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

Founded on the west by the mighty Co
lC-ltlal river. on the south by Lewis liver.
u. iha north ~ Sk3taa1aia coants, and on
the cast hy klicki,at county. ssca Is thu
lccAt.oa of one of ne smallest hut hsst
counties in Ire state OF Washing ton
Clarke. The oldest settlement perhaps IN
Washington MAS made within its togders
* Vancouver The Hudson Bay Company
having a tracing i'oSs there as early -
I>-s. FniaH This beautiful town namceo
about 4,s0 Inhabitants besides Vancouver
barracks. with the hr<ldquarter. Of the de-
parsmsn nj 81 the Columbia. contains about
i@a people m ordinary times. The variety
81 SITS II Clarke county is wonderful.
ranging fNcra tho rich a-!uyial soil OF tie
Celuma.A river hottoins. which. like ttSoso
u the Nile. are annually overlooked. 70
the bench Land with its red. black and
graytsh SOIL and what il known as tho
plains" where the soil Is gravelly. but
the fines; " trult hand.
Wide Range of Products.
Then there are the numerous swaies with
their beaver Gam" sell. producing as hiEh
rs 10 bushels OF cats Ia tho acre. The
range OF production Is as great Us the
s-sf. Wheat cats. hay and all cereals
ana srassc.; are raised In perfection. Every
Kind u vegstaole ia grown. the market
gardens ..roand and near Vancouver sup
plying MACH Of The vegetables consumed
NtNNrAN.-
sniles away.
pairyiEg il carried on Oh a large scale
several cfea3atrles being scattered through
the courty. the largest OF which - located
al Vancouver. having, capacity of 10000
pounds Of milk per day.
Lumber and Factories.
Logging and numbering Is che Of The big
Industries. thrre being ten sawmills and
TWO logging railways in the county which
a. the present time are rurElng night ana
day. battling logs ard piling. or the latter
there is he .ag rut IN q. the yxcSent time
oae mi,lion feet which Will form two huge
rafss in the shape OF n cigar, bound sol.dly
together y. tn eighty tons OF chains. thirty
four fee; n diameter. perfectly rouad, and
ccltaig1irs so,eeo running feet OF piiny
each. This VIA be towed 10 San Fran,
cisco when completed, many similar
ones have been before,
-Four mixes above Vancouver on the CO.
lufnhi.a river IS an extensive br.ck plant.
or s-:ed at a cost OF over $4,000 from
which ts turned CUT a very superior quail.
ity OF vltrified brick. This Industry emA
pegs u great many men ard promises 10
i'eccn@ a leading industry. Seven or eigh;
MES further ~ the Columbia az F.sher'0
Landing. Is located nm immense rock quar-.
~, which at the present t!me employs
over 80 men ard is engaged In getting
gu. rock for the government jetty II
GraSs Hal bor Four miles still further up
the Columbia - the Columbia river paper
mis- which turn out ten tors OF paper
per day and employ about seventy banda
Fruit ~ King ia Clarke.
As wi be seen from the above every
kind of Industry ~ represented. but for
her f1ult industry and especially for
prune growing IL Clarke county noted.
There ar.oytr 1900 acres planted 10 prpaes
ana mostly OF thu Italian variety. over
nifty cyaIorators are required 10 handle
tbs large crop aud many more VIII DO
constructed this season There ara ex-
psctcd 10 be 30 Ctr.oads OF dried prlines
shipped TO Ea-slean, markets thls year
o.hcr fruits raised Arr. Cherries. apples.
tears peaches, and al small fruits straw
heTri~a and grapes being shipped In great
quantities during their season. To SEQ
these fruit farms In :he spring when the
blossoms fairy make the air heavy with
their fraEran~c, ati drive over beautiful
roads past comfortable and sometimes
elegant hosneS. rs a psf'sstlre that Is worth
coming "A ioGg way To .utoy.
VITA the buildiug OF the Portland. VAN
cauver Il Yakima railroad. which - now
opened up n new country. containing I'M
rn.nse tracts ~ timber and deposits OF
iron, coai. ceppor, god and silver and
wttn :ho building af the Portland Il Puget
SourG Hallway. which also seems assured.
CLARKE county wlii bo ore OF the most pros
porous sections 81 the state.
SAM J. MILLER.