The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-30
THE ISLE OF FRUIT.
0rcas. Queen Of the ArehipeI-
ago de Hare.
TIE Jersey Or PUGET SOUND
It's snvs&cs. TsivsFsi4ea By Lake aad
mssnsala-Tbe Fztnre sasamer
Eeeors % SEzahlagtse.

Y.er ssrva. orcas Isshza. Archipelago
de Hzya. fgct. - Tae l4rzest of 81 the -
lars5s ri ts.ls group. ~ . few ncEes. 4
l1sess Islen3. wntch. zsta San joan and
Tatsx form 5 tgl9 u iars.e aid ss2royfans
tsantfa. Iae others are ct 2nsaA exEsTis,
tl.e lsygess besng PAaros WsIar0nt sp@s-
Ger. start. ntzkesey ard Dseasssr. Eaeh
ISLAND Of TIE groap hiss is oxn peculiar
pfosueta Nhlle san Jaan ard Lopez are
peculiarly adapted fos grain ard hop rais-
fsx. 0reas l. entirely aiafsTent. mountain-
o.. rag sesi. ard SrDksn
Vita q SOL strongly impTegnates with
Hsae. plsosphafes ard potash. HlEa sli-
matte warmer than that OF the other ma1n-
lard. il gives pTon4ise Of keeosaing the most
noteworthy pare or the Pacific coast fer
fruit raisfng a. Tire prssent moment IL
anplea and pears ere knuwn asl over the
eoaat g. The finest fruit raised - small
irsiis. HE sirsE1sarYies and BIZ khsEFses.
sasaln shs highest prices ia tbs victoria
aua p0ss T0wnsend market, and SO
fsrausss gags as high a. auy raised IN Ore
gga az Hs shia@ton. Besldes sG.s. PEACHES.
eYapes frs ard aprse9ta are easily faisea
sad are - excellent size color ard flavor
Apr5es tass year are seafse, ana the lowest
price gwen on fhe wh&ff al East sound
sss teeu - . box WHIST other place u
the Pacshc coast an make IKE showing
The principal lfaitgrowers have recently
semialssetl and formed = fFultgrDweT asso'-
essslCn. the president being james uitock,
. large arcnardlsi. The treasurer, j.
Hughes manager oi the ia teT srUit farm
az eighty arres Ehe vice-prestdeut, +. Van
tsshrea. aHe of the islands principal
rnrseYvmesl. and she secretary, Alfred
Nhlttlo. FAe association disp0ses os lands
through &c sseeretary gIyes lectures and
deDates OF fFgitggowlng, inspecta the fruit
a. laelntars aud looks after the market re-
ports within ten years the island viii re
enc vast orchard anil fruit and vegetable
garden. 10 IL about the same size as The
island OF JereeT IN the British channel on
whieh Is 4 city Of eo09 inhabitants, and
u ~ become A. famous for it, fruits etc.
sud not only Is 0reas famous for its
frslit bus Il e rapidly becoming the STINT
ulsf resort Tor seattle and Tacoma, Port
Townsend and whatcofn people. q fresh
water lakes. Wits superb trout fishing, lis
inland harbOrs with cosi ant salmon. iEs
mountains with deer ard quail, and last
iiut not least. the bathing bay n, Fest
Sound. where the water Is 20 warm that
hati54ss can swim about FOR bali 81 hour
and feel no chill. are attractions that no
one other place can afford In 20 com pact a
compass. The bathing bay, which lies
back Of tue village De Haro. is the only
practical bathing place or Puget sound
where the water Is warm enough to make
bathing thoroughly enjoyable. From
Mount Constitution, . 40 feet, tie birds
eye view il one OF those wonderful natural
stenes that once seen are never forgotten.
From Mount Hood 10 the Pacific ocean,
all the mountains Of Washington, Northern
Oregon and british Columbia are visible,
whilst for foreground thousands OF seas
aud islands stretch through Puget and
Washington sounds, and the Gulf OF
Georgia.
The growth Of inhabitants in the past
three years has lssen very large. the popu-
latloa having doubled ia that time. This
has been chiefly due 10 the recognition by
experienced fruitgrowers OF the fact that
oroaa IL 20 be the fruit garden OF the North
west, on account Of soil. climate and
formation. II the value OF a thing
j. the price IL wilt bring, then there are
very few places where lands are selling to-
day for 50 high figure 81 the uncleased
lands az Fast Sound, which easily bring
from SIS 10 So per acre. The Baxter Eve
acre tracts and the Lange1 and Sutherland
ten acre tracts find ready purchasers at
high figures. Grain il also raised bat only
in the beautiful farms between East and
West sounds. and IL does not pay. Fruit
and dairy farming VIII pay big, and
embarrassing is not 90 be iespisea but
grain ia compsse with the fats or with the
east of the mountain farms vii not pay.
GA the other hand small fruits pay well.
and when care is bestowed. MAKE big se-
tuFnS. One man who came to the island
three years ago has cleared land. planted
berries. hHsi this year Sold has crop for over
stsUn Pf8ues par even better. and pears
and spI@ss bring in large and good ia
comes
The Inhabitants not only claim % have
the one practical iruit section ct the North
vest aHd the best SUMMER resort OF the
~oand country. hpt gher evidently thor-
oerhly dlseialm che possession Of any
priority ia farming lands. nj tho excellence
e9 san Juan and l.opez. ami as they do not
pos*ess . saloon. they prido themselves oa
being a Temperance people and an anti
sa3bou community. sna certainly they have
SOME reason 81 be proud. for a more or.
DERBY. tontsntcd and quiet community il
would be c.aralt 20 hnd.
At Fast Sound there is cosn rslodloas
and Avw schooIboase. village. very fue
church (tyogcssant EpsscopaO. a nice
Methodist chuFrb, good hotel, postoilice.
tss Al urcas there is II ~oot store and
vartoas l5me factories are dotted over the
taEaaH