Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
the posI.iHTElllcEmcER Pus. 90
seattle. June 10. 1883.
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The Smpire 10 she Nesah-A Valuable
Letter.
From the Astorian.l
I have pleasure in complying with
your request 70 provide The Astsrian
With an account Of my observations
rade in that portion Of Washington
With which the people Of your city, es-
pocialiy, have important business an d
sooial relations and intercourse. and
where your able and independent jour.
nal has many, and intelligent patrons,
which lies within the angle formed BY
the junction Of the Columbia river With
the Pscifo Oceau, comprising the conu-
ties Of Clark. Co sIitz, Wahkiakum, Pa
ei6c and Chshalis. This vast country,
which has m area Of ten thousand
sQu.re miles-siX millions Of acres--
lies east Of the Cascade Mountains and
IL sithin the Puget Sound Basin, being
pooaeeesd of all the physical character
istiU nul pecaliarities which attach TO
thas rsnownsd region. Four-dfths OF
The snrfacs js, or has been, covered with
dense forests of the fir tree, yellow and
white, cedar, spruce, hemlOck, pine, ash.
cottonwood, alder, and vine maple. The
full grown fr, the chiefest OF all the
trses, will average in size, when full
grown, Eve feet In diameter and
70 hundred or more feet In
hiaht Of wood At for lumber.
whilst many single specimens are
much larger, being from eight TO fifteen
test In diameter and proportionatsly
ht~,l, !. .,at,ia - vtaiAsnr, frosu k0~ofv
70 twenty Ava thousand fest Of lumber
saoh. The average production will be
Aftesu thousand feet With casa. An ex-
ported from twenty 70 forty million feet
some Of the best. Altogether Is h COM
puted that there are twelve milllcns Of
eofUs east and west OF the Cascades.
The wood Is compact il nhee, form,
slastic, and bitumsua, n aaap1 u 10 Ill
ordinary uses, and especially 10 ship
building in all lie parts from fonnda-
ton 10 peak, and on aocount Of length
- kssls, masts and spars. One "stick"
M recently 1oated for use at Boston,
spar, Of one hundred and forty -four
fese six inches, another, ono hundred
and two feet long, being fifty inches at
~ smaller end. Many are much larger
and longer. Cedar Of fine quality and
great size, ranging from two to twenty
i've foet ip diameter. They will ordi-
narily measure with the Ar. Hsmiook
Of similar magnitude Ia sparse; spruce
in greatest abundance Of equal average
dtmsnsions grow near the coast. whsre
~ trsss are larger and Of better quality
than elsewhere. Cottonwood attains
equal size; it 10 tough, compact NIB.
sooA pulpy material, adapted % barrel
making. and might peontably b
1ood In making coarss pAper.
AaA and oak are dwarfsd ana
thers % Q oonspicuous abseuce OF deoid-
uous Eastern trees. The everRreeus
deoorihed, have bus few branches which
tnslius downward; little FOLIAGE, are
neasly Of uniform siss we'll tovarde ~
~ and have but superficial eeeetn4
n The soil, without tap root, thetr mp
pess being largely atmoepheeio. Tne
teese1e ars unbroken by vtnds which
nsvqs prevail violently, hence, the stu.
veadO1s growths of centuries Stand
eeee1s = when In byeons aRes theg drse
uoeped from the earth. Numoroue oAv-
nfllA, varying in aiss from . portable,
eoenA the largest aiss In the world, -
M Lndlow, 40 fcsA Iona, for lumbes
&Dlest u needed, and hAs . general
el1llAg capacity Of one QaASssr of . mil.
~ bet daily. Many Of the mills
- their own shipe, which conway
0og peuduotions 10 Asia, AunesaliA, The
lolk md Atlantic Coasls of Nogth
- eoosh AmsEica, FrAnso. knaland
o13the Nile. Thin timber dosoTip1ioo
~ - applied to the entire Sound
eeanlry. Coal Of exosllent quality z
feaad In almost every direction, much
- Jooont discovery. Thore Was On ex-
nhl1ioa a. chs Clark eo1nty faiE, hues
oe1loW Of compact fogmastuo, u
ahounds in the Black Hilla, and fAaI
0mpls was taken lately from . bank @
~ Wyncochs, that Il Will b dsvsloped
h many contiguous localities u vel
ansursd. lroa, boz and hsuatite. may
- turned up Alnoas aaywhers, ma0nesis
Z ~ very ansss Qaa:ity. % fos dna
onbRy, Il mixed in iuexhnusetble pro'
tul4 In all the gold-bsarina sAnd. n
snAhalow Gray harbor. 4 large coppez
MV1 has been long known - exisl
aeA q tho Chshalis toward the Olym.
- E1nae Of mountains. a friend In
tsgUs Ne that he has possession Of Z
Qeoneu Of 0alenA discovered neAs thl
0no bupality. insufficient maohtnery
eolv. mt absencs Of gold, has caused Z
enaion Of mining operationas fol
- material II easily observed In I'll
- Pacific sands north Of the Columbia
- . constant accession 10 the supply.
H. timber country. whsn clsarsd and
avated, has rolling or htily surface,
- = capable Of converni0n into III
NJ best Of agricultural and graziAa
- This u plainly mAnifeet In Z
e!and examples In Leuia oouoty.
.lm = largely improved c0nttGuou1
OeAo toQfun under oonsidaraAion, and
~ peops1ly be used for illnarAti0n,
q the very best anywhere. Clarh
Ooulitx also verify the statomanA
= unmsrous instances olsasings iu
places along the rivers and On ~
attest the fact By 6ean.
~ fasms from the woods- Whits
9 b sirrspreasibls and Of spontA-
1efowth. good sril. abundant ahads,
ss.lin9 streams Of pure cold vaeea
this entire BODY e land vell
- 70 raising live stock. especially
cattle. sheep and swine. Red
-. als0 herd, Ksnsnoky bluo, end
Rfaases 6osrish. The clover stayu
80 scors Of ysars, - dewcn'
and resists protsactod drouah1 q
nodihle dserss. VeRseahae6 and
eAnnos b exosllea In m and -.
r. oehsrwiss all the fruits az th1
se.ss1de oOarish. Many kinds arl
osuos. especially thoos havin6
ekina and pits-orapss. cherYies
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