The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01


field Columbia and Walia Walla. lEs ex-
tent IS 500 square miles. Its quality of
fruit is superb, its peaches being equal 10
the finest Of California. It's principal town
is Asotin, the county seat-
Population -. .---.--.-----..-..-.-<..~. l,Se1
Improved Land tanresl ---..--...-------- 2a.ssl
Assessed acreage ss.-.--.--....-.--.s--- s5,A0
Value Of lands, Sza ssos
ASxeSsahle property .kole-ss
Taxation tnlllsl. ......---...s.-.-. LAG
whitman.
North, across the Snake from Asotin, lies
the fertile county OF Whitman, il the heart
of the PaloGse country. and the largest
agricultural county in the state. IL con-
tains from | 500 TO 400 square miles of
territory, four-ffths Of which is tlllable.
and fully one-haif In cultivation. The
country is high and rolling, with little TIM
Der except along the streams. OF which
there are many. The annual product of
wheat, barley and oats is very large. Stock
raising is an important industry. The
population is thrifty and prosperous.
There has been large immigration within
the past year, of the most desirable class
Of farmers from the Middle and Northern
states.
The county has excellent railway facili-
ties. having the Spokane & Palouse railway
and Oregon Railway & Navigation within
its borders Towns Of the county are
Colfax, the county seat Palouse. Garfield,
Pullman, Cotton Uniontown. Pennington,
Belmont. oakesdale, Almota and Pene-
wawa-
Assessed acreage .-..s..-......-.-..-... s6s.sT1
Value OF lands 9...-............... 81 ~ SOS
Assessahie property ...-,-....-.--.- Ssssso,-s
Taxation (milisl @.........s.............. Isl
Spokane.
Joining Whitman on the north and about
its equal in extent is the county of Spo-
kane with its lively city of Spokane Fails.
Spokane's products are grain, hay. vege-
tables, dairy. horses, cattle and sheep. and
it is quite as fertile in its greater part as its
southern neighbor. The southern part of
the county is an especially fine agricultural
region. There is considerable timber in
the county and number of sawmills.
Several Touring mills at Spokane Fails use
large part of the product OF Eastern
Washington, and their flour is shipped
east even TO Minneapolis, the great -four
ing city. and west TO Japan. one-haif of
the land of the county Is tillable, one
fourth timber aud one-fourth grazing.
Quite heavy immigration of farmers has
settled in the county during the year.
Spokane Falls has resources possessed
by no other city in the state. II is des-
tined to become great supply depot for
the C9ur d'Alene. CaliSpell, Colville and
0kauogan mines, all of which are located
within ready reach of the city. A part of
the present prosperity OF the city springs
from its hade in supplying the Ceur
d Alene and ColviIle mines. II has un-
PARALLEL water power in the falls Of the
Spokane, more powerful at low water than
the falls at Minneapolis. Four granite
quarries about the city keep many men
busy. Spokane Falls is the headquarters
for FIVE railroads. and great number of
milling and manufacturing establishments
are now in operation. The city is reviewed
in this number.
Other towns of the county are sCheney,
Spangle, Rockford, Medical Lake. Waiver
IS, Latah. Deep Greek, Stevens, Marshal.
Population .....--..--.-..-.-s..,. 5000
ASSESSED acreage. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Naine OF lands. $40 ass. 256
Assessahe property ......--.-......-.. si45s4.se4
Taxation tmiilsl -...s-............+.... u2
One of the largest and richest counties Of
the state is stevens, in the northwest cor
ner. with its expanse OF 500 square miles.
The county has been known chiefly upon
account of the Colvilie mines; but it Is also
very prolific in agricultural and fruit pro-
ducts. Hay is raised in the greatest pro-
fusion in the Colvilie and Cheweiah valleys.
One third OF the land Is tillable. and il may
be expected that within the next few years
the area viii be largely filed By settlers and
the land will be in cultivation. The con-
struction of the spokane & Northern to
ColyilIe from spkane Falls during the year
greatly stimulated the development OF the
county, and 1t nearly doubled In popula-
within the year.
stockraising is heavily engaged in. and
IS more important at this time than the az
ricnltuFai industry. The product OF the
mines is large, a smelter ia Colyigle reiin-
ing the metal. The great Colyiile reserva-
ton occupies large extent of the county
and is enclosed from the advance Of the
white man. IL Is populated by 8 very few
Indians. II the land were 10 he apportioned
in severalty they would have probably i've
thousand acres eanh-~too much either for
an Indian OF white man, Efforts to have
the reservation thrown open will probably
soon be successful.
Population ....,--...........-...- Bga1
Assess&ble acreage ........,.......-,-... ssGSs
Y Alae Of lands -.s4........ SSs8 Oe4
Asssssaaie properly ....,....-.....ss.. sts4 SO
Taxation tmlllsl ..s.s......-...-..,..-.. IT.
Okanogan.
Across the ColvilIe reservation and more
removed from railFead communication
than any other district in the territory il the
new county Of 0kanoean. II has an area
OF 200 miles. the largest OF any county in
the state. okanogan vas early known AS a
rich stock-raising country, and il w2A not
definitely knowa until 1885 that it was .
great mineral bels. The discovery OF
quartz gold and silver caused rush 70 the
mines and their development was begun.
The result, as far as the product was con-
oerned, Was very encouraging. bat there
was % means Of getting Is 70 market. nor
IS there now. IL costs "a cents per pound
TO transport - Eilensburg. the nearest
Point by steamboat and road, and only
ths richest quartz can IL shipped at that
rate. A concentration NJ Conconnllw has
only IA a small degree relieved the eYahar-
rasSiuent Of the miners. A ssuelter 4 nov
being erected al Rahy Hill at cost Of sss9.-
90. ard when il s finished the vast ansn-
titles OF quartz deposited In the dumps"
vii be consumed and the precious metal
extracted. Railroad comm unication also
is expected soon. and after several years Of
encouragement and even poverty. the
hzlcYsn days Tor the m8zes OF Okan0gan
are a. hand.
Lack Of space s0rbi8s description OF the
Wild ard usetaresr9e SesneFr az okap09an