The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-03-17

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IT Is principally clay. sand and gravel
The state is drained by the following
| rivers; the Columbia. which helps to fora
| the boundary between Oregon and Wash:
| ngton. the Snake Yakima. Spokane and
| Okanogan. all tributaries of the Columbia
md the Pend Orielle. in Pend Oreill.
| ;ounty. Also the Chehalis river. emp:y,as
INTO the Pacific and the White. Nisqually
| md Puget Sound. Most of the rivers are
| Used for transportation and irriga ton
| purposes.
Fishing is an important industry from
| most of the rivers but they are mainly
| 'aueht in the harbOrs along the Pacific
| and in Puget Sound. In Wilapa harbor.
| halibut crabs. shrimp. clans and oysters
| ire caught. The canning of salmon
| amounts to hugh sums every year. as sal
| mon catching is an important industry.
| About five eighths OF the area of the
state lies on the east side of the Cas-
| cades.
In the Okanogan Highlands are many
| fertile valleys of which only "A few have
been developed The important ones are
the Methow. Okanogan and Colville. Agri-
| culture is the main industry here. Wheat
| and other grains are raised in the Big
Bend country by dry farming or with
out irrigation. Irrigation Is necessary in
other places where fruit and vegetables
| are Important In the fruits. apples are
the most important and every year car
loads are sent out to eastern cities. Veg
| etables such as melons. potatoes. berries
and tomatoes are also Of some import
ance
At present there is a proposed plan for
the irrigation of the Columbia Basin.
Much work has been done. This basin
occupies large territory in Grant
| Douglas and Adams counties. Water is
| to be taken from the Pend Oreile river
| in Idaho and the Columbia in Washing
| ton. General Goethals of the Panama
canal zone is consulting engineer of the
project
on the western side irrigation is
scarcely necessary because of the amount
of rainfall In the Wenatchee and Yakima
valleys there is considerable irrigation
! Tor they have dry summers. The prn-
eipal products are grains fruits espec
| tally apples. and berries. Grazing and
dairying are other Industries.
One of the natural resources of WASH
ington is the lumber. In eastern WASH
| ington yellow pine and red and yellow
| fir are important. while on the west
ern side cedar, Duglas fir. larch and
| tamarack are important. Washington is
| one of the leading states In the produce
ton of lumber. We have forest reserva-
| tons to protect our trees and some are
| Chelan. Columbia. Colville, Kaniksu
| Olympic. Rainier. Snoaualmie, Washing
ton. Wanaha and Wenatchee.
| Washington is sometimes called the
| Evergreen State" and the Rhododendron
| is the state flower.
| The animals are deer. bear, cougar.
| coyote and wild cats found in the noun
| tains. Partridges and pheasants can also
| be found. Another of our natural re-
| sources is mining. Our mineral wealth is
large hut has not been developed to a
great extent. The coal deposits are about
| the only real important minerals found
but gold, silver, copper and lead have
been found in the Cascades A rsenic Is al
so found. We also have the quarrying Of
| granite, marble and sandstone.
The principal industries are agriculture
manufacturing. fishing and commerce.
I Agriculture and fishing has already
been mentioned. Manufacturing Is carried
IN extensively. We have big flour mills
| at Spokane and Seattle Sawmills are
located at Everett and other coast cities.
Aberdeen and Hoauiam are numbering
| centers. Fish canneries are situated at
| Bellingham. Seattle and Tacoma.
| We have our transportation by railroad
| and rivers. The transcontinental railroads
are the Great Northern. Northern Pacific.
o. w. r. & ~. S. p & s.. and the Mil
| waukee.
| The Puget Sound may be called the
Mediterranean of America. for it has
excellent harbors and cities with COM
l merce to most parts of the world The
cities on the Puget Sound are Seattle,
| Belingham. Everett. Tacoma. Port
Townsend and Olympia. the state cap
ital. All are thriving cities. The cities
on the Pacific coast are Aberdeen, Hoa-
!, quinn, Victoria and Vancouver.
=! Washington Is governed under Its own
constitution which was adopted in 1889.
| Five amendments have been adopted.
I The capitol buildings are at Olympia
| where the Legislature meets. 1t has thirty
nine counties each with it's own county
| seat. The state college Is at Pullman and
the normal schools at Cheney and ElenS,
i burg and Bellingham
| One of the things which draws tourists
west Is the scenery. Nestled among the
Cascades is Lake Chelan, beautiful
lake in Chelan county, about sixty miles
| long. People go there every summer foi
swimming, boating and to see the beau
tiful sunsets. Other lakes are Liberty
OmaR and Osoyoos. Another wondefu
place for scenery Is where the Columbia
river used to flow thousands of year,
ago II has cut deep gorges and looking
down from some great height into can.
Won ii fills you with awe and wonder. IL
the mountains there Is beautiful scaner.
with lakes and delightful camping place.
and SO with all this think Washington
is deserving of the following song:
/ Washington, my Washington.
Land of the west. l sing of thee:
Washington. my Washing ton,
Thy sea washed shores I love TO see.
Washington. my Washington.
From Meas peak to Tatoosh Isle
Thy bounteous wealth exacts a smile
And bids us all our cares beguile
Washington. my Washington.