New-York tribune., 1885-01-27
LIE EAR NORTH WEST.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY AND ITS Re-
SOURCES.
GOVERNOR soUrnE's REPoRT-cLAINs TO ADMIs-
SION AS A STATE.

SOURCES.
GOVERNOR soUIIE's REPoRT-cLAINs TO ADMis-
SION AS STATE.
,o, -, occ ,eroSA1 CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNEl
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-GOvernor Watson Z.
s,uire of Washington Territory recently arrived mere
ana IA at the Arlington. He has submitted report OH
the condition OF the Territory to the secretary OF tne
interior but it is yet ready for printing s the
a renor of an official character from that region since
30 al Governor sauire mado 1t very volumnous
, xbons,ive IL will be ready in pamI hlet form In
shane suitable distribution to Immigrants and others
proposing to settle there Ia low "eeks lherc aro W
reailv accurate maps yet published OF this compara
tiyely new region and fine and correct map Will accom-
many the report IN It's pamphlet FORM.
Tn conversation with a TRIBUNE correspondent, Gov
souire stated many things OF interest concerning
the Territory which do not appear III 'he report he says
that the Territory has the requisite popuiaoh 10 aAo
state and that apI licaton for admission VIII DC urgeu
II the. in disposition OF southern Denocrauo hhoni
hers Of Congress is marked The Deesate-eect
a Democrat and a son Of senator Daniel w. Voorhees,
OF indiana Ills majority In total vote oi 4l'oi2 was
only l4a The present delegate Mr Brents was eiected
I'm 1882 on the Republican ticket by 3ooS. Ihe chahse
"a attributed by Governor Squire wholly 10 the attude
o nar,ies on the question OF the repeal OF the land
Grants 70 the Northern Pacific Railroad. Every
Ill In the Territory fayors this repeal but the Dem
ocraie convention and candidate were much more pos
tive in their declarations on the question than the
Reuuucan aud thus close contest Tor delegate
WA, brought about. when asked about the Northern
Pacific road the said IL was wel-buit work
od ,, 4. made a. cpoI running time its older rival
further south Puget Sound. he says is
7O) miles nearer China aud Japan Dy the regular HacA
of sailing vessels than san Francisco opinion Is muoh
divided about Henry Willard. according To the localities
henented by the Northern Paclc and It's branches AT
e,,c n, pnse sound which the NoTthcrn road greatly
favored Willard held in fair esteem while at oympiaa
rival port further south not so much benefited the atoiM
way president remembered 80 Kindly seauois the
largest town In Territory having 1000 Inhabitants
but the executive Office is at Olympia, with about 1000
permanent residents The population Of the Territory is
about 10000 OF the il0o0 votes cast ut the Noven-
her election about one fourth were by women.
From the rer or the following intcrc sting particulars
showing the recent Development and the pacuartes oil
tho Territory are shown: 1t lies wholly west OF the
Rockies but is divided by the Cascade range of NOUN
to,s i-,o what Is called locally Ia tern AMI Westcrn
Washington Two-thiris Of the whole aTo east oi the
Cascadss which impossible In winter ahd ordinary
communication be hal by the Columbia River tho
southern boundary OF the Territory Tho eastern part
ia tine prairie lands producing all ths cereals The west
arn ouarter 4, OF rich alluyial bottom lands
W,st of the mountains water abounds In plenty;
east Of them irrigation Il necessary Tor
the production OF the cereals The average temperature
for five years past has been 80 In winter anu Us IN
summer In the west, and 3; In winter aud 93' Ia SIM
er in the eastern section. Little attention ie paid In
mining are extensively carried IL Is estimated by
Governor Squire that the 2ooooooo acres OF timber
land there standing fous hundred billion feet OF eF
chantabIe timber. 30 impression said. Governor
squire conyer,ng this point. eau be made on these
grand forests ia fifty years moro. Many of the tFeei
there grow TO eight OF 80 feet without throwing out
branch" NJ adequate idea OF Puget sonni and other
inland bodies OF water IS given In any pu1lca 'ns or by
the Latest maps Pdge sound i5 vast Inland SEA TIE
straits leading from the Pacific to Puget sound are
ninety miles lols anl eleven miles Vile withonta
,aoal Puget Sound has surface OF 1000 square miles
,d N,ends 900 mile, from the ocean having humorous
Islands whore tho quarrylng of building stone is largely
carried on. Near seattle on tn eastern SIDE o tc h"hu
arc Two important ircshwatar a&cs not seen on any Oh
the maps which jointly have an area of sxy-sN square
miles are nay gable IN every part. and oosny Is On
accd in maglnga canal to connect these Win Puse
sound Tho manager Of the Ogcg0a Railway AMI Nay-
cation Company estimates that Eastern Warrington
territory aloo has shipped during tho last season
10000 tons Of whci and aoIr by the lines oi tfanspor
,,tion o that company Tr yield o "ieat per
cr, Il % buscl potatoes iroa 20b 10 go; and TIN
,fly 81. tons In Western Washington hop' are largely
d. ,tvaioI Tho picAers are chiefly indians The
vorage yield * abOIta tra an aCr', W'fth from = ~
,2a cent. por pound. Direct shipments aro made by
the Northern Pacific Railroad 20 Sew-.or@ and London
Al the fruit, familiar In Western N6w-iorh ana Penn
srlvania arc cultivated in all ports ot Ns'iusioi The
,mter climate Ia n,d that tao Iroteitl'n Of fruit
rr,s ana vines IS never tAoisht o The %ew-J rsey
cranberry realizes wonderful result, along the Pacific
coast
| OF food fishes the salmon. hablt from fifteen
pounds when youns 100 poIuis IN wc!,hI the col,
l.ms (,ons weighing eight ami ten pouuIsD AMI oysters
small hut of nae navor arc everywhere on the coast
| abundant and readily caught
| The abundance OF coal has given the Territory the
name Of the Pennsylvania oi the Pacific coast There are
numerous mines already In operation. Iron exists In
some counties ani samples as hsh az 75 per cent
| Of
sGi O13 CopJer lea and silver have been found Elk
dec bears mountain goats "a Ia switzerland prairie
fox red fox prairie woI raccooh' Pehver anu Is sl9
rci4 are among The Wild animals aboundng over 16l
dihcren kinds OF birds are enumerated as being found
I'M tr reItory aud IL Is added to the announcement
that IL does not presume 10 no complete The IuDlc
During the wear from June lssJ. TO June. 1854. the
total number Of sold In the Territory was about
ami etnpon entry Therr are innny manufacturing
| companies with capitals ranging IRON 100000 to
OoO OOO and doing ia lumber for instance business
ranging from $i5O,OO0 TO 100000 year Of products
laundering Is the principal manufacturing Industry but
salmon packing. iron sncluhs' upnr mhklhG anu snip
buding engngc many persons ara considerable capita
Puget sound Only New oIE 40 ohn Francisco excc.u
| Port Townsend on Puget Sound In the entry at the
custom houses OF American ocean steam vessels Tor
foreign trade This assertion Is so astounding tat Coy
cIuoT Squire quotes the collector Oi customs Tor tue
pacie coast trnfic these vessels have done trade
Moxico. Hawaiian Islands, all sonh American states
China Japan, Australia anl England Much OF the trac
sLeh Was oeS & Tecrd hy the SnTthern
Pscac directly East over 32i miles Of this road aud
2Jt OF tho Oregon road In operation within the
Territory They have about thirty eight miles Of branch
road In al and there about 600 miles OF road com
pleted and sixty miles undor construction There are
fifteen National banks with total capital OF SDJO,OO0
aa Individual deposits Of 6Ol 505 besdcs nine private
banks There 10 great need Of more capital for money
commands per cent month or more. There are Oo2
school houses; attendance, 22,3i1. Even the Indians
| have churches. There only four OF them with an
Attendance OF only 3O but as Governor Squire says.
that is better than nothne at ALL" The total number OF
churches is sS with membership of 2Ol0S, mostly
| Catholics The Indian population IL 1O.035, mostly
| in1nensiye Many employed as farm laborers
Women vote and dispense justice as jurors and they Ike
the law which ia 5S3 these rights and Governor
snurn DO moi hnrn Il Ihnh far Thore are