The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01

/ ship Gen. Mcclellan. for Bseno.
Ayres; the ship Nj. Washington. for
MeIfo1rue. the bark Emile. for tha
we@t coast Of South America. the
( tagks Z. X. Ham and Oceaniea Vance.
( for san Francisco. and the schooner
I Premier, for BrisbaBe-
The payroll Of the gnil and IL ad-
1 functa amounts 70 aeAFlY si5fp
/ monthly. There are some 20 men,
| including machinists and blacksniths,
eustIoved about the establishment,
I and those in txrn give support % the
| residents OF the town who minister 70
their want.
Ingeparsl,!y connected wifh the de-
{ ve.opfaent Of milling on Puget sonnd
4 l. tue name OF Capt, Nm- BENTON
I Framed in the prodigaifty Of nature,
endowed with an iron will and IN
Z daunted by any obstacle he was well
I fitte,f 10 command an army or direct a
buxiuess involving the assumption Of
eanal responsibility By a single per-
I sou. At the age Of 20. in the full enjoy
neut Of his mental power and the ply
zical strength that htiy accompanied
I his massive stature, he Is the active
/ head of the business he has built ups
Z peryising every detail. His kindly
I dispositi1n and business integrity. aud
his close Identification with the build
4 iug IN OF Puget Sound, have made
I HIM one OF the best known snd most
/ respected citizens OF Washington.
The company estimate their total
I assett at about $4,000. When the
rapia ri.e Of the value of timber land
il considered, and the great area
owned by the company, this estimate
| may not appear unreasonable. For
| perhaps a score OF years the company
can work on timber cut from its own
I lands. The mill at Port Blakeiey
| was erected at a cost Of $50 900. Ten
4 We sells belong to the firm two tags
/ five ships. two bAFks and schooner.
/ The bark OtagO was recently lost on
| the California coat The company
owns IL miles Of well-equipped logging
railroad. standard gage, which viii
some day be used for general railroad
4 purposes. The road terminates 81
Oy ter bay, an arm Of Puget Sound
I and reaches toward Graz - HarbOr
! Nineteen miles remain 10 BE- con
strticted to reach MOntesano, on the
/ Chehafis river, when the road VII
work both ways. bearing tree 20
I be cut az Cosmopolis, on Gray's Har-
Dor. and at Port Blakeley.
/ Logging j. carried on AT Little Skoo-
KUN. Olympia. Big SkoskuIn. Pori
4 Susan and Steilaguamish, employing
some 300 men. While ia the Eastern
/ woods the cold season j. the busy
peried in the iceless Northwest the
! rains OF the gentle winter put the
ground into such a condition a. 70
( make il difficult % use cattle. In case
OF necessity, however, work would 50
I on throughout the year The wages
paid in the wood are liberal, but the
| isolated life engenders a disposition Il
| prodigality and dissipation when the
camp breaks up The trees as they
stand are OF gigantic stature, astonish-
ing the Eastern lumberman. A log
seven or eight feet through and lG
feet long is not uncommon, and 49,
900 feet Of lumber is often cut from a
| single tree.
All the civilized continents pay trib-
ute TO Puget Sound. and II Western
| Washington alone constituted a poli,i
I cal division OF the world. sending. a.
| il does, its products 10 every mart
and controlling, as il docs, the gateway
OF Aiatic commerce with North
/ America. it would become the seat Of
one Of the most important CONNER
cial nations on the globe.
TnE TALE oF a wAsHisGroS TREE.
A oentsry ago. before there were
env white people in Washington
which is now dotted over with cite
aud farmhouses. there grew n cone IL
the top OF a tall fir tree. The leave
and branches looked like those OF Tn,
| sprHces and frs that grow back
/ East but there was a peculiar three
| toothed braet on each scale that made
the cone look different from that oI
any other tree When the cone, which
hung down, was ripe, the scales
opened and from Hnder each was re
leased little papcrv brown seed with
a long tail, and a. il fell II flutteTed
and danced in the wind and finally
| aliehted some distance away from the
mother tree The seed sprouted and
took root in the grouRd. and the damn
climate OF winter agreed with the
/ young plant so we'll that in the time II
wonld take q fir shoot 10 become Q
-apling IN the East, this one became 2
fat, tail tree. Each year IL grew
more robust and climbed higher into
the air, There was considerable
society IN the woods thousands oi
trees, each ambitious 20 look over the
others heads there were deer and elk
trails in the forest and bears rubbed
their sides against the trees. fierce
cougars prswled through the wilder
ness or bid In the branches: few
birds and squirrels were seen, brCauS,
a forest Of Washington evergreen
doe not furnish uutS and seeds, nor
as a rule insects. so that even wood
peCkers find il hard 10 earn &
livelihood The Indians hunted in ,h,
Woodland, hut mostly they preferred
10 he uesr the water, which swar'ued
with fish. their cedar canoes Dor,
them on long Journey witty, ans
there was no end ot shell-ash
bv and hv there came a CONJUNCTION
in the woods, Armies af men viii
sharp axes campei among che trees
and everv das went ou' an4 cut dow'
is MANY trees ne thew could snafipt
neither the Old nor the young. Leap
ing upon the bleeding trunks. tho,
severed the limbs ana divided "a,
main stem into several lengths. TIA
logs were drlFrci hy oxen to r. rhut.
and sent whi7yins down the kiU,i3
into the river. and there dashed Ca
grthrr with chains and doated dowr
She stream in RATS tia tEev rrAche
thc salt water Of the Seattle sea. %
PH-s' Sound. In few Iavs ha-uH
clrs and Wus~rls began 60 cling q
the bark ~ the logs After while
iBs attached iier ta taa raft an,
tosgd it lonc Distance over th
Z smooth waters 81 thr sound. seldom
/ TnrHri hv p storm and chen with stf