The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-10-07
UPPER CowLrrz VALLEY.


The following lsttsf Vas received
after the Newell Colony had locsasd,
bat q it msy be Of benefit 10 future
colopisss We take pleasure in publish
ing IL:
Ma. Z. G. STuARr-Dsar Sir ::
Knowing thst you and yeor sstinsole
wife taks deep interest In the settle
meot Of our Territory With . good snd
industrious populstion, and bslisstng
that the Newell Colony 10 such, l de-
sire % maks . fsv suggsstions thss may
aid In directing thsif attention 70 sslsct-
ing - good . location - csn be found
and having personal knewisdgs Of this
part ri u fsssitoey. ] would call Jour
sssentien y the Uppes Oowiitx Valley
living sost of The Willaostts Meridian
Looking ct the camp whsrs the meri-
dian dresses the Cowlitz VALLEY. now
exsmias the tsrntory lying east OF
that linz tnthe summit Of the Cascades.
end yos will get sons idss OF the sx-
tent of this section Of country. East
Of this lins thsss sss comparatively bat
few settlsrs-
In making selection for Q colony
there ere . fsv inpsrtsss points. notA-
bly, these: good Land, COED wateS. good
timbse. cosy socsss 70 market. either
by water naviQation Or railroad. In
III these essential points the Upper
Cowlits 10 Unsurpassed. Steamboat
nsvigatisn sxtspds up the river about
fifteen o. twenty miles above the point
mentioned, and tho N. r. r. r. 10
distant some ten or twelve miles frem
whore ths meridian crosses and Q
narrow gage On - run vp ths valley.
II thu bl0iness In the future calls for
t. At ths hssd Of the steamboat land
ing there u splendid water power.
Hsrs Mill Creek discharge IL wstsrs
into the Cowlits over psrpsadisular
rocks several lsee high. forming ons Of
the fnese min dies in the Territory.
Still isrthes up the valley there sre
ssyernl 1thsr One streams, adording the
finest water powers 10 b found In any
country. The lsnd IN this valley 10 Of
the very best quality. being deep black
loan, underlaid with substratum Of
rich yellow loan, also rich, and patur-
ally updsrdrsinsd. ] can also speak of
the water In equal tsrns Of praise.
The wster sparkling. clear - crystal.
pure ~ the snow from which II 10 dis
titled, coming out in gushing springs
in greater number than I ever saw
even In New York. Up tho clear, cool
and pure water Of the Cowlitz river
come ths 6nny inhabitants Of the Pa
ciHc. the silver sided salmon. The
aimsn trout. the specified mountain
trout and numerous other varieties, are
also found and caught In these pure
watsrs. Nature has done oil she could
doto make this one Of the spots Of the
earth suitable for the abode Of happy,
hsalthful and contcnted people. No
poisonous miasmatic cir 10 corrupt the
blood 7; no vsnomous serpents TO strike
IN unsuspscting child with ito poison
cd fangs. All 10 pure and healshful,
and Inviting the hand Of industry to
develop tho exhsustlsss richness Of
land and water. The u. 8. surveys
have not yet been extended over oil
this section Of the upper valley. 20 that
On accurate estimate cannot be made Of
the number Of acres Of good arabic
land; but from oil estimates made by
man Of good practical Judgment, IL il
not far from supporting from four to
i've thousand men, women and chill
dren. Capt. ]. B. Berry 10 engaged
this summer In Surveying some four or
ave townships Of the upper valley.
This will open che couStry 70 immedi-
ate settlement.
A. b. DIILrNBAuau.
A. b. Dillinbaugh 10 IN old settler,
living near NsWaukum. In Lewis
county. and has On excellent repu-
tatiOn.
RoDERr g. STUART.