Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-07

he 1uoeFiEnsd kAs gnst retBrae0
frcm a trip doEn tie a1d. and here
are some Of the things noted. The an
cient city OF Mockiitse about holds its
osn, having perhaps more steamboat
arrivals and departures than any oihsr
place Of It's size on the Sound. Iulslip
Is a pretty place, and the Indians there
SEEN industrious aud c1ntsntsd. The
Catholics have charge Of their school.
Ehloa = large asd well conducted.
Ifolnd ihs mill st Utsslady running
on three quarter time With full crew
Of eighty men They have recently put
- new esgi1e sHd thoroughly re
paired the mill. aud can easily cat
1900 fee; Of lumber per day: Al Ans
traiIsn vessel is now there taking on =
cargo of half million feet. During
is,t year they s-nt away tllr,Y-eieut
vessels laden with uearly tweuts I-Ii-
leo feet of lumber. Most Of their logs
are obtained not far away and toEsgs
costs them bat i25s cents per thoussu1,
while tue other mIis pay iOnr bits, con-
seqaently they producs lumber cheaper
Than any Otser tsAl On the ) und. Ihe
Mlli Comp my have al IInmenss ware
hsuse Ia which fBuen of tue oats fronn
the Laeonnrr fats ~ brought for direct
shipment 10 san Francisco. Daring the
pas. season they have stored 1909 tons
of oats and sRIpped away abost Raif of
1t lbey ara nOw eBl .rglng their town
sall, which will be one OF the most com
mo1IO1s and attracilT 70 On the Sound
| be chief efti5lsls st preseus IN con
nection with Gne mill are j. A. LOgRie,
Cashier snd Manager; q. j. Aoyes, mili
fireman; L. W. Purdy, bOokke-per;
Joan Leslie, In charge Uf uerchaHuIse
department aud \. j. Cbapm .n, wharf
foremau. A more efficient aud accom-
medatiUg set of oihcers 1t would be
hard to fild.
Stanwood is Just above the mouth Of
the StliAguamisu river, and the steam
ers Glide and City of Qaiuey each cali
there both z ing and coming IN their
semi -eeekly trips between seattle and
the SAagIt river. The merchants. Pear
son and Irvine, carry good stocks anu
seem TO have tbfiyIng trade, while the
place supp rts two hotels and other
tnInRs IN proportion. The reclaimed
marsh land betseeu the moutas of toe
Skaglt aud StIlaRnamish rivers Is 70
markedly fertile and mostly IN high
state of cultivation. Some OF tue
dyking is not as good as II should be,
ana the unusually high tides of not
long ago did Not little damage. |
met Col. HalIer there looking after his
ranch, which bad been much injured by
the tidal overflow. Sill. Young and
Harvey are logging not far from Stan
wood. Most of the ranchmen are pre-
pairing to pat IN big crops, and from the
amount of stock and feed about their
premises they must be doing we'll.
journeyed on foot on up the river,
taking IN all the countTy round about
Fisreuee, which is five miles by water
above Stanwood. The steamboats, 90
there whenever necessary. The place
has many prsseEt and prospective re-
sources to back II, and aspires to take
the lead on Stiiae1smlsh river.
The storekeepsr, L. K. Norton, is Ger
tainly getting fine trade, and the
hotel, which sets q good table, IA well
pattonizsd. Some of the best timber
ON ths SQUAD IS on that river, and this
summer there will be eight different
logging camps IN operation. Here are
the parties: Gilbert & Walker, VIM.
johnson, Jim Long, stubb Brothers,
Olsen Il MoFadden, Jasper sill, Melon |
aid Il stretch, Peter Howey and Jack
son. Those most interested in the mat
ter have organized a boom company.
and propose TO build substantial and |
commodlous boom at tbs mouth OF the |
river. aud be responsible for all logs |
after they reach tide water at the |
head of Hat Slough, above Florence, at |
a charge of nifty cents per thousand.
For nearly forty miles up, the river |
has considerable settlement on eacn |
side, and As most of the settlers have |
come to stay, they are rapidly changing |
the face of creation from = wilderness !
TO "A condition suitable for habltatiou |
The soil Is good, but most all the land |
Is rather eayiIy tlmbersd, and it will |
require years OF persist1dt and musou
ing region. A large per cent. of The /
more recent settlers are SeandlnavIans,
whose habits OF industry, economy aud |
sobfiety make them tue very people TO /
open up suoh country. There ID not |
yet wagon IN all tbat up Fivsr section. |
heir supplies are carried IN either 10y |
canoe or on pack horses, and IN that
manner tLey have recently carried Ian
bsr to build s3hOol houss far up the
river. Back on Porl Susan Bay, Braw
ley, Long. teuleson, Adams and o. hers,
hass some good reclaimed marsh land.
the amount as for caitare being yearly
greatly increased. Ia conoiaSion LEI
a1e say that none bus those who 60 in o
the hooks aud corners all up aud down
the SQUAD have any Adequate concep
GIon of It's agricultural possibilities.
W. A. MAsH.