Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-20
TrsALaDT. sTASwo0D AND FEsR.
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spsnt last week at and around the
above named places, aud observed not
little Of interest. Ussslsdy is purely
milling town, nearly everybody there
being engaged 10 tes naRufscture Of
lunber. TIE mill 10 not - large as
+sne Others, bat doss extra good work
In proportion 70 its sizs. The output
y aosat 5000 feet per day, and il 10
nog besng sold and shipped OF about
e fass a. u can os cut. / found one
ship loeGanR for California asd another
tor tHs Sandwich lsiands The super
Intendent OF the mill. c. J. Moves. has
oeea II she employ OF the mpany for
many years, and knows DOW 10 keep
everything soipshape. rsesived most
csurseons treatment at tA- hands of all
l met, aEd foo1d among them many
sarH1 se@irers OF your paper. 10 the
vicinity Of the place are q number of
loRRiaR camps, several of which visited
and found them getting oas an excellent
quality Of logs. At the Billings canp
Sas hespI.aeiy entertained over nignt,
and at PAyn camp Witnessed the novel
and exsitIng sight of great peeled saw
logs rushing dosn q long. ssssp shute
into tbs water. which was horied ia huge
sheets high N tue air.
And nov we are in Stanvood. at the
mouth of the Stillaeuamish river. Ii 10
yet a small town. bat u likely to in
crease. Mr.. Pearson and Mr. Irvine
each carry good stocks Of merehaudIae,
and blacksmith P,lor has bis h,nas full
of work. Nest Uf the land thersabouI
10 reclaimed tide marsh, and rich as
cream. After being properly handled
twill produce almost anything. For
oats, hay and clover IL cannot be beat,
and fruit and vegetables are suocess
Albert Leaner and others are raising
100 bushels of oats to the acre, and
several others have this season 30o tons
Of hay each. There are many cbmmo-
dioas barns. all piled full of hay. A
bali dozen years ago the country all Hp
the StalsQuamish Was aim sst an undis-
turbed wilderness; bat now, for nearly
forty miles up, sturdy settlers live on
either side of the stream, asd are grad
ually subduing their greatest hin6ranss.
the timber. There Is az immense guam
tIty Of rich bottom land, which grove
prodiRious crops as soon as cleared. A
large per cent. Of the population are
fra9al, industrious foreigners, mainly
suedes and NorwegiaRs. No one who
has not been over the ground has any
idea Of the ultimate Importance Of that
region for agriculture. The people
alsng that river alone can supply scores
OF logging and mining camps wiih all
kinds OF supplies for man and beast.
IL will cost much muscle 10 suhaus and
develop the uild country, bat the right
kind OF men are at it, and they will
keep toiling and plodding on until the
whole country blooms and blossoms like
the rose.
A few miles up the river found the
little town Of Florence, which has good
land and q thrifty population around
IL, aud expects soon to have its size and
importance greatly enhanced 1t is at
present the head of steamboat naviga
ton. Nine miles up the river is the
Stilsguamish postOfiice, around which |
are numerous well lido ranohers, one
of whom has in ten acres of hops. Asi
yet there Is no wagon road to that upper |
country, and the neg settlers have to |
pole their supplies mp in skiffs; 1t re-
quiring two or three days to 90 from
Ssanwood to the remoter settlements. |
Over toward Port Susan / found an
other large body Of Very rich tidemarsh |
Land being reclaimed By James Long. |
Thomas Adams and the Brawleys, Of |
Seattle. Logging camps are numerous |
IN that region. As | see it. those people |
have q bright future them; bat, Of |
course, some Of them will become dis
oouraRed, and, In seeking better coon- |
try, will do much worse.
w. A. WASH.
SEATTLE, AuR. IL. 1885.