Willmar tribune., 1903-08-15
STATE OF WASHINGTON / : G

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Esxtr.ets from priv.t. i.,t., from 4 .,.
~l,r 4. E. Rice, VINO l.. On ''psetfe i
-T"'a Coast Trip. - 80 y ~ .
En...' .:.,. TACOMA, August 10, 1908.
The last three days, while
waiting for my companion, DR.. Frank
,por, 1or1er, who is still in Hope, Idaho, I
nave 9' devoted to sightseeing and gath
eerflng such information regarding the
State OF Washington as might be of
tnEerest*'o est*'olL. nu* j. .I,,, ,,,, 80.
1oIhe climate, at this season of the
year. ts simply delightful, and I am
informed, by most reliable authority,
that that such is the climate III many parts
Of the state the yeair. around. :. While
Washington has; many tad,vantagees
oyer, other states, it is not an ""EIdoo,!!
rado,,", but, . new state. with many
natural resources, full of possibilities
OF bright and glorious. future and
also of stranded hopes and vainly
spent ambitions In many ways it is
diversity and diversity confounded.
Take it's climate as an example: IL has
the wet; the very wet, the dry, and The
very dry, the rainfall varies from 10
inches in the dry to 100 inches in the
very wet; The same difference will be
found as to: cold and snow.,1:.;. ..a. {.
It's mineral wealth is, as yet, an un-
known Quantity, but this much can be
said, however, that the mining that
has been done so far has proved quite
satisfactory. The Mt. Baker district
is pronounced by expert miners and
mineralogists to hold more gold and
silver than any other mountain in the
United States, Its treasure chamber
has heretofore been closed with time
locks waiting the advent Of the rail
road and the Investment of capital.
Coal is quite extensively mined, but
as it is found in pockets it is more un.
certain than in the Eastern states. T..
The lumber industry is, and will be
for many years to come, of immense
magnitude. One firm alone-the St.
Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co.-em-
ploys 1900 men, turns out about four
hundred fifty million feet of lumber
and an equal amount of shingles
every twenty. y.four hours. The prod
ucts of this and other mills on the
Sound are sent to all parts of the
world, being loaded on ships and cars
as it comes from the saws.
With reference to farming, I think 1
am safe in saying that nowhere, save
in Alaska, whose farm produce grows
in the United States.-can such prices
be realized as here on Puget Sound.
The reason is obvious-the tillable
land on the Sound is only a narrow
strip of land between the Sound and
the Cascade mountains; this strip of
land can notSbegin to meet the demand
for food supply made by the large
cities, the thousands of miners and
logging camps. In addition to these
Alaska, Japan, the Philippines and
China demand large quantities as
shown by our exports to said countries.
Stock raising and dairying is prob
ably the best paying business for the
man with small capital.
have been very pleasantly enter
tained by friends and former residents
of Minnesota. O. 3. Selvig has very
pleasa ant home. near Mckinley park.
His son, Harry, has q splendidly
equipped drug store on Tacoma ave-
nue. and is doing nicely in financial
way. I was much pleased to meet my
old friend, Ole +. J.Tollefson.: He looks;
younger than he did when I saw him:
in Willmar. thirteen years ago: He
has. many friends here and is we'll.
Thought Off,, So far I have not met:
our old neighbor, sNels, g.; Olson, who
Mr.. Selvigft tells me is nicely; located,
and Eowps valuable property; his son,
Ben Z a brother of O: A. OlsonY} Will;
i, t1,naart;o Is d b continent member of the
civ Council Gyohihf Arhtson;7' for
Gnx Gmnxefiy ii 5c5o;aa5ntyyHe 5coa5ntyH eao6mim Kana
yohi CO., C.,9s Resides Here; and,, 1ndotwfth
standing his y aidlXancea age, has. re-
scentls shovnshis be bsaliet. i in the ;Roese-
-veltian ftheory,b danger off, Faeeo s4i7
Ecidesaby again assuming theo fholy
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