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

academy and day school is also ia sue
c~ssful operation at Cov.itx Prsirie.
under the management Of the Sisters
Of Charity.
LINCOLN coCrrT.
Linssln counsv, lying in the eastsru
portion Of the Territory, contains about
400 square miles-
THIS 10 one Of the most prods .sivs
and promising counties of the Terri
70 y, With q rich. prolific coil. and graz
ing lands thai give IL prominence as a
stock erovl3e county.
The climate is mild and healthful
The agricultural products are reported
A. follows: Wheat. 275. 1000 bushels;
barley. 600; rye, 300; oats. $4,000,
lndisn corn, 1890; potatoes. $4,000;
hay, lS.+o tons: butter. slo tons Live
stoek-eorses, 500; mules. 80; neat
cattle, 1890; sheep. 5000; swine. 5000
Apple trees, 5000; plum. 500; prnne,
2oO; peach. 100, grape vines, 1000.
The Northern Pac.fie R4ilrssd skirts
the southern corner Of the county. and
has Its extensive shops q; she flourish
iRS town Of Sprsgue, which is the eouh-
~ seat.
The populatioE of the county is shown
TO be t14I. Assessed valuatisn of prep
sriy, 81 ,6sS, 4ss; county levy. II mills.
Number OF schools districts, >; num-
Der Of school houses, 81; totsl value Of
school houses, II 600; numb = o! school
children, 1896.
The village of Sprasue boasts OF q
fine graded s'hool,employing 3 teachers
and occupying q tine two story brick
ballding, recently built al cost Of ovst
S6nao,
MASON COUNTY.
Mason Co1nty is bounded On the east
( by Puget Sound. being touched BY both
TIE great arms Of that body Of water
Il has an area Of a5oai so square miles.
Its chief pro1Get is laundering. and its
| vast forests of fir, pins aui cedar con
tribute largely to the immenss Sc >p,y
OF logs consumed by the EreA, milling
Establishments located al different
points on the Soand.
There are two local railroads under
construction within the couuty, one ~
the head Of Little Skcokum * and
one at the head OF Big SkooSgm BAY.
The latter is known as the Sstsop R4ii-
| .HoN' hdA 80 fAogSSSC1 - khA ~ hEAN :
| Hsrbor.
This being heavily timbered county
bat little attention has been paid 10
agricultural pursuits. Fruits aud veg
etables common to the country thrive
we'll. The population is reported as Sl9.
The assessed valuation of property Is
$5i3.l97. Tax lew, Is mills.
Namber OF school districts, -; nun
| her Of aahnnt hnnQaa ~. kSr Of
school children, es9 4; nuaber OF teach
ers, &; average salary OF teachers, Sc
per month.
PACIFIC COUNTY.
Pacific County 10 located in the ex
treme southwest portion of the Terri
tory, having water frontage on the Co
lumoia River. Shoalwater Bay and the
Pacific Ocean.
The Willspa, North. Nssel, waliicut
and Chinook Rivers dow through the
finest farm and dairy lands, and afford
cheap aud quick means Of transporta-
ton to the markets on the Pacific
Coast. Much of the fir, sprace and
csdar timber lands are unoccupied, aud
the large bodies Of tim or on the sew
eraI streams have not been touched.
There 10 large amount of unoccupied
ground euitable for the cultivation of
oysters. Large bodies Of tide lands
have been reclaimed during the last
year, and have been found adspted to
oats, potatoes and grasses.
On account of the beautiful sea beach
and the delicious oysters and fish here
obtainable, thousands Of people annu
ally flock to this region to enjoy i,+ re-
sorts during the summer p,t'" Ia.
There are three large sawmill "a ,s
aggregate product Is 40,0O0.0oO FIT OF
lumber annually. valued at $4,000
These are the Northwest laundering
Company. the South Bend Mill and the
Spring Brook Mill. The logging en-
pleys 800 work cattle and 400 men.
The Hampton Box Factory turns out
an annual product valued at Sl5 900.
Salmon There are four
large salmon packing establishments,
whose aggregate prodaet IA ~ 600 eases
per annum, valued at $243,OO0. These
are the Aberdeen Packing Company,
the kusppton Paskine Company. the
North Shore Packing Company and the
McGowan * Sons Packing Company.
Two other canneries are ordered to be
built.
Seventy thousand bu ,hels Of oysters,
| fbtaVA az GsO,ONJt anu UuSucl8 Vi
CLAIMS, valued at $500, are exported
annually. The oyster planting has in
creased during the past year, aud the
industry 10 growing into importance.
The buildine of small sailing crafts,
used in the oyster trade, 10 an import
ant industry. The farm products for
last year are reported az follows:
Wheat, 1000 bushels, average. 10 bushels
to the acre oats, 10000, average, 60
bushels 20 the acre potatoes, 10000
bushels; hay. 5000 tons: apples, 20 900
bushels; pears, 10000; pluns. 1880.
Strawberries, cranbsrriss, rsspberries.
blackbsrries, Qooseberries and currants
are very prolific. TIE Pacific Gran
berry Company has expended $4,000
| in the cultivation of Gran berries. Peas,
beans. squsshes. cabbeges, ETC., are
raised with satisfactory results. Tim
othy aud the various elovers thrive
abundantlv. The annual product OF
butter Is 90 tons; average yield per cUv
| 200 pounds. Live stock-borses 1870;
neat rattle 2l,0o0; sheep 5000; swine
COCO,
Assessed valuation Of property &67s,.
75S. County tax mile.
Number of school districts %; num-
Der Of s,hooi houses 70: number OF
school children $50; numoer Of teachers
10; value OF school property f5l25; ave.
age salaries of teachers $50; population
Of county l9tS. The county seat Is
Oysterville.
PIERCE COUNTY.
Pierce County-Orgauized in 1853;
area 100 sqaare miles, large proper
tion Of which Is heavily timbered land;
bat there is considerable area OF rich
land In the river valley bottoms. Popn.
lation In 1885. II ,565; 1888, GIT. As
sessed Valuation In 1885, t5,343. $50. an
increase Of absut one million dollars
over the previous year. Number OF acres
assessed l57 .33S 80; increase over 1884.
"A. s54 acres; acres improved. 1861 N; 10
crease over 1884. 1913. Total county
Disbursements, ISSt'S5, SIS, 252 on; bal
anee in treasury April 30, 1886, fl7,-
100 20; expenditures On roads and
bridges, f17.l3fli. Transfers Of real
estate recorded At Auditors offioe
| an As00 M Aassonlsop.I