Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-01

are certain 30 follow. the soil and 81
mate With the aid Of irrigation being s0ch
A. 70 I1sare great results 10 fTuit zroS1nG-
Peaches. apxieois and grapes thrive re
marzaoly veil A warm dry season I
six months and nine days II Duration.
vithost fEOs1, has ms3e the wear l>sl
n mark abb.
Live stock il the co7nty- horses $50.
neat cstsl-. zoo. sheep io00- school dis
irics / school children s..
sAEFTELD csYCNIY.
Carried county. having a ten mile
frontage On the north bank of tbs Co
lambda river. oceapies u superficial area
Of zeo1t I10o square uliis 9. and Ia pro
dustIve9ess 2Hd gsEerEl prosperity
7 snks deseryediy aiGa- Pe2erny Is tins
county seat. Agrleal;are and sock
raising are the p.incipsi industries snd
are rapidly Gzyslopl7g Ez-Issr. 1ne
naasfse.aEiEg iEters-ts of the es7Ety
are sls5 assuming prominence. The
agris1lturai pr1dsots ARE reported as
follow: What 6s9,uo0 bushels; oats
\. 0osi; harley 61.oeo: Indian earn 100:
potatoes 50.;9o> APPLES SEQ: psaches
s0ss9: plans 5gfsl; ears TOO: hay lo.oO
tons; brttsr 10 tons. Live sock: horses
ie, 9oo. maies 20; neat cattle 1000,
sheep 10000 SWINE 5000 Mannfas-
lures: broom factory. 8 Touring mills.
vita a capacity of about 100 barrels per
day each; luUber mills, with aggrs-
gate capacity of 1900 feet per DAY; :
planning mills zs2 = wagon shops. AZ
sessed vElus of property, SLICE 2s.
Coanty tax ieyy, s fail.s. Population
o! county. 600 N1U5sr of new farms
opened FIR yer ending June S0Ih. 1854.
say 40 y iDb=r OF school districts. 81.
Numbeg OF school h0nses. -. Total
value of school hOases. $1,000. Anm-
Der of papils enrolled. 1888; per can't. of
attendspes, 60; number of teachers. ~
average salary, $45 per month.
ISLAND COUNTY.
Island eoanty, comprising WILDLY
and Canano islands. has a superficial
area of about l45 900 acres. On Camano
Island there are abouf 900 acres OF
natural meaooE or prairie lands There
is a very considerable quantity Of SINH
lar land on WILDLY Island, out of which
sowe OF the most productive and at
trAetiye farms IN the Territory have
been created. By far the largest pro-
portion of both islands. however. were
originally heavily timbered WITH mr.,
cedar. hem!Oek, elder, spruee, maple,
as7. etc.
Wheat, barley. oats, hay, fruit and
garden vegets hleG are produced In
abundance and perfection. Conpe vile.
the county seat, IS pleasantly located
and thriving village. A. Ctsalady is
located one of the large lumber mills Of
the Puget Mil Company. with a daily
output of 5000 feet. There are eight
school districts and fiSe school hou 3ss
III the equity: 972 children, and nine
teachers receiving from $40 to $40 per
month eaoh-
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
jefferson county, with its northeast
err corner abatting on the Straits of
Fuca. its eastern line washed By Ad-
mirAlfy Inlet, and its western boundary
lavsd by the Pacific Ocean, oosnpies an
area of something more than 1850
sqnare miles. Port Townsend (popu-
Iatlon estimated az 1890. tie county
seat, is beautifully located en- one of
the best hArbors on the Sound. Is is
the port of entry Of tae Puget SOUND
Collection District. Tbs United States
Marine Hospital is located here. Near
by, about one mile distant from the
town, Is Fort Townsend, a United States
garrison pest. A steam sawmili. a
brewery, mandatory of wooden.
ware. and the Pert Townsend Iron
Works, with an aggregate production of
about $500 in value, constitute the
Industries Of the town. Population OF
county estimated at. 800; assessed
value of property. $S73.6l9; eoEnty
levy, 49, mills. Two mites south west
of Port townsend is Irondale, the loca-
ton of the Puget Sound Iron Com
pAny's works. organ:zsd with capital
stock of <50o0D- Nearly $l00,0oC
have been expei d d in the erection OF
smelling works for the reduction OF boz
ore. of which vast beds exis: in Jefrer-
son county, into pig iron. In connec
ton with this bug ore, magnetic iron
| ore from Texada Island. in the British
Columbia archipelago, and lime rock
from San Juan Island. employed as a
! flux. are used in these reduction works
Near Irondale is ChimRoum Valley, q
dairyIng region, where about so 0Ol
worth OF butter and cheese are pro
duoed annually.
The extensive timber mills of P1ri
Discovery and Port Ludlow are To-
Gated ia Jefferson county. The tosa
! number of live stock in the county il
about 5000. The public school system
is in tioarishipg condition.
KING COUNTY.
The following is report of the Cham
her Of Commerce of Seattle in regard Il
tho resources, industries and prodnctl
of King county:
King county has an area of 2lt0 square
miles, being larger than the State OF
Delaware and nearly twics as large ~
the State of Rhode Island, and possess
ing within its borders developed and
undevsIoped resources as great in va
riety and value as either of the New
England or several of the other Smaller
States. The more important Of thess
resources are timber, coal, iron, marble
and gypsuH. There Ia also a vide en-
tent Of agricultural land Of almost I'm.
exampisd fertility.
Whtle the resources Of the county
have been developed 10 greater extent
thaa those Of any other county In the
Territory. aud while more industries
have been established. yet they are bal
in the infancy of their development and
growth. The beds of iron and marble
are inexhsnsfible and of Insxeellsd rich,
ness ard parity; bot, through lack oil
transportation facilities. neither of theSe
valnsbls resources has ever resolved any
development Whatever, although thss
are situated within sixty miles of Puaei
Sound, the finest land-looked tidevasers
On the Globe.
The principal resources 30 far devel.
opes, and those only isnperfectiy, are
timber and coal. and, 10 limited e.
tent, agricnltarc.
The population OF the county Il nov
upward Of 1000, beina By far the most
popolous a. well as wealthiest county In
the Territory. OF this population the
city Of Seattle. 90 shown b. the registry
list a. the late municipal election, in en-
Titled 10 claim about II 900; being nearly
twice - large as any other city iu fte
Territory, and, in point OF business aud
spital, outFankine any other in even
greater proportion. In wealth. popaIa-
tlon. commerce. enterprise and energy
u 10 prs-eminently the chief city of the
Tsrrit0sy, and in commerce and enter
prise ~ entitled 10 rank with many East
ern cities Of aoable its population.
"a tue $40 square miles area of the
oo11ty, 100 square miles are mountain
oas, but contain valuable mineral dc
posits. There are 10000 acres Of good
agricultural land. Of which l90, 900 acres
ara II, fha riwar h<,tfarna fha huK.n..