The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-29

and start flow OF wealth into the state.
are being successfully managed in vari-
Gus localities Sawmilis. shingle mills.
furniture factories. basket factories and
numerous other manufacturing plants
serve to change the products OF the Wash
iagton forests into marketable goods which
find ready sale in all parts OF The world
No part OF the state felt the hard times
for a while more than the comparatively
new city or South Bend and its surround
fngs, and in no part OF the state can be
found greater evidences - more material
growth and returning prosperity. The
naturally magnificent resources OF the
place are being developed. and all along
the line can be seen the most promising
signs Of prosperous period that IS aear at
hand. Great tracts OF land have been
brought under cultivation and the rural
population Is constantly being Augmented
by settlers attracted by tho magnificent
portion Of the public domain yet open for
settlement. The fish and oyster industries
are being pushed forward with splendid
success. and the lumber business Is in a
prosperous condition Numerous small in
dvidual enterprises are springing UP and
The people are finding the wealth that was
Formerly thought TO be only in town lots
IN turning the raw material which nature
has so generously supplied into various
articles which are In demand ia the mar
kets OF the world
Villapa harhor. the first coast indenta-
ton north OF the mouth OF the Columbia
river, was formerly known as Sh0alwater
nay. The msnogaeP Vas first applied by
old Pacific coast navigators who noticed
the great extent or tide Oats on both SIDES
or the entrance To the harhor Fully
twenty -nve years ago, however IL was
known that the entrance 70 this harbo~
was one 81 the best on the Coast. and that
at mean low tide there was "a foet Of
water over the bar and that vessels OF any
cFsaEht could come over with nrrfpct
safety. Even az that time the numbering
INDUSTRY was in thriving condition. some
sawnaiils being operated and ship loads Of
yellow ir. spruce and cedar sailed over
the h2r Tor san Francisco II was not until
me taA OF lS9 however. that the facts
were given t. the world hv the United
States coast aud gaodefie survey regard
Ing the sup rior advantages Of Wiuane
haroor II was found THAT for rrort. IMAM
twenty mites east ~ The bar and no 20 the
mouth or the Wiilaps river there Uas
from tWen'y-eicht - thirty-fve feet az
water snd splendid anchorage Tor e5tns ~
almost any point. On WHlaps htv af
distance of eighteen miles from ,He tar
ana near the mouth - the Wiilapa river
IS situated tho city ~ South Bend Sbi,ss
frequently sail over THE b7r ard un tha
harfior 10 the docks az South BEND with
our ire a'd or tug. 'aus saving an eN-
penslNe stem in q ships voyage
Another branch ~ NtNara b4v sx+ar7a
fouth about twenty five NILES ana "a seo-
afated from The ocean hy a long Narrow
sifif ~ land forming IA peninsula. on I
rart of which extensive and valuable cram
berry marshes are cultivated ana an {p-
dnstfN ~Air0 Promises 80 assume gigantic
proportions iT hetnE aa.8iy develspel.
Last year thr crap n e-a BERRIES shfruot
from ih's foia' brought .nta circulation
~ the county So nst ANA fetS wan -~-e+