Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-07-09
CHEHALIS COUNTY, WASH.
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the Progress of the 6nysH arbr Country.

1t is not so much the purpose of
this edition to set forth historical
events, as to deal with conditions as
they exist and to briefly state the
many advantages that Chehalis coun-
ty offers to those seeking a pleasant
place to live, as well as those seeking
a location for manufacturing or other
industrial purposes.
In referring to our institutions and
individuals we aim to be guided by a
spirit of conservatism, rather than of
boastful exaggeration.
Within the boundaries of this county
Chehalis county occupies the CEN
trail portion of the tier of counties
bordering directly along the Pacific
Ocean. 1t is one of the large counties
of Western Washington, having an
area of $500 square miles.
The county is possessed of rich
productive soil, capable of high culti-
walton, of an excellent climate, of an
abundant water supply, and of the
steady cash market afforded by its
growing towns and cities. Add to
these an intelligent, Industrious, en-
terprising population, and the secret
of the prosperity of Chehalis county
is at once apparent. 1t is region
of cOzy, attractive and even elegant
homes, where all the graces of life
flourish and where industry and cul-
ture combine to produce their most
charming effects.
The largest stream flowing through
the county is the Chehalis river,
which enters the county in it's south
eastern corner and flows in a general
westernly direction, emptying into
Grays Harbor, sheltered bay, Offer
ing safe anchorage to an unlimited
deep sea shipping. Tributary to the
Chehalis river there are number of
smaller streams having their sources
in the mountainous district of the
northern section of the country and
flowing almost directly south.
A careful perusal of these pages
can but convince the distant reader
that God in His wisdom fashioned
this beautiful locality, gave it such
a rich landscape beauty, and such
natural resources, with the express
object that His creatures should en-
ter and enjoy His bounty. Indeed,
the county has a message to the
world, and in the story of prosperity
of this pleasant land, inhabited by
pleasant people, we are pleased to
incorporate the following budget of
FACTS.
Our Wealth in Timber.
The timber wealth of Chehalis
county is an asset of stupendous
value The numbering industry at
present is by far the leading interest
of the county. 1t is an unyielding
foundation of immense strength to
the commercial, shipping and man.
ufacturing operations of the wealth
producing people of this section. 1t
is the one center around which re-
wolves a great activity, making pros
porous and thriving towns through
out the county.
Chehalis county is one of the most
thickly wooded sections of the en-
tire state. It's timber resources are
tremendous and as yet they have
scarcely been touched. Experts have
estimated that there are more than
eight hundred thousand acres of
standing timber in the county, an
amount not equalled by any other
county in the state. More than fifty
lamber mills and shingle mills are
in active operation in the county,
with a combined daily capacity OF
two million feet of lumber and two
and one-half million shingles. Some
OF these mills rank among the largest
enterprises of the kind in the world
The immense forests, which repre-.
sent the untold wealth of Chehalis
county, comprise fir, spruce, cedar
hemlock, figuring principally in the
numbering. and variety Of other soft
and hard woods. including the alder
cottonwood maple and the oak. The
marking of the grain in some va
rifles is exceedingly irregular ant
presents a most charming appearance
It takes a high polish and is val
liable interior finishing wood, eithel