The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28

That Gov. Newell, while East, by
the aid of his ever ready pen, by means
of interviews, by public addresses, ETC.,
spread the report far and wide and to
an untold multitude of the maguifi-
cent section of country over which he
has official cognizance, is plain enough
to those who know him and have seen
the papers of New York, New Jersey,
Washington, Philadelphia and else
where. That he did us vast amount
Of service by inducing the coming of
thousands to our Territory we do not
doubt.
The article following, from the New
ark Daily Advertiser Of August 22nd
An editorial-is specimen of q score
or more articles in leading papers de-
scriptive of this region:
"1f all men were gifted with the
push and enthusiasm that character
ICES Gov. Newell of Washington Ter
ritOry, there would be more solid work
done than there Is, and few minutes
spent in his company recently gave .
more vivid impression Of the resources
OF that far away part of our national
domain than could be gathered from q
volume. The government, as well Is
New Jersey, may congratulate itself
in having SO energetic a representa-
tive in so important position.
Washington Territory is the fur
therest off OF Uncle Sans possessions,
it is the northwestern corner of the
cific ocean on the west, British Co
lumbia on the north and Oregon on
the south. Judging by its geograph-
| tno u ho ri
thought advisable to make q journey
search of a local habitation, yet, ac-
cording to Gov. Newell, 1t is one of
the most attractive Of earthly localities
and offers splendid inducements to
settlers. The first prominent feature
Of the Territory is Puget Sound, an
inlet running from the ocean about
one hundred miles into the interior,
and atfording at least thirty fathoms
depth of water to the cities that may
be built upon its shores. There Il
nothing like 1t for harbor facilities on
the Pacific coast, after leaving San
Francisco. Here 10 located Olympia
the capital, the future terminus Of the
Northern Pacific Railway, with q
number of other promising towns, and
into this sound numerous rivers empty,
swarming with fish and bsdded with
oysters. Washington is divided into
east and west by the Cascade mount
aims, containing peaks Il, 900 feet high.
The Governor 10 particularly enthu-
siastic over the western part of the
Territory. The trees are of almost fab
ulous height and girth, four feet In d.
ameter and eighty feet long, being but
common 'istick" of timber when
felled, and q single tree is often large
enough to furnish timber for . good
sized house with its outbuildings and
fencing. Can the imagination COM
pass 1900, 900 acres of such trees and
the future of the State that possesses
them?
Eastern Washington is not wooded.
but here is q soil that yields thirty-flve
bushels Of wheat to the acre, and =
climate tempered by the soft winds of
the Pacific, that permits hardy plants
to grow and cattle to pasture all the
year around, and here stretches the
Columbia river with its branches, the
Okanagan, Yakima, Snake and . score
of others, giving inland navigation,
water power witsut limit and fertil-
ity that keeps nature In . continued
state of effervesence. 1t 10 dinicult to
conceive what man can desire, the Ia
boring man at least, that cannot be
found in Washington Ter. Where
there 10 not wood, prolific nature has
furnished coal In inexhaustible beds,
and here will come all the great COM
munities and ships of the coast for
their supplies. Iron aud other miner
ais are waiting for the hand Of indus-
| try, and the gold found In the running
streams points to the YET undiscovered
treasures Of the mountains. Truly
here is u picture that fills the eye and
the heart, and we are Inclined to share
In the 0ovSnof's predictions OF q
magnificent future for the inchoats
State"