Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01
,l,n Of property i. reported q. ss74.s


THUEs1os c-USTI.
Th1rstou County. With = territorial
area of seoas CAB square mile, snd
population Of 4E}f, occupies \ nearly
central position IN Western washing
tn.
Olympia. = beautiful town Of about
go inhabitants. il tue county seat and
.lso The Territorial CAPITAL. United
states lard ffioss and the oftiee Of the
sarvey0r General are slso lsc4ted here
IL has txo private educational establish
ments, one cond1eted by the Sisters OF
CHARITY K G.. AMI one By the Meth
odists. IL also hss one National bank.
gas aud water works. Located At the
soathera extremity or head Of Puget
sO1ai, Olympia 10 noted for ts home
like aspect, orchards and flower Rarde-s
surrounding 3 majority Of the residen
Gee Il has its fair share o. nsnufsc-
taring este blishmepts. thres savDills,
q clam oaansry, sash and door and fur
nit1rs fsoioYy, eta. The Puget Sound
Pipe Coepany's works, for the manu-
fscture Of Horizons patent water pipe,
are located here, and the company are
building al extensive factory. TIE
Rpis3opalians, Catholics, Methodlsts,
Pre- .byterians, Bap.ists and ConQreRa-
tisnallsss have churches in the city. IL
IL alss the location of the L. s. Signal
Service ofSse.
Iunvater. . village sbeut one mile
sDuth OF Olympia, utilizes the pictur-
-ea1s Tuuvatsr Falls in the enanpfsc-
tars Of a Iur. say 1900 barrels annual
~, l7mDey. sash aud doors, furhiture
and water pipes.
Seatoo, on the Northern Pacific Rail
road, IL ths eat Of the Territorial Pen.
iteutiary. An immense sash and door
factory, supplied With the latest and
best machinery. has iust been estab
li-bed With view to the employment
OF cosvict labor.
The total output Of the lumber mills
Of Thurston County is about 10000
feet annually. principally used IN home
markets. Agriculture, including the
IT siuctiOn of hay, grain, fruit aud veg
etables take q prominent rank in the
industries If the county. Grain raised
in Thurston County took the premium
at the Centennial Exposition 10 Phils-
selphia in 1876. Extensive deposits OF
coal hsvs been discovered and located
ia the county. these deposits await
An aggregate of 10000
bushels OF grain IL reported for the cur
rent year OF this report. OF live stock,
there are about IL 900 head. The a.
sessment roll Of the county foots up
81 .075, 1876 TAX lew. IL mills. Number
of school districts, 81; number of school
houses, 20: valae 81 school houses, 5000;
number Of school children, 1880; average
salary paid teachers, f83 80.
wAHKIAKUM COUNTY.
Wakiakum county has the Columbia
river for It's southern border. 1t oocu
pies an area Of about 400 square miles,
mostly mountainous and heavily tim
bered. The desirable agricultural land
/. limited. and confined to the few creek
and river bottoms. Fruits and vsee-
tables thrive remarkably we'll. The
chief industry of the people is salmon
fishing and canning, there being seven
large canning establishments in the
county. Number Of school districts ID;
number OF school houses ID; number of
school children 4i2; number of school
tsachsrs Is; total value of school houses
$500; average salary paid teachers,
1880.
The county contains a population Of
1865. and the assessed valuation of
property il reported at 1917 ,2iS.
wALLA wALLA COUNTY.
Walla Walls county lying in the south
eastern portion of the Territory, ID one
Of the earliest settled and most famous
portions of the Territory. As Rrsin
producing region. Il Is unrivalled by any
country IN the world. Over 5000 600
bushels of grain were produced the
present year in this country. According
to the report of the County Assessor,
10 052 acres were cultivated the present
year, of which l02, l28 acres were in
wheat; IL 055 acres in barley; 1903 acres
ia oats; l77S acres in corn; l447 acres in
timothy, and $40 acres in rye. Summer
fallowed ground. &9.0s9 acres. The pro
iuctiou of wheat averages over twenty
five bushels per acre; barley. 40 bushels
per acre; oats, a. bushels per acre; corn,
% bushels per acre. Live stock on hand
IL reported as follows; Horses, 666s;
cattle. 1902; sheep. 1924; swine, 523s.
There 10 much excellent grazing land In
the East by the carload. TiRbsr ID
readily obtainabls from the Blue Noun
tains-
There are 1000 acres Of grain hav, OF
which two tons per acre is raised. Good
butter and cheese are produced.
The soil and climate here are adapted
10 the cultivation of the choicest vsee-
tables and fruits. Peaches, grapes and
apricots are raised. Not only the we'll
watsred valleys. bat the foot hills and
the higher table lands prodaoe exosllent
crops The facilities for transportation
are especially favorable, as the county
Is bounded on the north by the Snake
river. and on the west by the Columbia
river, and the Oregon Railway asd
Navi9atioa Railroad, with Its branches.
Aooom modates the southern and central
portions of the county. The populs-
lion Is reported at 1892. Assessed
valuation Of property. t5.794,T27.
wslla Walla, the chief town and
county seat, ranks deservedly high In
wealth, enterprise and the excellence
of Its educational facilities. There are
four private institutions of learning IN
this city. namely: st. Psurs tEpisso-
pail, Whitman College Congregation
all. st. vinoent's Academy for girls.
and st. fatrick's for boys, both OF the
latter under the control of the Roman
Catholic Church. There are many fiae
public and private buildings in this
city. among which are the public school
building. COLLEGE, buildings. court house
and hospital.
Fort Walla Walls, a well garrisoued
United States army post, is situated
st the outskirts OF the City OF Walls
waila.
wsitsburs. near the eastern line oI
the csusiy, Is e thriving town. and ha,
A we'll oonducted college.
wHArceM COUNTY.
Whstcom county, In the north ives
corner vt the Territory, at the northern
end of Paget SQUAD. extends southxsrd
from the British line about tweuty-tiv
miles aud eastward from Puget Sound
about eighty niles. and therefore con
taiRs in tie nelahboFhosd of two thou
sand square miles. The eastern por-
tion ~ mountainous. exceedingly pio-
tnresque. and heavily timbered with
white pune, DR.. cedar and sprus,. In
the western portion magnificent belt,
If fir and cedar alternate with extea
sive river bottoms Of vine maple ane
alder. Numerous lakes With sRrrsund
iass Of SSiss p,cturesqueness dot the
country, chief among which IL Lake
Whaseona. twelve miles loay by one "a
one aud half miles wide, with a deptt
in seine places Of four hundred feet
situated some three miles from Belling
ham Bsv, and having q surface elevs
zion OF aosut three hundred feet aoov,