Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-16
A FINE COUNTRY.
EsUMcLAw, Sept. 18th, 1896.

EsUMcLAw, Sept. 18th, 1895.
EDITOR Posr- -lNrKLLIekSorl:
Two % thrss wscks ago reed vith
feeliuQs Of smueemont an article in the
Tacoma Led9sv poeportinR 70 cdps from
the pen of an inhabitsut of our village.
Bot, II the writer of the article really
lives here. he or she, as the case may be.
must have, to put it mildly, q very vivid
Imagination.
Nov, although have been in the Ter
ritory only short time, sm very much
in love with IL, especially that part OF il
ON which has been bestowed the roman
tic name of Enumoiaw.
But, TO quote an old and well known
saying, the truth Of which has frequently
been demonstrated, Truth is mighty
and will prevail" fear that such an
article as shs one have reference TO,
instead of proving benefit to the place.
would be far more likely 10 injurs it; for
/ think that anyone coming here, ex-
posting to fnd things jost a. represent
ed, would be so diseustsd at findine that
ths srush had undergone such viRor-
on stssschinR that they would leave on
The neat tssin. 80
The farming land about here cannot
be praised toe highly. have spent the
most of nay life on farm in an Eastern
State, and never have sesn the crops
grow as they do here, and this has not
been very favorable Summer in point
of weather.
The train has been running through
here for asoot two months, and think
shat, taking evSrythinR into eonsidera-
tisn. b that shegt time q long step has
been taken toward making . village.
We have q general merchapdiss store.
kept by Msssrs. Griffin 4 Blake, two
young men from the Esst. Although
they have only been running for about
q month, they are doing . good basi-
mess; and IL energy and industry, With
level heads and obliginR manners, have
anything 20 do Win success, they viii
succeed. They have lumber yard also.
We have Q saloon. and Mr.. Joseph Fell
has jnst erected niee-iookina building
that 10 10 be used, l believe, for res
taurant. A boot and shoe store 10
talked Of, and hope viii prove re-
ality. The funds have bsen collected
for q good sized schsoihcuse, and the
hpildin0 OF that will soon be CON-
nsoee6 Our peseolhce 10 at present
hse u1o fron - stAtion; but, a. has
beso s126sd in ~ ossscle IN the Ledger,
q petition for possoffice vas circulated.
and In toe days received the signatures
OF sixty farmers; % in all probability
ve will sson have postofnce at Enum-
1 do "a shinh . psDrnan sas nh.
boDser 60 To MONA by inv0lfing In
tatmin4 ta1d h<rs Ave hesf6 jessid
since I have been here, and from my
own observation believe it TO be true,
that, after the land 10 once cleared. .
man can get . good living bv simply
patsina she seed Ia the Rreond. viteoos
sesopptD9 sny lsfther work on them
spd Z ~ = ~ 80, what might mos
- done by rcd 6ofksff The answer
TO that question can best bs found By
visiting the upper White river valley.
together With that Of the lover white
|rsvsr,and sAh1sg . wAlkovssthsrs
uAcGD owners bavo - yseoenn - .
dos6n ysars- ~ So
Taers 10 . number OF beastiful little
creeks here, among vhioh are the Boise,
Hennakum, Coal and Beaver. The
vritsr of - letter hat has aroused my
truth 11vtse spiris epsaks 10 glowing
terns Of tbe ereeka. And mentions
bash, nevancun aad cell" bat vheth-
er be refers 10 the creeks or the ash 70
be fsanA IN then, viii forever remain .
nyuery unie&s - illlpsxi0gs AseAer
IN oonAascsu1 % = Fise asd exoaen."
sxa find no ons who has ever hsAr1 Of
bash" or nsvancam nsh. nor any
one vhe kross aaythins about bash "
and .ssip sssska vssstsc With . small
Bot the sess way 10 iades Of . plsss