, 1883-07-21
The Growth of ths West.

F.u s,orie. oi intns:fisi development,
..v, an exchange, car compare 7'.A i"A.
of the northwestern s'a'es g.. Aiasr'es,
Fifty -ears 40 only, oh'C, Mleh'Saa, and
,,s,sna urre comparatively oHeHP'"rtd
,,.r.. inch .s:rs AID ,erri,.-l-, IS N's-
q. .7yia. C.!.fo.nis, Kansas, o. -liI. -h''n-
,sns. Iowa. NeT aia, and EsaJ o'aer- Aad
r, ..ls,ence. Fam irleEosri:c dara -
: n,ly issu-d, We bad that htt een'ur'
,yo Chicago had but veFtg-nIne voter,
The r.s, Rouse was no. - e-Vct-2 IN D
p,YI. San t'-anciseo ~ tU. 4 s-ruggl az
# yi..n .cl-iemrn'. Mil~sgSsr had n"
d .ce U.s til map, aud Bun..i', "h'ch nsd
ia~, been incorporated, AS scarcely b.
.i,ulh. 10 feel 'hat cou.ra'Tos.i ln,ui e
g5ich. flowing the complete: Il The
Er,. caual, VAS GesJ.n-t g. iaase ., "'.e
: ri,. n.,st irrg,rranj cirI,s ithc ul.un-
Tsa C o.. I.lrroa + Ne N-rk (" as very m
tirng. ard there --s uo -l.ir,sd b-t"een
,hg, city and A.o4~- NV IL Ifg-res-
hem. n,a ie in the lar u1.;h",-s . SUI
orI,iug. and Oregrn TERRITORY IL, perhaps,
.iyaucing u.ure r,yldlY tnau ary other
5-sr,n. /; $ tric- as large as ErE i"rk
,,,,.. h.viug al s-e. oi 95,274 square
n les. Ia 1870 It's pnpuia;; n vas only
%. a23, bat ty lSS tue uumbrr had In
creased 10 l.4.0J0. Within, t,l years
the population Of PoG' .sEL, lis largts'
city. had trob!ed itself. TIE state raised
Il 673 600 bushels cf wheat 'as' Year. ss
con.uafsd with 3,I27 90 bushels ten
years 40, thus sho SIu. tba: an lh= d cade
the crop has :uorz as-d ivuri.ii. The sal
mon Sshery is another iHgortsnt soGree
81 revenue in this s;s.s. Washington
territory, which was forGIerly Q part ot
Oregon, is also advancing. l. has good
climate and a fertilc soil. The !umher
traffic promises 20 De very great. FIJI,
pine, OAK. and cedar Of sui erlnr quality
and almost unlimited quantity are 70 De
mad IN the Puget sound district IN fac',
It is estimated that this regiun Of the
state alone viii Yield 100, coo, 600, 600 feet
oi valuable timber. Oae mil there cuts
up iS0, ,OG0 feet daily; aao;her is prepar-
ing for daily cut Of 30, ,0G0 feet, while
ZOO. .0C0 fees are shipped monthly 10 for
eish ports and 100000 feet 10 ports
along the coast. Prices Of lumber have
advanced, and wages also have risen re-
Gently, Montana is another promising ter
rtory, with sn area Of li3 1l6 square
miles, or Shout three times the suptTf
cies If New York state. The cattle :r-de
~ being pushed forward rapidly. ant Ii ;
ez ,ectrd that dead beef Will he sent
through from Montana to NV York IN
rvfrigers,ors Dakota, the largeat "f all
the territories in the northwest. Is max
my great STRIDES in gram culture. The
valley ii the Red River If the North Is
being opened up anc he use of machirery
is S, extensive that even persons # i't'ie
eXpe.it nee IN agr ,cui ure can hud th- col
rure profitable The Yellows'one cauntry
ia auother rrg."n which vii shortly Se
thrown open tn settler, by Iicreassd rail
road facilities. In Nebraska the yi.id 80
Ehea' last year was nearly IL Ooe,eo0
husheIs, or more than four tnos the
ou,nti,y raissd ia 1873. Indeed, the
-. srrss at he what culture IN ihe wvzl
and ON the P,S,ic slnce = one If no must
slgnifcaut ic:.lugys "f he sgr,cnl uTsI d,
yei"pnir.it ~ .hmerrca.