of any former
year. New farms are being located
every day and settlers ere, coming feom
nearly every State in the Union, the
majority, however, bailipg ffom Ore.
gon. At the present rate of immigra-
ton all the land available for farming
will be occupied by actual settlers
within two years. A person who has
never had the benefit Of any Of his land
rights can take up 1920 acres in tais
country, as follows: One hundred aud
sixty acres homestead, l60 acres pre-
emptioo, 400 acres timber culture aud
GAO acres al desert land, Of course
oil our Government lands cannot be
claimed as desert land, but In certain
localities itfcan, and may be farmed
without . heavy expense for irrigsting.
The climate is moderately cold in win
ter, and in summer is warm enough to
produce . iuxurisnt growth of vegeta,
ton without infiictiug upon us the M
pleasantnsss Of the officiating heat 81
tropical sun. strange as It may seem.
ell kinds Of fruits do admirably 10 this
northern climate. Even the grape
which il 90 sensible to frosts, is cult
waited herewith success. Tho valleys.
generally speaking, are long aud mar
row, separated from eaca other by
rolling hills, covered with bunch
grass, some Of which are gravel
ly and svergrown with sage brush.
The Indian difficulties which havs
so greatly retarded thes settlement
OF this country, are practically 81 m
end. The Indiana on tile Yakima res.
ervation are 4peAceable and veil dis
posed, the refractory element having
joined Chief Noses on bic new seservs-
ton ct the extrecs nort6srn boundary.
Chief Moses himself. with : few fol.
lowers, has gore to British Columbia
in search Of = more congenial cline
because the grand Jury found . bill
against him for being implicated in the
murder Of the PefkipS family. The
rev lnaians wno sun remain 81! the
isx'ma reservation certsinly ought to
20 content ana peecoaoie. Tor they
have over ono thousand sores Of good
land for every man. woman and child
on the reservation. aud ont of thin
amount ~ = safe to say thaton an aver
age tney 90 not cultivate one acre each.
were ta's OBSERVATION tnrown open "a
settlement the taxes that would be paid
by settlers would board every Indian
Who lives here q the Palace Hotel in
San Francisco. Our mines are turning
out beyond the expectations OF the
meet sanguinas I've Peohastin quarts
ieo9es viii oe keu extensayely this
summer. Inc nWAnE placer @dlokings
are turning ont Wen. The gold 4aker
froo these mines - very coarse. tte
nuggets found varying from $500 to =
are attracting 30 much attention Of late,
are about loo miles from Elleusburg,
IN this county. Gold can be found on
any OF tue small st.eams here. but Il
only = Few places in paying quantities
The whole connsrys however. IS COM
paratively unprsspscted. The logging
campo are eli basily engaged 10 getstsa
out railroad ties for the Northern Pa.
cific Railroad. Ono hundted aud atty
men are now employed Ia this work
and more are wanted They are bei6r
paid from $50 TO $50 per fanuth. Thu
railroad company are payiuA 81 IS ps,