Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-19
reom PUGET SOUND.
Facilitating stories Of Ged's Country
-whisperiags Of olympia. seattle,
Waila Watla aad the Gas.
rnsIe MauniAIna

cade Mountains.
[Cincinnati Eoqairer, April TO-
A tall man. of distinguished appear
ance. wearing silk hat. attracted con
siderable attention on Change yesteF-
day. He was Judge j. X. Lewis. Of
Seattle, Washington Territory. Judge
Lewis was for three years Associate
Justice of the Territory, and then be-
came Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Oourt for four years, being appointed
by General Grant. For the past five
years he has been the leading attorney
at Seattle, and is also q member Of the
Territorial Assembly.
" FELL us something about your coun
try ?" an Enquirer reporter said TO him
"It's Gods country. Il is about
evenly divided into two climates and
two soils. The Cascade Mountains
make this division. In the western part,
in the Puget Sound country. not so
much attention 20 agriculture 10 paid,
though hops grow there in abundance.
Manufactur uR and the lumber busi-
ness Is the great occupation. The oil
mate here Is mild and salubrious. In
the winter il does not often get lower
than &0e above zero, and in the sum-
mer I5e above. In the East il Is very
cold In winter and warm in summit =.
Here there are no forests, but great
grazing fields for cattle, and the great
est wheat country on the Continent,
with Walla Walia a. the central city.
All the oereals-wheat. oats, rye, corn,
stc.--prow here in abundance, and Q +
tie are raised with bat little care"
"what Is the population Of the Ter
tory and iss largest citiesg"
"fhe Territory has l50, 600 population.
Seattle, the largest city, has ii coo; Ia
90 na has 1000; OLYMPIA, the Capital. al
the head Of the Sound, has 2500; our
pert of entry. Port Townsend, has 100.
Oar shipments are very large, the third
largest IN the Uulon. as We send lHmosr
10 China, South America, and in fact,
all over the world. Our Puget Sound
region abounds In minerals. Our COAL
is . splendid article, and our timber
beats the world. Seattle has direct
eommanicasion With San Francisco, our
main objective point by water, dis
tanos Of only 800 miles. Newspapers
flourish. We have three dailies at our
town."
SHOW does the Territsry stand politi-
caIlyT"
'lt 10 six thousand Republican. That's
tue reason we can't0~t into the Union
because II would give a gain of twc
Uuited States Senators In year we
will demand admission earnestly, as We
intend 10 hold q Constitutional oonvsn-
tion. draft constitution, elect State Of.
acers. Cougressmen and Senators, and
knock at she door Of the national eapi-
tol for admission"
"Can q man without money make q &C
Of u around Puget Soundf"
"It Ia jass the same as elsewhere. II
yoa are industrious and work, and are
full Of push. ys1 can forge your vay
ahead In any thing you undertake. even
without capital. IL you 20 West and
expect to live on CLANS and climate,
and not hustle for yourself, you will gel
left. Any nsan With enterprise can eei
alone."
Jndge Lewis is q brother of Colonel
Bailey Lewis. OF the Gibson House. and
when be registered at that popalar hos
telesis Wednesday he saw his breshsl
for tue frst time 10 txcnty-nins years