The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-06

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Mount Vernon In well represented with
manufacturing industries. and all are kept
busy hIilng orders from foreign buyers
The lumber aud shingles turned out are
Of the very best quality. and demand the
highest market prices.
The two saw mills operated BY Tie Co
dArdaie Lumber Company are kept busy
ten hours per day. and n w. CArpentss.
the manager, II on the road most Of the
time attending to business connected with
The mtils- These concerns were estah-
1hhed In eeptember. IL. and since that
time the owners have been busy shipping
humber. The two mills have . cutting
capacity ~ N.0o0 feet Of tnmber pr day.
e0paey - men and contain al mOderu
machinery usually found In first-ciass
mill. Most Of the product Of these mills
finds . ready market IN Seattle.
Geo. w. Reed 4 ca. conduct two single
mills IN this vicinity. and give permanent
employment TO some sixty men One hum
dred and twenty thousand shingles are
turned out by this mill for the market
each day. and about sixteAn carloads are
shipped every thirty days
Freeman 4 Reed operatc d single mill.
and employ twenty-six men In mill and
woods. The capacity is %. 900 per day. and
two carloads leave the mill each week for
Eastern markets.
Amnnr the most important Industries
In this vicinity is the skimming station.
owned by J. u. Agen. and managed by
= g. Stewart. The station was construct
cd In May OF the present year. and since
that time II has been operating to its
fullest capacity, which Is s.5oo pounds OF
milk PR hour, Twenty thousand pounds
OF milk is skinned each week and the
cream sent 10 Seattle markets. where
good prices are obtained. Farmers with
In \ radius Of eight miles bring their milk
20 the Mount Vernon akimmfnG station.
and each one h paid his cash once
week. Thus II win be observed that this
one institution. although not operated on
q large scale, Is the means OF bringing
considerable money In cur midst.
A recently established industry In Mount
Vernon Il the bottfing works OF r.. w.
GoodinR. who also has a similar outfit In
New whatcom- Mr.. Goodlng IL employ
Ing a number Of men. and Intends TO en-.
large his works In a short time
Mount Vernon Il surrounded by the rfch-
est farming country In the state OF WASH
tngson and being centrally located II =
neutrality-suspicious. country. There T. no
ether town within radius Of fifty miles
that can compete with this city fos the
trade Of skagit county. rs none other has
the advantage OF both water and railway
communication. Mount Vernon II the
trading point for ell the following coun-
try
The richest and most productive sections
OF the Puget sound eonnssy, II not OF the
known wprid II the Swinomlsh mats, to-
gefher with the Beaver marsh on the east
and the HkAxif delta On the southeast.
This rensarkahie body az land has been
fsrtIlnad BY sea and river and by ths
rank growth and decay Of salt ard fresh
water grasses and PUSHES. and has proved
= .tsss at 10 yAras.
ssrpr.ssns and persistent to.iers who have
reclaimed n from the ocean tides and river
foods. and Il vii. continue to sustain and
enrich unecunssd future generations. A
grand view can be had cf nearly all OF the
Swinous.sh hats and Beaver marsh coun-
try. which forms such a vision Of aerscui-
tufai pradncssvsness and prosperity as -
seldom found. whesher seen In the spring
time, when hundreds Of strong. weii-fed
teams are preparing the fertile SCH for the
ueea. or In summer, when q x*a Of beau
ssful darn Green stretches M far as she eye
can reach. tnsessperset with many thrifty
homes. with reat farm houses and great
rcemy harris and granarses. or IN auturnn,
when the whole landscape N yellow with
golden grain. shsckly Dotted with shocks
showing shs hsuutsfsl yield. In the midst
90 whtrh. stationed az regular intervals
are q dexen large steam fhreshsrs. The
land which - for sale tsnd rot much % IL
can be bought fer any price, brings all the
way fyoma - 50 $40 per acre Nearly all
the tide lands have been aiked Ard the
whole tract IL asrn0st a said hesdy 81 csst-
ssvatea land tevessa 70 oats and hay. The
Hsaver ruarra aafosns tire swsnomssas rats
en- tire east ard IL rrcpegiy continuation
az the aauss Ii contains about SEQ acres
OF as ere lana "a the srr ever shane Or.
Tire lard ef TIE Beaver marsh has heea
found 20 Re exeelIsat hep land. a. veil -