Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01

Aus quhutity VI dRflOuBtukht ptO1uCts
predaced in the county. ~ stated in the
report Of 1884, was over estimated. A
more careful estimate gives for the year
1885 the following figures:
BASKETS. Bushels.
Wheat. 10000 Oats. .... .200. 900
Rys......... 1900 Corn $40. 2,o00
Barley ..... $500 Bookwheat. 1000
fotatoes.. .4O0,OOO Apples. 1900
Peaches go. l,000 Pluns $50. 1000
Tons. Tons.
Cherries $50. 156 Prunes. 90
Buster. ..... I'D Cheese. ~
Hsy......... 50,06
The live stock Is estimated as follows:
Horses. ... 1000 Sheep. ...... IT'S
Mules. .... us Swine. ...... 1900
Neat Cattle. $500 AnFora goats. 100
The total assessed value OF property
In the county for the year 1885 is trifs
10 excess Of two million dollars, includ-
ing the supplemental assessments N sds
by the county authorities after the tax
roll Was completed by the assessor. The
increase over last year 10 II per ceat.
The county is divided into IS school
districts, In which are 50 schoolhouses
OF the total estimated vslus OF $50. 600
Raised for school purposes this year.
$4,000. Total school population be
tween the ages Of and q years. 1921 :;
teachers, O.; average salary per month,
$50; highest salary, flOC; lowest salary,
$50.
There are in the county five Methodist
Episcopal churches, 8 Roman Catholic,
United Brethren, 2 Christian or Disci-
pie, 2 Presbyterian, Congregational
2 E.sa II
population of the county is 1910.
Manufactures-6 steam sawmills, Z
water power sawmills, 2 steam and 3
Aggregate value Of lumber mauafac-
tured this year, $500. 600; four. 500 CO.,
The cities and tswps are 40 follows:
Vanoouver-The county seat, beauti
fully located on the Columbia River,
six miles above the mouth of the vii.
iametse, has population Of 5000. This
pass 6ve ysars. Over 500 900 worth of
new buildings, public and private. have
been built during that time. The court
house cost $4,000 and tho public school
house about 81, 900. The Masonic
Temple now being suil, will cost about
$4,000.
adjoining yansoaver 10 the U. s. mil
itary post, Vancouver Barrs 'ks and
Depot, the headquarters Of the Depart
ment Of the Oolumbis, General Gibbon
commanding. This 10 one OF the largest
army poses IN the United States. Van
eosvsr has never doomed 60 any ex.
tent. It's growth has been steady and
permanent. and there 10 no more pros
psrous town In the Territory.
a. -
mention. Two years ago q syndicate OF
Portland (Orexonl capitalists purchased
q tract Of 200 acres OF land and com
asnced the work Of improving q hne
water power afforded BY LACsmss crack.
The progress Of the wsrk practically
falls within she past year. lts visible
results % far are - foliovs: Dams, sque-
dsct aud pipe lines for the control and
delivery Of water, covering distance
OF 500 feet, At an Approximate COST OF
$4,000; . lumber mill with cspasitv
Of 5000 feet per day; paper mill With
q capacity fer turning ous ten tons OF
paper per diem; Touring mill OF 30
barrels per day. all completed and run-
ming. Around thess works q town eesi-
mated 70 have 500 inhabitants has erosn
up. The amount Of money eIpeoded
oy tae synoicate ehu oy osneI 'uui'tae
ale cannot fall snors OF t3U.uh. and
this In . place vhicn vas an absolute
wilderness IL months ago. Ihe tovu
and mile are iecased ., aeep vs'et on
the Coaonois hivsf ABOUT 10 miles
norshsAas o. rofuaao' Ine oolioine
Of q railroad hss oeen com mensed, 70
run norshverd from tne Soiem ois nyer
tnss ene umoef sns oosi Is'ss OF O.a,.e
end Oovho eoonnea Us ptoosole
TINS snm saiifoen wa eVsn'sany oe eA-
tended 10 FuRes pound.
LAOsnssr. On Lewis river. nas popo-
latioc OF - WAsnousa IN tne eastern
and Union hsdEs 10 tss western pafs OF
the csanty 1e sorivmg siieeA
$4,000,
THIS 10 one of tbs sreas grS4u vsodao-
inc sosnties Of the southeastern Dorti0n
of the Territory. ~ 10 essiuzased thai
there are pov o.0O ssrs under caitivs-
t,ou. Of which s0,o0c acres produce
vhcrt.
I DAYTON, the county ssat. 10 foorish-
inc sssvu Of About $40 people, situated
on the Ioaehes river, is the center OF .
sAsse "a ~. nnr.arons
sssnnfae,urina indussries.
Oaa hraroh Of tue o. X. a ". Rail-
"a srs.nSs A. Daysoa, its terminus.
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