The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-08
LEWIS COUNTY TOWNS
The Seattle & Southern Railroad
an Important Factor.
TAPPING FERTILE VALLEYS.
ne Pair r,xtpo-es- Remarkable Growth
Seen I'm Whatever Dirseti On
Dne Travels

n
she county snir wss = disappointment 20
many pecrss. especially As The weather was
fue The last three days Of the week; but
The directors wiseiy considers. THAI it was
better 70 omit the fair entirely this wear ihzn
20 hare poo- exhibit. fe~ people IN a..
tendance and receipts smaller than the ex-
peyses, a has occurred or several prevsoas
years. The fact Is that the country i n
such an EraersIoped condition the people
have 20 rustic 70 clear and improve their
farms while engaged IN hard work % make
q liyiag and prepare for rainy days too con
SANITY % 9evose mach tine and Elcaey 20
county fairs. In q fen years things Vii he
changed ard there vii be enough fore
handed farmers N the county - efItld Up
and maintain good county fair
VISIT 20 the .oash SIDE Of the county
shows considerable progress. ~iaioeE -
eonstorfly growing and presents busy
sir a fire building has just been pat up
optsos3ss the DEPOT ~ r. 5. Harrington,
sae UPPER part q which has beeu competed
for ar orera isaase and Will re thrnwa
open - the public by a grand ball next
Friday Mr.. Harrington w3ll also hu'ld On
the opposite corner from the opera house
q large hotel, shich viii De fsssd np IA she
best modern style. Thus the town wil 5e
supplied with two Of tie things requisite 90
IT. prosperity. \ uuuIoef of other good
buildings also are in proves % erection ID
sari-us paris o. tie c.;y. snd the ~ saw
uslll an! sash ami door factory whsch runs
With fail cFas give profitable Inpigyment
% a small army OF met
frou Winlock ~ Toledo Is seven miles
principally over corduroy road which
make The passenger ~ stage think ,he
disiarce fffesn ~ twenty fniies. The road
ressas through Crane psairie which prob
Htlv contains f9as sections Of splendid
farm land ard 6se Hiiss out emergss
oF CoWl'z prslgls thRt historic locality
where sixty years ego eEgis~ar'es Of the
once agmosG omujpotent Hais0n Bag
Company selectes, a. fitting place for
headQuartsEs O. their trapping expeditions.
Nos sac praIgie Is duttsd with comfortable
fafm buildings and is As productive -
iFuila hay grain and produce as any other
spot ou earth. The prairie Is some seven
mls- long and three wide. Near its south
eFn extremity Is Cowlitx postotiice and the
residence and store Of Henriot & sons.
Their residence Is probably the finest IN
la the county, and only a short distance
from IL are some Of the liFst houses built
by the early settlers, some OF them City or
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the Catholic church aud school for girls.
the first education al and religious inStiru-
tions established in that loo atty. Here the
Catholics planted their religion among
Canadian French and Indians at time
when all the country from the Columbia
river to British Columbia was known IS
Lewis county Oregon. Not far away was
standing. a. late as last summer, log
house which over fifty years ago sheltered
all the people then living there from fierce
attacks II Indians. and near where the
cabin was Is yet the remains OF an Old
"up-ani down" saw mill, which, with in
finite labor. cut the first lumber ever used
in the Cowitz valley. There are many
things connected with the early settlement
OF Washington to he found In this section
which would be interesting To old and nes
settlers alike ii searched out. settlements
were made here as early a. ises, aud the
Hudson Bay Company had men there pre-
vious to that date So long ago were the,
seen here that the initials on their hats, III
h. G., were literally thought by some to
stand for Here before Christ" Little did
they dream, or in fact care, what posSibiIi-
ties we're IN this Cowli;s valley.
The prairie terminates on the river at
Toledo, which town. IN spite OF its lack oi
transportation. grows right along. The
ssattle & Southern Railroad Company has
recently surveyed route for its railroad
through the town, aud the chief engineer IL
reported tn have stated positively that
whatever direction the line might go
north or south of Toledo, il must come
through or near the town. This has gwen
the people new hopes. and Toledo a boom
II the Seattle ( Southern Is built on the
line now surveyed, II will cut oil from the
Northern IT, best local tras!ie The Cowltz
valley aua prairie are producers of the bulk
OF She shipments nov being made through
Toledo aud Ninlock, while the Newaukum
valleys send great quantities OF prodncc-
hay. grain etc Ia the Northern at Mana
vine aud Chehaiis. The bulk OF this will 40
So the Seattle & Southern. because that road
IL buiit on the proposed line. will be Just
ias enough east Ia intercept t.
With railroad fo.e,lo will undoubtedly
make a good town probably a. large a.
any ia the county Besides her timber and
agricultural resotrces. there hay. i-ceu dis
'oTefe,l ri Toledo tine ard extensive dc
posts oi potter and tire cav. kayiin and
yellow ochre The IRE and potters clay ha.
been thoroughly tested snd proven go hs.
gvod. The development oi these lcpos.t.
"a tl aIaf5a hstltE ssfs a .~ffv ..rt f... q.