Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-28
WASHINGTON TERRlroRY.

June sd, or absent Governor is thu!
reported.
Ihirty-six years have been added &c
Governor Newei.'s age since be first en-
tered the House of Representatives
where lie was known because Of his be
ingthe youngest member. as ''the boy O!
Congress. Young as ne then was, Gov
ernor Newell made for himself neme
and gave 20 his district SUCH honors a.
belong 10 Statesmen and States. BE
made his maiden speech IN the House
on the Life Saving Service, then q mere
volunteer force, consisting Of 9 handful
OF men on the New Jersey coast. Hi
eloquent presentation Of the needs Of
such service, fostered by the Govern.
menf, and able appeal. were successful
IN securing an appropriation In Its be-
na!f, and what Is now one of the most
humane and well disciplined services il
the actual outgrowth of Governor New
evils foresight, persistence and genius
10 mention the Life saving Service
without connecting his name with il Is
as much an act OF iujusticeas not to link
the name Of Fulton with the first steam
or that Piled the Hudson. II is also a
matter of history that Gov. Newell while
In Congress made the first speech ever
uttered in favor Of an Agricultural Blu
reau. In 1886 he was chosen Governor
OF New Jersey. He was superior Ex-
ecutIve and left the Office with one of
the clearest records known to the high
place. He was again elected to Con-
gress in 1864, and fully sustained his
reputation for purity and ability
April 70, 1850, ne was appointed Cover
norof Washington Territory, and Is now
East on a visit to his old friends who
give him a most cordial greeting.
The Governor was found last night
upon his return FROM Colonel PeytOn' g
entertainment at Haddcnfield, and af-
ter attending reception to General Re
gan in parior of the Continental Ho-
tel, Philadelphia. he looked hale and
vigorous, and seemed, surrounded by
many friends, more like man Just en-
tering public life than one who has for
over thirty years been faithful public
servant and gentleman who never for
got friend.
Il called. Governor" said represen.
tatiye of the Daily Courier, first, to re-
new old friendship. and, secondly, to in
tervlew you for the press, If You are
willing to submit to the popular process
of obtaining information and convert
ing it into news"
A kindly greeting. an invitation to be
seated, and the Governor began in his
easy, Conversational way, which ever
makes him the most interesting and GO
NAL of companions, the following his
tory of the truly wonderful Washing
ton Territory:
This vast State is between the forty
sixth and Orty-ninth parallels of lati-
tude, and between Idaho on the north
and the Pacific ocsau. 1t contains TO-
900 square miles, and 45, 900 COZ acres, of
land and is divided into Washington
East and Washington West by The Cas-
cade Range of mountains, which are an
of the Cordilleras of South
America, and the Sierra Nevada Range
of the Pacific. These mountains sep
arato Washington into two divisions,
ern Washington, the two domains diff
ferlng essentially in physical character
istics and productions. Western Wash
lngton known as Puget Sound Basin,
is mountains Gus, covered mainly with
vast forest of fir, pine, spruce and hem
lock. The fr is of the pine family, very
bituminous, hard fibre, and elastic.
Trees attain an almost incredible size,
a full grown fir averaging four feet in
diameter. running up /. straight shaft.
almost without limb, to an average
hight of two hundred and INVENTIVE
feet. Many are of much larger di-
mension ranging from seven to four
teen fest in diameter, and reaching a
hight of three hundred and sevent five
feet. Cedar abounds in vast quaint
ty, ard of size in diameter exceeding
the fir, but not equal i'll hight. The
wood is white, of fine grain, and suscep-
tible of high polish. There is large
supply of spruce In the southern part
Of the Territory. The timber is CON
verted into lumber by thirty or more
sawmill of great capacity, the largest
being four hundred and forty feet in
length (at Port Ludlow, to accomo-
date the cutting of lumber one hundred
and twenty-five feet in length. The
mills are located on Puget Sound and
operated by steam. Every oonsidera-
BILE mill has its own ships, which con-
vey the lumber to San Francisco, Asia,
aud the East Indies, Australia, South
France, England, Egypt, aud
up the Nile. The main supply of ma sta
aud spars are obtained from this source,
The Puget Sound Basin is underlaid
with coal, bituminous, Ignite, and an
threcite, convenient to the surface. and
ike the timber within easy access of the
Sound. Sufficient coal is deposited in
this Basin to supply the world for CEN
Iuries. Three extensive mines are in
operation, and machinery established
1t Seattle and Tacoma capable of load
ing one thousand tons daily each in yes
els at the wharf. Five steamships of
lhree thousand tons capacity, each are
engaged in the transportation of coal
10 San Francisco, Portland and other
poiats. Iron abounds-bog. hematite
and magnetic. Several boundaries are
in operation, together with machine
shops for the manufacture and repair of
railroad machinery, A large corpora
lion has boon organized for the manu.
faoture of iron at lrondale, EMPLOYING
\ capital OF two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, furnished mainly by San
Francisco capitalists. This great inter
bst promises to be largely extended
throughout the Territory.
The Sound country is especially ad-
apted to the raising of horses, cattle,
sheep, swine, and poultry, which rarely
require in consequence of perpetual
vegetation and moderate temperature,
10 foddered or protected from the ele-
ments during the entire year. Educa-
ton is far advanced; 5000 acres have
been appropriated by Congress for uni
versity purposes, and a successful uni
versity has for several years been es-
tablished, having departments for nor
NAL, classical and commercial educa-
ton. High schools are established
in every settled portion of the Territory.
Sections l6 and 36 of each township has
been set apart by the government for
school purposes; a most ex-
cellent system Of which is already in
full and successful operation Twenty
i've weekly and six daily newspapers
have circulation in the Territory and are
effective in diffusinQ intelli-
gence, and advocating the substantial
interest of the Territory.
Eastern Washington consists of noun
billy and undulating prairie
land. adapted to grazing, production of
wheat and other cereals, fruits and veg
etables. Vast crops Of all these produc-
tions are raised with but little prepare
ton, the soil being largely impre0na-
ted with alkiline substances, which OBJ
viates the necessity of. artificial fertili-
cation. Although but an inconsidera-
Lila v,,rtinp of this raiyou is uuday rnlti-