The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-03
A FINE COUNTRY.
MOUNTAIN view, Whatcom Co,
January 11tb, 1880.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, w nAVcCm TO-,
January 17tb, 1880.
ED. ISTZLLINGESCER: - Being q
constant reader Of your valuable jour
nal, and not having seen any reports
from this part Of the garden Of the
world, glorious old Whatcom county.
thought Some description Of this sec.
ton might be of interest to many Of
your numerous readers. will give you
a few items, trusting you will deem
them worthy OF place in tie columns
Of your paper.
In the first place. tally one for the
north end Of Whatcom county. for, as
far as heard from. the snow has not fal.
len over 16 inches deep in any place
west of the Nooksack river. and l have
heard no reports Of any barns. sheds or
houses being destroyed BY the weight
Of snow. or Of any loss or suffering Of
people or stock, and don't think there
was any shoveling Of snow here Ny
stock has been out in an open shed oil
winter. and they are good beef now. II
Carl Peetz and his friends had come
into this part Of the country and set.
tied, they would have had nice homes
now, without having to leave their
claims. for we are not cursed with rail.
road Withdrawals. and there is some
pretty fair land open to homestead and
presumption settlement yet. but. Of
course. it is mostly several miles from
market, or any outlet for market. Blu,
there are large tracts Of land, the best
in tho county. owned by spectators.
that are for sale at prices ranging from
81 IS to "a per acre. on very easy
terms. People can buy any amount OF
land from 20 to 1000 acres. by payioe
half down. They can get two or three
years time On the balance; then they
have deed. This land, plenty of il
laying on the beach of the Gulf OF
Georgia. is good farming or grazing
land, with patches of fresh water
marsh every little way, and nothing
on it but BAREBACK brush. which is
easily cleared off, Then man can cut
from two to four tons of bluejoiot hay
per acre, on which cattle will keep fat.
There is . good stock range one month
later in the winter aud six weeks earlier
in tie spring than on the upland, and
along the beach every aero of land is
available for agricultural purposes.
There is perfect deep water harbor
for the largest ships that sail thu Paci.
tic Ocean. rot subject to tides. as the
~vs.tes 10 vary doat. olaAn q. 40 sh...
with sand and gravel bottom. The
steamer Dispatch runs along the Gull
every Friday anc Ssturdayon her week.
~ trips to and fromSemia hmoo. They
would be only too glad to stop an l take
on our produce and bring our supplies
from Seattle or Port Townsend Then
the farmers would buy in bulk and get
their goods much cheaer than at retail
at the exorbitant prices' demanded
here ut present. There is al q county
road laid out to the Gulf. and several
days saving already done on il. which
will be logged out this winter. If we
could CT few good families to come
IN here and bny sm~ll piece OF land
each. We could open the road in the
spring 80 as to havo it ready to ship
our produce in the fall; il IL only two
miles from the set.leMen, 10 the beach.
and all the land between the two is for
sale, and the most of it 10 good farm
ing land: Some places With several
acres in place have hardly enough
good timber on it I" fence it. The hre
that ran through bers several years
ago burned the timber mp. When We
once get the roai open, there will soon
be store aud postofiice on the Gulf,
then we can take the steamer any
time. without waiting fer tide or frozen
rivers. or low water. There arc some
capitalists in the East talking OF the
advisability of laying OF . town some
place near the reservation. on the Gull
Of Georgia. which We hope IN go .,
no very di.tant day. We will hail 1,
with joy. More anon.
SxrrLIR.