Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-28

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While ali Of Eastern Hssningtpn con
s;..s n coaa productive soil. tnsi EoT-
tot knoxu - the Big Bend o. TIE
CoIurnbia- Il the poiBs 70 Sniea we
tids Of immigration 10 sure 70 Eos sn1s
snr,ino se1s0u. IL a undoubtedly the
Iarvesf body Of farming AID grazing
ard combined ia this Psclne s0rt0-
vest and il similar 10 the well AnoSn
WaIIa Walls country. which some lev
vsars AGO vas eOFsidsI.sd ToTthisss. 80
4 has been vitk the Zig Bend" country
40 20 the past tUo ytsarB. Las sssn1e
the drsf seftiernsut vas rBads IL D0aatiez
,s.,nrfy ard the hrst season the farmers
,vsre assured Of the capabilities Oh ihs
soiI. Wheat On, sod yielded from seven
Ter 10 tkirty bushels per acre, osas ff"sH
thiytv.fve 70 sixty 51sbsls Yer seF-'
hayiey from twenty-five Is forty, re
,hi,ty- eight and potatoes from bity 20
: hundred buahsls Per acre. All grasses
that have been triesi do veil. Corn
vtsided thirty bushels per acre On Tie
low lard and npon the high piaiean-
fulIv 1000 feet above the Cog1nlDia fI'eI,
Il yisIded fairly, and today this afssi
area Of rich soil, rich In all the cspsbl-
tiles of production, IA resdy 70 feo-'ss
i'm 200 people xho are industrious, am
bitious and enterpEislne. AahJ m
those who are here nos have slfesoS
planted orchards. email fruits ana oIoa-
mental tress and thsEe Is every ihaie1-
ton of its being sneoess.
We have ne cyclones. blizzards' EARN "a
ouakss or thunder storms here. ne
are surrounded ON thu north, west ana
aOuth by the Cascade faoansAlps' WIG
the Colsmbia nser hoSinR al tAsr
baAa. The climate u exoet tl"naiiy
hsalthful. Ia snmmtr soft breeze "
stirring msst Of The time snd 10 Water
the coolest weather we had was IL ae-
Rrees below zero, which lasted bot lev
days, aud generally the thermofnetsr
haa ranged from 6 degrees below Iese to
10 above. Oar 9rst siIou came on we
18th Of December this Water and spring
opens about the last OF February Or
early In March.
As for fuel. lumber and fencing, BAD
Ger mountain will furnish All inAt Il
needed for few years. By which tlme
there will be sawmills along the Coiam,
bia river. when they viii ne supplied
with logs from the UPPER Colomoia ara
atheF rivers Tributary 20 10. where the
finest cedar, Or, pine, bemiock, tams,
TACK ana seNeIh hkEStss - A%"fN 49,
Rrow In abundance.
Okanogan IN the county scat OF Doug
las county. and is beautifully situated.
The town has a grsnd sweep OF country
ali anound II, Locking away TO the
east, over vast expasss OF ano q AtinR
uraiFie. the egA rests on the dark blue
iine Of the fayorite gold mountains of
Cceur d,AIepe, 900 miles away. Turning
for ttbf nglsa
through an equally rich mineral region,
the silyeEy viudinRs Of the OkanoRau.
Looking 10 the west YOU can feast your
syss on scenery of the beautiful Gas
cAda range, with its snovclad peaks ana
bare foothills, covered with tall hrs, and
looking to the south is y billoNy pEairis,
which extonds 10 Moses Couiea- some
fifteen miles distant. Over this prairie
passes the proposed mrii route from this
place 10 EilenabaTg. distance OF sixty
miles, where IL will connect with the
railroad. There II also mad line Kun
ming from Spokane Fails 10 Okaiiog n.
This IA q weekly mail, bat will be in
creased to a tTi-weekly this season. ls
is reported that there will be steamers
plying between this place and British
Cnlombia, to connect With the Cana
dian PaciilS Railroad. 10 1887. and Ia
lsss than two years W. will have Il rail
road from spokane Falls. passing
through the center Of the " Big Bend"
over the Cascade Mountains to Seattle,
which will give us an outlet east and
west by rail. and north and south by
river. The Big Bend" will rank with
the first for agriculture and stock rails
ing, and a bright future assuredly
awaits Ia, z. N.