The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21


TIE dairy industry Is berg developed
ard very material progress has 5eea
aa'i9e toward oqe1-nS up The great treas
Ure Taus. that a thorough working ~ Ih!s
aeid Vii reveal TIE v.ea csovsT. grass
AID grains. Ee,her wtsh car nil. egUA-
oas Climate. aake = AZ ideal sec.. o., Tor
carrying. The CssehsiAs valley creamery.
3 CheA2lS. and numerous smaller CO ali-
cries ana cheese factories IL ether paris
o. tAe coGD,y. are AZ dong a s4cc~$siG -
sd Growing olsS5reSs.
This os.cE 2n asT cultural ss~ctlcn many
excellent draft aor>sss are surGcd 0I - taa
market here eac1 wear
F@e stock industry brought :houssr Is
- dollars s2t1 tse pocECs. ~ oGT Sau0-
- farmers &u--aS she past year. ThoN-
sands ~ s-ncA cattle have been shipped
from caeAslts - Nebraska agsd ether
western states. nasgygag has Increased
ta. value CO ln''cl COWS materially. ana
Increased activity Ia the :uIhsr aai min
Ing camps II tag state. tcge saer y "a the
A-SN2 trade All other causes. have made
tho ow2ers II beef cat,se ard fat Aoss the
object Of the enyy u as fellow MSS.
There = vet ii distant parts ~ law
ccoaty desirable government iaed tlsat
may oa 5o@sestcal8ed. There : a-so .IH
unsoi4 railroad laad Improved farms are
worth -ron so "a 50 Per acre. party t1a-
proved lands from g 10 s. per acge, as
cord.ng 10 location ANA cua~ty-
IaTnber and Minerals.
AZ pressn; TIE lumber industry Is very
gTcat wealth-pTgN}0cor. Lewis s the only
Western NashrEIon coUnty t,at : MT
touched by tide water. Beng thus 4 dis-
Iincs inland couutS sur ,Umter shipments
axe al by r3i1 However. W. are very
fortunate in having, G,uost without *
caption. thoroughly reliable ana energetic.
VIZ n - "a
dczen S~swuli.jS AND the dozen sh5ce.a mills
and tae>e have been ran almoS. steadily
Tor tte past wear anal YEAR and half since
the better times SET ~.
Mining for gold ara copper j. n n~or,!S-
ing Industry in Eastern and SoQthcas. ern
LEWIS county. A5uch fGiHe~al as been
discovered in tie ST ile.cns mining lis-
irict. and ;he tine E1s a hand wAea
paying pToncrtles wjl. 10 developed. when
;hat mineral district small heein 90 as
gorge IS hidden treasures the future Of
our county's citizens VIII he .n,ieesi q
bonanza.
Goa, deposits are found n many parts
Of oa' county. i very iaFee vein closely
resembling anthracite exists near Cow..tx
pass. Graphite has been fo1ad. and the
best fire cay On th.s coas. ts found a,
IiIt!e Fa!Is where a large pant IS OYER
ated, manufacturing v.;rilsd brick. ewer
pine. etc.
The manufacture of furniture Is b.g in
dustFs a. Chehals. The Darra htcher
manufacturing Company employs over 90
men Al lis plant, and finds an unlimited
market ail over the coast. Alaska and the
Tawatlan islands.
The Northern Pacific main lsne trayerses
Lewis county from north IL south: in the
CENTRAL western half branch line from
'heha-s. fif'y-seven mites IA length
touches thc Pacific ocean al South bend
while another branch takes IN the rich
Grays narbor section.
n aoa! min'. which supplies the local
E'dreet a"t makes ceDE:,.sfahle raj ship
rn"nts = steadily operated wlth.a tha city
o. Caehalis
Chciiaiis, the County seat.
Chehails IS tie county scat Of Lewis
county and its principal business center
The city has about eco ponu'at.eu. ana a
farming population Of about 5000 peoria is
tributary. making II aiways subs .utial
town. DAN w. RUSH.