The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-08
RICH PACIFIC COUNTY
Beautiful Region Around Shoal-
water Bays shores.
FIR FORESTS AND FAIR FARMS.
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ssssy crossing The hsy. distance ~ nl1s
r..g@s the naossgE Il tie h@an.sf@l WalHpa
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rteasgng taetars Il imposslsAs 20 witness.
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stream. fasg from hgina - bsiu. Nth vide
Lived tide ianas on either sisis ard the bills
rsssnw gradually On the soath. covered vita
a heavy taaao@r growth. shtle to the north
The Lard rises saach more anrshfiy aud
f0fn.a mountains 70 the height q afotst
f.fs9 feet. wheEs living streams Of living
pare ics cold wsteE IL continually isaptng'
rushing and pFanesng - IT, mad gee 10
s1ntsy its clear. crystal purity IN The
dancing and guFgling broo&s heaaE. Gong
up tie riser Tor five nliss through this
sa,sssrb graslsEear. turn IN the stream
reveals TIE nesd ia ali It's nnadoTnesi
august teantg. and j. sure 20 slsci an ex-
eisrnatscr ~ genuine admiration from The
most lnssuid person on board. and tie neat
and tily village of south Hend Il reached.
potstts Bend has about 80 inhabitants,
large sABrsiIi. good mercantile house,
sehooibouse. . good botes ami hall.
The village Is owned by the MI company
asrl vas never laid eat as toxin.
however toxin was recently iaid oai To
the sess Of the busy little hamlet ard also
ore To the east. BOTH have natural sd
vantage and are struggling Ike tao young
giants for supremacy. Leaving south Bend
and ascending the river about tso fniiee the
narrow where the river passcs between
tao hiils for quarter 81 a mile and becomes
very contracted is passed through, aud
here the waller opens mp 20 broad. lesel
aasi piesnresqe landscape for over thirty
miles Ia length. The land Is about al taken
upin the bottom. and many iine farms and
orchards ear ~ seen. On the north and
south the land rises very gradually and Is
covered With rich Eoii. There Is = wi5e
SCOPE % country hack Of the bottoms still
largely oren 10 settlement. which would
make fue fruit aad grazing lands.
All kinds Of grain, grasses, vegetables
and friis grow pfoiihealIy, whss; has been
known 10 yield kixty bushels To tas acre.
oats ig5. and the hay crop Is enormous.
gosng rs high "a Eve and bali tons Of hay
per acre. Small fruits and vegetables, es-
pscially eseuIsnt root varieties. grow 10 an
immense Size.
Continuing 10 ascend the valley does not
ehanga 10 sny great extent until the -four
ishing town af Wiiiapa CITY, the head OF
navigation, is reached. where the bottoms
SEE. little higher and some broader, bat
here the valley takes on different aspect.
you hear the rumbling OF the farmers
WAGONS upon the smooth roads as they
take their cereals % the mills: you see
May tine farms and ranches. From here
you come into the most dense forest IN the
whole Northwest. extending for over forty
miles with the hills thickly covered with
giant frs, mammoth spruce. big eedars and
ordinary heIuloek trees. You gaze upon
an agricultural expanse unfiyaled for fer
tlity. scenery and healthy climate; you
note the rustling. pushing. enterprising and
advertising nen OF Wiilapa City: you see
fruit, grain. vegetables and grasses growing
so abandantiy that you are amazed at the
result. you see a town which has grown
from an Insignificant steamboat landing to
q prosperous and thriving place Of from
go To 400 people. with two mercantile
establishments handling everything kept
In country places. from paper OF pins TO
all kinds Of farming machinery.
The valleys of the North river. South
Pork and Mill creek are tributaries TO the
great wiliapa. They are not So large. but
the soil is of the same richness and the
timber supply Of these places Is inexhaust-
ih.e.
A portion of Smith creek and North
river is yet unsuryeyed, and the land is BE-
log rapidly sQuat,ed upon by class OF
settlers who arc industrious. sober and in
teiligent II is bat n question OF short
time until these valleys are surveyed and
then large immigration will surely drift
that way.
There Is only limited amount Of vacant
government land % be had IN these val
Jews, vet there are numerous inviting 90
.,cFtanitles for securing fine farming lands
which were taken up in large tracts hy the
fret settlers, at reasonable price,. The
price Of good fertile land ranges from g. tC
So Per acre according 10 location. improve
nents. etc.
The usual mode OF travel II Shoa.water
bay has had tendency 70 resard ana keeT
Immigration from this most inviting field
bat the completion OF the ilwaco & Shual
y ster Bay railroad this summer, l. doing
ssay with the uupleasantness heretofore
experienced ey the traveliEg pablic, ans
row intercourse Wilh the outside world !.
ia measure satisfactory II daily.
The ruute IS hy the way al iiwaro from
Portland an3 Astoria Taking tae steamer
st either place Tor IlwRco and from theirs
ths cars To the terminus connecting viii
the steamer fer The Wiilapa valley.
The coal which is found in the appel
valley i very high grade hlsumlous. bu
she extent Il the veins have not been
thoroughly sserrtainsj, but suffice 10 Sa,
that they are very extensive. The ship
ovut 81 thss artsclc ia large quantities az a.
early date is an assured certainty.
Railroad prospects are very bright and
tho construction 81 branch road from ID,
Northern rarl6c's tine az Chahalis a. deer
woscr on sac WiIlapa st an early date. i.
suong the fataTe outlooks. as = large
corps Of engineers are az work uow survey
tnr ieT he psop~-ed RAILWAY. Oar iar-,
eoai relcs and zee extensive one just n the
eat at Ehehsits Wou.d then have a market
Ena other cssa producing sections os Wash
inst0n vii lie compelled ;o take = back seat
CONSIDERING tks3 >hoAiwaler bsv. The only
safe and deep havaer oa The coast. IS over
seA miles closer Sc tAe California and sogih,
sgu markets than The So4pd.
When the rasiFasd Is coas} .sie.l ta aeru
w2ter threesh this leru.y valley. Shaa'.
water b8y wsli ecllpse ans u ia- Ire Wse-r-a
Nsse.agtoa kor phenomenal prominence
thro saoat the ccvNavnt. and then oue 81,
tse o,hss Of SO usN}y LASH aat loaus !
s1f'as sap and maria wlh q.uckeaea
iacF 'o the tToat a. seaport. and ,selauy
? aen As she top os thy ia8der rs,
Nemesis arrtsyet FROM thls eroaih ~,.I D.
f'Ared hF 'hsee who have foresight enaue,
'e r%+t thrar 8 }a riaee yeh5eh is erowael
VII Che tesH 81 the lBexhsast RE no
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