The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-11-30
SATISFIED At SEATTLE.
An Old Deer Ledger Pleased With the City
on the Sound.

w. L., Nov. ZG.--Since coming I
to the Sound l have found it necessary to re.
sumo the
INGTON.
!he Sound waters extend from San Juan
Strait southwark to Olympia, about seventy
miles, and northward sixty miles to the Gulf
Of Georgia, with innumerab!e bays, inlets
and water ways deep enough for the heaviest
shipping; and strange to say, with q tide that
rises and falls daily from II to Is feet, l have
never seen the water get up end howl any
higher than on Irvine lake. People desiring
TO enjoy the luxury Of sea sickness have to
sail out beyond Cape F!attery.
Western Washington, with the exception
of a few valleys, aud at rare intervals q
prairie,
is DENSELY TIMBERED,
and in this timber consists much Of its
wealth. Before coming here l had been in-
formed tha, the timber land here was COM
paralivrly worthless, but find this vas a
grand mistake. The upland has proven the
best for fruit and many other productions,
hut it costs money to clear it. When cleared,
however,
IT IS VERY VALU
as there is no more productive country in
the world. We raise apples that weigh from
one to two pounds each, and the forests are
so dense that game, which is abundant, has
but little trouble in lodging the hunter.
HUGE OCTOPUS.
Fish, never saw anything like it. Should
there be a famine in Seattle the people could
live on fish, as the supply seems to be mex
haustible. Yesterday morning q fisherman
brought ina genuine Octopus, larger than
the devil 6sh described by Victor Hugo in
"Toilers of the Sea-" 1t was ten and a half
feet long, and with its eight arms could have
embraced an elephant. The head and body
proper did not seem to be more than two feet
long, but under the jaws hangs q pelican
like paunch about two feet long, which seems
to contain the principal vital organs of the
hideous looking monster. 1t was at once
secured by the city museum.
GROWTH OF SEATTLE.
Seattle is supposed to contain $4,000 peo-
pie, and they are coming in every day.
There were between 6,000 and 1000 votes
polled at the recent election, and hundreds
like myself, not yet eligible, but com TO
stay. The school children are coming in so
fast the school board is puzzled to know
what to do with them, even when the two
large new school buildings are completed.
ON WHAT?
With Tacoma only 80 miles south of us
you may wonder what We are all doing
Well, this is a great numbering and coal
region. The production Of hops and oats
is immense. Many manufacturing interests
are we'll represented. Railroads are going
to every point where there Is q prospect ol
traffic, and it will not be long before tbt
Sound has . half dozen cities larger thar
any nov on its shores, and this will be as
sured by the steady development of its Won
derful resources. ""=
One serious drawback to Seattle is tina
much of the city land is held by parties VIII
won't sell, or if they do, at figures that man,
who would like to buy canno afford to pay
and the owne. s do not build for rent; hene
the city has been crowded into the water O.
the front and into the woods on the rear.
The "Moody meetings" that have jus
, closed have been wonderfully we'll attende
and resulted in much good. On the eyenin
of the last meeting hats were passed aroun
for q collection to assist in completing tn
Young Mems Christian Association building
and over $1,000 was given.
OLD MoNTANIANs.
Among our Montana people residing bel
are Chas. Rumley, of Helena, in real estate
;. Mr.. Van Brocklin and family, of Butte NJ
Dabney, of Livingston, real estate; NJ
Drugs, Of Deer Lodge, farming on Lal
Washington, about seven or eight miles ca
!. of town, and many others who resided
o various parts of Montana are here in husine1
or for investment. Our landlord, Mr.. Ru:
sell, of the Belleview Hotel, halls from II
Yellowstone, aud his daughter, Mrs. Blu
leigh, an invalid, is here, with but lit
uVyC j SSOl0 oCO1n6 tnC opIiH6 lOSCo Nv
d Rev. Myers, of Helena, is here now, lookil
" after his lost sheep; Mr.. Peterson, lumbe
It man, of Butte, is here for q few days, al
y Mr.. B. F. Mahan, druggist, of Anacond
y dropped in to see US this week, and threa
J. ened to come back aud locate.
n NJ
We have q great deal of rain. 1t is IL
unpleasant after one gets accustomed to
but an umbrella and overshoes have to
N kept ready for use at all times during u
~ winter. English people residing here say I
- climate Is 80 similar to that of their natl
land that they feel quite at home. T
ns grass is green; in fact it never fades, a.
10 flowers are in bloom, and / believe the fret
C. ing weather is not supposed to contin
more than q month, and sometimes but fol
$. few days, though last winter ice formed