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

BANANA CoCSTT.
Sksmsnia es1uty il = ragged. rsoun-
tsinoas region. With narrow bench Of
cultivated land along the Columbia
river. The Oregon Railway and Savi
cation Company has portage railroad
alang the Cascades Of the Columbia.
which is but little used sinoe the CON-
plesion Of the main line Ia Oregon.
Bat little attention ~ paid 10 farming
TIE productions Of the present year
we're. 100 tons Of bay; 1000 bushels Of
cats: 500 bushels Of potatoes; 800
bashels Of wheat, and a quantity Of
hne fraits aud vegetables Population,
tZ5; assessed valuation 81 property.
flE3 ga; county tax rate mills No
report Of schools. The eopnty seat is
Lover Cascsde
ES5R0nnsR oovgTf.
Snohonish county 10 bordersd on its
western side by the waters Of Puget
So1nd, and drained By tuo zsvisaole
rivers With numerous tribaiaries, toe
valleys Of which soasain large bodies Of
tide aud bottom lands. The lands are
eensraily yell timbered, bat very pro
duo,iys when bronaht usdsr eaitivs
tio1. Estim ated farm products; wheat,
600 bushe .: oats. 5000; barley, 0,0Oo,
POTATOES, 5000; spples and orchard
fruits. 1000; hay, 900 tons: hops, %
tons; live stock -boysss and muies. 700.
nesi cattle, GOO; swine, 100: shsep,
400.
The high lands secupy about tvo
thirds Of the county. They are general
Nv covered With dense forests Of FIR, &C.
dar, .proos and maple. Logging 10 tbs
chief industry, the estimated annual
ontpat 81 logs being 100000 feet.
There IL one steam and one water saw
mill, and ore sash and door factory, the
vslne Of whose manufactured prod1ots
Ia f75,o0o.
Coal and iron are fouzd; also gold aad
silver bearing quartz. Placer mining
has BEEN conducted. IN which were EN-
ployed about fifty men. Shohomish
City, the county seat, IL crossing vii
laes With 100 inhabitants, churches,
school and free library.
Population Of the county, 2i13; nun
Der Of school districts, -; school
houses, 10; school children, 752; assess
I'd valuation OF property. f6I3,oi6.
SPOKANE COUNTY,.
Spokane county, one Of the most pros
porous and progressive in the Territory,
ooou pies . central position on the 81
treroe eastern border. and IL about % by
70 miles in extent, containing 1.1oO, 90
acres OF this amount, .677 acres
are still vacant, offering a fiHs field for
land hunters. OF the 4l8, 1873 acres tax
en- no, 5,ts6 sores are improved, and
36l 1877 acres are not improved. The
population. by the last Tsrrtorisl oen
sus. IL SS9i. The eosaty assessment
roll 10 $3,5l0,s3l. The estimated Weld
Of grain, eto., for the year 1885, 10 "a
follows: Wheat, l.l5O0O bushels; oats,
z25,0 200 bushels; barley, 5000 bushels;
potatoes, 825, 90 b7shels; hay, 1900
TONS.
Number Of school districts. IS; school
heuses, 30; value Of school houses, f32.-
OTs; number OF school children. 2 $50;
number OF school teachers, 10; average
salary, f5l.
Cheney. the county seat. IL located on
the line OF the Northern Pacific X Ill
read. 10 miles by rail from Walls Walla
and 1853 miles fron Portland. IL en-.
taias 1900 inhabitants. Ii has folr
ehurches. one Touring mill with ca.
paoity of 60 barrels per diem, and a
handsome academy named after Bsni
=. Cheney, its founder. Tho first grain
elevator built west Of the Rocky Noun.
tains IL located IN Cheney; its capacity
IL 70 go bushels.
Spokane Falls IL the largest place in
the county. aud IA situated on the
line OF the Northern Pacific Railroad
sixteen miles east of Cheney. Toe
Spokane River here divides into three
and Natla in hta
lance of 1890. thus giving the most
magnificent water pswer nov avail.
able in the Territory. The capacity il
ltt.3z3 horse psver as low water and
HASA horse power at average wa
ter, or considerably more than the
power at Minneapolis. The largest saw
NALL 10 the eastern part OF the Territory
10 nov In process Of erection here. The
city also contains three Touring mills,
with q capacity Of 80 barrels per diem;
enc planning mill, one sash and door fac
tory and one maohiRe shop and foundry.
Tho city IL supplied With water by the
Holly SYSTEM Of works. which are the
property OF the CITY. They comprise
too sets OF punping engines and over
-four miles OF water mains. There are
81 FIRE plugs and an excellent fire de-
partment. The business portion of the
city has electric lights. and there IL a
telephone system extending everywhere
within the city limits. There are two
colleges located al Spokane Falls, q
Methodist and q Catholic. Five stage
lines censer here. There are two banks
aad i've churches. Toe city assessment
roll is ts9l ss&. and the population 1000.
Tue total capital empisyed Ia various
enterprises IL fi,t72,000, and the agRrs-
este sales amount 10 f3,450,oeo annu
ally.
TIE local markets for the products q
Spokane county have largely increased
during the last year. The completion
Of the wagon road into the Csur d Alene
mines has given direct o. nuection there,
and the building of = steamer on the
upper Columbia has opened market e.
far north as the Canadian Pacific Rail
road. The lumber manufactured In
spokane Falls IL ahipped ~ far vest A
Yakima City. Rockford, Medical Lake.
spsnsle. waverly. Lstsh. Msnhsll and
Deep Greek Falls are dour,shins towns
The waters of Medical Lake have 30
cured vide reputation for their cures
OF cutsneous and rheum Alto complaints.
and attract a throng of visitors each
summer, A railroad Is now being sur
veyed between Spokane Fails aud the
LATHE Dalle@, aud likewise one between
spoks.s Falls and fArmington 10 the
southwark,
srEvxSs COUNTY.
Stevens eoanty lies east ~ the Cas-
csde range aud borders on the line OF
the British possessian4. Ii occapiss an
Immense area Of territory. considerably
over i0.0U0 square aAlies extending FROM
the Idaho hoe On the east ~ the summit
of the Cascade NJ untAius on the west.
The Columbia River trsvSfses the entire
eastern potion Ut the county back and
forth. and then fellows It's southern
border tor many miles. The county /.
generally rough and mpuatainous. with
fertile lands IN the valleys. IL IL well
adapted 10 STOCK rsisiRs. possessing I'm,
ranges for grazing. The noanttins ART
said TO contain gold and silver, aud the
mining industry - beginning 10 attract
great attention. A personal observer
writes IS tolloes; Never, We venture Il
cav. has mining district of such gen
uine worth and such substantial l,okins
prospects ~ nasy be seen IN the OolviIls
district been knovn of for ~ long
period, and attracted less people to 10
or ccsaslonrd less excitement az hom,
OF abroad. than has thls Que. A ride o.
few days thrsueh the mountain,
ax..na4 .utt