Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-01
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eeivins salaries ranging from 81 to so
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CaKHALs coCxTI-
C5@haiis County has the Pacific
Ocsaz for ia eastern boundary, aud
embraces an area of probably 149O
square raile<- Il is interested BY the
ChehaIis River. 4 usviFabLe stream
which drains n 5sa1;itsi and fertile
valley. rs sfiaects. the HocniaEa.
Hamtulap. Black and othsr rivers also
hJz through la,Pe and fertile bodies OF
agricultural land Immense bodies OF
valuable commercial tlnber-fir, cedar,
sFruee. and among the hard woods. ash |
n arls and cnsfoCvoo1-tr s fo1nd WIFE
IN ia bor3ers- ChehAiis County. not
ouiT for the period eoEersd BY this re-
uort. b7. for the two preceding years,
has = t.iezsed renewable increase II
regulation and highly gratifying de
grsa OF improvement IN Der material
resources. Vast aress Of her public
lands have been entered under the
homestead and s-ernption and ether
acts Of Congress- TIE incresse IN pop-
uIsfiou i Indicated BY the following
figures. In 1881, 95l in lSS2. l2n: IN
1854. 300 souIs. TIE assessed value Of
prop4rtv in 1882 Vas &376.022 IN 1888.
x4is5. ST: in 1854. 81 .0o475i. The pres
snt county levy is sixteen uiills On the
dollar
There are in the county s steam saw
mills. with an aggregate capaeity OF
10000 feet If iaHbsr per dsy: water
power, saving 2G.0Sl feet par day .
sash aud door factor 8; ? salmon can
neFies. and / tannesy. Iks stock and
a airy interests of the eeGuty ars large.
thu soil prodactiye TO an extraordinary
extent. the climate mild aad saiuSri-
ous. No portion Of tie Territory has a
more assured future before il.
Mon esaao. a lively growing town OF
100 people, is the county seat.
cLALLAk COUNTY.
Clallaaa county occapiss an AREA of
nearly 30 square miles. and IL located
in the extreSs southwestern portion of
the Territory. fata-seoted by the Olym-
pic range. unch Of its surface is noun
tainous and forest covered, with vast
urdeTeiaDed resources of eomnercial
valu4. Between tbs western line Of
CI4iIan county, washed BIZ tue Pacific
o,ean, and the foothiilsof the noun
tains, ara Fnaav extensive au1 fertile
Or tries and valleys. which. when con-
H@tsS4 VIII NAr NCttA~A R4fAAOh tAC
oo1ntry hv sood roads, will SUPPORT a
lave ppm aim. The assessment roll
Of tire county foa,s np $221. go, with a
ooEutv tax levy of IL mills The uop1-
lasion il estimated at 73n. Agricultural
products: whsst. 1000 bushels: rye.
/ 200: harley. 500: potatoes. 1850:
hav. $40 tsns: butter. - tons: total.
$9l SO. Live stock in the naun.y-
I horsss. PCS; meat cattle. 3.l40: sheep.
I al; swine. 1900. Apple :re-a. 2.S0c;
other fruit ., 800. with an abundance OF
small fruits and berries School dis
| tr; cts in the county, ten; school houses,
sAvan; total value of school houses.
500; number OF school children in at
/ tendance, 60: number of teachers, EIGHT:
average salary. $50 per month. New
/ Duueeness is the county seat.
CLARKE COUNTY.
Clarke counsv, originally formed by
an act Of the oregon Provisional Gov
erument OF June eth, 1874, the District
of. Vancouver, and embracing all of
what is now known as Washington Ter
ritory, was. by an act of the Oregon leg
I isIature of 1s50-l, changed to Clarke
/ COUNTY, in honor of Capt. Merivsther
Clarke. U. 5. A., of the historic Lewis
and Clarke exploration. The bead
quarters of the Department of the Co
| lumbia U. s. A are located in Clarke
county, near Vancouver, the thriving
and prosperous county seat Of the
county, which occupies an area of about
500 square miles, agreeably diversified
by timber lands, prsiries and stretches
of open country admirably adapted 20
agriculture and fruit growing in all its
I n.
an unsurpassed highway for the trans
portation OF the products of Clarke
county to the markets of the north west.
The agricultural products Of Clarke
county for the period embraced in this
report are estimated ~ follows: Wheat,
1000 bushels; rye. 5000; oats, Co.,
900; barley. 1000; Indian corn, 5000;
backwheat. 5000; potatoes. 10000; APP
pies. 10000; peaches, 1000; piums,
10000; hay, 10000 tons; butter, 200
tons; cheese. 20 tons. Total value,
81, 732, 500. Live stock in the county:
horses, 5000; mules, 400; neat cattle,
10000; sheep, 1000; swine, 10000; an
CORA goats, 100. Orchard trees as fol
lows: apples, $1,000: plum. 10000: pruue.
5000; peach, 1000; pear. 5000; grape
vines. 1900. Manufactures: SIX steam
saw mills; foar water power saw mills;
two steam and three water power plan
ing mills. Aggregate value of lumber
manufactured yearly, $780, 100; of -four,
$4,000. Estimated population of the
county, 1000 souls. Assessed value of
property, $l654.300; county tax levy,
i've mills. Namber of new farms opened
for year ending June Both, 1884. 200
Towns In the county: Vsacouvsr. 5000
populations; La Camas, 80; La Center,
200: Washougal, 3o0. School districts,
g.; school houses, -: tot II value of
school houses. SCI. isS; number of schonl
children. 2.779; number Of tsaohers, 81;
average salary, $,S per month: highest
salary, 500; lowest, $50; cost Of Van
eouver school house. $1,000.
/ COLUMBIA COUNT.
Columbia county, IN the southeastern
portion af the Territory, has an area Of
probebly 800 square miles.
1 Dayton. the county seat, is the seat of
several hs1rishing industries aud the
center of an excellent trade with the
surrounding pastoral aud agricultural
Ecountry. The towns in the county are
as follows: Dsytcn. pcpnlstion 1000 ;
Huntsville, Asfsngo, Coyello aud Ripa-
ria are small villages. Ths agricultural
} ptuuuot4 9t t4o OuuEAt Sfo 1cR1ktSQ Is
follows Wheat. 10000 huahsls: oats.
5000; barley. 10000; live stock
horses, 500; nsat cattle. Zoo; ahsep.
SOC; swine. $50 Manufacturer
Dayt-n woolsa Mills. annual prodact,
! $4,000; the Dayton. Brooklyn CONNER
cial and harsugs Flouring Mills, annual
| praouct valued At $751; 00J; twenty three
| saw and shingle mills. value of annual
product. Si50,o Population OF the
county. 800; assessed value OF proper
~, $S.Ss&.5 5e; county tax levy. u mills.
Numbsr of school districts in this coon.
", "a; of school houses. a.; highsst
csst Of school house. $1,000; lowest
cost, $500; total v,lus Of school houses.
$500: number OF school children in
souaty loo; percentage Of attendance.
So: number Of teachers. 90; highest
salsrg psid. elss3 per month average
salary. $50.
cowLTrS COUNTY.
Coxlitz county. With the Columbia
river for its southern and western bo1nd-
arg. and iaterssetsd b. tbs Cosiitz RIVER
and the Kalama ami Tacoma division of
the Nortnern Pacific RsilEead. oosspies
Q saperfciai area Of about 1000 square