The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-15
PROGRESS OF SNOMOMISH.
A Review Of the Industrial Develop
ment During 1892.

ment AOJSs
SNoHoMIsH, Aug 10.-Usually work starts up
in the early spring in the Snohomish country,
and after men have made their first stake log
ging, farming, ETC., the money first collected in
June starts up building and other improve
ments in this town. This year is no exception
to this general rule. In fact many things have
taken place to illustrate and make stronger the
application of this principle than ever before.
More work is now going on throughout this
county and more improvements are now being
made than at any time previously. In fact, for
the past two years, despite the steady aud rapid
progress of Snohomish, the surrounding coun-
try has grown faster than the town. sixteen
miles east OF Snohomish, away up towards the
mountains, is the new town of Sultan, at the
mouth of Sultan river and near the head OF
steamboat navigation of the Skykomish river.
This town has grown from nothing In three or
four years. Its present size and business Is
about equal to Snohomish some four years ago.
number of other new towns are making sim
liar progress, while the wealth invested and
manufactures established at the new town of
Everett tend to dwarf and conceal the real
progress of Snohomish.
The district court OF snohomish county was
first established, with the terms OF court at
Snohomish, In 1875 With the admission OF
Washington as a state the district court was re-
placed by the superior court.
Grses
In fourteen years district court were 80
In less than three years superior court
From january / to July i. is9i. were -
begun in superior court 1877
From January l to July l, 1892, were begun
In the auditors Office, whole of 1891, 6,slS in
struments were recorded.
In the auditors office, first six months OF 1852,
Ats instruments were recorded
In the auditors Office county business has
doubled in past year.
har NJ Srst
years ago. three men did all assessing and max
ing up rolls. This year some fifteen deputies
were IL the field, and SIX persons worked soma
three months each on rolls in Office There WAS
much extra work this year, revising valuations,
plan OF assessment, state census, Worlds fair
statistics, ETC. The rolls are not all finished yet;
in round numbers the totals will be about as
follows:
Personal property assessment, CON-
pIete. ......-.................$ 1,426 ISL
Personal property assessment net. - LlSV,6oi
Personal property assessment, exemp-
Real estate assessment, partly esti-
mated. ...................... ...... e.67l0JO
Real estate assessment, exemptions. :. l2!5O0
Real estate assessment, net ............ $4,000
Total assessment .......................u ,lO0oO
Total exemptions. Observation-Disclosures. l,460 600
Total net assessment. Northumberland. 962O,oOo
Last year much complaint was made over real
estate valuations being too high. This year a
very moderate basis OF valuation was estab-
lished, SO the growth OF the county is much
greatsr than the above figures would indicate
The census is also incomplete. 1t will show a
population of about l5, 900 inhabitants for Suo-
hoIEish county.
Snohomish county rivers drain the lowest
portion OF the Cascade ranga. While the winter
freshets are oftentimes quite high, yet, as there
are then few growing crops. the water does
much good in fertil !zing the SOIL and but little
injury. The summer overflow is usually very
slight, and seldom occasions any damage or SER
ious Inconvenience. This year was an excep-
ton to all previous years. The water on Nav
81 was as high as big winter freshet. IL, faet
by far the highest summer freshes ever known
Some stock was drowned and much injury done
to growing vegetables and grain.
About the time OF the freshet came the small
pox scare. The disease probably came here In
infected clothing. The nrst patients were resi.
dents of the place, who had no settled homes.
but slept in lodging-hou aud other places
where they were in contact with transient Ia
borers, from whom they were supposed TO have
taken the injection There was some carlez,.
ness before the authorities took efficient meas.
ures 20 prevent tho spread of the disease. of
the two deaths, probably that of Mrs Christ
holm might have been prevented by more eli
cient regulations. Nearly al the other patien,x
had very mild form OF the disease. All are
now doing well. and there is only one new case
Nothing indicates the style OF farming better
than the kind OF stock, cattle, horses, etc, kept
in given region For years Robert Hilton and
J. B. Roberts haye been the leaders in trying 10
improve the stock of horses here. Mr. Roberts
was great sportsman, aud very appropriately
Tell dead a few months ago on the stanwooi
race track. with his horses there for a rare. Mr.
Hilton. al great expense, a number of years ago
obtained from aaine Hsinbetonian-knox
stallion named Maine Hero. This is the finest
Eastern trotfing stock From him have been
raised many fine colts. Among them a
number that promise more than \ local reputs-
tiou. Despite the smallpox scare, the independ-
enee celebration kere lasted two days, July
and ). The last dsy was devoted 10 races as
Bakeman's track, north of snchonish. G. IL
Brakeman and TsmHn L well, prominent and
well-to-do suohomish business men, had some
fine young horses there. colts bred from Maine
Hero, that furnished most of the fine trotting.
Recently farmers and Ioggers all over the
county have been importing Norman. PsEcheron
nad English Shire ssalaiols, 80 that soon Suo-