, 1889-02-21
A Former Citizen of Ohio Talks
Of Washington.
II. M. Livingston of Whitman
County at Cincinnati.
He Tells Of the Marvellous Climate, tho
Agricultural Resources and the
Wonderful Wealth Of Mineral.

cial Gazette of February 10.
There was to be seen In the lobby OF the
Burnet house last week big man. broad
of shoulder, with keen eyes, dark hair, a
bronzed face ans thin mustache over q firm
mouth. The big man was H. M. Living
stone, and he was one Of the many Ohio
men who took Greeley's advice and went
Livingtone didn't follow the course Of the
setting sun when he left his homo in
Piqua, but he went up In the then rather
wild far Northwest, into Washington ter
ritory, where, like all good Ohio men, he
prospsred and became prominent figure
In Whitman county. where he settled.
Whitman is one Of the extreme eastern
counties of Washington territory, and
from its highest point one can look across
the state line into Idaho. Colfax Is
the county seat of Whitman, and Is q
thriving town, with q handsome court
house, good streets. imposing private resi-
of prosperity. About Colfax," said Mr..
Livingatone to reporter. ''is . maRnifi-
cent agricultural country. We have there
THE FINEST WHEAT
and the finest soil TO raise it on, that you
have eyer seen. The soil is inex xbaustible,
and know one man who had raised his
sixty to ninety bushels of wheat to the
acre on the same ground year after year
for eight years"
gested the reporter.
dosen't need rest or fertilization. It is on
a lava bed, and it thus continually fert,l-
ICES itself"
The climate is very cold up there, isn't
it2" was asked. "Cold!' exclaimed Mr..
Livingston. Its the finest G. innate in the
country. It never gets very cold there.
Occasionally 1t will snow three or fonr
inches, but when you get up in the morn.
ing the snow is all melted and the creeks
and streams runLing high. How does
that occurp Well, we have wind up
there that we call the chinook wind. It's
like the trade wind that sweeps up the Pa.
ing it semi.tropical country. It's warm
wind, and blows irregularly. 1t blows
through gap in the Cascade mountains.
to the west of us, and it tempers the cold,
which one would expect always in that
latitude. Not long ago 1t showed three or
four inches during the morning and after
noon, but when got up the next morning
there wasn't trace of snow; nothing
but water and slush. The chinook wind
had come down during the night.
"Colfax Is between Walla Walla and
GpOhuuc Cdllss Tlkub uCdI Lu0 HUG VI
Idaho, and not far from lhe Ceur d'Alene
mountains, where
THE BIG GOLD DISCOVERIES
were made not long ago. The Ceur
d'Alene mountain range is y magnificent
range, running northwestardly through
Idaho, the upper part of it coming near
Washington territory. Spokane Falls is
the finest waterfall in the West, and of
Spokane it il said it will be one day the
Minneapolis of the northwest, because of
its water power. 1t will be the great
milling center OF the immense wheat coun-
Try round about there"
NV hat Of the immigration ?" was asked
Of Mr.. Livingstone. 1T is excellent"
part of the country is full, and the settlers
claimed government land in Washington
territory, good land, too, while the rail-
road lands are cheap and good"
What class Of immigrants do you get
in the territoryp" was asked. IAN ex-
cellent class of people," was the reply,
''people from, the east particularly. Farm
ers from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri,
Indiana and all the eastern states, save,
perhaps, New Hampshire and Vermont,
are settling in the territory and doing
we'll. Of the foreign Immigration WASH
class that comes with little capital and
determination to work for themselves in
the country not centering their energies
in some of the towns aud cities"
money is made quickly up In that
country" continued MIR. Livingstone, con-
templstively. II know that | made some
unexpectedly. Howp Well, l had pur.
chased some mules, expecting to sell them
to railroad contractors, but didn't. A
friend of mine who hsda't been doing
very we'll, heard of the mining excitement
up In the Ceur d'Aieae mountains and
came TO me to 6t out an outfit. gave
him the mules aud helped him in other
ways and he went with hundred of others
up into Idaho to hunt for wealth. He
STRUCK IT Bfe,
and within six months he was very
wealthy, buying q magnificent residence
in Sacramento, and ell that sort Of thing
He gave me some shares in the mine fol
my AID and they're worth considerable
money now"
"What are the chances for eettinq
Washington territory into the Union?'
was asked. "Well, they're very good nov
that we've got republican administers
tion. You know, I'm going on to Wash
lngton TO witness the inauguration. W.
have the population to come into ths
| Union, and the population 10 mostly re-
publicsu. There was an effort some time
back TO got the territory into the Union
but We all eat down upon II, for II was 8
democratic schene. II Washington terri
tory 10 coming into the Union the people
out our way want to see 1t 20 iu under {
republican administration. The territoria
representative was democrat, but at tht
last election We elected republican BY
good hig round majority. Nearly eli tn
people up tbere are republicans. and that
why We wanted TO see the territory com
into the Union under Harrison's admins
trati0n."