The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-14
BUREAU OF STATISTICS HAS JUST
ISSUED AN EXHAUSTIVE
REVIEW.
Every Line of Book Tells of the State
and the Opportunities to be
Found Here.

The bureau Of statistics, agriculture
and immigration of the state of Wash
ington has just issued it's review of the
resources and industries of the state,
published under legislative authority.
1t is the most exhaustive treatise on
the subject of the state ever ISSUED
and reflects a great deal Of credit upon
Secretary of State Nichols and George
M. Allen, deputy commissioner, for the
tions are presented. The book differs
materially from any of it's predecessors
in respect to the unusually large
amount of space that mas been devoted
to the different counties and towns of
Washington. The compiling was due
largely to the nature of the inquiries
received at Olympia, asking for infor-
nation concerning different parts of
the state The work just issued is in
ended to supply a fairly comprehen-
i've answer to all questions that will
aturally occur to those who may be
looking toward Washington as new
home location.
great deal of historical data that
books issued by the state for informa-
ton in reply to inquiries has been left
out of the present number, and every
line and page is devoted to telling of
the state and the opportunities to be
found here.
Under the head of education the
schools of the different sections of the
state are treated literally, from the ru-
raj opportunities to the University Of
Washington. The agricultural college
at Pullman, the normal schools at Ell
lensburg, Cheney and Bellingham,
Whitman college, at Walla Walla, and
the state eleemosynary institutions are
taken up and exploited, nearly all of
them being shown by clearly printed
half-tone engravings.
Church privileges, fraternal orders
and other institutions are literally con-
sidered, as we'll as the Soldiers home
and state institutions for the care of
the afflicted. The soil of the different
parts of the state is reviewed and space
is given to the state public lands and
government public lands.
The subject of the lands of the
state is followed out in sequence, with
many pages devoted to telling what
the land will produce, and in this re-
spect the work will appeal alike to the
agriculturist, horticulturist, dairyman,
poultry breeder, stock raiser and
market gardener, all of the several
subjects mentioned and many more
that are germane to the problem of
land and it's uses are literally treated
with much valuable information and
valuable statistics. One of the latest
industries identified with the state is
mentioned in nut culture in which the
inquirer is told that the soil is adapt
able to the growth of hazel nuts, fill
berts, English walnuts and chesnuts.
Fish and fisheries are treated in an
encouraging way, and the unbeliever is
taught by the pictures that nothing
quite like the fish Of Washington ever
were caught before for commercial
purposes.
A considerable portion of the work is
given up to a list Of the state, each
county being given ample space in
which to describe it's towns and re-
sources. The list is made up alpha
betically and forms one of the most i'm
pOrtant sections of the complete work.
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