The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04
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Is OF the very finest quality. equaling the
best made anywhere In flavor. and the
percentage Of butter to milk Is very
large, owing TO the richness of the pas
lures. The creamery established here
has proved beyond question that for deli.
cate and perfect flavor the butter manu-
featured from milk produced in this sec.
ton can not be excelled, and the butter
OF the Chehalis valley has always been
noted for It's good flavor and keeping
qualities. Wherever piece OF ground
Is cleared off, or left uncultivated, the
grass springs up without any sowing of
seed. and within year makes good pas
ture.
No Loss From Freshets.
Neither the Chehals Wynooche or Sat.
sop rivers have their source in the snow
mountains. hence there are no summer
freshets to destroy crops and fences and
render the labor of the farmer Of no
avail. The only freshets experienced on
these streams are those of winter. caused
by the rains, and which come at time
OF year when the damage they may do
seldom amounting to but little-is fully
offset by the benefit derived by deposits
of sediment which annually enriches the
soil and prevents il from becoming old.
Crop Failure Unknown.
The failure of crops is unknown. This.
to those who have lived In the wind and
drouth-stricken Western and prairie
states. and in California, may seem like
statsmen. which needs consldera BILE
qualification. vet IL Is an actual fact,
which will be fully suhstan,sated on in-
vestigation and which any resident "f
this sectio1 will testify 10. When the
farmer of this part OF the county plants
his crop in the spring IL is with the Ger
tain knowledge that be is sure of a crop.
and a good one. in the fall.
This one fact is Of itself a sufficient
reason why the section OF country sur.
rounding Montesano will In time become
thickly settled and prosperous agricul
tnfal community When 10 tina, fac; s
coupled the extraordinary richness Of the
sol; the facilities for transportation to
market, that the present markets are not
nearly supplied by the home products
and that the demand is and VII be con.
stantly increasing. then II becomes a Ger
tainty that the time is not far distant
when eight 10 ten times the present popu.
laton VIII he found in and be supported
hy the country tributary TO Montesano.
Farm Lands aud City Property Can
he Had at Reasonable Prices.
small farms, or tracts Of land from
which farms can be made. can he pur~
chased near here at reasonable prices
ana fer a person seeking for "a home
there is 10 better place 10 be found.
especially II that person have capital
enough To buy his land and few head
OF stock
city property = held n very reasonable
prices. and anyone desiring 10 have a
home where all the advantages Of good
srhoois. good SOCIETY. churches good cii.
r1ate and health San be found should
come 10 Montesano. where these advan
'ages VIII he found and in addition To
thsm VIII PC found place where "a fam.
lily may iise at less expense. and I've wei
'hau IA Amy other place IN Western Wash
irgsor.
A. Point for Establishment Of
Fruit Csnn~rics.
The great pro.luGtixeuess e small fruits
and the iong season. tcSe.hcr WITH the De d.
mand Tor ean.ed fruits. which * now
nearly ail supplied from foreign sources
should make this 4 desirable point fer
fruit esnner9es- There !s nothing in that
Ire anywhere in this section and the
only market row Cor small fruits ar for
or hard fruits either IS while fnev are
fresh. Those which are not disposed of
thus are lost. and the Hast few wears have
seen = large amount lost each season
T'ne knowledge that there was Il market
for such products would stimulate the
growers. ard IL takes such shor; time
20 get any ~ the small fruits IKE. bear
iDg here that a cannery would rot more
thsn get ready for work before II vSossl.
base all & could hanese. even II there
Should raS he enough acreage at present
L. cultivation - proGaee the supply
reegsesa-
tanHerfc~ for NrvefnGl~s
Ar establishment for preparing vsaS.
essAies N any o. The various manners
~ hiNA are now Ds~ed - enable them to
be kept fer loag periods, would and here
everything necessary 20 their successful
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