Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-01

well adapted to the cultivation of fruit
and vegetables. and that an Ofchar(
and vegetable garden could both b.
MADE 10 contribute largely to the profit,
OF the Investment. 1t Is idle to say tha
there - no profit in this business. II j,
an ABSURD fact that the Puget SounC
country, instead of being an exporter i,
q large importer of butter. While al
ron discovery the manager of the mil
store told me that he had Just forwarded
an order 10 California for one and one.
quarter tons of butter. and that amount
together with all he could purchas1
from adjacent farmers and dairvmen
would supply tho demands of that iso
lated community for only eight weeks
1t may be that the older men on the
Sound would lind no profit in convert
ing these fir uplands into farms and
dairies, but for the young farmer. the
young man of Drawn and muscle. ali
that has bsen accomplished in the
dairy regions of New York and of the
Western i.eserve of Ohio awaits his
patiers, honest efforts. Success is sure
to toi.og.
Returning to Port Townsend. 1 next
visited Chimacum valley. and I found
every body in this neighborhOOd firm
friends of your journal, and ready 70
renew their subscriptions. A fiOurishinp
school numbering from 45 to 20 pupils,
under charge Of Miss McFee, afforded
pleasant evidence of the prosperity of
the settlement. found pleasant &c
qualntanc6s among the farmers. Meesrn-
Peterson. Bain. Eidridge, Bishop, Han
dell and Robinson welcomed the repre-
sentative of the POsr-INTHILIsKNCER.
and made him feel at home. Here are
located some eight or ten of the best
dairies i'll the Territory, also ths North
Pacific Cheese Factory, Bishop Il Son.
prOprietOrs. They turn Uut each
lJU choeses Of an average of % pounds
each. The demand is always in excess
OF the supply, and their facilities for
manufacture must soon be necessarily
Increased. The butter made by the ad-
lacent dairies stands Al in the mar
ket, and the only trouble is, there is not
enough of it.
The fino farms ard dairies are all
carved out of fOrbidding looking wood
lands and lush meadows, upon which
the fine herds of the farmers fatten
the whole year, which few years ago
looked as little like dairy lands az thOus-
ands of acres adjoining and equally
productive If subjected to the same
treatment Of brains and muscle. One
Of Our Chinacum friends tells a GOOD
story OF land hunter, who some wears
ago drifted into that neighborhoOd in
search OF location. First let it be re-
marked, that the settlement was new
and the narrator had with much pains
and labor cleared ten or twelve acres.
which he had planted in carrots, tur-
nips and Others ''roOts' for the use of
his COWS through the winter. This little
patch of garden truck" looked inyit-
ing. Our land hunter asked where there
were any suitable lOcatable claims, and
our narrator took him up the valley a
little beyond the limits of the settlement
where there Were then, and are even now,
Just as good claims al any that have
been reclaimed from the wilderness.
Mr.. TenderfOot surveyed the prospect
and said nothing. He returned with the
narrator. and in due course Of time
reached the ten-acre patch Of garden
truck. On seeing it his eyes lighted up,
and his face broke all up" into satisfied
smiles. "lo tell you the truth, neighbor
Bishop" said Tenderfoot, II don't like
that wild country you showed me up
there, but if could get a claim like
disappointing to the land that MIR.
Bishop had cleared at 80 great an ex-
pense OF time, muscle and mOney-it
would Just suit me-" There are many
such inl the country but the man who
wants farm ON Puget Sound must do
as the early settlers in Indiana, Ohio,
Kentucky, Tennessee and other States
did, take to the timber and use the axe
and grubbing hoe. To all such, the way
is open and the reward sure.
The two mile stretch of road between
Ir0ndale and the Chimacum settlement
must be wonderful marvel of beauty
when the rh0dOdendrons are in bloom.
Those who are familiar with this queen
Of flowers will realize this when I re-
mark that the woods are fulr' of these
bushes. When next they bloom may l
be there to see.
Adying trip to Irondale the other day
revealed q degree of progress in the
construction of the reduction works
which surprised me. The lofty furnace
is very nearly completed. The casting
house is nearly completed and the en-
gine house well under way. I omitted
In nay former letter to mention the
names of the master builders to whose
labors 80 much is due. They are as
follows: E.J. Dixon, master mason, A.
B. johnson, foreman carpenter. Mr..
Barber viii have charge Of the engine Of
the new works.
Another feature of Irondale which
omitted to mention in my letters is q
fine ohalybeate spring, into the oomp0
sition Of which iron and sulphur enter
largely. These waters have not only .
local but TO some extent foreign fame,
large quantities being sent to viototia.
Irondale has good hotel, ]. B.
Dyer, proprietor.
Coming back to Port Townsend l
note number Of improvements under
way. Mr.. Eisenbeis is erecting hand
some stone building adjoining his pres
ent store. Capt. Bollcs, Of the Coast
Survey, Mr.. Harry Tibbals and Mr.. H.
Landes, the local banker. are building
handsome residences. DR.. Minor and
Mr.. q. w. Philbrick have purchased
property with view to building.
Concerning available lands for settle
ment in Jefferson county would REQ
ommend personal inspection. Much
10 my regret have been unable TO visit
the outlying section. A pamphlet pub
u000Q Oy t00 NOttnW09teIu 1m01&t0ttOtA
Aid Society, and Which can be ordered
Of tho Puget Sound A,yss, Port Town
send, win give reliable and all necessary
information.
The weather for the past ten days has
been simply perfection. Mount Baker
CLEANS every evening with lovely Alp
inc glow, and the Olympic range is al
most divine in tho purple hue that
painters lore TO linn. A. I. h.
RAILROAD WORK. - Saturday morn
ing julius Thielsen, who is 70 have
charge Of the construction Of the road
from WaIla Walla toward Pendlet0n,
arrived in this city and st once set to
work getting his forces in order. This
moeninR l60 men, principally Chinece,
viii begin 10 make the dirt IN
this city fly. As many more
men win So sss 10 work % soon a. the
necessary tools arrive. There arc 800
men at work IN widsuinQ that portion Of
the narrow gage beyond Milton which
is 10 be utilised By ths new road. and
they, g sonn a. they have hnished that
vofk. viii beaddedt 70 the force employ
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