, 1883-05-31

DN Il mill cOLD pdNE recently eStlLldteo
some sections as capable Of yielding
from 100000 70 100000 feet each.
The main supp ly Of spruce is upon
the rivers flowing from the north. The
fiber of the fir Is unusually compact,
and so fine of grain as to make 1t
difficult TO find the annual rings with
out magnifying power. Hemiock.
rare elsewhere on the coast, abounds
in all these regions. The present
and prospective value of all this tim
Der is beyond reasonable computation
Simpson Bros. have established a saw
mill of $4,000 feet capacity at the out
let of the Hoaquim, upon low lands
fully reclaimed by dyking and drain
ing, thus redeeming tract of other
wise useless land for buildings aud
demonstrating the facility of rescuing
other extensive regions OF similar
characteristics throughout the terri
tory. All this has been accomplished
under the management of Mr. Elmer
son. | noticed several forest clear
irgs under cultivation, being well in
grass. growing good fruit trees and
grain. Most of it is capable of pro
ducing as we'll as the adjoining coun-
ty of Lewis, famous for its fertility
and crops where the timber has been
removed. The most desirable land
for agricultural and grazing purposes
lies upon the river valleys, where the
sod is deep, mouldy, strong, fertile,
exhaustless and level. Once cleared
of the thick growth which encumbers
it there is no end to its productive
capacity for wheat, oats, hops, onions,
potatoes and other vegetables, fruits,
and for all [ could learn to the con
trary, tobacco and broom corn. 1t Is
chiefly adapted to grazing purposes,
and large dairies are already estab
Iished upon sure foundations, one of
which l inspected with great satisfac
tion as indicating the important and
profitable industry which is to char
acterize the valley. Reliable resi-
dents assured me that there are not
less than than two thousand linear
miles of such alliuval formations
which can accommodate and enrich
with necessary clearings of the for
ests, many thousands of families. l
have no desire to have timber land
cleared Tor farming purposes only, at
wanton sacrifice Of lumber; It's value
being much greater in the original
condition. 4. J. Smith, a long time
resident, assured me that he had an
enclosure of red clover i'll full yigor,
which was seeded by himself twenty
! four years ago, fact which will sur
/ prise eastern farmers who cannot con
/ tinue it for three years without up
I phcaval and destruction by frost.
White clover is irrepressible, whcr-
/ ever sunshine has access to the soil.
| Iron, coal or sandstone are found
/ in the vicinity OF the Black Hills and
elsewhere. The climate is mid and
pleasant in winter, but little snow
falls, but little ice forms and livestock
can stand all ordinary seasons with
out shelter or fodder. Many cattle
are turned out at the middle of Octo
| Der upon the bottoms and tide grass
lands to be returned in the spring
when the butter making season be
gins. The rainfall is not excessive
and Is never cold nor blasting in its
effects. The summer season Is bland
and mild, always cool and refreshing,
especially In the night time, a pecuh
arty incident to the Sound country,
and produced by the trade winds
from the south, tempered by the snow
topped mountain ranges: the pertuf-
batlons of the atmosphere by the in
fiux and efflux OF the tide waters of
the Sound, all tinctured and improy
ed by the pure healthful pine aroma
of the forests. The sea breezes are
especially noticeable as you near the
oeeap--Inder these henigD ipase -
people enjoN good health, and live
stock, horses, cattle, sheep, swine and
poultry prosper and thrive. The
sheep never scab, the fleece is heavy
and soft.
Several villages are established,
with prospect of growth-Montesano,
Elma, Oakville and Cosmopolis, which
promise to be prosperous centers of
trade. Numerous school houses and
churches of various denominations
are established, and newspaper,
which is well and ably conducted, has
quickly acquired large circulation
and influence
The water system of the Chchalis
country is remarkable for extent and
utility, rarely y equalled. nowhere sur
passed, d,permeating every portion alike
Chief of all is the Chehalis river,
which extends through its head trib-
utary, Black river and lake eastward,
nearly TO the Sound, with an average
depth of thirty feet forty-fye miles
up the river from the ocean. Steam
! hgua 30, i - f..
miles. 1t is sufficiently wide for con
venient navigation, deep, free from
every kind of obstruction, never
freezes, bordered with forests of per-
ennlal verdure, closing to its very
edge, and oftimes overhanging its
pure clear watars. The river presents
scene of enchanting beauty, wonder
tul to behold A hundred miles
northwards from the Olympic range
descend lnnumerable streams, which
concentrate into rivers, emptying
INTO the Chehaiis equidistant from
each other, ten miles, and at right
angles, the Satsop, the Winoocha, the
WIsh-ka, the Hoaqum and the Ump-
tulup, which, with the ions and Elk
flowing in from the south, roll their
neree waters into the placid bosom of
their common highway to the sea.
The beauty of these streams is as
tonishing to the traveller, especially
the Winoocha, which is for long dis
tance uniform in width and depth.
with gentle fall and quiet ripple to
its limpid currents. These lateral
streams are navigable to some extent.
which might be greatly increased.
put are CHIEFLY valuable for shooting
logs with lightning speed from the
boundless forests which bordar on
their shores. Gray's Harbor is the
great reservoir which receives waters
an inland sea of triangular formation
fourteen miles long by ten wide upon
the ocean, narrowed to an inlet of
one mile, formed by the spit of sandy
beach whiGhjuts down from the north.
and the peninsular from tho eontb