Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-15
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STATE Of WASHINGTON

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Es."..,:' TACOMA, August 10, 1903.
-s.n The last three days, while
~ee1tlng "e for my companion, DR.. Frank
1orA, Ioreer, who Is still in Hope, Idaho, I
Rave "a devoted to Sightseeing and gath.
sr1ng such information regarding the
!st State OF Washington as might be of
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1oThe climate, at this season of the
year. "ts simply delightful, and I am
INFORMED, by most reliable authority,
that such is the climate III many pafts
Of the state the Year around. 4! While
Washington " has many advvantaeees
oyer oYYeer i59 other states, it is not an 'ssEldo;
rAdo,"- but . new state with many
natural resources, full of possibilities
OF bright and glorious future and
slsoa of stranded hopes and vainly
spent ambitionsJ'' In. many ways It is
diversity and diversity confounded.
Take it's climate as an example: IL has
the vet; 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,t..n ga: +
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
satisfactery:1 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. It's treasure chamber
has heretofore been closed with time
1ocks-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.
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-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, 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 q small capital.
have been very pleasantly enter
tanned by friends and former residents |
of Minnesota. O., B. Selvig has q very |
pleasant home near Mckinley park. |
His son, Harry, has splendidly |
equipped drug store On Tacoma ave-
nue. and is doing nicely in a financisl
way. I was much pleased to meet my
old friend, Ole ). Tollefson.| He looks
younger than he did when I saw him
in Wi1lmar. thirteen years ago: He
has, many friends here and is we'll
thought ,of., So far ! have not met
our old neighbor. 1Nels g. Olson, who:
Mr.. sselvigrt tells me is snieelJ3 located,
and Eowns valuable property; his son,
Ben "a brother Of g. eA.sO Olson2l Will
Il mar is q sept continent member of the
CITY Council 4 John Arntsonh,17 foS-
gmaeriy gas Ii aaooannty acaooaanntyy commits ionero 81 Kana
yohi CT, .,9s{ resides Is Here; snd, 1nnotw1th-
standing shiso o }.ilKln }a.ailKlaneea nageb has re-
gently ghoxngbis belief lb9 in tkAe tlReese7
-veltian ltheory,uf Dangerous Taeeo os1i-
zcidesabp tsgain' assuming theo "holy
bonds a6f naatfimony notri7d nobteW
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i Ron hare one ZAP take 3mhany asligH
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