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PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
SUPPLEMENT.
FRIDAY. JUNE 2'o, mug
OUR REFORTERS’ BUDGET.
NEW liwnnly. June 26, IHR'I.
En. Alan's: 'l'hc Scumlinuvinn Bap
tist... MW :1 ni-nt littlc church must cum.
plctml. on thc hill iu-zu' thc public. schnul
hch. The Prcsliytcriuns huvnu hrick
lmscmcnt 24x54. 1:! ft. hithlmt will have
u furnucc mmu 12x16. class mom l2xhi
mil in mum 32x39 fur business uml
pruycr mcclinuu, aniulilus, etc. Tho
frunm is up, uuzl ncw study mom 13x19
ulmvu husc. enclosing the smm. Thu
tum-r olnl npirc will lm 76 IL; 1'0”le
pitch. (J. U. Hcscux Hiux'riutcmls in
Work. Rcv Arumtrong is pastor. It
will he cmnplctcd ulmut Scpt. 1.4 L, and
(‘.nsfnlmllt SSOOO. The society nuwuc
cupius thc ncw npcru hmmmust cnm~
plctml. ~i4x120. 'l‘hc (lnngrcgutimml
church is nnrth «if licml Quarter", l)(‘-
tin-en R. R. and O. streets. 322x52 ft. 10
wimluws. gnthic muf.2fl ft high. It is
cur-luscd 11111 l imw heim: paint-ml and
liniqhml. Will hc cnmplctc uliout Au
guql, Ist" umlcnst ulmut S3OIM). Bllllll
ors. ('. 0. Hcscux and E. K.Bunton.
Pusi‘nr. llcv. Balulichl.
(‘. K. Russ dicil Junu L’lth niitlm
Imin. llc was huriml on the 25th in the
Nu-w Tucnmu cumctcry. 5 milns from
iuwn. lh'vs. Mann and Duvnre (Illiciuting
Mr. Ross was a 111qu Hi stcmly hnh'nn.
uml u husinm-i turn. Hc hml :1 fruit
stand in tnwn: ulsu auhl his gnmlsnn
lhn truin l)l‘[\“(’ll Kuhmin and Now
'l'ummn. 0n thc2llh. on a home lmuml
truin running about 34 milcs par hour.
nurlh uf Tcninn. whilc missing l’rmn unc
car in nunthcr hn l'cll ailmut l-‘i fcct «m
mmc ruck and broke his skull. 'l‘hc
Imin lnir-kcul up uni took him in. lic
“'lh ilu-"llsihlu uml liVL'd but hulf an
hour. Nu rclalivm hcrc. cxccpt mic,
hruthur. A frat! [ruin took him tuliiu
liisl rusting plucc. Almut 500 wont to
thc ccmfltcry. llc \vus about 28 mum nf
ngv. mnl \\':H lm'ml uml rcspcctcil hy nll.
'l'hn- lmlicsuf Ncw 'l‘ucunm cuvcrml his
Collin with lluwcm us it inkcn ul‘ rcspcct.
])l‘;lill mmvs hiull. ilw grout nnd Hmnll.
.\nd snnn will call fur thee.
While in life‘s tight do all things right,
Fur you must fellow me.
The new parsonage of the .\l. E.
plum-h is 24x10. has double parlors
15x3“! ft. 3 bed mums, dnuble clothes
press and enak mum «Wand huusn and
coal IM-il under. A good well, ‘JI it.
deep iee puru water, and a nine garden
enelnsed with a fence. The ehureh
building is m 1 a mrner lot. and is 34x54
ft.. spire fill it. It has a new carpet and
new pews. city style. 2 chandeliers -l
lights ezu-h. anl 4 other lights: nutside
a mater new gray paint. As a whole,
everything has a neatalnl thrifty appear
anee. 'l'he eust of these impmvenn'uts
is almut $201”. The seats are to be onsh
iunr'd and a basement is to be added.
'l.‘h«-re is an en-ellentehnir, and the su
ciety has increased (mm a eerperal's
gun rd to a large emmreizratinn. Rev. J.
1". deVore is pastur. He is a pim'm‘r
veteran in the upbuilding at the true
and gaud to which he belongs.
May Zion wake, the world to take,
And elevate mankind.
Till sin around is nowhere fuund.
For all are good and kind.
Several new buildings are going up
tor business purposes. and some flue res
ldeuees. Lets are enhanced in value.
A. J. Bmm.
LACossna. June 22. 1882.
En. Anaesn-Yuur little daily was
find with pleasure and eagerness here.
We trust you will succeed and gradually
k 0 ~p increasing the paper in size.
There have been hard trials and tribu
lations in and around LnCenner lately.
Of course you have heard «it the ever
tlnw at the Skmit. It has subsided. but
{much grain is ruined, and dykeq are left
In. poor canditian. Still. the farmers
will_ not give up, but intend to guard
ngmnst similar trnuble in the future.
Judge (ireeue arrived here this filter
noon in a small boat and found lawyers,
Jurymun and everylmdy anxiously wait
lng his arrival' He had missed the reg
ular steamer yesterday. Still. not much
tune is lost. as he held court this ovens
"IR and has already disposed of some
clues. More in next issue. 8. J.
Shipping Item
Tlm Isabel brought 200 more China
mm from Victoria today.
Sm“); Juno 27.—The steamaplnp
Walla Walla left here yesterday for sea.
loaded with coal. .
Pom- Dmcovsnr. June 2fl.—Sailml
schooner Seventy-six, for San Franmaoo.
IT is said that Capt. S.W. Percival
has settled the losses occasioned 'bf: the
sinking of a barge load, of lreugt at
Olympia a few weeks since. the accident
costing him about two thouaandl dollars.
TWELVI fine staterooms were placed
011le up r deck of the Dakota while
in Sen Kanciwo last. some 0! which
have three bed: and some two. and in
the agreuate having thirtry beds. They
on! among the moat mm ortnblo rooms
on the ship. and in the summer must be
chosen in preference to all others.
Tm: ship Blackwell. from Hastings
Millfl. ”Infill Columbia. bound to Mel
1‘ irno. in reported dismaeual ofl' Mel
.irno. A steamer was sent to her aw
antanco.
"'Hr: our ship Hear Failing. loadim:
’hilmlelphiu. in the largest HhipOf
ricm bottom that ever eaterml that
rt She is 1976 tmm register and her
‘ ”Kiln: capacity 300010113.
I‘m: Dakota brought from San Fran
‘ mote Victoria as passengers and 5'26
I ‘1“ "0W1“. to Port Towuuend 11pm-
sengers and forty tons freight. to Seattle
110 passengers and 41.") tons freight to
Tacoma 31' passengers and 93 tons freight
and to ()lympia 36 paswngers and M
1("H [l‘ve-{ht Total. zit-U passengers and
116-! tons freight.
SEAHEPK, Jane 211—h'ailed. schooner
Compeer. for San Fraueiseo.
l’oa'r ( human. June 22. Arrived, bark
Emerald from llonolnla.
l’oln‘ '.l‘ow.\'snxn. June 23. The Brit
ish steamship (iranna ('ilstlt', having
partly loaded eoal at .\rnainie. iadae
here today. on lll‘l' way to Blakely to
linish loading with lumber.
Ma. Urns. llmnoxn is employed on
the little steamer Virginia. Capt. Hast
ings keeps the little boat moving.
THE Dispateh arrived today safe, and
Round after her rceent aeeident. and
proeeeded on her regular trip to Sennah-
Int)”.
Tue Idaho arrived early today from
Seattle. and proceeded to San Juan for
lnue. A lot of pas.~engers went over to
attend the. dedication.
Tue Starr brought 105 (‘.lnuamen from
Victoria to the Sound today. They were
vaeeinated by Drs. Minor .nd Meade.
They were bound for I'ortland,oremm.
I’on'r 'l‘ou'ssnxp. June 227. The
Ameriean bark Jonathan Bourne, Capt.
A. Donne, arrived here last evening from
Hong Kong. via Victoria. She will load
with lumber at New Taeomu.
Tnl-z Dispateh was lan again this week,
leaving: here this afternoon for Neal: Bay
and way ports.
'l‘aasehoom-r Granger. Capt. (l. W.
Morse. left. today on her northern trading
w lyage.
Tum achr. Teazer. Capt. l".. (‘. Quinn,
arrived yesterday from Neah Day.
Four 'l‘owxm-zxn, June 23. New: just
reached hero of the burning of some of
the buildings eonneeted With the Holm
eannery, lu-loin.:in;.r to J. A. Martin.
Damage not yet ll:4(‘0rtlllll('tl.
The steamer Isabel brought 2lll) China
men acrom from Victoria today. They
Were all vaccinated by Health ()llleer
Minor. Two hundred more are coming;
on the same boat; on Monday. It is re
ported that there, are eleven hundred to
came altogether. These Ghanaian) are
all bound for Oregon to work on the N.
I’. R. R.
l’nm‘ Towxsnsn, June 23.7 The
Lottie arrived {mm the mulling grounds
today.
The ship Canada landed with lumber.
from Tacoma, fur San Francisco, arrived
tmluy in tuw ul‘ the tug Tucmnn.
CAPT. J. H. CAMERON. formerly 0f the
ship Shirley. is now in commuml 0! the
ate-um tug Tucmnu, vice Capt. Nickels,
resigned.
Puu'r GAMBLE. Juno 23p Arrived, bk.
Jus. Chi-stun, Capt. A. W. Keller, from
Sam Francisco.
I’oa'r 'l‘owxsaxn, Jane‘ll. The Brit
ish bark ()ssvo arrived last night from
Astoria. She will load at Port (humble.
R. W. chion & Cu. agents. The bark
Chas. B. Keane-y, loaded with lumber
from Port Blakoly tor Gaaymas. Mex.
is in our harhor today. She is com
manded by Capt. Dahler, formerly of
the bark Lizzie Marshall.
'1'}!!! steam-tug Mastick is on duty
again. She arrived in our harbor today
with two booms of logs. one from Sno
homish and one from Port Susan, bound
for Port Discovery.
Tim schooner Champion has left pi~
loting and scaling for a time. and has
gone north on a trading expedition. A
few days ago Capt. MoAlmond in a
letter to his family stated that he had en
countered a storm oIT Vancouver's Islam]
which carried away part of the ringing
of tho schooner‘s jib. and he had put in
to Fort Simpson for ropairs. He said
the Indians at Fort Simpson had sold
400 seal skins the day the letter was
written. which indicates that the sealing
business north is a matter of considera
ble importance. The Hudson Buy Co.
have a monopoly at that point.
Pour Towxsmo, June 26.- «The Starr
arrived this morning from Victoria with
another hundred Ohinamen on board.
Tm: tug Mxmtick was in our harbor
today with two more booms oi logo from
Hnohmnieh. ‘
Tm! light house tender. Simbriok.
Reported ashore on Dungcneen spit. was
seen by Capt. Willoaghby going around
Cape Flattery yesterday-so she must
have not of again.
Tm: Isabel arrived again Sunday
afternoon with 200 more Chinm, from
Victoria. They were duly inoculated
with bovine virus by our health otllcer.
Tun schooner Mary Parker. Capt. J.
P. Adams. arrived from Seattle Sunday.
hnving taken thither a load of Nanaimo
2M coal. She left again today {or
Bellinnham Bay utter n iond of Chuck
annt stone for the new furnncc nt
Irondalc. '
'l‘ma CITY 0? Qrmnm This summer.
pnrvlumed a few weeks since from U. B.
Scott and ”the”. on the (.‘olnmhiu river.
by the Wmhinuhm ntnnmlxmt and Tmn
spurmtinn Ca. in nmlor the command of
Capt. 11. Olney. :1 large nhwkholder in
the cnmpauy. Then new pnrchmern paid
in the neighborhood of 812.11!) for tho
1
Quincy. She wm built nt Portland in
IS7”. and is 195.41) tons rogistvr. Shh is :
about 114 tcctovor nll. Sln- lnls thn-o
stnto rooinsnnil is nllowml to curry 753
passengers. Sh» 1" propvllml by two E
noncomlt‘nxing vngincs. with cylinder»:
twclw inchvs in (linnwtcr. nn;l [our hot i
stroke. 'l‘hoonly ohl thingnbout tln- bout
is ln-r lmilcr.\\hich was built in MAJ
but this is to bu rcpliivml by u now onv. l
now bcinL: built for 1101‘. Nov owners!
hnvc not yct nnnlo public tlic rontu sho
is to run. but itis wry probnnlo she will ‘
bl' plncul on tlnlt bntwvcn Suutthl and
tho nionthof tho Skiigit rivcr. there to
connect with thc Daisy, lwlonging to the
some compuny, for thc nppor rivcr.
SAN mecisco, Juno 26. 'l‘hc bark
Roswl-ll Spmgno. which cnnght tiru yrs
tvnlny, nltnr [musing to scn and Winn tow
cil buck horn nml bcnchml. will prove a
total loss. At 9:30 I'. M. yostcnlny lhc
tiru wns pronouncml cxtinunishcil. but
at 1:30 this .\. M. the tlznncs Inn-stout
nfrvsh and won the vessel was in Hhcet of
tlinnc and till hopc of suvinu hcr was
nbnntlonml. h‘hc. wnu burned to the wu
tcr linc. ()no of the t‘irvmcn of tho
Hovcrnor lrwin wnn so bmlly snfliicnted
that his recovery is doubtful. Thu Ros
well Sprngno was ownm] by I’opo & 'l‘ nl
- lninbcrmcn. I'c:.:istor.~s'.l3.'3 tons. Her
cnrgo wnn vnlncd at $15,000. 'l‘thnp
luin nnd crow nnccvmlml in snvim: thcir
ctl'vcts. 'l'h-J [loswcll Hprnunv wns built
in 1871. (Ind was vuluml nt $211.01)“. Her
hulk. which was loft high and (1 ry at low
tide, 1)‘.11‘11t‘(11|11 up this morning. no cl
l'ort Imin}: nnnlc to put out thc tlumvs. as
it wns not possiblo to do it. owing' to tho
tin-boat hcimz nimble to nppronch her.
HAN I’ntixcxsco. Jnnc 213.-<Hhip A. S.
Run-h, 1717 tons wheat to Liwrpool, £2
Ts (kl. (‘wnnnn bin-k Dom, 45‘). tons:
whcnt to (,‘npo Town. privntc.
Davitt Talking in Boston.
erox, June 21.-»Betwecn seven and
eight thousand people gave Michael
Davitt loud and prolonged greeting a~i
he appeared tonight on the platform in
Mechanics Fair building. accompanied
by John Boyle and O'lleilly. Mayor
Prince presided. When the applause
subsided Davitt read a carefully pre
pared address in calm and diapassion
ate language. It was a representation
of the wrongs and grievanceaof Ireland.
and the remedies which should be ap
plied. He explained his address was in
tended rather for an American audience,
and it was an appeal to the understand
of the American people through their
prem. The position of the American
in the content in purely ajndicialone,
and the public opinion in this country
will only consider the facts and static
tics as presented by the Irish Land
League. The speaker then presented
statistics and argued that landlordism
an it stands today is a wretched. com
plate and unmitigated failure, and it
has resulted in the pennantro being com
pelled to live in one-roomcd hats, in
ferior diet. amid agrarian crimes of
murder and disail'eetion. He then pro
ceeded to show that for the last seventy
ycam a million of dollarn has been ex
tracted yearly from the laborand soil of
Ireland by some ten tlnnnmnd individ
uals. who contributed scarcely anything
to the country themselves. Side by
aide. with this vast decline of Irish
wealth during the laut centry have been
not lose than the tiaminea. Upward-i of
two million of our people starved dur
inu the periods of these famine. and mil
lions of pounds have been abstracted by
a few thousand landlords. and yet Fm;-
lishmen cannot understand why why we
want this etate of things abolished. The
speaker showed that one-fourth of the
land of Ireland is under cultivation,
and explained the various plans sug
gested for remedying these evils, allot
whicq he thought were so much in the
interest of landlords themselves. My
plan of settlement is this: Let the gov
ernment iunue bonds or raise apnblic
loan of “40,000.01”, bearing three per
cent. interest. Let this sum be compen
sation to landlords tor lands which their
ancestors seized from the people of Ire
land without any compensation what
ever being rendered. Let the. land tax
of ten per cent. or about one half; be
paid to landlords. to be aututituted for
such rent and to be paid to tho State for
the loan of a liberal revenue. Let Ire
land have the right of self-government.
and let Ireland be administered by an
Irish parliament. A peasant proprietor
ahip offers nothing to the industrial non
agricultural masses of Great Britain and
Ireland. Nevertheless if this solution
of Irish agrugrianism is resolved upon. or
undertaken by the government in pret
ercnce to my scheme, I shall neither be
insane enough or criminally stupid
enough to thwart the settlement of a
burning question b'l any blind idolatry
of my own views. ‘hc time has already
vindicated my past mum in the cause
of Irish land reform, and! can well at
tord to wait for the approval of which I
am confident. There will be room for
my plan for the tlnalaettloment against a
people. who. I am proud to tool. do not
mistrust me, and in whose behalf it is
my'moat cherished wish to devote my on
ergies. and. if necessary sacrifice my life.
‘ MAflßllal). ’ ”a“—
A! the Fnlnfilfi "owl irfl'fin Townsend. on
the 2.1 m lush. by Allan Wu". J. l‘.. Mr. Au
gust Moll, or Jam-non County. Ind Mnry
(inllmm. lute of Berlin. Gumnmy.
Mr. Moll has long been a resident of
this county. being employed for years at
the Port Discovery mill. Ho has a bean
til‘ul litlle fnnn alerted along the road
between this and port Diuvovory an'.
and was languishing for a wnuih o
housekeeper who could cheer his lonely
honm by her proactive and nnsihtuuco.
Thntrrcrfon came to him. with hiu broth
” nn, wife. ull the way way from (lor
nmny. arriving here Suturduy night.
We wish them joy.
Tun Port 'l‘ownwnd Anous nuw np—
[mm M 11 daily. Though small. it inn
creditable pnlmr.—-Portlund New North
waf.
x‘‘'v \ "r ‘
'llllu GRICA l‘ \V luh l‘.
Gov. Nowell on the Future of Wash
ington Territory.
'rur TIMBER asssuvs or Tin-1 \n-ms, ix
mason“. asvnzw 01-" 'rur iuzsorncizs
or .\ muon'r hl-Zt"l'lo.\'.
Tho i'ollxmiiu‘gr artii-10. uudor tho
übovo houding. appoarod in tho Cant
don (Now Jorsoy) [mi/y (‘om-ior. of
tho 3d inst:
Thirty-six yours haw b.-on addod to
(iovoruor Nowoll's ago sinoo ho tirst
ontorod tho Houso of ltoprosontativos.
whoro ho was known hooauso of his
living: tho youngost niombor. as " tho
boy of Congross." Youngasho thou
was. (hivornor Nowoll inado for him
solf a lasting roputation. and gavo to
his district such honors as bolong to
tho fanio of statosnion and status.
Ho inado his uiaidon spoooh in tho
Houso on tho lifo saving sorvico, thou
a mom voluntoor forco, consisting of
a handful of man on tho Now Jorsoy
coast. His oloquout prosoutation of
tho noods of such a sorvico, fostorod
by tho "ovornniont. and abloappoal
in its bolialf woro sum-osst‘ul in socur
ing' an appropriation in its behalf,
and what is now ono of tho most hu
niauo and woll disciplinod sorvioos is
tho actual outgrowth of (iov. Now
oil's fort-sight. )orsistouco and gonius.
To nioution tlio lifo-saving sorvico
without connocting his mum with it
is as much an act of injustico as not
to link tho namo of Fulton with tho
first stoauior that- pliod tho Hudson.
It is also a mattor of history that
(iov. Nowoll. whilo in Congross, inado
tho first spooch ovor uttorod in favor
of an Agricultural Buroau. 1111856
ho was choson Govornor of Now J or—
soy. Ho wasu superior oxocutivo and
loft tho office with ono of tho cloarost
rooords known to tho high placo. Ho
was again oloctod to Congross in
1864. and fully sustainod his already
high roputation for purity and abil
ity. April 26, 1880, he was a pointod
(iovornor of Washington 'fi-rritorv.
and is now oust on a visit to his old
friends, who givo him ovorywhoro tho
most cordial grooting.
Tho Govornor was found last night,
upon his roturu from Col. Poytou‘s
outortainmout at Haddonfiold, and af
tor attonding u rocoption to (i‘rouoral
ltoagau. in a parlor of tho Continen
tal Hotol. I’hiladolphia. Ho looked
halo and vigorous, and soomod sur
roundod by many frionds, inoro like a
man just ontoring public lifo than
ono who has for ovor thirty yours
boon a faithful public sorvant and a
goutloman who novor forgot a t'riond.
"I called. Uovoruor," said a ropro
sontativo of tho Daily Courir'r, " first.
to ronow 01d frioudsliip. and. swoontl~
ly, to intorviow you for tho pross, if
you uro willing to submit to tho pop
ular process of obtaining information
and .coug'orting it into nows.‘_‘ _
A kindly grouting, an invitation to
bo seated, and tho Governor bogan in
tho oasy, Com'orsational, way which
ovor makes him tho most intorosting
and vonial of companions. tho follow
ing history of tho truly woudorful
\\ ashington 'l‘orritory:
"This vast torritory is botwovn tho
forty-sixth and forty-ninth parallols
of latitudc, and ln-twoon Idaho on
tho north and tho Pacific occan. ‘lt
contains 70,001) square- milos. 45.01)“,-
000 squaro acros, and is dividod into
Washington East and \‘lashington
Wost by tho Cascado rangi- of moan
tains. which aro an oxtoasiou of tho
Cordilloras of South Amorica, and
thc Slt'l’l‘ll Novada raago of the Pa
citic. Thoso mountains soparato
Washington into two divisions. throo
fifths of which constituto Eastorn
Washington, tho two domains difl'or
ing (Hauntially in physical character
iSthJ and productions. \\‘cstorn
Washington, known as Pugot Sound
Basin, is mountainous. covorod main
ly with a vast forost of lir, pino. spruco
and h-unloek. This constitutos tho
grout timber rosorvo of tho \vorld,ton
imillions of acros in oxtont. The flr
is of tho pinofamily. vory bituminous,
‘hard fibre and olastic. Truos attain
1 an almost incrodiblo sizo, a full-grown
tir lth‘ljllj{ing four foot in diamctor.
running up a straight shaft. almost
without limb, to an avorago hoight of
two handrod and twonty-livo foot.
Many aro of much largor dimonsiona,
ranfging from sown to fourtoon foot
in 1 iamotor, and rcaching a hoight of
throo humlrod and sovonty-tivo foot.
Codar abounds in vast quantity. and
of a sizo iu diamotor oxcoodiug tho
flr, but- not equal in hoight. Tho
wood is whito. of fine grain. and sus
ceptible of a high polish. Thorn is a
largo supply of spruce in tho south
ern part 0 tho torritory. The timber
is convortod into lumbor by thirty or
more saw-mills of oat ca )acity. tho
Ilargost boin tour iiiindroii and forty
foot- in longth (at. Port Ludlow) to ac
oommodatotho cuttin rot lumber tWo
hundrml and twonty 'ioot in longth.
Tho mills aro hicatodon l’ugct Sound
and o wratod by stoma. Evory con
sidoridilo mill has its own ships.
which convoy tho timber to San Fran
cisco. Asia and tho East Indios. Ans
traiia. South Amorica. F ranco, Em:
land. Egypt and up tho Nilo. Thi
main supply of masts and s mrs is
obtained from this soul-co. 'l’ho l’a‘
:1"? Sound Basin is underlaid with
coal. bitunnnous. lignite and anthra
cue. retirement to tho surface. and.
lid“ the timber, within easy access of
lll“ W'lllhl. Sntlh-ient coal is depos
ued 11l this basin to supply the World
l‘Hl‘ t'l‘llturios. 'l'hroe oxtensivo lllllll‘a
311‘" illl‘cml)’ in operation. and nmchin
ory established at Seattle and Tam
ma capable of loading one thousand
this daily each in vessels at the
wharf. Five steaniships of three
thousand tons capacity each. are on
“Hm“ “I thetranslmrtation of coal to
5“.“ l"rancisco. Portland and other
points. Iront abounds~ bog, hema
tite and magnetic. Several foundries
“"‘f "l "P“YlltlUll. together with ma
chine shops for the manur‘acture and
l"‘l’llll' of railroad machinery. A
large (airporation has hon“ organized
for the manufacture of iron at Iron
dale. employing a capital of two liun
dredam tifty thousand dollars, fur
nished mainly by San Francisco cap
italists. This great interest promise;
to be largely extended throughout
the territory.
"The Sound country is especiallv
adapted to the raising of horses. cat
tle. sheep, swinerand poultry, which
rarely require, in consequence of per
potnal vegetation and moderate it in
perature, to be foddered or )rotecte l
from the weather during the entir
your. Education is far advanced:
50,000 acres have been appropriated
by Congress for univerity )urposes.
and a successful university ,lias been
several years established, having de
partments for normal, classical and
commercial education. High schools
are also established in the principal
towns, which serve as an excellent
superstructure for the common
schools, a. most excellent 5 stem of
which is already in fillltllici’slloo(\ss
ful operation. Churches of all religr
ions denominations are numerois
and convenient to the populat on.
Twenty-five Weekly and six daily
newspapers have circulation in tho
territory, and are especially effective
in ditl'using intelligence, and advocat—
ing the substantial interests of the
territory.
"Eastern Washington consists of
invmntainous. hilly and undulating
prairie land, adapteed to grazing.
production of wheat and other core
als, fruits and ve etables. Vastcrups
of all these prdductions are raised
with but little preparation, the soil
being largely impregnated with alka
line substances, which obviates the
necessity of artificial fertilization.
Although but an inconsiderablo por»
tion of this region is under cultiva
tion. 'there was produced a sm‘plus of
wheat last year of 230,000 tons. Two
hundred thousand head of cattle were
last year driven from the grazing
)lains to the markets of the East.
horses and speep are raised in pro
Iportiouate numbers. One half of
tthis belt is yet nnsurveycd by the
government, and consists of vast
grazing regions. capable of support
‘ing an unlimited amount of live
stock. It is almost impossible to cal--
cnlat the productive capacity of this
greafiwheat-growing domain, which
Mr. Villard estimates will be 750,000
tons during the years 1883 and 1881.
This estimate includes Eastern Ora»
gen. Probably not one of a thousand
acres has as yet been placed under
cultivation. The climate is colder in
winter and warmer in summer than
in Western Washington, which pro
ivails in all wheat- 'rowing countries.
. The people are hiéhl y intelligent, en
lterprising, industrious and success
ful. Immigration, mainly from the
Eastern. Northern and Central states
is rapidly increasing. Five ocean
steamers of the largest capacity and
best construction. are engaged in
their transportation. Columbia river
extends3oo miles eastward, then di
ver ring northward, waters and drama
with its vast tributaries, the Snake,
Spokane, Palouse, Walla Walla'and
Yakima rivers, all of Eastern “1 ash
ingtou, which with Puget Sound and
its tributaries, afford more than 2,000
miles of inland navigation. In con
sequence of these vast navigable
waters, comparatively small railroad
facilities are necessary for transpor~
tatioa or travel, yet 500 miles of rail
have already been laid, equipped With
the best machinery, and from 10,000 to
15,000 men are engaged in the work
of extension. The Sound is connect
ed with Columbia river by rail, and a
new road is pro'mted from the south
ern extremity oi the Sound to Gray s
Harbor on the sea. The advansagea
which attach to Washington as a
maritime state are unequaled. The
commerce of Asia, the Sandwich Isl
ands and Japan must won and its
‘ way by this nearer course to the elt
ies on the Atlantic seaboard, and the
imaritime states of Europle, with the
competition of the Nort era Pacific
and its extension to Puget Sound
which will bring us within four days'
travel of the commercial cities of the
East will plbee l’ugei Sound directly
upon the great cnnmercial belt of
the World.
ARTHUR has nominated ax-Sennhr A.
Ramsay. at Minnesota. ox-Sonatnr Pad
clm‘k nf Sabra-din. J. G. chlffl‘i'. of
lawn. .\mlmm‘ B. Carlton. of Int innn,
am! John J. Fenian-w from Arkansas,
to cmwtitnte the Utah commission.