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H. I..-Iys- iis- MT ben -' IaeFN'!-
oa- - jn-l oi D.N3.t- h"' 81 mas
urFeIlLr."-7 '.""n '''" rapid a,i
-IT' ihr population la~ h'afi%
doubled III i''r years, ant 'L,' growth
IN prosperity a. shown "f lLe taxing
nF ,oi vacant lands. the ihct'H~' %!
,aAabi3 properly ana lu~ heF'I"p-
I'Ht oi lumber. nInIi.E ""d "l Aet III
.u9tIle-, Il equally s.TiElhE. Diili,-
I'll" year ending June 81 lat "''''''7'
aeTcS of gyYerumeut lands we're
taken by p.e-emptlou' homestead ana
desert land entries, winch are tLose
usually re-orted to 10y actual settlers.
The Northern PacIIc faiiroad sold
during the same deriod U.s. acres
n I GIG IITTg EgStF- hpTntr
OF lf3 acres for each This glvcs
total OF 9G3,Uoi acres disposed oi to
actual settlers, the greater part OF
which wall doubtless be used lor ag-
ucuIture. Inns IS an area equal 10
about two-tIIths OF the new Hand
opened IN Dakota during the same
period, amt makes Il rciaal kablf
showing, considering that Washing
ton Is not so dlStInchyely an "&ti'ni
turaI country as the ia'S I Territory
Besides these, there were oinef en-
| tries under the land laws, bringing
the total sales to t,2J2.f'3 acres.
There are l.lJ4 mites OF railway IN the
territory. by the assessment rolls
its taxable property has Increased
from Sl6,922 922 in 1915 10 SS4.G2l,-
49, IN 1855, gam OF S69,69o.Z6O III
10 years. Il may be that the esti-
mates OF population IN most Of these
territories should be discounted
somewhat on account oi local pride
and natural anxiety OF all citizens
to reach the tlgure requisite for ad-
mission to the Union. but as Gov
ernor SempIe quantity remaiks In
his report: There can never be any
doubt about the conservatism of Il
statement of values taken from an as
sessment roll. Whatever else an ay-
erage American citizen may neglect,
he never forget5 to beat down the
/ assessor" 1t Is safe, therefore 10 u
sumo that this valuation is q modpr~
ate one.
The lack OF facilities for the COLI
lection Of statistics has made the
governors report somewhat meagre
IN respect to the development of var
ions industries. Enough Is known
however, to show that rapid progress
Is being made. Within the year iii
rect shipments of tea from China
and Japan have begun to pass
through the ports of Washington on
their way to the Mississippi valley
and the East. Ores from mines in
the interior are beginning to seek
the tide-water, aud the yield of
breadstutfs, fruit, fish, lumber and
shingles has SO increased that all
the railroads are said to be seriously
embarrassed for want of care to meet
the traffic. Stock-raising is 4 grow
ing industry, and the governor de-
clares that more inquiries have been
made at his Office for information on
this subject than upon any other.
Mining is developing, and viii play
a large part in the future prosperity
of WashinS ton.