The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-01-01

and silver are found, and successfully mined
in the Swank, Skaget, Samulkameen, Pc
chastane and other districts. Copper is be-
ing mined on Guernes' Island. Lead tin and
nickel exist. Iron of an excellent quality
exists in several localities, and is being sue
cessfully worked at Chirnicome. Coal is
found in every county west of the Cascade
Mountains, in veins from l to "a feet thick.
The field is the largest on the coast, and is be-
lieved to underle the entire Sound country.
Coal is extensively mined near Seatco, New
Tacoma, and Seattle the amount shipped
from the latter port last month was $4,000
tons; the annual export from this place IS
10000 tons.
Lime is found on the Grand Sound river,
and north of Spokane Falls in the eastern
part, and in Puyallup valley and the San Juan
group of islands in the western part of the
Territory, and large quantities are burned at
the last named places. The mines of the
Territory are almost wholly undeveloped, but
with coal, iron and lumber in abundance, it
is safe to predict that on Puget Sound will be
located extensive iron manufactures and ship
yards.
What the Territory now needs is capital
that will invest at a lower rate of interest.
Money is now loaned for from 10 to a per
cent. per annum.
The Northern Pacific Railroad has been
making rapid progress in this Territory. and
the Northwest is looking forward to its COM
pletion as day of jubilee. Besides having
operated the Pacific division, from the Sound
to the Columbia river, this company have
built nearly two hundred miles of the Pom
d'Oreille division, from the mouth of Snake,
eastward through the heart of the Grainfeds
to Spokane Falls, and it is generally be-
lieved that with the opening of spring work
will be pushed on the branch road over the
mountains, connecting Puget Sound with the
eastern section. The branch over the noun
tainS has now become necessity, and if this
company do not build it, another will and
when completed will be one of the best pay
ing roads on the coast. The amount of
freight that this road will carry will be enor,
nous. With the completion of this line we
will witness new era in Puget Sound. The
most remarkable feature in this country is the
mildness of its climate, and people will not
readily believe that in this high latitude the
climate is mlder than at Westminster, though
more than eight degrees farther north This
is due to a thermal current that strikes the
coast near Puget Sound, and is felt far inland;
giving to this and the grain growing region
east of the mountains, corresponding tenn
perature TO that of Richmond, Va. The sea-
sons here are: Summer, cool and dry Win
ter, warm and moist. The thermometer very
seldom rises to S8' iii midsummer, and as
rarely falls t. zero. In the eastern sections
the seasons are a trihe warmer and colder
than here, where the average for summer is
G50, and for winter $50. Snow falls in con-
siderable quantities in some localities near the
mountains, and ice forms some seasons, but
on the twenty or more rivers in the Terrific
ry, navigation is never, or very seldom ever,
closed by ice; up to this date there has not
been flake of snow or speck of ice, and the
grass is as green, and roses, pinks, daisies,
pansies and other flowers are as bright, as in
June.
The climate, soil, the undeveloped mineral
resources, the fisheries, manufacturing and
commercial advantages, are subjects for the
consideration of those who intend to remove
westward, and to those a careful study Of
what this Territory offers is recommended
Here are awaiting homes for millions of peo-
pie. Whitman county, with present popu-
laton of seven thousand, alone can furnish
more than 10, 200 farms of 100 acres each, and
Yakima county, with more area than the
State of New Jersey, has population of only
$500.
Settlers can acquire title to all the land they
desire, ten, fifty hundred families can
settle in a body, and to such companies the
IlDeral terms OEereu ny the N. L. Ii. IL. 20
are an advantage; thus immigrants from the
same locality can form colonies and settle in
the same locality, and enjoy many advantages
Two such colonies have settled in Thurston
county this summer, one the Washington col
ony, from Topeka, Kansas, the other the
Newell colony, from Brooklyn, New York,
and both are well pleased and prosperous.
Churches of nearly all denominations are
numerous throughout the Territory, and most
of the benevolent, and many social orders and
societies are represented.
Men, women and children, willing to work
can do we'll here. Wages for mechanics are
from 50. to $500 per day; laborerS, S100
to 81 so; saw mill and farm hands, $50 to
$50 per month"; lumbermen, $40 to $50 per
month; house servants S15 to $40 per month;
this work is principally performed by China
men, who are very unpopular, and if white
girls could be found willing to do cooking,
washing and general house work, Chinese
would nat be employed.
These are few Of the advantages of this
Territory, but to give this large extent of
country more than glance would require
much time and space. remain, yours,
JOHN A. KUHN.
Port Townsend, Nov. 80, $780,