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WAS'IIIMJTUN 'l'l-IRRI'I‘UIH.
Ilh I.\'Bl('lJ"l.\l§ 'HI I,VIII-ll\\|§.
Ill\l'llli ill ‘
vl'he fart that tn:tn\ I'm-”'2 :--.ttl»
we are lotl tn nwn-.~:nn:t'.- tl..- ..‘l
\nntaut's of out t'ltttmtn, tlm - ,n it
In]! tnwns. .‘t‘l. wla tlt‘.. .~ I» ‘. 'z't-In
:p llt'lll than that tun :.~ _u-I'Qx
I It lt't‘t'Mlttt llt' utlr .wlzltmw .
utu‘xng tm-tltt::-~ iltt'l Ihr ttzt-nt- -: :m‘l
tnngnitthlw nl' mtr r-wuliw :m'; [Hut
tittal wenlths. l‘ltnig‘tunt- \\i:u ‘ wnw
hero expecting ln l‘.-hull ~":tlt‘i\ unit
\‘XIDPUaIVP pnhln' l'tliltl.tt‘_\ w; h :t»~
grace nmnyof thu Hlllv't mam mui
towns on the other silh- nt' lllt' mnti-
Hunt. are doomed to (lisuppt intmr-nt
as great as that experivnu-«l h)- thaw
who come with the ltl(‘ﬂ that mm are
a commercial dependent upon East,-
ern States, and that our exports
amount to nothing. The fact that
Washington Territory exports wheat.
oats, barley, potatoes, coal, lumber
and ship timbers of all kinds, and
these too in large quantities cont
pered with the size other population,
elicits surprise from many only a few
hundred miles away whose ideas of
her commercial importance are based
upon the little they have heard and
reed about her.
But a new era is dawning. The
impetus which this 'l‘erritory has al
ready retelved, especially within the
last decade, has enabled her to start
rpm the sermd century’s national
growth under far more favorable cir
cumstancee than those of many of her
sister States and Territories. The
prominence which her productions
received at the Centennial Exhibi
tion, and the able manner in which
her rights were championed upon
that occasion when all America arose
to display evidences of past growth
and present worth, caused the atten
tion of Eastern writers to be turned
to her as the rising star of the great
northwest. This in turn aroused an
interest in the minds of the working
men, who of all others have been
most solicitous within the past few
years concerning their welfare. The
result has been that the Territory
has received enough new settlers
within the past year to leave no
doubt of its importance in the near
future.
THE son.
All over the Territory a large pro
portion of the soil is sufficiently pro
ductive to set at case any doubts
respecting our future prominence as
an agricultural and stock~raising
people.
In Eastern Washington the esti
mation of productivenass, which we
append herewith, will suggest the
most correct idea of the character
and appearance of the soil. Wheat,
for which the soil seems peculiarly
adapted, yields from 30 to 35 bushels
per acre; barley ranges from 50 to
75 bushels; oats 45 to 60; rye 31;
peas and beans yield 30; potatoes
yield from 200 to 500 bushels per
acre. varying greatly with the sea
sons and other inﬂuences which af
feet then; onions are quoted at 1,-
000 bushels, turnips at 800, carrots
500 and hay 2 mil tons per acre.
Cabbagea grow 10,000 to 12,000
heads per acre, according to the soil.
Hops yield abundantly. Cli
matic inﬂuences cause all trees and
shrubs to grow more rapidly than on
the Atlantic coast, and to hear much
earlier. Flowers appear in abund
ance. and folioceous trees are clothed
in their summer mantle in early
April, yet Eastern Washington does
not produce as heavy a forest growth
or as valuable timber as does the
land bordering on Puget Sound.
The land is mainly valuable for agri
culture and grazing. The general
aspect of the country is much diver
sified and of great beaut -—undu|at
ing, and in some places hilly, chiefly
rolling and level prairies, but well
wooded along lakes and streams.
BAILEOADI.
This subject which has been agi‘
tated so much during the past few
years, is fraught with great interest
to settlers in ehery valley east of the l
Cascades—more so to them than in
any other part of the Territory, as
the Puget Sound basin has water
communication with the outside
world, The enterprise which has
developed so much energv. rm-cmllv
taking shape as the “Sequin aul
Walla \anla railroad ploject,” ilu
serves encouragvnwnt from ml «llmr
ters, and will, wlwn carriavl into full
effect, he ilnmt‘nsvly l-vnnlhrinl to H”
who may in any wuv lw :ill'm-tml lw
it, anl especially to tllusv wium- smi
plus proiluvtiuns are now :llllllnt
worthless nn um-nunt of z; lzu-lt' of
means of transportation
S'll-IHI' FARSUNI‘. AN!) s'l'm'li nAlSlVi‘.
is a branch of industry especially in
viting to settlers in every eastern
vulley in thtl Ternitory. In fact the i
region contains many thousands of!|
:lt'm's‘ of unoccupied land pro-emi
nently suited for feeding millions of
sheep and Line. Its grass, water,
t‘lilll'utlt'. oth.. combine to constitute
twin r lﬂt'lilllt‘ﬁ {or Sttn'k ruisingthun
I‘Qtll he t'ound elsewhere on the coast
sue in \V.-stern (lregon where the
:lti‘itlliag‘t's and general character
:stit-s urn very similar to it. An ex
;..-iii-inwl miter surs‘ thut in Canter
!ntn, Nun" Zeululni, land is wm‘thi
510 I"'r "pro ignvurntumit p rice.)and
though squatters there are very
uwulthy. lew of them can ever huv
their sheep-runs. ;\ll pasture. lauds
tiw-rnlmte hi-uu taken up, and to
get u “run" there, a sheep farmer
tnnst purchase the Igood Will (lease)
of un t‘hlﬁiillg " slwep-rutW—say for
ZtttJttNt sheep, till‘tl‘ltl zit-res. the an
nual ra-nt ol whit-h. payable to the I
New Zeulund government. is now $5
per 11m times, which would he $23,. i
one per your. 'l‘o‘duy a Squatter‘s
leuse for Shunt") sheep could not he
obtained there for less thun $1,500
of good will; add to this the. price of
t the Hook. say 3'! 5” eat-h, would re.-
iquire $75.0 t 0 lln re: then add value
i of improvements. and it will be found
ithat only a capitalist, with a hundred
i thousand or so could successfully 011- i
igage in wool-growing in New Zea-l
iiund. Experienced sheep-fartnersi
i aver that this even is underestimated.
Not, so, however, with our people.
Aslteep-furuier here can purchase.
his sheep at from $2 to $33 each, and
squat down on governnn-nt lund-- ‘
his own selection—paying neither
good will nor annual rent for his
“sheeprunf‘und stay thus at, free
rent rates, tending his tloeks, until
he or some one else purchases the!
land from the United States Govern
ment at the usual price. Whatever
improvements he makes (erecting
ihouses, etc.,) he can limit, to. 160
‘aeres, to which he can obtain it title I
after ﬁve yeirs’ rabid-nee, upon it..
Consider these tut-ts and then usk‘
yourself if there was so nineh pxag.
geratiou utter all when this country
was denominated “ the best, the sun
ever shone on?”
[(Zuutilnuul m-xr WN’IL]
,l,r ‘ T ‘
l’Ulll 11l llEl WIS
l ‘ J .L O
001. Chas. H. Larrabee
wlll mlllHN‘s his fellow chi/mm npon tlw
Importance of n Speedy ()ru-xunizntlon
of n State Government.
At the following mung! time: and pl:ll'(‘.4:
Snohomisll. Saturday. March llith.
Ln Conner. .\lmuluy. .‘vlnrvh'linh.
Wlmtcmn. 'l‘lueetluy, Mun-II 2 irh.
Cnupvvillv. \Vl'(llll'~'tl:l_\'. .\lurvh 27th.
Port 'l'mvmmul. ’l‘lnu-«lny. .\lnrcll mu.
San Juan. l-‘ridnv. .\lnrvh 211 m.
Stcilzlmmn. 'I‘IIIII-«lay. April “In,
New ’l‘ncmnu. Friday. April sth.
Seattle. Satunlny April mh. :l.lw
A PROGLAMATION.
By the Governor of the Territory of
Washington.
WHEREAS THE LEUISLATIVIG ASSEM
l)lym'thl| Turrhm‘ym‘ \Vnuhinzmn, by
an not upm'm'ml the mh duy m’ Nm‘n-mhvl'. A.
I). 1377. vaidunl that. 11. §)N‘('illl¢'|l'('tihll ~lmultl
beheld n Hultl’l‘u-rrimry. nll Ilw mh <lny ul'
April, 1878,1111' the pnl‘nnslu n!‘ t-luuwin: Ilvlm
uuten tmmwmhlu m Wullu \Vullu. In ~nlv| 'l‘c-r
--rlt()l'y.(m the eleventh «luy 0|" Jum-. A. D..
18_7_H_. to frunuugﬁt_uug Cups! llutlmyzl m_ul_ _ .
WHEREAS. It Is fnrtln-r )Il‘tn'hh'll 111 sum
act. that. dulegnlm to sn'nl (‘unvention pltnll lm
elected In tho 'l‘ct't'ttot'y It: lurgcund In db:-
trlcts an follows:
Three l’ologntun 111 the 'l‘nrrltm')‘ ut lnrgo.
One Delegate In the First Jndh-Inl lllstl-it-I.
One Delemuc In the .\‘m-oml Jn-lh-lul 111-I I‘II'I.
Ono Duh-unto In tho ’l‘hlrtl JIIIHUIIII IIMI-Ivl .
One Holt-unto In thl-I'unnty (It Wulln Wnlln.
One Dnlugntu in the I‘nunty of King.
One Delegate In the Cuuntluant Thurston
and Lewln.
One Dolmmtc In the Itmmtles of Clark. sku- I
mania Kllckltnt mu! Ynkhnn.
One belt-Imu- In thu (fuuntlcs m‘ (‘owlltm I’ll
chic and Wuhkinknm.
Una Delmzntc in thuL‘onntlusnt’ I’lcru'. (Tho.-
1111111-I and .\lnson.
Ono [wleuutv In I'nnnllL-snfClnlhun. Islnnll.
Jmferwn 11111 l tdnn J unn.
One Huh-gum In tho (‘onntlcs ut' liltsnp. Sm»
hotnlsh nml Whutcmu.
Ont! ”l'lt‘ﬁllh' In the ('IH|IHII2"Df I'nlnlnhln.
Stow-nu mu Whltnmn: nntl
Wllmu-tu. It H furtlu-r prm-Itlwl In sultl m-t.
that tho ('I‘IIIIIHIN m” hluhn, R'llnvlllulll', und NO7.
I’l-I't-u, In thv’l‘m‘ritm') nt l‘lnlm, Inny 111-I'v
prl-wntt-Il In HIIIII t‘unw-utiun by nm- LII-Ivanh
wnnulmllhnw tht- rrlvilouvul tho Illml‘. hut
*lmll nm In- vnlltlw to n \IIH':
Now. rllilltlZl-‘UIH'. l 111.1i11.\ l'. FERRY.
llnl'c-rnnrut Iln- 'l'vrritnr} ut' \V:l~lnn;ztun. Ivy
\‘lt'tnc- nt' Iht- IMHW'I' :In-l :llllhurity In Im
voilmlhy 'MI'I :Il'l. III» 111-I'u-hy I'll” ll ‘IW'I‘IIII
(‘ll'(‘”Ul| In In- letl 111 Ihv wu-I'nl I'unnlil-s in
‘ lllH'l‘l‘l'l‘HlN')‘ on Iln- 1m: any ol‘Aprll .\. I).
1 liﬂh. [(lt‘ .In- Inn-lmwnt‘ «In-ting thn lll‘l'l'ill
llu-Inn- llH'lllll-llt". 'l‘ln- will le-utinn tn h -
I'IHIIIIU'Ii'II :lll'l ruturlu Ilium-Hf IIHUII' :In-I
Hum-'lnlttt-tl 11-4 I 4 nnw hrm'ilh-tl by lnw In
I‘:I‘I"‘1llLIVIII'I'IIII'll'l'IilHI‘I t'nt' lh-11-LGIu- to l "un
zrt-di. l'rlN-t-utinu .\ttnrnvv. :nvl IIII‘ M'l'dul'
tlu- In-zhlutin-I‘ullnl-Ilnl'lllv’l‘o-I'l-Ilm'v. .\ntl
| Ill" izti I I'IHIIIIIIN ut I‘lullll. ‘lllv—lllllll'.l|ll<l .\l-7.
l’vt'wu In ”In TI'I'I'IIIII') Ul l‘hllllell‘t' l‘I'Illll“"l"l
Hun-11w! tln- 111-11-u‘ntv In mill I'IIIII'I'IIIIUII pru-
L \‘lvlwl I'ul' In mitlnu't. :II ~4llrh limn-un'l 11l ~'|"Il
| “mum-mu lll:|\' l'.-111-vmwl :u|\i<:lltll' h) llll
lt'lli/J'h" uhulvl runnthw. . ~ '
1 IN 'l'I'l"l‘l\lI).\ Y \\'lll.|ll-.HF. l
. *O. - Imn- In-rI-nnm-wl III) Inn-I :nul
‘ . Hum-«I HII‘HI'Q'IH ﬁ-nlnt thc-‘l'n-r.
I'itur}~ In llo' :Itlixwl 11l 01;. lupin.
'. I [III-4 :Illt :luy of January. \. I).
0... llm- IIIuIHIIIII I‘Lizlu hunlln-vl
und mwnu-ohzht.
ELIFIIA l’. FERRY,
By the (lowrnnr.
N. 11. nwtmm,
Secretary or the Territory.
ﬂ.F.GERﬂISH & Dl]
ﬂ ” massinj
MERCHANDISE
’ HEEXIBLUPEEJ
HARDWARE,
House and Ship Carpenter’s Tools,
SHIP CHANDLERY.
GROCE R I E S,
PR 0 VISIONS,
Boots and Shoes,
WINES,
L I Q U o R 8,
CIGARS, ML, «#O.
AGRICULTURAL
I MPLEMENTS
Of all Kinds.
AGENTS FOR THE
BUCKEYE
MOWER & REAPER
HAINE’S HEADER
Sweepstake Threshers,
SEED-DRILLS
’ Taylor's Sulky Bakes,
MOLINE PLOWS.
Mitchell’s Farm Wagons
&c., 6:10., &c..
A'l‘ TH E
Lowest Prices
l’Oßl‘ TOWNSEND, W. ’l‘.
Upland Nursery.
FRUIT TREES.
At Reduced Rates-
I.AI{I:E S’I‘OUK,
FINE Ql'A-LI’I‘Y.
’ mama Lls’l‘ mm}.
( ‘orrovnpnnd t-noo Hollult ed.
.hh‘. Juno-i ii my ngvnt at Port 'l'nwnﬂenll
.TN(). Nl. SVVA N.
imzlim Olympia. W. 'l'.
\Vlmlvs‘ule aml Retail Ilvah‘r in
§hi p Chandlery
\NI)
I
, Famlly
. l
i Grocenes
IPort Townsend.
i 1 i
l J ll 1 0‘
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
kite.
kl‘ F
'l‘lll.‘ <ph'lnlill ~itli'WllL‘t'l
Sto a mall. 11) Dalxota,
2|oo‘Tons, 11, in .\lltlhl-I, ('n.\l\i.\.\lll£l:.
VVILI. ment; n\ ‘l'lll-. nun-. 5 ill-lill:
:Lllt'l‘ nn-nl hum-ll:
Fare irom Port Townsend to San ancisco.
Cabin S2B: Steerage S l 3 -
HAN FHANVIM‘U. l'T. TOWNSEND. \‘li'THltlA.
Jun. 10 Jun. I'.! Jun. '.'l
" 30 Fri). ‘J Fol). ll
Feh. ~20 " 2N Mnreli 1
Mnreh 9 Mnrch H " ‘2O
“ 30
Steamship City of Panama,
[SOO tons, W. B. SliAnl‘ltY,FonnAsnnn
WILL LEAVE 0): THE FOLLOWINH
antes:
BAN FRANCISCO’PT. T()WNHINI).I \'l("l‘0lil:\.
,- ..V,,A._A__.__. - «..---. !_ ,
Jun. 19 (In nrrivnl. l Jun. 10
Fell. ii “ " I " :m
Mnreh l “ “ . Feb. 20
“ 2U “ “ f .\lnreh ll
u u , u 3”
I’assenigers from Portlnnd and lip-Sound
ports wll take, Puget. Sound mail steann-r
nntl make connection with the (Tityot
l’anmnn at Victoria. Steamer lmkotn
goes through to Olympia.
’l‘hese steamers leave Vlrtorla at noon
on the day advertised. Tickets are good
only on the. stemnel for which they are
pnrehuned. and are not transferable. For
frelght 0r passage aplply on honrd. or to
H. A. 'l‘llißALS,
General Agent for Puget Sound.
l’ort ’l‘ownaend.
' l
N 8 W GOO d b
A LARGE STOCK OF
—AND—
PROVISIONS,
Which are on sale at
The Lowest Rateufor Cash.
, 7 ‘.
UHIRLES ElililßllS
I'* J o
PROPRIETOR
I
Pioneer Bakery,
PORT TOWNSEND. W.'l‘.
H L TIBBAIS&UU ’i
0O J O
x V “
SUPERIOR TEA M b
WIIARFING ERS
-—AND—-
O I
Commlssmn Merchants
Vessels Discharged. '
Freight. Collected,
Teaming of all kinds done,
at lieusonnlﬂu Rules and Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
14‘0llWAliDING AND COMMISSION HITS!-
mass promptly attended to.
(‘ 001) DRY AND GREEN WOOD ALWA Y 8
lon lmmi. All-co, good Bark.
TIMOTHY HAY, ALWAi'snm “AND.
O
mix-rs iro
Steilncoom Beer,
Seattle Beer, and
Levy Bro’n Soda Waler and [tool lleor.
ALL BUSINESS ENTRUR'I‘ED TO 01'”
core will recoive prompt. and uurciui
attention.
w To the "wram-of I'oi‘i 'l‘ou’nwuul.
wu w ill HIT llml we I'm-viva nll your LynnL-A n ml
mlvunut' t in roln for your irt-luhl hlllu. ior
Willl'li ,wv cvl'lulnly l-xpm-t. your lum'onnun,
nuwvlmm nth-ndml lo row-owing. downing.
mul delivering your gooth lor mnny smm
I““a;xll'l* ﬂllll m‘l-lmrwl in III) :111 \‘Ulil' \\‘Ul'l\ all
[Mr untl rmuonnl-lu ark-N. '
H. L. TIBBALs x CO.,
Part 'l‘omvnsvml, \V. 'l‘.
J. F. SHEEHAN,
Importer of Tin Plate. Sheet-
Iron, Copper Zinc, Banco
Tin. Wire.
Stoves, Ranaes,
l'l'.\|l’~'. llih‘l'Z. IRON :mll |.l~J.\ll
l'll'l'). I'.\,~l'. 'l'l X .\' iii!
and l-l.\’ .\ .\l l'ZHili
IIOLLO W W A RE,
House Furnishing Hardware,
Port Townsend, W. T.
D R U G S,
I PAINTS, OILS
l
l STATIONERY, &c.,
I Wholesale and Retail, by
' JV 3 HILL
: I” Q /9 M ..x 9
‘ Port Townsend. W. T.
‘ mums.
manlcmns,
(IIIEMICALS,
AND TRUSSES;
Patent Medicines at all Ina.
GLASS, —'
PAINTS,
OILS.
' AND BRUSHES;
A Large Assortment.
J son's.
I'IGIIFUMIdRY,
POMADES.
‘ HAIR OILS,
I And all Articles used for tho Toilet,
320.. (‘56., ‘3O.
Quick Salesa: SmallProﬂtl
E? l‘rowrlptinns carefully mm
pulunlwl. 4|y
.\NI)
ORGA N S .
Grand,
Square ‘
p O
: Upmght
Church,
Hall ”5
Parlor
Organs !
Prices Luwer than Ever Before.
PIANOS FROM $220 T 0 S7OO
onsnns mom 930 T 0 S4OO
conmsn .& co.,
Washlngton, N. J
JOHN T. NORRIS.
STOVES, _TIN WARE,
Pumps, Iron Pipe,
HUUSE-FURNISHING HARDWARE,
..
V V
1* 01' Sale.
SNOWFLA l\' ['l l’Ul‘A'l‘UEs‘ Mr 5‘1”“
l'." ”I“ Hmh-r—igmwl. 'l‘hl'vv pull!!!“ for
(mu llull'll‘. pm; mm; or four clnllﬂl" I“'r
l"‘|'k. «10-liw-ru-tlun bound stuaunrr in Port
l'nwnil'm'. Al~o
IIALI“ ltlil'll'll) .lliliSl-IY I”' L'l
'IIHI Ilvil'v-I' L'nlww. lrmn wq-H strlvljlwl
dairy cows. Adams
A. l‘. DAVIS."
New I)ungcnc~:.~‘, W. l-

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