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

In the elections Of 1884 and issg we.
men participated. How many voted
IL j. impossible 70 say. Probably 30
per cent OF the whole vote was cast By
women. Reducing the figures for iSs4
and 1855 TO correspond with their esfi-
mate, and the vote Of isss viii appear
10 better advantage. Comparing The
isss yote wifh the vote OF Iss2, the
last previous election when men only
were electors. and the gain Of the six
years is found to be $3.50 votes, or
abont 40 per cent The increase Of
votes, the first 10 years, was a little
less than 100 PR cent. the increase of
the second 10 wears was almost 90
per cent. the increase for the third 10
years was nearly 800 per cent.
Il wiz be found that multiplying
the number OF men voters by five viii
give in each case very nearly the
figures reported in the census table
for the same year, when the census
figures are increased 20 per cent. TO
make good the known shortcomings of
the census-takers.
TERRITORIAL WEALTH.
The taxable wealth of the territory
has always shown up handsomely.
Compared with other states and
territories the people of Washington,
as indicated by taxrolls, are among
the richest in the land. Their prop
erty has been rated by assessors dur
ing the past Is years as below stated !:
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Taxable property in the territory, ii
will be seen, had value six times
greater in 1855 than in 1874, five times
greater than In 1877, four times greater
than IN 1870, more than three times
greater than in 1881, and nearly twice
as great a. in IsS3. In 1884 the rail-
road ross-carnings tax Law went into
operation, and for number of
wears demoraiized the assess
nent rolls. In some counties
nilroads and railroad lands
we're assessed, and in other counties
they were not assessed. For this rea-
soa the return for these years will
neer be satisfactory u the statisti-
eiaa, as it viii be impossible 10 tell ex-
aetg, or even approximately, the value
OF aSsessablc property. BY the repeal
OF tits odious law, and the listing of
all poperty, more reliable figures we're
obtahed last year, and the showing is
accordingly more creditabie.
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VOL xv.---No. 4s

three tthe Tacoma. the 81 pant
4 Tacoma and The rac;f.cl ~
the largest sawsniIls on the ecass. h..
sides ne1aber af small mills. xext
to lanihrr and coal anone her nsa.
tiacfs Is nops. the acreage being iaoo
and The yiesd 2,oeo. Geo pounds per
annua. Towns are F&coma, Puval.
tap. sumner, 0rting. South Prairie.
Carbcnado and Stsilaccsm. Tacoma.
the county seat, has n. Geo inhahisants.
Il ! handsomely laid cut. i well built.
and promises N time to become alarre
city. Byvirtueof the Northern Pacific
i already has large foreign trade. ne
eeiving tea from japan and sending
wheat 20 GreAt Britain. It's trade in
lumber and coAl Is enormous. while rs
general commerce isxrcat and ever in
creassnw
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and Is may Be safely estimated that
300 pespis hare been gained to the
territory, bringing our people ia nru-
Der mp TO 23ooeo at this time. In cor
Toeorztion Of shis estirn-te re have
the vote taken al the last election
s6.ssa. Multiplying this by 5, a iigure
not excessive for the parpose. and the
resultof z3l, ,7s0is obtafned.
In further proof Of the steady ia
crease Ia the aurlber Of our territory's
inhabitants, the table following, giving
the total vote each Of the years named
il mt fo~rar44.
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An addition ui . per oeat. 10 each
o. the foregoing numbers would more
truthfaily represent the population Of
the territory the years named, 80
adding, the inhabitants Of 1857 voald
be increased 10 about iTs coo in mum
Der. Since the taking of thA; census
the immigration has been very heavy
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LowER coLuMnIA couNrRY.
raz EEsioS psAIzED By THs Hie myEs
wEsf ~ rag CASCADES.

THz EEstos DRAINED Hy THE Hfe nIyEs
wEsf ~ rag CASCADES.
In this afe inriuiei ali counties
fronting on the E0lnm5is river from
the paclac OCEAN 10 the Cascade noun
tains. The country - not essentinily
different from that heretofore de-
serli,ed under the Puget SQUAD and
Chehalss heads. II l. tiiabeged. and
the timber i about the same. II is
well waferel. and the valleys are ex-
ceediagiy fertile. The ieasling indus-
tries are farming. numbering and lish-
ing. The sainion fishery Oh tAe Co
iuaibia am1aats In an average
year % over 404.009 cases,
Of which Il i fair 20
place oas-half - lhe credit Of
Washington Territory The oyster
fishery on siloasw8aeF bay employs
many small ye sels aud Sd men, the
catch amounting to over si00.00 ln
value II numbering niach
Farming Is generally snail and ~
The chief route OF travel = th4 s-as
bia, which, ia the district s<xek<A
herein. Is a bf0ad an1 noble q. -
ond 10 nane In the union.
Cowlisz rivers are the tEo
tributaries IN the north, 30 -
navigabls ~ ordinary sieamcf
land aud san Francisco are A.
side markets " the loser qs{&n.tu>
eouniry.
FAcIYfc cOrxrY. AL-RI
This county faces on the ocean 10
the west and ON the river - the souih.
Its main front IL taken ap Nifh
shoalwatsr bay. having length of
"a miles. aud a width saffias from
i've to eight miles. IT. name snsiI-
Gates IL character xs hafbeF- ssasu
vessels only and IL vi use The VIII
gspa & the principal river. The towns
are pySseryilIe, TIE county seat. south
BEND, Bay Center. Knspp.en and
Ilwaeo. lIwaco and Oy-teFyille are
nfte.l summer re orts fisy million
f.et of luFabes are Annually cut The
g,rasest oyster be1s saA cranberry
snnr.hea on the coast are here. These
i e e5asi terrible valley land, and Eineh
oft y eust vated. Population, 30.
assessment, s7ss s3is
wAHKgaKrx corsrT.
This /. another 0. the small eourt'ess
having an area Of onsy 30 s4Ar
niles It's indns RES are almoSf ex-
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fczkr hundred miles ef rzilrezd dursng
tlse rear, eeGrlea with the reasonable
promise Of At ieast i've or SIX hundred
miles in 1850. has been great. The ex-
pent;tnre of Eaaay millions os dosiars
ct Eastern money in construction has
hseE the cause ef the expenditure et
more millions tssaf otherwise would
net have been expended. o. local mon
e Ia the development oF our iznamer-
I abe resources. LIS 4 poor toxin that
cannot, With much assurance. claim
during the rear 10 have increased BIZ
3 per cent the number Of It's inhahi-
tantS. Many OF the towns ciaina TO
have gained 80 per cent while the
three leading cities OF the territory are
not content with lower claim than
loo per cent OF gain.
S8TrEAE SUBDIVISIONS Axp rzApx-
cKETKEs.
Washington Is destined 70 be Ike
New Yerk, state with MANY cities.
In this respect 1t is far in the lead Of
the other territories. Utah Is the only
territory that has town IS popHious
y seattle, while none OF the territories
Daye three towns as pepuicus IS Seat
tie. Tacoma and Spokane. waiIa
Walla. Olympia. Port Townsend,
Eiies1sburg. Coifax, Vancouver. and
other towns that cosld be named,
give psssaise Of being large cities in
good time. In fact. IL vii not be
astonisssigs< II there are dozen cities
Of 80 90 Inhabitants each i. this state
by the close Of the present century.
This territory Is naturally divided
By the Cascade mountains into two
great parts, COMMONLY known as
Eastern and Western Washington.
These in turn are subdivided into
lesser parts, known as countries.
These inclade the Puget Sound coun-
try, the Chehalis country. the Lower
Columbia country, the WSlla Walla
country. the Palonse country, the Big
Bend country. the Yakima country.
the 0kanagan country and the Spo-
kane and Colyille countries.
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quickly doubled, treblfd 8u& u|<
ruplca, and has fionTi-hed 10 degree
second 20 none OF her sisters. The
eensus-taker of 1881 found a5f In
babitanss; OF ISIS, i2oo; Of 1885. 2in2;
and OF loS7, s1k2. The vote of Negam-
Der. isss, indicates 1850 inhabitants.
The tax roll OF isS3 footed up n i0e3,-
OIL; OF isS7. 81 .ao3, SD; OF fsss. 81 ,5o,-
76i. These statements must be ex.
t'emely gratifying to the citizens.
They also point promlsIngly 20 the
future. The towns OF Ghehalis are;
Montesano. the county seat. Abef-
decn, town on Gray's harbor.
Hcquiam, Elma and CosmopUlis.
The Two first namel have about 1900
inhabitants each. OF the 2lo0 miles
area OF Chehalis county, 75e. In the
northwest corner. are occupied BY the
Quineauit Indian reservation.
LGwIs covHTs.
Lewis Is the only shatin county IN
Western Washington: that Is. Il Is
surrounded by other counties, and has
no access to the outer world except
through them. II has solid resources
in timber, coal and soil. Farming and
numbering are the principal lines of
trade. The Northern Pacific railroad
crosses the county and furnishes IL
transportation. The leading towns
are Chehalis, the county seat, Gem
tralia, NewaHkum. Kapayine. VIM
lock and Toledo. Population in 1878.
iscs; 1888, Ts0. Assessment 1856,
81 ,og7, ,zs9; 1888, 81 .se2, ,2i2.
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Thls1s one OF the three great coun-
ties Of tie Territory. II is also one Of
'4he oldest.s Its eaflier growth was
slow, the hrst Is years tiSjz TO
Is705 securing /, a population Of only
l4ii souls. The las Is years it has
done better; indeed, has done remark
ably we'll. it, inhabitants increasing 10
number 70 p No9. It's taxable prop
erty has shoxn no les gain. increasing
from 81 30 $50 in ls7s 70 $liQ2l ,si2 ia
fsss. Pierce county has about the
same area ~ King Its extreme
length is = miles and width IS. is
average width and length being % and
- miles respectively. and its surface
extent iso square miles II is the
oaly county that crosses the Sound.
about 20 square miles of Islands and
gseninsuias or the western side being
inclnded within the limits. Pierce
has one magnificent valley the
Puyaslup-tbe timber, coal and farm
produce Of which have been Of in
ealculable help IN sustaining and build
ing Up the county Ia the past. The
building Of the Northern Pacific FAil-
road has been Of immense benefit 10
Fierce s0uuty. the company locating
il terminus sishir its limits, and do
Ing everything possible 10 foster 4.
The company has 66 niles of road in
the county. aud the Tacoma, oriiisg 4
Northwestern 10 miles. Coal nsiae-
have been opened at Czrbouado,
wnkeson and South Prairie. from
which 20 0o0 tons Of ccal have been
taken. Pierce has aiso an immense
interest in lnmberiBg. having
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JrTFKRsoN coUSTy

Within the limits Of Jefferson are
1850 square miles. The county Is l.
shaped, its extreme north and south
line being 50 miles long and its east
and west line y. Is population -
wholly in the shorter arm Of the l.. the
longer arm crossing the Coast range Of
mountains and going down 20 the
ocean shore. In the eastern and pop
ulated district are TO oe found a for
ward condition Of development Three
Of the largest sawmilIs tLudloS. Had
lock and Discovery are here located
At IronGaie Is the only iron smelling
furnace in the territory, AID az Port
Townsend one of the most flourishiEs
and promising towns The Port
Townsend Southern Railway Com
pauy was organized last summer, to
build q road TO the Columbia river.
and 4 beginning Of construction was
made. Timber is to De found every
where, coal n many places, and iron
and other minerals. There Is also con
siderable good land in the county,
though but little of il has yet been
taken. Port Townsend. the county
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THE cHEHALIs COUNTRY.

VAST AEEAs oE FoREsr, GeaR Setk AND
\ ckrAcIcps nARnoR.
Under this head are moulded the
counties OF CAehalis and Lewis. ex-
tending from tho PaciFc ocean In the
west 10 the sammits of the Cascade
mountains ON the east, a length Of 10
aiiles. With average width Of s. miles,
and total ARIA oi sN0 miles. Ii has
one harbor--Gray'S Harhos-a heart
shaped bay 0i about 100 square miles
surface. Into this hay empties the
Chehaiis river, As well as a number Of
smaller streams. The Chehalis. being
The main liver, has given rs name 70
the country. Il Is navigable 10 ocean,
gsing craft for 20 miles. II hows
through lands of surprising fertility,
producing prodigious crops Of
all farm products grown in
Wesk tern Washington. In the
ChelASlis country il included the
largest unbroken body Of agricultural
land in the western half os the terrific
~. It's products are chiefly wheat.
oats, hay, vegetables, hops, fruit. but
ter and hogs, and is markets are the
Gray'S Harb0r settlements and the
towns ON Puget Sound. The country
Is heavily wooded with iis, hemlock,
spruce. cedar, alder, ash, maple and
oak, and the getting OF this timber
nto market has caused ayast industry
10 spring into existence, second only
to that Of Pagct soand. Twenty saw
mills have been built varying each
from 500 feet day capacity to Io0.-
0)o. The smaller mills cut only for
local consumption, the larger ones
for shipment abroad. chiefly
TO san Francisco Coal has
been found in several places,
and mines are now being
opened. Several railroads are pushing
their length slowly towards the river
and haTbor from Puget Sound, and at
no distant day another and longer
road is expected from the East These
roads viii eauscgre changes through
ont that fair and fertile region. Cray's
uarbor is certain to be the seat OF an
immense commerce one OF these DAYS.
Unlike the Atlantic, good harhors are
few and far between ON the Pacific
coast Puget Sound il the largest and
best, San Francisco the second, San
Diego third, Columbia river fourth.
and Grays Harbor fifth. by the ex-
penditure Of comparatively small
amount OF money. Gray's Harbor can
be wonderfully improved. and when
that is done large city. with large
and varied trade, will there bc found.
IN 80 !. Z l. ...--.....--.-
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snohorui b was an almost square
tract Of 50 BY 4s miles cut of from
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AGRICULTURE
The iabors OF the farmer have been
amply rewarded during the past year.
Ali that he has produced has been in
demand. and at prices that have made
this worthy class of producers quite
Independent, The wheat yield was
immense, exceeding per acre, accord
ing to government reports, the yield
oil Oregon, California, Dakota, and all
other parts ot the American Union.
A common estimate OF the product OF
the entire territory is 1900 COO
bushels, or 10000 tons. equivalent to
5000 carloads, or eargoes for 800
large ships. Wheat can be raised in
Eastern Washington az 40 cents q
bushel without loss. Ii brought dur
ing the past year as high as 80 cents,
and averaged upwards of 90 cents.
The capaci OF the great Columbia
river basin. lying in the eastern half
OF our territory, is l50, 900 ,0o0 bushels
OF wheat per snnum. Next TO wheat
come hops as a territorial product for
export. The acreage OF iSs6 was about
2990, and the product about p coo
bales; the acreage Of 1857 was about
$500, aud the product $500 bales;
tue acreage OF IsSs was about 400,
and the product G,40o,ooo pounds, or
- Co bales. Prices of hops
tluctuate more violently than
prices OF any other farm
product. having ranged in the last six
wear, from 3 cents a pound TO $i.o5.
The range during the past fail was
from 10 TO - cents. growers ia many
cases having sold portions OF their
crop prior 20 maturity at the lower
tigaTe The average price obtained
wa xot far from Is cents, al which
the whole product woult amount 10
s. ,eos, ,90J, the proIits ef the growers
being just about one-haif. other agri-
cultural products, as oats, hay, garden
truck, frait. stock, etc, did quite well
in lSSs, quantity, quality and prices
being above the average.
SEw RAILROAD LINES.
Much railroad building wAs done
during the year just past, ana a vast
deal oil work was laid out for the fa-
ture. Many new companies were
organized, the operations they have
mapped out including the construe-
ton OF what in the aggregate viii
number several thousand miles, located
in almost every county in the territory.
In ISS5 the railroads OF the territory
/ zgregatej s6S miles in ieagth in 1855,
"a miles; in 1857, 1851 miles; a! the
1ase of lSSS. I4l0 uliles. including
sort sections in course 0f Cons.rue-
tin on six different roads. OF this
mszcc the Northern Pacific and its
/ bra ches have us miles; the Oregon
RsiFay & Navigation Company S3l
mites the Seattle. Lake Shore & East
ern i4ilWay is7 miles; the Mason
{ CONT. logging roads IS miles: the
+ Ceiunaia & Puget Sound AZ miles; the
oreson& Washington y mile the
+ Puget Ssand Shore Line - mile; the
Oiy mpia@ Chehzlis Valley IS Eniies the
Mil cree, Is nsiles; the BeltIngham
Bay & British Columbia 10 nile. the
Seattle & soFthern 10 miles: the Ia
coma. Orsng & Southeastern 10 miles:
the Vancouver, Kiekitat s Yasizna 10
miles; the blanchard miles. and the
Port Townsend Southern 5 miles.
The impGl ethat has been gwen tie
Population and business Of this terri
tory by the construction Of taree or
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The territorial census il noteriously
detective. The work is poorly paid
FOR, aud Is correspoudinEly sighted.
Names conveniently obtained are
taken. Others are omitted. Bad, how
ever, As the census has been, its show
inrs are all o5 progress The last
eight reports are below given
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chehalis. having beeli - ~ rpuaas sma..
OF common travel, had 1< Biz <<n ~
known In the past. ~ - ~ 4
slow growth. II was = IL
a population OF 1850. G n< &
during the past ave x10
quickly doubled. tretfif 4,>][ 1n1 81
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Washington win take a start tha,
viii keep her moving on more RAPIDLY
during the coming decade than she
has moved during the present. I.
siil be disappointing II there are no:
] 10000 people IN the state cf Wash
ington by the close Of the nineteenth
century. What has brought as>or:
the advance Of the past few years
and what Is to cause q continuance o!
this advance during the few coming
years2 The primary cause /. the
same here as elsewhere in the United
states-in the restiessness IL the peo-
pie, and the desire to get into newer.
less crowded fields. The over-cyowsie.I
millions of the Mississippi valley. Of
the Atlantic coast. and Of Europe
look With intense yesrning 10 the
country west Of she Rocky
mountains. To them Il has
heretofore been
xpsT INTERESTING RxGIos
Bat one beyond thei. reach. II
took small fortune 10 get 10
II. and but a comparatively small
number had the necessary money.
When reached, however, les delights
have been found no less than antSci-
pated. There was land for al, await
ing the taking: there was work and al
wages Ligher than we're dreamed Of in
the old countries; there vas cifsaaae
10 zait every taste and a spirit II
freedom above that even Of the eastern
portion Of our own country. These
desirable conditions were found to be
accompanied by the comforts and
luxuries OF the lands they had left be-
hind. Our railroads and steamers
were Ike those elsewhere: our towns
were as well built, there were daily
mails, telegraphs. telephones, gas and
electric lights. Instead Of coming into
a country populated BY savage In
dians, white trappess and hunt
ers. with Insignificant settlements,
as great majority imagined
the immigrants Of the present decade
have found everything to tiIsir haad.
They have experienced none OF the
trials, struggles and hardships Of the
pioneer, while they have secured the
benefits OF his privations, labors and
enterprises. Capital is always watch
ing the people with view TO lncreas-
ing itself by satisfying the popalar de-
mands. When the people show a dis
position to 60 70 new section, capital
stands ready 10 provide the necessary
means. Vessels to carry them will be
built and roads made, factories aill be
erected to furnish them employment,
and mines opened TO supply them
with coal. So it has been here. Is aow,
and SO 1t wiz he. Railroad men cane.
and they proceeded to lag their bands
Of iron in every direction. Six y,ars
ago there was but one transcon;ineatal
railroad and that was 1000 miles to ne
south. Now there are tn,ee
trading ia Washington Teri
tory the Northern, Canadian ard
Union Paciiic-and there viii soon ie
four. followed quickly By fifth and |
sixth.
,-r=s...,--s .rr.u, -.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-10-10
The State Executive Committee

ChaiEmal-Robert q. PATTY.
of N0xubee.
Ssate-at Ia-ge-A q Nav. ct
Simpson, Charles Seatf. CT Boil
var L ! GeLIurin of Rankin.
sbaries B HoEry. os Lafayette.
J ; McNeily, ct Washington: :
5 Galh0ou at UInfis.
fSt District ii Boone and
" b Sanford. af AIcaru: O o
EekfarH. Of AiaErae.
III EisuIct-Z N Stephens, CT
TaI8usJ " Z FaIkner. ct La
EaTette-J b Bo0the Of Pamela
3t District W Cutrer. OF
C0ahaml, Ea-rv r smith. If
Warren ID G Casey. Of Sharsey.
tth Distriet-James Gordon.
of Pantot0e: + Y Cruz. of Clay:
James FL Dukes. of kemper.
Jth DtStriet-R ) Hudson. Of
Iaz8o: q 4 Wilson. Of Holmes:
John - Few Il. OF LaaderdaIe.
9Th Dlatrict-W f Love. 81
AmIte= Thomas Ford. of Marion:
EJ Bowers. OF Hancock.
9Th District z Eaaehs: oil
Rlnkia: K L wilson, ct finds.
Ief Truty. Of Jefferson.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-10-10

III the people Of Mississippi
we're unanimous as 70 what they
wanted ia a new constitution
it would do very well to call 4
convention to make this new
constitution. But n tBe pea-
d net only as a whole but the
white people - a class OF our
citizenship are very far apart
on q great many questions and
seriously dlH-r - 70 shat a new
constitution should contain Il i
reasonably certain that . con
ventIan while these differences
asst vii Brpremature- The IN
broken unity CT the body Of the
white population OF Mississippi
i absolutely necessary 10 the
successful result in the call for
a convention and the adoption
0t a new constitution
The body of the white popula
tion of this State widely differ
now on the race FrObIem and
the means for is solution and
there are wide differences of
opinion on wany question Of 10
nestle economy and policy.
Some patriots want an elec-
tive Judiciary and the state has
some demagogues who insist
sbat We are going TO ruin be-
cause the Judges are appoint
ed
Some want an appCrtioumeut
that shall deprive the counties
with a large negro vote of rs
must representation As shall DE
given to the counties with a
large white vote.
Some want this thing AMI 9th.
ers want that thing to such a
considerable degree of Carues,
difference it is safe to say there
is more aanger 0f the white PEG
pie wrangliug shan agreeing on
"A new constitution
fla convention shall be called
now prudent considerations viii
preclude the final settlement %
many qnestlons about which
our wisest and best ROW & fer.
The greatest liberty Of Opin.
ion and action ought 10 be civ
en- to the question Ut issue.
Nobody Is being ruined VI
even hurt by the constitution
we are now living under. Let
&c alone for the present As a
whole and keep striking cut by
amendment anything in It We
10 not want.