, 1880-04-01
PORT TOWNSEND, W. T.. THURSDAY. APRIL ]. $780,


low and through to Chimacum it is thought
large number Of good clainsc can yet be
found. The distance from the head OF
Dayhop Bay around the brach to Port
IAidlow Is about 40 miles, and not more
than halfa-tlozen settlers are to be found
upon the whole coast. although the form
aton OF the land and character OF tho soil
does not differ materially from that /.
tween Port Ludlow and Port Townsend,
which Is all'taken and great deal Of II
cultivated. The shore above the beach Is
much the same throughout the county,
being upland. which generally fronts upon
the water IN a bold gravel and cement
or clay bluff. There are. however, occa.
sional depressios leading down upon
large gravel spits, that usually surround \
lagoon and marsh inside of the beach, af-
loring good places TO make roads to get
up and down. These uplands, as above
described are nearly covered with dense
growth Of timber. the soil varying from
worthless sand and gravel ridges to bench
es and rolling land with good soil COM
posed OF vegetable mold with clay subsoil.
None of the lal.d would be called stony.
except the gravel ridges, but there are
occasional large aud small bouders which
when once cleared off, leave the land for
ever free, as there S never enough frost TO
work those which may be below to tlle
surface. There Is some gravel in the best
upland soil, but so small and scarce as TO
not Interfere In the least with cultivation.
1t Is an open question as TO where these
granite boulders came from. as there are
none IN the coantry except these SCATTER
Ing ol,es; but the prevailing opinion
sremslt"a he that they were deposited
where we find them by iceLergs that once
fioated over the country. t
sCow BAY AND. OAK BAY.
between Ports Townsend aud Ludlow,
alC WV pcdtilsui HtpU HdIuOtS SuI1HcVtSu
by small slough. All the land around
them has lecn takell up and several farms
are cultivated. These places could be
bought at reasonable figure aud, IN the
hands of the right Kind of nrn. could I've
made splendid hones aud good paying
farR,s. The locations are delightful Win
the exception that tlpy are practically az
cessibIe only by water. Herr AZ the WA
ter's edge is an Immense btel OF good
building stone. This stone has been used
a great deal in the construction Of line
and valuable buildings. both IN Port
Townsend and IN Seattle. and while it is
the easiest Kind of stone to dress, It /, Dc-
lievcd that it will prove 10 be durable,
QUIaPER PENINSULA.
lays between Port Townsend and Poit
Discovery Bays. and j. about miles long
and fium 2ia to miles wide. II Is nearly
all upland, and but 4 small portion is re-
garled as suitable for agriculture; but we
are satisfied that time aud necessity will
prove the falsity of this belief when, In
stea,l Of n small portion, the greater part
will be found under cultivation. @.
A man In this country Is like the one
who went to see the city but could not see
1t on account of the houses. It is almost
impossible 10 see the country here OH ac-
count of the trees. The trees and under
brush are so thick. and the fallen timber
so plentiful and interviewer together that
It Is with the greatest difficulty that per-
son can penetrate it. consequently the
first and succeeding settlers usually select
ed the first partially open bottom land
they could find OH the outskirts aud
branded the whole Of the rest In the Inte-
rior ~ worthless. 1t Is strange indeed IL
land that produces such dense growth OF
timber will not produce grain, vegetables
and fruit, We regard such a belief as
more Of tradition than u fact; and che
few experiments which have been made
sustain our opinion that nearly all OF
these so called worthless lands will yet be
the most sought after. We clip the fol-
lowing from the North Pacific Coast:"
Gardening Experiments Oh Fir Land.
EDITOR NoRTH PACIFIC COAST
DEAR sIR:--In compliance with your