Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-22
EDITOR
IN GENERAL

IN GENERAL
Southeast from Fairhaven up the skagit
river aud over the Cascades into the
Okanogan country lies the greatest min
eral region on the face Of the earth. Be
ginning on the FairhaNen and southern
railroad. four miles beyond >edro which
place l. only twenty miles from this
city. vast fields Of the finest coal are being
developed. a few miles further ON noun
tains OF iron are being unearthed. few
miles furt her aud the mines of lead. silver
aud gold begin aud in this region. within
will be at work Even now men are GO
ing into the country by hundreds aud
large forces are at work in the iron and
coal deposits To the north up the Nook
sach valley. lie thousands Of acres.
country probably forty miles square, of a.
rich agricultural lands as are to be found
anywhere: lands upon which farmers.
who have heretofore had no outlet for
their products have been raising
wheat. oats. hops aud fruit ever
since the Fraser river gold excite
ment Of twenty wears ago and more
Now that the FairhaVen railroad i tap
ming all these resources. the mines and the
agricultural lands. aud making an outlet
for the lnexhaustihle timber supply. all of
Whatcom and >kagit counties will be-
opened up 10 settlement. aud a. these two
counties are much larger than several Of
;he eastern states. which without modi-
cum Of the resources possessed by this re-
gion are teeming with millions Of people,
there j. no reason why millions should not
come here within a reasonable space of
time. and they will. a. soon a. the world j.
properly Informed ON the subject. and es-
pecially when the advantages Of climate
are considered. For these reasons every
resident on Belliiigham bay should make OF
himself a committee of one To do some
thing toward advertising this splendid
Gift Of the Creator. 10 the people of the
over populated east and Of other civilized
countries. Every man who lives here has
some friends in far away places. who
would b. glad 10 learn something about
this region. and to- these they should
send anything ia print which con-
tains reliable information ON the
subject The only expense would he
a few postage stamps now and then.
not a. much in a month. on an average. a
il costs to buy one good cigar or one bad
drink Of whiskey. Wrap up pamphlet,
or a newspaper. with something abont
Fairhavcn aud IL tributary country in II.
pat on a cent or a two cent stamp. a. may
be- required address il aud drop it in the
postotiiee and Uncle sam will see that
your friend gets q. II may be- the turn
ing point In his fortune. Thousands oi
times little thing like that works won.
ders. While YOU are doing this for youl
friend YOU are also doing something :,
the advantage Of this country. which !,
10 b. your home. probably. for the re.
mainder 81 YOUR life. and such things are
the seed from which grow cities. towns
farms. factories and all that settles a
country and causes the wilderness u
bloom a. a garden.
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From the mines Of coal and iron. silver
and gold; from the timber and the farm
lands: from all the resources which must
within few years. densely populate thi:
region. who can say that fairhaven will
not prosper and become a mighty city. II
has the best geographical situation of any
place ia the state. when nearness to tn,
commerce Of our East with that that o.
the old world east il considered. anc
geographically IT. location is one Of ex.
ceediug beauty. When all this i looked
az through the glasses of the futur,
and not through those Of today. tn,
promise &, indeed Gathering He who look,
his nose. and while in some instances Il
only see ones nose is to see big thing
yet much larger things may BE- seen b,
looking farther Men will lay plans To
make fortunes. 10 get married. to go on d
trip home to the east and TO do all sorts oil
things. calculating months and even year.
ahead. bat there are MANY who think that
ia great city is not built in a year Of
two il will not be done. The work o
building city j. II titanic task II take,
large numbers Of all kinds of people. vast
sums ~ money. an incalculable amount o
labor almost inconceivabls quantities ol
material long time and much patience
fairhaYen'> growth when all that l. con
sidered has been Phenomenal. The city
even a. IL stands today j. a wonder. 7,
think that o.ic year ago this townsit.
was tangled wilderness. aud that when
the trees We're cleared away the work OF
even making the ground iii to build upon
was not half done. 70 see the workmen
who are grading the streets delving about
the stumps: 20 see detail Of seven or
eight men and a. many horses working
for three days at a time at one stumI
which cannot be blown out because of IL.
proximity to buildings. gives hut fain
idea Of what IL j. Ia even construct tn.
streets in city like this T.. and will be-
But all Of these things are being dom
vigorously. aud thousands Of other things
10 the end that here shall be- a great com
mereial city with thousands Of happy
bones. beautiful lawns. fountains an'
flowers: another. though different am
better Eden than that Of old. for thos'
who shall work for IL.
There l. nothing the matter with Fair
haven to those who are willing To wal
aud do their share.
LICE"
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