Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-08-29
Lewis County
ChehaliS City
Center Of Finest Farming and Manu-
featuring Region in Northwest
n COATED in Southwestern Washing
ton in the beautiful and fertile val

~ COATED in Southwestern Washing
ton in the beautiful and fertile val
leys of the Chehalis and Newau-
KUN rivers, the city of Chehalis, the
county seat of Lewis county, offers to the
homeseeker settled and investor. oppor-
tunities unexcelled by any other city or
section in the State of Washington. It's
altitude is about 200 it. above sea level. It
lies on the direct route of three great
transcOntinental lines, the Northern Pa
cific, the Union Pacific and the Great
Northern, and is 81 miles north of the
city of Portland, 81 miles south of the city
OF Seattle, and only So miles south of Ia
coma, thus giving the farmer, fruit and
truck grower the incalculable advantage
OF three great city markets within a
stones throw.
The climate is exceedingly mild, both
in winter and summer, due to the Japan
Current. Average high temperature, ~
degrees; average low temperature 29
degrees. Average mean temperature, 81
degrees.
The annual precipitation is less than 48
inches, which is about the same as that
OF many of the Middle Western states and
some of the East. The rainy weather is
confined principally to the winter season,
though sufficient rain falls in the summer
to eliminate the necessity of irrigation.
Never in the history of Lewis county,
since the establishment of the Hudson Bay
Trading Post, 20 miles southeast of the
present city of Chehalis, has a blizzard,
cyclone or serious electric storm been re-
corded.
Lewis county's situation between two
mountain ranges, protects it permanently
from extremes of temperature-high
winds, lightning and thunder. These facts
are well worth the consideration of the
people residing in districts visited by tor
nadoes, cyclones, etc., and where billiards
and frost prevail in winter Especially to
young people who have long lives in pros
pect should this land of mild climate and.
rich resources appeal. Berry, canes, small
fruit trees and bushes, make a continuous
growth throughout the winter months in
Western Washington, and the exceeding
mildness of the climate is accountable for
the enormous fir and cedar trees in the
forests.
An excellent grade of Ignite coal is
mined daily within the city limits of Che
halls. The Superior Coal Company has a
daily output of over 200 tons. The Shell
don Coal Company mines over 100 tons
daily, while the Chehalis Coal Company
hiAACo &OOuI LIlc SdIue QudnIlJy. GAI0US-
i've development is being made in all the
mines and that this stable industry will
continue to be factor in the future up
building of Chehalis is fact beyond con-
lecture. Development of the coal indus
try in Lewis County is in its infancy.
Coal may be found in almost any section
of the county and varies in quality from
low grade Ignite to the highest grade of
anthracite. Large and valuable veins of
bituminous coal are at the present time
lying idle for want of development on ac-
count of proper transportation. The Mil
waukee railroad, the Chehalis & CowIitz
and the Tacoma Eastern, however, give
early promise of tapping these fields.
A few years ago the federal government
concluded a series of tests to determine
the relative merits of samples of coal
from the various mines in Western
Washington. The purpose was to secure
coal that would answer all purposes for
the navy. In that test the coal submitted
from a mine forty miles east of Chehalis,
in Lewis County, was found to be most
satisfactory