The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16

western Washington S not eo,si1srea
good sor ~rew2ng peaches aa3 grARess oas
Far al Ez-sts 81 s<ssU frssi- sz-1 IS sSsAN
t<ezses rxsnA%-rzes. 1szekhsrTtss. eaf-
rznsu. ronseaerxseS ard srzr5errSes. sazs
cou-xrr eAznos h@ sxcezse1'
As - aorfe1sszre. . lard authority SAYS
.ne md climate cf Washington makes x
tneee1 Tower lard" Nearly al fcwers
sAzt can be @rown north ~ ire Esh par
asiss - izslszsfe ran BE grown se-s- Ross
do wess IN ous6ec- culture. ever the Mare
ehxl SeEl rose wsI stand the waters aere,
ara q climbing rose woaE1 5000 cover
the honsa Z permitted 20 20 anp-nnrsa-
All kzxss ~ sowe-tzy bsshx 10 wsll. even
tas xszsssnTszs can he iE<s oes al wsateE.
The hyaesnth grows particularly vel ard
premises 30 heconss feature % import
anee for growlrg hyarinthx for com Hasr-
cal purposes car ba E2sss very proataeie.
Fisheries.
Year by rear the resources OF tire waters
Of washaEgscn are gaining better -scos-
Ests1a- Salmon halSoas. cod. herring
troas. sveIt ard sturgeon ahouRn- Lob
xteYa. CRABS. oysters and clans ara found
There are szghsy-fsye known varieties or
fish tn PEges soand. But the salmon leads
sa snporgancs AZ Ire FISH Of e-snEeree.
These salmon are found IL the bays. IL
lets and fresh water gt~ean1s In srszs
asandsrrs during certain SEASONS The
salmon taken On ire snohontsh river sre
Of sne quality and caught IA great a1an-
dance At the present writing the Tyee
salmon are running very freely ard II -
an interesting sight 10 visit the wharses
early IA The morning and see the sale 81
the fish 20 the represents: sves OF the can
ne-fe~. The quality of the Tyee salmon
Is not up 70 the usual standard FOR some
reason. bat the average size Is large, frcta
sweaty-Sfx 70 twenty-elwht pounds each
Only rcd meat goes ard the white eoaorfd
FISH are sarown awav. I've cents a poAnd
Is the going prize. The run OF Silver sal
mon wiii begin within a week o. Two. and
fishermen are anticipating q big run Thus
far there has been a ready sale. the starting
OF two or three new canaer3es on che Soa7d
making an active demand for nsh. Way
"a there no cannery In Everett This an@s-
ton vas asked OF a FISH dealer the other
dzT He replied, II had f-.c-1 come mere,
and after satisfying himself that II was a
good polnt for q cannery ne went 10 Port
land and arranged for the necessary cap
staI He returned with Sc, 0a at his CON-
mands and secured an option on two i7rse
warehouses near the Everett avenue
bridge on the river which he was about
to iii 10 for the business when ne hap
r~ned 10 see a paragraph in a newspaper
that no Cinnamon would be permitted TO
work here. He interviewed the officers
Of the labor union and found that L was
true. He offered 70 arrange the buildings
IN sach a way tina. the Cinnamon would
not go into the city or outside OF their
enclosure. He proposed 80 pay oct
sos. 900 year here for labor. of which
sse 60 should so 20 white men aud SO,
TO Cinnamon. bat he could get no con-
eess.on. and rather than engage in bus
mess INVOLVING a continual contest he
abandoned the project. and Everett is Vita
out the industry. which would have ma
teriaIiy helped the fishermen here and
concentrated in this city an important
business whleh Is nov simply driven TO
other less advantageous locations on the
Sound.
Mines ami Mining.
In the magnitude OF its mining opera
lions In the precious minerals Snohomsh
county takes the lead OF all counties in the
Cascade range. Placer mining has been
prosecuted in the county for twenty years.
the sultan RIVER. a stream tributary 10
the Skyixomlsh branch OF the Snohomish
river and situated some fifteen or twenty
miles east OF Snohomish, being credited
with yielding more gold during the past