Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-11
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docks end u. ". Young. en Friday las.
visited the White Rive, country. sIo1,e
the line of the railroad, as a COMMITTEES
~ dste,fains REya the amount of dssp-
sges " be peid their owners for the right
Of rsy through lands. They went ne fer
as Slaughter Pestefiee. 55 miles south
IT this city. Mr.. Hesves on his return
~ Seattle, indalesd in "a few remarks :
10 one of The staff ef this jepssal The
gentleman started ont with the asseY
tien that what he saw of the country.
ys the above trip. ves revelation. He
hed no idea that there wes such q body
ef land in King county. The country is
settled for the whole distance tssversed,
but 5y no manner ef means cultivated
to portion. even. n its eqvpeikv, The
party crossed the White river at the
cheese factory vt Messrs lsng 4 His-
,ainpham. Their IG0 acre farm is veil
cleared and converted int, beautiful
meadows and gardens. Many fae swine.
grown fat on the whey of the dairy, were
noted. Passing through the farms ef
Messss. Atvesd, Hughes and others. or
cl,atda fairly laden with fruit wers Oh
served. MI. Alvetd evas tract. pYia-
cipelity. rather, Of I.itJ acres. The
party stayed for the night et Mr., Joseph
Bsaaaans farm. and they desire thus
publicly 10 Acknowledges the hospitality
~ Ms ~, and family. which they soy
was something to bs pleasantly seme,q-
bssed. Mr.. Nesves made svecial men
tien ~ the fine pisce If Mr.. John Cove
who went into that seetiei. eight years
ago. aud since that time has cleared M
q hundred acre farm aud pat il in tip
toy condition. His whole placs is unde,
cultivation. except about IL acres re-
served for wood lot. When he went
on il, u vas covered with vine maple
end alder. the standard growth Of the
valley .,Yhiehihe proceeded to slash and
burn. He then su1sd IL IT, grass and
turned sheep in. It took comparatively
but short time for the roots to stt 81,
that they could be pulled up On Mr..
hsMahan's place the grass is efeti, in
the meadows the year round Helless
do not want to sell Where price is
named IL ranges from S25 to SlG0 pes
acre. The valley. A. far as tfavessed by
the COMMITTEES, ranges from three to Ave
miles wide. Ihe soil il free from focks
and is not sandy. but rich fsieble leasp.
The committee allowed damages for the
right Of way at the rate ef 800 pef acse
fer cleared lands. Mr. Reeves said that
Some cf the farmers told him that they
had realized from - 600 to -, 500 for q
single acre ef hops. Uf course such es-
traosdinafy setusns cannot be expected
every rear. Mr.. Young, Of the party.
was az yntieh "taken'' with the country
as Mr. Reeves and avowed his desire to
iavest q few thousand dollars in these
splendid lands. The same character of
coni,tfy extends 10 the county line along
the course Ut Stuck. Aiming other not
able features of the White river eountty
Mr.. Heeyes sew pumpkin fields. where
the golden fruit Of generous size, lay
80 thick on the ground that man could
step fsofn one ~ another all over the
feld. Take II altogether, Mr.. Reeves
testimony although merely cumulative.
is valuable. az confirming all that hith-
esto he's besn said about "ous back cent,-
try And half has not been
told. Cut these large tracts pp in
og, or ~, Or even in 40 acre
farms. TILED ~ the full capacity of their
and the fifmeet believer in
iise ateuntaine character ef eas seson,-
ces, would wonder at the shipleads of
butter, cheese. bacon. fat cattle. fruit
aud vegetables. which King county
could furnish ~ localities less favored