Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-12-17


plant, q paper mill, the man building OF
which is 6OOxlOO is now half way CON-
pleted. Cotton wood and spruce, grow.
ing in great abundance furnish the ma
terial for the pulp. Immense saw mills
will be of course leading feature OF the
city and their operation at minimum
oost. Other manufacturers will be il
duced to go in, but the above list is u
starter and is the result of the labor OF
the Everett Land company. At present
there are two railroads running on either
side Of Everett. These are branch lines OF
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
A third line crosses the peninsula and ls
about completed. IL was built by the
syndicate and is supposed to belong to
the Great Northern. The Canadian and
the Union Pacific will probably have
branches in the city before many months,
the former having already completed it's
connection to Whatcom.
Outside of the ocean traffic, the country
has resources enough to more than sup
port all the cities now bnilt, and several
others besides. These resources are be-
ing developed by capital from the east
and from England. The land between
the Cascade range and the sound is one
tremendous forest. Unceaslng showers
of moisture from the ocean, with cli-
mate moderated to a uniform tempera-
ture of 20 to 80 degrees, the year around
by the great river Of the ocean, the Japan
current, have caused a growth of vegeta-
ton tropical in it's luxuriance The tim
ber Is now the main source of revenue.
Fir and cedar trees grow as thick to-
gether az their roots will allow. Trees
yielding from 25,OOO to 10000 feet of lum-
ber have been frequetlv cut there, fir
logs measure and feet in diameter,
and stick of fir went to the Worlds fair
from near Everett, that measured 14O
feet long, squaring 50 inches. On an
average. timber claims Of l60 acres, there
are from 100000 to 100000 feet of
lumber Many rivers and streams run
from the mountains, making logging
easy.
The country nearer the mountains is
full of mineral deposits. Washington is
just beginning 10 realize her wealth in
that respect. Mining claims are being
bought end sold and rev discoveries
made daily. There are now known to be
large deposits of gold, silver, lead, cop
per aud iron. Transportation facilities
alone prevent their development. Coal
is abundant and cheap everywhere. 1t
crops out from the spurs of the noun
tains and Is mined at places where it is
most accessible to railroads. Marble,
sandstone and granite abound.
The land, cleared, is fertile. The same
climate and soil that grows the trees,
perfects in similar exuberance vegeta-
ton aud small crops, flowers, ferns and
creepers. In the low lands and on the
hill sides. cultivated soil produces vege-
tables, fruits, hops, oats, rye, and from
two to four tons of hay per acre.
The abundance, size and variety
of these crops is stunning
The waters of the sound and the ocean
comprise storehouse Of food products
almost as varied, and more mex xhaastible
than the land. The supply of fish alone
is sufficient to partially support a great
population. Salmon, founder. cod,
smelts, trout are abundant. Fishermens
nets are never empty. A salmon fish
weighing 20 pounds, fine wholesome
lot of food, is sold for 10 cents on the
wharfs at Seattle. CLANS and oysters
are cheap. Both are considered not
equal to the Atlantic product, hy the
new arrival, but old timers prefer them.
The oyster is small bivalve compared
with his eastern relative. The Olympia
oyster is eaten everywhere. 1t is abont
the size of chestnut, soft and not of a
delectable flavor at the first gulp. 1t is
taken into the system in divers ways,
roasted, raw, stewed, in Cocktail" raw,
with catsup and pepper sauce-and last
but not least ION the side' with whiskey.
The clam is mud clam, tough. abund-
ant and containing medicinal qualities Of
peculiar efficacy. Many of the old set.
tiers have lived largely on tisb, CLANS
and oysters, their social life diversified
chiefly by the squaws. The Indians of
the country have subsisted on fish, CLANS
and oysters for generations. but that is
no recommendation for white man. In
fact nothing that Indian thinks about
or does, is worthy Of emulation by a
white person.
And while these half.grown Indians
are in view word about them. Always ex.
citing the deepest interest in the mind OF q
white man, the Indians on the SOUND are
especially entertaining to observe, and
sre not only fascinating from biological
point of view, but impressive object les
sous in natures great school. The sound
orA ocoan Indian haa hecOme Of naceaaitv