Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-27
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I'm TERRITORY ABROAD.
sUnIem sono unanticipeted disaster
iuterferes with the plans OF Mr.. Willard
and his associates, year from today
IL 6ts4s Of Minnesota and the Terri
tori Of Washington will b united b,
eompastiou Of tho main line OF tn.
Northern Pacific railway. In Vie" OF
that soon to be intimate union, kno~t
sdrs Of the climate, soil, natural pro
dusta ana chief industrial resources Of
~ rssrisofy Win doubtless b interest
IND ana may be useful 70 cur readers
eays TN s.. Paul Dtspoteh. Of recent date.
ave have Ct hand considerable fund
q information about the Territory, con
tanned in speech delivered in the
House Of Congress on the 18th ult., by
Hon. Thos. n. Brsnts, Delegate from
Washiaeton. on . bill enabling the
psopls u Washington Territory and
tie nofthsen part Of Idaho 10 frame
State constitution for their admission
~ . State into tho federal Union. Mr..
Brsnts limited himself TO his own Ter
ritory, and his statements, therefore.
may nos apply to northern Idaho. The
arsa Of ths Territory Is 69.99a square
miles. Of about 6ve-sixths that Of Min
nssota. Il h divided By tho Cascade
Mountains into two unequal sections
The mountainous regions are coveree
With Ane climber and underlaid viii
vnlusble mineeal& The lands best
adaptsd to pasture and agriculture are
about three fourths OF the total area
aud Of thsss about $500 square miles
4 olassed a. timbered, 1875 square
miles q bunch grass prairie and 7l5t
SQUARE miles a. alluvial bottom lands.
Over half tho timbered lands and nearly
Ill The bottom lands are west Of The
Cascade range, while the bunchgrast
peaifies ase in the eastern part OF the
Territory. There are no barren lands
IN ths Territory, and mono requiring ir.
si6a4ton 10 produce agricultural crops.
The climate conditions ars all favora-
BE-, q isshown BY vital statistics and
-, ,-trr.s tn. Hath rate in onl,
lnns nae Hheusand or 1 50 less than Min.
,o.o<a. In the Western mart of the Ter.
r;torv there arc two SEASONS, the We,
and thu drv. the former generally last
mo from November to March or April,
daring which time rains are frequent.
tn rainfall II greatest along the sea-
coast and iucreases toward the north.
~ Carr Flatterv. the northwest corner
q ~ TERRITORY. laO inches Of rain has
aom~eiuAs fallen IN A single wear. while
inland tbe animal rainfall in fifty to
sixty inches. SNOW and ice are seldom
ssen. oraas grows green the whole wear
round. and flowers bloom in midwinter.
AZ Olvmpia thu mean tempsrature of
Januarv M. in 1880. &c degrees and G
minutee: 1881. Is dsorees and 8 minutes
and 1852. 81 degrees: while the moan
temperature Of Julv WIS 62 degrees and
aminutes IN 1870 and 70 deorsas and !,
minutes In 1881. East Of The Cascade
ranre thers Il La rain and the sxtrsmea
81 temnar.4ura ar. .omavbst orea,e,
tn enltiv.ted crons includa ub.at
oata rve. barl.v A.r corn .orobnm
tohsoeo. hous tinaothv Alfalfa clover
annlea neachs. p,nms n,une. naars
anrioots. nectarinee. nn;nc.. cherries
sransa notaAosa. sveet uotato.s toma.
80 heeta. turniua. neran;ns oarrots
eabhass. bans. ps.s m.lons .tc nil
a Vhioh yisld lareelv and With unfail.
ING certainty. According 70 official
etatistios the average Of 1879 In Wash.
,ueton OF vhsst. corn. bona. potatoes
eto.. va each larger than in anv other
mart Of The United States. Tho total
What crop az this season in estimated
at xooo,ooo bushels. The timber ~ the
Territory 4 unsou.lled anvvhere else
n r. world. Fir. osdar nine h.nlock
laroh. epruoa. t.maract mamie a.h
-. aldsr. hahn and othsr ;nd;osnors
trees az unusual aha and .vn,m.trv
eompoee foreaH. vh;oh covar .ln,o.t IN,
eln1are v6oAepn aaction and tha noun
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