Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-12
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
OBSERVER.

King county claims 10000 population
by its census.
A new postofice building is being
erected in Olympia.
The usual Mechanics fair will be held
in Olympia next September.
A six>foot vein of coal has been found
north of Cathlamet in Wahkiakum county.
In the region commonly called the Wal.
la Walla country, the acreage of wheat
has been increased 40 per cent. over last
season.
The Seattle Herald has information that
within the past thirty days upwards of
$50, 900 has been invested In real estate in
the vicinity of Gray's Harbor.
There are about $50 people on wholle-
Chef or Cutthroat bay, ten miles west of
New Tacoma. They are engaged in log
ging and general farming, and are intro
ducing hop culture.
Montesano, the county seat OF Chehalis
county, is keeping pace with the march OF
improvement in the Territory. Some OF
the property owners have offered to give
a city lot to anyone who will build q rea>
sonably fair building thereon.
On the 30th Of April delegation of 90
Decatur Qll.) people lett in body for
Washington Territory, with view of To-
eating at Spokane Falls or walla Wslla.
They were joined a. Omaha by large
party from Virginia and Illinois.
A tract OF $50 acres in Windy cove,
Mason county, has been purchased by two
gentlemen fora cranberry marsh, on which
they will plant the best New Jersey bei-
rice. The whole claim will he capable of
producing 10000 barrels annually.
It is estimated that there are 1000
Claims vacant IN the Qullleute valley, that
are good farming lands, besides thousands
of acres OF the best timber land in West
ern Washington. The west end of Clall-
am county is the best part Of the country.
BY the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior of an amended line OF the North
ern Pacific railroad through the Rocky
mountain division, the road has been
shortened 40 miles, and million acres of
land have been restored to the public do,
main.
The township plat for town north,
range 10 east, has been fled in the U. 8
land office. This survey is on the White
Salmon, 20 miles from the Columbia river,
taking in the east and west forks OF the
White Salmon river, lying in Skamania
and Klickitst counties.
A correspondent at Cedarville, Chehalis
county, writes that general merchandise
store 10 much needed in that town. The
nearest store is IL miles distant, and the
adjacent country is rapidly filling up with
settlers. Men i'm search of business will
do well to communicate with Jas. Smith,
Cedarville.
The rush to the Big Bend country
steadily continues. The advance agents
of one hundred Welsh families have re-
Gently made selections of land and will
lay out town this summer in township
20, range 81 east of the Willamette merid-
ian. The roads leading into toe Big Bend
region are dotted with emigrant wagons.
Many people are settling along the Che
halls river and its tributaries, in Chehalis
and Mason counties The soil is five feet
deep on an average, and is we'll adapted
to the cultivation Of oats, potatoes, hops
and fruit. Cattle and sheep thrive on the
abundant wild grass Surveyors are at
work north of Hoquiam. and several excel
lent townships will soon be thrown open.
The pay roll of the Tacoma Furniture
Company now foots up to about 81 900
per month. In all 81 men are employed
besides several boys. An addition of so
feet will soon be put on the factory build-
ings, and in short time abont dozen
other men will be put on. These will
cause the pay roll to run up to about
$4,000 per month, and the factory will
be able to tHrn out more work than any
other north OF San Francisco.
Two new township plats wire received
at the land Office last week. their numbers
being 20 and 81 north of range 81 east.
The land represented by them lies nearly
north OF Moses lake, in what is known az
the big bend Of the Columbia. The sur
face of the land is described by the sur
veyor ss being gently rolling dark loan,
some Of it Of excellent quality for farm
ing. 1t is covered with luxuriant growth
of bunch and rye grass intermixsd with
white sage. There are several springs 10
the two townships and some small lakes,
the Indications being that water could be
obtained t'y digging. The whole of the
land is entirely vacant, with the exception
of the claims of two settlers. The total
number Of acres In the two townships is
45,s13. The land us subject to entry at
the minimum price Of $i.25 an acre.