Illinois News Index

McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 12 Mar 1884, p. 1

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. t trait J tto«f' ij ->•"• I ••ste':' »S i _ **nrSil> >»OS»M'«w»«llRiHW(W*»: - VJPtM •KLarXEEQ, •V ».<• iitonrt! -• •» • *«i« >« <•• '*/SUM**a^ r ff BMSBKfh till * •«* H • Bleek, ma -t .<! "«d> i" «-» • » .-» , ., «»OHWM|j IMS»B*&A< OwM'i»-- '> CtV^IWiBtt-'(«Sr > !• >•: • TV*- : - wirt^-tW-wTKnths ...W ,. *<» --i twpeiveifsr tknt er six s um seine peoparttep. IttttW of Advertising. ^•^wf'SSe4^ -wrss ...... rnms&zr**- IleiNtrmr - » MehSAoee *pAr- • «*» »«•«! fe«lMpen« year . .»jupj-, , • isjiMSftoocjear -.,...? • , ... year- - ...... year ,(T ttCSI^TESS CAUB3. >*••••* '*»• WA** <* BABBI A*. HAT*WOUKEH.•-• JM« kilM* «( ' Vtlffc4M» in rMeo«ahtf#ri< e**t corner of Cut, ttre^.5ETC!ft w*-.rt My wA i 111 i ffRfUHKm ,V (lltMl* aUROSQKt i f«CiiiMMi<i» ' " &' V r«m * it JTWSB A. BALWWfS, |HBBT AT LAW. I.nw iiitfinest 4nr e*y part of the State receives prompt A. liooiis Jt, S>9 Washington St., Chi* I>tt. C. I. WILLIAMS. fStX^TISf. Residence Dundee. Will l» «t 1/ Morienrr, at Parker Monte* lh* 10th aad Hthofwi'h month. When <1;Ue* occur Sstitrlay or Snnday I atk*Mf visits on the foliowiog Monday. | Aft WW IB *> •sns |DM JOH.V gLKlPUBJf, TTOTTSW Painter, Qrnlner, Cnlclmtn^r And *1 PA|t«r Hnn^er. Iln-d tenne one Ittoek Wnt of Riverside House, Wort attended to prompt? and on reawn»hle terms. of one width., •% Opelneli IMM* theneMqreinent f^|B«h.ae.j»B the column,slntde column ' Tearlf advertisers, at the above rites. have privilege or rlmnelw as ettea as they sips, without extra cbarre.' Scalar advertisers (meanin* those havlnc. tfadlAS cards) will be eijtitted te insertion 'leeat entires at the rate of 5 cents per line A Week. All others will be ch:tr*ed 10 riltli per 'ins the fl-.it week, and B eehts per •4 <lir eaeli subsequent week. Traetieat .advertise nents will be. eharseif kt the rate (f II cents . pa line, rnnnn*r*«- »•*, •*«« as this Is sefln^ the flrst issue, snd )M4tS»er line for subsequent iss>iea. Th-s, twebadvertisement will cost fi.0#forene i tkMfer twe weeks, K.00 i»r three .•.aadeoea. PfcaiwiHitt,** will be liberal hs irivlns; .ial aetiees. but, as a iwisiness mile, it II MNtiire a suitable fee from everybody a( U»« use ef Us columns for pecuniary &JSIXESS CARDS. fforsomeu, Attention! a!) In vers ot line Horses are respectfully vited to call at my farm, half a mito west of c,Henry, on t.lie \vo >1 stock voud, ami see my Ine Morgan *nd Draft Ilorsoit. | have a l>reheron Norman Draft i;olt tliat is harti to beat. Out• and *ee him. business done on Sunday. Me Henry, May 1st,. IttftN >: >• H. T. BROWS, M. IK ^P»WOI4* A*» SlTOGEp-t Of4« the Pest Off re, opposite Perry *JMai *3K#ra *p atairs, llcHenry, 111. over artin's , J. 91, SOOTH ILT, IT0ICT AW AMP SIT»ti Mts Pest OMee, Piar ^iCfne eppo C.H. nCGlEIV'if# 0 kirr«IOiAK AND STTRGribV. Mcllewry, Ilia, (idee at Re*U1ence, on the Ceraer, speeUe Blsks's Furniture fliere. , O, J. HOWARD, M. I>. 5l»»T8«-I AX AH» RlTiUiErtV. . #ijr: uptHwry. jii. 1'! OBee at E. Ohurfth, RUCKtrKD rou INVK«<TMfcMT aid leaned on inertia are security at cur- fetes, without charge to the lender. . ^ r«t* aiade at six per «ent. fei# -.. •*"" , ,J. W, It A**rK AO. Ijl^ -1 ittninvin. - y •aloon and RMtan r»nt, »A**»H5NT«f Kahnert's Store, Joh«a, .torch, Til. Theelv»icest l»ram\eof ,Wlaes» • W»i^Uaiw««4ia4 l1«ar« alwa-e «a MM. ' «*•« 3POWLS, (PfM* meMlOW 4*HPrB*J«HT COyafT TAIP.) , Mv fselianet tks s^sliwM OUKK W YOJlK Ki r iin, remarkable'for their geiwt sixe and layinK qualities. ( c»n show » tr.io of last season's diick# \rei*t«i«^ 31 pi.ui'ts Iflgjit*, »«'!• setting tf lUicttei), delivered i« piirchsisei- in ttielwuottd. shipped, eesurftjry packed. *S.U0. , , aOBJEHT C. BKMfKTT. . • ,li, iiaiaaame. & f: i:' Pit ATT HOUSE. 1. fit ATT, PwiMristni* Klret elss« #c. •saasilstioDS, Oood H meenda. (11. ItARttt B«6i Uoo:l Bam ia eaaaeetMn ttT Ciiuait MsnnfncnircrK, HfHe#i'Vt » ite^enlirileit. *lv»p, i*i OW MaHenrv, t in. «r n m*iM. £>§**•?• Btock. twa 4»«i w«»rt •! Pm* .. ;r:: «»At.M oa«o. . .. ...,• moIIAIM) COMPTOX. JffSTtOB of the Poiceani Conretanear.-WW*t*ert I wro anttv to the collection si 4«Me. Valo, l4ate Oeuntv, UK ,. x'.. I.M.OWKK •ni'tii KfltATi Ben I or an«f Hannfltttiirers •Pilj A* lit n I,eadiair Karm ' Machinery.-- l»w and teims fevorable. Mcllcnry, istt" Kt. Ml •" 'f •' " P- r^- ; *. «. SMITH. nooTA*o» a®. 13 tiae riven 'Mm «ry'» Haraess U _ ,l4, MoHenrv, Illinois. OOT a*D»H<>k M vKKlt. Prompt atten tlaa given to IteHtU'ifJI?* _^ho|> la l>r«i ^ sry'a Haraess Ahop, opp9«ite Riverside Ho«tse M A E C t r S ' GERMAN Manufactured by F. MARCUS, b: • «»:S6 --DKAI.BR IK- tl 1 fUte WIN£S. UQU(M$ AI«0 ,u it <tf<>d ii'. •;• •* vftOMIl w«i •> •: -'i .i ex : y " * Wooditock *4T-' I. P^:; «. - iv- . mmt' •: .!»•#» nm l imm : «f. (test Tonic, in the world. Fat1 up In hd t|uart Bottles. F. MAR C U9t !Nt0HN, REASONS, KOB ISSUBING WITH Asa W. Smith, •\L. OiiWoodatook. III. Li.' Becjtnse he is endorsed hy leading baa fffMr aen and the press, and particu arty wharildat known. t Beeanse Hie "s the aMast agmjr in the S. lasuse he rt preeants tha beet liaaof am us alas of any **««<•'* In the county. > A Because, with oae eacaptic-., lie retire eenta tka oldest companies in the United Suite** 1* In enMpf lo««c He jrtvee hl« patroiiS Ute henefltof hHlaat e*perlouoa to MettiMffan aqalMMa adjaetaiaab «. Beeaaea tie baa always tsaaed full pol } . 7. Because he pays los*esen fana property t>T UahtniaK. whether lire easuesor not 9. Becaase he insures agausst laraMoas, aycloMs aad wind storms, .... , . <VK BfecH'uae j'ou cah tb«S <*« y^ursalvek ftoii 4nmeter foi- atiartl wrifle. ^ . It. WleMee von wdl *nd him at|«aiir active to aid VOM in getting your gsoosty after ioss.a^tftADfure jro» r patronage for his eew **M.\5&nse anv oee of tfie above reasons «an wfiSfy veri'eed fly cnHion on B. I why, B. Sessions, J. W, Milter* Ixms tMrsa n J»iiri)ihws,:«ihIss this entire euraiu ot.^ia -1-- r '•*- Phoenix, it Rotupn n y IB. A. Murphy's residence on the morning of ^he l-lth ifi't. as by her individual effort, property WHS saved ou which the ccinpauy jhau a ywivv ol tt/M. nl, Oonuectlc . . _ areat nuss the thanks n? t% mre in retvmii>* 5. N. CULVER,-_2_; Richmond, Itlinoi 8. Sale» of Stock, Fttrminir Tools !tn<l Goods ot utl kirns atten tied to on the most Reasonable To nits, and satisfaction gua r'tMt Office address, ftlOHMOND, ILL. f*f i r Will attend sales and fnrnieh printing and advertisintras cheapaecan toe peach red elsewhere in the ;onnty. B08IBT C. BIWITT, -- ltBEKDKIt OF-- %'jF. BB^SrtihPT, • -.'/v". IAN ANDSmUiKON. AlaoVBltod Kxamioiug Surgeon. Hiehiaoad, 8. CHILD*, M. D., HOPATWIC ^H'r^TarA* AWIH wit. OEON, West McHenrr, lit. • OfttK pMas|fily attended to, «t!iy or niurht. vij > : --• • - i v i i». „•« .. L. H. TOMBAUOB, M. W. PBSanjI-vN AN D SUi«,RO\T. Sperisl at-, tantio.n itiven to Obstetrics and the dU geaaaa peculiar »o women. Office at Rowley's Driyt Stotx. Kexidence, three doors west of M. V- Cnnrcti, Mcllenry, Ift, J' -iw ; -' '• fcn • c. r. wet, t,s. ?>*'?:,• ND sITIU»K<]ijr,* wahconha, OR. PHTSlCrAN AND l<akt Co., lit. All calU urouiptl^attei*'( e«d,'lav <>r night. Office ou Main St., east of Barker's harness shop. h. k. joiinsox at c6., ; COfilOITOBS of f ntsnts. VMS r St, tt. W O Washington, D. C. RKT|tK«SCKS.-Hon. J. A. I.ogaa, Hon. W. R. AUieon, Hon. D. C. Smith, I'ekin, M. E. Stona, editor fliir.ijto .Vsws, Winner's JUv(*w, Chicago. Send tor instriiceions, , . ,;... • - JOSEPH N. FKKUXIK V AT.OO* AND RETMTHWT Bnnslett'a Id s»(*nd, onposite Bishop's Mill. Mc- r. III. The e M.icent Wines, l.lquors and Oiimrs to be tound in the county. Freah Oysters in their su-ison »vrve<t up ia aajr S' their sutsi^n p. deatirtri or (or sale by the On! GOOUATAItMKU FOR HORSES. ANTONY ENOEtN,; O AT.OON and Restaurant, Buck's old Itaud Mcilenrv. HI.--The "'liolcent Kentiieky Whisktes, <our Mash, Wines, Ciscars, eU*„ alwavs mi hand. We im v none t>nt the best, and sell :it Reasonable Prices. Kresh Oysters ia their season. A. W». CHURCH, WBtehmalcer and Jeweler NOu Ii*. STATE ST., Clncsifo, TU. Special attentiouylyen to repairing Kltfe watch, es and Chronomctovs, «r a Full Assortment of Goods In hlaljna ^ Richmond Housc|9l ; ^ It*. • f C. N, CULVER, - <r Pboputetor. veoentU p«reaa*ed the A Wive nut it iu thoroujth repair. Having House, I have put it iu thorou*u with new fumittie thrhit!cli<»i-.t, an«t would respectfully invite the psitronase ol the trar- ellns public and other*. Tlie tallies will al­ ways l»e provided with the best thai csn lie nroVuro'l, and polite and attentive waiters Will belli r«adine**at all times to attend to tha wants of (guests l» "u* will be spare<, to mskethis a First flass House. I.arge •«« commodious burns on the premiees. r rea Omnibus to anil from all trains. Sample Jjioonison first llwr. WH. H COWUfJ (acccKaaoa w m. m. aconttwi] : 1.1 f AR CLAIM SOLICITOR AND ATTORMEY. ALSO NOTAKV #&BLIC. Prosecutes peneioe or auv Other claims axainft the *ov^ri inent, relntinfc to the lata, or former w:»is. «'omi»Mentad canes and re­ jected claims ma if a specialty. If atamps are enclosed for ve.df, all .coasmunieatiOaf will lie promptly answered. .MACI80WBT., WOODSTOCK. ILL.- Baferencea by nermlssjox as regards char- cter, business abiiitv, relia< ility, ftc : G*n. John A. Logan, U. S. Senator, Chicago, Illinois. . Gen. J, U» Smith, St$te Treasurer of Illinois. Hon. It £11 wood, M. C, Sth ID Dist., Jiyc- ^^Hon.' JohH Hilarwia. es.it C. 5th III,. Di*t., Aurora, III ;••«!» • _ Hon. A. M. Jonev U. S. Marshnl, Chicsfo, J|l Col, Jas. A. sexton, Pres Union Veteran jCtilb. Chicapo, III. Je-se ,\. Baldwin, Ass't U. 8. Attorney,Chi- J || Messrs. Sela, Schwab A Co., Wholesale*BQot and Sh<»e Dealers. Chleajjo, HI. , Also hundreds of county aud home refarea- oae.. OlBeeatWiv&o' o. Wo owe^T, IN" ' wrDRAL.BR Clocks,^ Watches, Sil ver and Plated Ware etc. Iswetry, M ffW I kasn in stock the celebrated RpriagBeW Watek. which is pronouueed by all to ho the best watch now on the market. WW nut be Undersold, ^ Ouany goo<le ini»f line. MaHMry, Feb.», 1*A a IF. OWKS. *" CONTINENTAL *1\ • '<* if??' HOOF OINTMENT* s» ^ *nm P«r Crackid J -ri! y(t H I • 41 Hu'f M. Engeln, StffirtsBsn^ HmicTittrtttti --4 WO GENERAL MERCHANT, And Dealer In Ail Kinds of ; ROCERIE S | Fitrm Hai'tlware, Pocket Ciilf##, SjM)i'tiiiir Goods, Ki^Iiioff Tsickle <j«U Mitteiial, Musical liistiu- niouts, Tolviceo, Cigars, etc., etc. .Near liiver Rridgo, Mc- Henr^, III. r -- . , . . Propr'etorj. Klret class riss, with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rate*. Teaming of all kinds dope on short notice. : - H E. WIGIITMAN, i tli J. P. SMITH, IATCHMER 5 mm, Alotlenry, - IllluoiB a«. mm. i Davlnfr'moved intomv tiew store, oi>e door ast »f Mrs rieai<les' Mlllmeay store, I am W9t VI •'»' o nrnni'a paiii«iit."7 «1»*»' *-i a now prepared to sliaw ta the buy inn public as lac a t>tock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, ;' , Silver and Plated itii% / As can be found in the county, which 1 oflTer at pricpa that c^uuot be beat. , The fl 1)4^ liue 0t FINGER RINGtt f^rer seen in this section. ̂ ' f ^ Also Agent for the.Papaifr Vtw Eomi Stviag A Fiue Stock of ClioiceCoatectioiiery, Ancj (]igari» Alwnvs on hand. iflrCnll In, examine Roods aadteaim iwicea. Bempmbor i Mill nat be uadereotilrquaiay of XOrxU considorad. . J. P. SMITH, Uefla.rr. iu.,k".v. im. I HO tS£S. CATTLE A / at v***ur Storekeeper for it <W writ* 4b* let to th* Mnnufaciussrs, ^ s'! AMEBIC 49 LUBAICATlVd 0lXt» 'exosŷ ̂ FOB SAItE 1$ UcHENllY BY WASHINGTON, O. '|?he popular pala»o'hi}Wl of National Capital. Criuvenleiith- heatedaa<* «ece«sii.le *bre*li the street ear Uiws of the ctty. Ope* «H tbe year Q Q " . • • ' • " Priit*biitur< C4U«f Menrhaasan# Itda4td'H«aae.' We now are closing out a lot of cap* At 25 to (0 cents <w iU« aoilar, f|«i?ry Colby, "like >€^olhIer. Thb DALLita, Waooa Co., Ore., Veb. 2S, i98f. £OITOB I'l-AUtob-A LKR long «f| promtaed T&eH^nry On.' ^WiHimtinfeat ion to iMi early <laia# rp- Sl»6»»--nnil marc M»n Territory. I it a year in enre- yet «m far from • •object- jiutlcb. Tim* will *V! l»«VB trar^tetl , on can, and on a ad w'eat of the It* ^ VFa,eiii t«ffton i*k, Wawo. Uina- kia, Oregon, rim] iilW. iip the Willa- cenwmd with ery nook of T?a*t rtianr who came nnd « greater that 1 wotM tmi the ri.AlNDKAl' ! utiHg to th« liarticitlarly W liAve uHtl aue-tl ml linrfltlgnilon' prepared to tlo "I|ast» la not a> tell the whole *t on foot, on lion eteambott, both Oa8««de Monnt Ten itory. and tllla and if.<tinliSI| nnniethliiK Uke matte river. I iettlerA In aim Washington; th< to the Territory number in 1888.: Washington the Lower Oolitw allei of latitude, being the Straltf' and the 49t h pa the P*ciflc stu •qtiAre tnlles, ajf at'ree--an extent the States «»t New: mlii coinbiped, Hp« portb of nnd the 46th |>ar> •tlier homitlarles l*n. Jttan tie Fuca North Idaho and ti Area Is 70,000 ntlng 45,000,000 of pface greater than uit4 reitnsyl- about' ojie-third larger than tlie Stile of Illinois, it ha* three uu'.tiral ^visinna, embraced In the Y*klma, <Wn»nbl* and Puget 8«iind dtstriuta. 4*t' In estimating •oil, ell mate and iwwral resonroes. the line of tha Cattn^Kxlloiintalni is 'the only true and pre|3diviiiion lei separ­ ate parts, am] io drAW an lm> ajtlnnry linn s|oj<||f|ftie renter of the Caaoade rau^a thi^pjeiilil lie-26,000,#00 acres east «nd StiJwPOO west ef the Oascades. Fr#tn tftls are it of brostl acres wo can reMnu«4lr deduct 6.000.000 acres ef .«b«<atutajp jpalit^less waste, of niotintaln ami rufV,Wti nearly at much more is included Impie canyons, foot* hills stntl sand was$Hy*i the 'Territory. Ttiero ar« not lesa^kn 8.000.000 acres of rery heavy tlmleHhal can lie made available for tlin 4HScrti« of the world. The greater portlMHif tliU timber is wlilte and red Ur.-iyBKiies of tlie f^tti Otis red wood of Cwii!»; Its texture ix a« s»lUI oak. |9l more dnrabla-*- (Siitliber men H|MK:fpr i( greater *trwingth titan oalriflfflt- iiinkoa good •sTitp I ImlKlr. b ii i IjfeTt nilie r, "a ml" tl^#, but tines not drest us ivell lor building }»ur|ut>evs aa pine. The only fir tltaber known is on Vancouver island and in Wanhin^ton and Oregon. Its growth ia reinaiKablv »low: it takes 1.000 yeari to glow mill 11mher from a sapling. Thrae trees are ^ften 10 ami some 16 feet in diameter. So much for Wu*h- ingten In bulk. Now lut im consider the region east of tlui Cascades by couuli«s, at»d tha reader ca» thrt: fsnn • ueariy corjept oplnipi) of iliecruntry. , COLOMBIA COUNTY In southeAst Washington has ns little waste land ns ar.y In the Territory. About one-bnlf is At for »gficultural purposes (liicluding pasture). The soil le generally good, plouty of water and Wood, The streams .flowing (rom tliw U|tie Moimtains nre alive witfi trout, ai|d hears, cougars and coyotea, with a sspatteriug of deer, and mi occasional elk, are neighbors to homesteaders. This county is 36 miles by 60, nearly ^57,000 actes. The good laud U a)I | akeii. GAIiyiKLI) COtJKTT Adjoining Columbia Co*'is abmtt twlf< the sixe of the latter, falrljr wooded mid watered. About one-fourth fit for agriculture;h>ts of game, (UIi and wind. All tlie good land taken long ago. WALLA WALLA OliUMTT. This •utility lies between the Blue lloimtttins and the Columbia And Snake rivers. About q:ie>third ol the surface I* »iqo(J agricultural laud, much of it the best in Washington, but all tlie good land was taken up long ago. , WHITMAN PUI/KXT south of Spokeati County, and hext to Idaho, Is one of the most populous Counties In the Territory. Its area is 6000 square nilles. About onerlourth Is At (of cultivation. All tt»« good land was taken long ago. Ou » train of 12 cars inoving^from Palot)*e .Tiinction towards Coifax, the brakeman en jhe first car cannot see the end of the train when It) motion. The flying sand is as bli^yqz AS a, M!iy»ff$la "blizzard." Lots of gQverniiient land along this road. Only think of It! Free h#uies for the homeless and a rAilrytj^ at jr»ur door. SPOKAKB POUNTT lieseut «»<1 south p£ tlie Coiumbia river. The M. I*. R. R. runs through this county. A dlsiMKce e( |08 miles, lncln.led in Spokane limits, Is wli^t Is known on the ptap tji« Qreat Pia|n of thf» tJ#»lmubi», Ch-nerallf speafcjiig thisiJOuaiy U lUgji'^nd frost}', and the crops, aa a matter of.course,always un- ceftfifii. The ; In tyInter is a» cold as Dakota, and enow storms »re even «p Vlth jjpiniiefota. Qnly a small portion of Spokane county is watered or wooded*, lit? Strata ot from 20 to$0 feet W niore of gravel underlies (nearly) I he , wliol« re^l°iL Spfkat^. ,fVt|S ite l«c»tiAit«i|i tine N. P.H B..an.tl other favorable geography, is a tqjft'n of )*iftlr# yflporraj}^.: anil n)w»ys wfli })*r l?royH,,.<' |W«l>|?.,E»s| »jUJ euly cwi- Ijnoe. tp- laite S|«ukane lies elrar and straight. Spokauu^ 'paid" advertisers jclaiin a dean fall of 60 feet at one .. . laai»ly> fotin'4itoes .Mosror* tke naked land In tho eonnty. Tlie good land w^e taken,a lonjt tlthe ,AgP. T^fjN *ract» of land at vied "scab land^jAiid (^.luntbti Plfcii| Is'nine-tenths a farce, better adapted to jack rabhiieantjsage bens thAu J^i^ie^ for *the hoineletS' Like all east Waabir.gton, it U Woken, •WWlWI.tfi Ulrt tttaUvlling; shiiWnetl, even here, by wild beasts, ^.On slopes facing west great £rops '#V whaat Are sometimes rnlsf <), wli'l« »n north slopes, grain does not £11. but here wlieat la for ha"t,; ijn^ (i«n sebtli and eas( slope# uatur" ('h»ids fa»t" to ui|tru*l growth r'*~- KLICKITAT COCNTT » j. Is bounded by tbe ^tinnWa Vlv^'ittd by the Simooe and Cascade Mountains. It Is abont TOO tnllea by 40., Thele are isolated patches of good goverumetit land here, but altogether too trencher- oua for eastern men to select frorut A quarter section may be productive, rich soil, while land adjoining It ap­ pearing the name, may be valueless altogether. About one-thlril of Klicki­ tat is goaded, and is rough, wild and vexatious to footmen. Plenty of game and llsh, and always will be. About one-half of the stirfac# is suited to agriculture. About 4.000 people In tbe county. B"t Klickitat, after al|, is a model to couietuplate, though environ­ ed oil every side by gambling bells, the most atrocious and drunken tlcbauclters of the blavkest dye. TliAt grand «|d county •»! reugli aud uninviting soil, lias a community that might well put to the blnsti the same number of in habltants.eyeu In New Rnglnuri. There Is Hot a liquor or beer saloon In the county. Almost every school distrlut has its lyctum. And generally a ten)- *«*4 M»i» h»pyy,i •.* . . » » 7«fAKIMA OOtJUTT. J ' This county lies north of Klickitat^ aud the Aimcoe Indian reservation. Its area h 736 square milest«nd right here is to be found the very best farm land in all east Washington, excepting Walla Walla. There ar* good sections of government land In Yakima Atlll waiting Tor settlers. The best crops iti the Territory are grown here. An abundance of spring water, plenty ol timber. Irrigation Is generally neces­ sary, the winters are cold, but 'tli the » KIT.UTAS COUNTT. north of Yakima. Tlie Kittitas vallpy Is very productive. The faU^V •* large. Irrigation Is essential If*success. The table lands are frosty. Good tim­ ber and water; the best lands ^l|||i]j taken; the foil it ygrj good. ,1 ^ STKVRN8 CufOTf. ;» I Still north and adjoining the British p«SM>a<iaiw, llut ljtile of it has freon surveyed; some very good i»mi. nio^ily tlmlier hind. Wolves supply free fpufic jn the light of the stars; the sparks from tho mud ohhnuey will ladiipe them to tfttry an hour later; nq us# (fir 1 jubilee band. The settler may tan bear and panther pelts If he likes t|ie wgr pstli, aud at< get along without bankets. • •- •«fe|»^ii»'C4#eAWw»! _ " W • I have not been In the Puget Sound District, but {liave met and conversed with tnany old settlers.' and with some of the principal lumbermen of that region, aud the ®ihielusion Is.Ahat the richest soil is i^fr the British line-- excepting small valleys ami awalla far separated, and some of Miens almost In- accessible ey^ij by jack (pules. There is some prairie, but most of it although flu# to the , eye, will nnt help your purse. There are valuable coal mines, suppoeed to be oCg^eat extent, but tlio chief ret-ource at)d wealth at present consists in itsvist lumber supply. (The world for ainarket). One aa^mill nt Tatooiua has n capacity of 80.000 feet il^lly. Aiid one n*(H at Port Ludlow Is 4-10 i>et long, and Is capable ol cutting timber 220 feet in length, litis maip- moth tplll cuts 400.000,000 feet every yc»r. To cle<^r this land for farina Is a visionary. w||d undertaking. There are single tree« that yield 20,000 feet of lmi)l)*r. and there are single seclinns of lantl by the h uidred where thp eelio: of a nrooilmatrs axs was nevef heard th»t will yield 40.000.000 feet or rl.oice mil) timber, Great title# fir(II grow up ou the Sound. Seattle has the finest hafbor. and I believe is destiiurd to be one of the greatest (if not thp greatest) cities in the new northwest. < K Titiionia is a thriving (twit, b;it h«r harbor is too deep fur safe nrttJlipftgf. I'Jieie }s a ?urr-lus of "TacQma boom" jqst «t present, another overdose p{ N. "P. R. R. "wiml." Th$ pi>ld itdver- ti«#srs.o:i this coast (sweepstakes liarsj that are flooding the Ea#t witli paippli- lets anJ circulars over-rating, over­ stating and criminally ext<yl>i|n£ this jun«st are performing the pj»r} ilift la fighteouS jndgnient woylf) bc^^d them fhe blackest hearted vi|]if^tis ^Hl^ig. XMfcttK.UMBIA Elf^K. Is obstructed to navlgatior. at th(» Ca» cades fo; four miles by r^puis^^nd lit a half nijle.,t,tyf C4 l« a fall «f 60 feet. At tbl# point tlie riverls only abtfnt thirty rtflsVide. 'The high water>of tho Cplumbi * la^n Jim?; then jt bpv<pnrs a raging torrent, "a wild ^|d river." The goyeruipent la bM'Miug » aytteqa of Lodes at tbe Oascatles that' soiAo AIM now living may see complete^!. The scliemt is a good aud just ppft. but In are foiurtMM»>UBil»« of rapltla the " Dalles"* fniiinTng N^irro#*). i|»d tlio est"ofclearing U'5* way for navlgAtlbllf u about iS.006.000. But luJging frprn CAS^do Locks ti.000.000 Is nearer eorroot; Farthes up are falls and rapids,- to that Columbia is after ajl that haa iw««, said hi its praise, of little trilOl'i tQC^nnt to the in- habitrnts than'wWenlr on«tarh to the sea. leaving ««.-sound but Tt* o«rn dashings. OTHKR RlYtBS AKt> 9TB1;AMU art'.tno numorooB to bo nanifd Ktid deserved si'^nraiely tn ^hts letter. They cm t|iejr w.^J" in cases along deep gorges, rock- hound and desperate tGooptftHplate* moAt ot tliom scores ntMl often hntidretlsof feel beltw the levelland. On elthwr shoro are gener­ ally sWlft"foaming torrents, neithar f^rdable nor'bridge»1»lo, nor passable (and aa Onllflirnlans state lt)Hnot even ilackassAble," For some twenty miles I wended thy trjiy along the west shore of the Klickitat river, and though fee* quently jn sight of |he rushing witter*, could get no wgtcr to drink. It wrould spoil a'half day In getting dowis aatl up tho bank. ..V?'" ' eiilMATR. West of the Cascades the annual rain fall Ms. about sixty five inches, while east of the Cascade Mountains, In 1S81. there was six months without rain. The oc^an winds from China antl Japan, mellows tlie itrtn|>erature all the year round. There are no cyclone*, and sel­ dom %ny thunderBnd lig}itnlng, except lira few localities in the Mountains wbfer* thtitider tempests are very vio­ lent, I saw one great pine in KlUtkltat that had recently been shivered by lightning, *nd I also crossed a belt of wondUnd where, An perhaps SO acres at least fivft'tlxtti* of the timber Was down; apparently blown down by two Atorms, at least two years apart, And from different directions. The greater par* of tho tlmo tbe wind blows from the southwest. T Ifliis Is called ••Chinook," and wherever It sweeps vegetation thrives without Irri­ gation. These chl nooks sometimes get boisterous iu anmmer and blow and rage with so much vim th%t for days together grain and |ifty cannr»t be handled. At) ?*tt vlnfl bodes no good, and In summrt let the eatt wind* blow strop* fas srvpml day» together anc) ho* I ugly d) ftyeult to pMperly tftrseirlb^ this region. Old settlers efoim tha( this shore is rery healthy, nn1 east of the Cascade Mountains exceptionally »oj tlie wlntftfA usually about balf as long and about one-half as severe as Iu the Middle StAtes. There Is, however, a great variety of dlmace here. The difference (s often very markod. even in nelghbMring looalltlos, and (lie settrer by going #I»W i« lively to Un#A climate to auit him, ' THK PEOPLE--IHPR8? 1*TTLERS were mainly from the Southern States: North Carolina, Tennessee and Mlsaonri furnishing the larger share. These were generally people of groat nerve and ending nee. But Billed wlt-h tliesp hardy pioneers there spon appeared tttylfited'V minora from CnlUBrula^ciiFS: l4ig tho easth and their God. SBTTLKBtOV LATBB TBAB8.^ '<{ ' Up to About 1878, Although n»iny (ntft and good men cniur here, this shore be* came the retrrat nf primlnals, bank­ rupts, and deserters from the arnjy. and slnpe the completlpfi pf the N. P. R. there has been ft chsracterlstlc re^ptipii and unrest. It will require years to overcome the wild excesses here,, and In the meantime hproan brings will continue to die w|th t|>eir boots ou, CH^tAifKi; • • are eyerywliere. They frequentlyoo- cu|»y thp trttisi desirable part of a town, paj HfQrbi'HOt rents; and when once »Ji?Q Y'l'l!® ^ Co. hang out their shlngle ^11 else seems to shrink away. What- pver of iy.iqutty thejf cut np |ij gf i\er a)ly among tlieinselwss. They seldom yiolate law. 1 lately conyerf-ed iy|t|| a pronoInent hotel man who ave^etl that although21ri ha'tid Chlnainfn lie \i'A8 obllj^ed ko employ th«o| ||Vh|s i\ftte|, as such white men at ho pould get would get drunk aa often ho cpnlil pot get along with them; (sad c<p|imilit­ ary). Yet one gepd, faithfu) white man will perform aa pinch labor in a stated time as three f.-hlnampf). But ChniAmen work for abept pue-tli|r«1 ot A white biau'a wages, A gi'Ajr V|M(f rat will season a heap pf soup. • * >3* w . - - i /; . INDIAVS • . are plenty. Their reservations in Washington ' errltory cover an>rpa of over l^OOO^jjare miles, jind a portlop of the Slmcoe lands are t|if best In iht Territory. These Indiana cultivate sonte jand, but they Are jljw to con. fprtp'tp the forma andcuptoppot while nien. Tluy boast that no iflil'e JjlooiJ jsras evpf spjlled l^y th®JP« Tl^erjt i i^re hpiyever others herp/ but all (fti qplfl^e the lndj|inj of <jpr t|fe»terii plainf . T|ie|r lacfts reseipble ll| mould­ ed stafo$ pf WlRRer, iM^fi,, tpaster b<4id#r. ?ckj;ert. . 71";1 v. J,otf of |f. ifild.. r<tm#otl$. grA^ri. awiul. A{jtf,^|^g (you bay# a tgst# fojr. fAl) It Vh:>t you |>VeASe, lt!| all here. There are f.|il^te#p |«(Mi.p«pped JieakS* III WoiSliltigtop and Oregon. The high- «f| livtt'neHitgr/ip is Mt. JNIper. 1S|,<100 feet.and the hjgliest Moupt-tin in North ^meripa (|Q p»ile« front Washington Mount ^il. M«pnt A4ams, In WashingtMt'MMiiv rW ^Colnmbla river, Alwifs 'WhtrlHpwbeir, 'eeema t<% bank up AWjBBA^t^^pADS. - Yon wIhi are year niacin* free Iiosm- s t ^ d s ' i w ; t u p i - . s i s ' little} follow ttr^ fblhsirt*# ^ somo similar receipt,yontoMrwin i»,anl pull' tWi "way full flndgeri a«Ml tralnet*: Stay wl^sre ynn have frleu# (Ant the present, settle down In rttfmefemlyH back pasture, dir a hole in afianlt 10x11, If thefe ia ho bank handy hf* hnnt on* w^j nevff mind If it is ont of the way; get',a few poles and legs and rig np tt|* fr«?ni and gabt* epfj* to jrfnp "use home f buy §6 worth of t*t*H $*ards uao them for roofing f «ef » «4lAH half window f kill Jack rAb)>?|^ <|n«ngtt t* settle the lumber aceinptt f^e bloekA for sea la i you ran get along Without % floor ;* loud Are place witt |o; rniso your own vegetables, or g».without; get cheap wheat or barley ami grind It in a oofleo mill to SAM loll, andshonl | a stranger oome y6»tf» arifo an I children can hide in these butliee: woric with all your nitghu Stick to this plan for five yeaia ajeill ^*1 nw1 • ho®5fl^d» ̂ iriftit i|ito.»f.Sn, RjnWor Hood. 4 . " • c0*c£vmmt I have wrJWfn ' ̂ t^».'^ikiitt I think tbe titkJeM «al|s ^Pf pMa farts, f have tr»v#kid In If T«r?|. teries in our Fetleral Unlpn. Have observed ninch of the cotmtry and pen. pie, and it has been sometiasea my lot to bear and enduro hardships. And to witness much suffering. I am not tf the "temlerfoota," and I will say right here I And the new sottlera herw eaoro comfortable than I espseud they oould be. yet there Is «llatreee. Bht I an) like nlnety-llye oae hundret||hi of %() people lately fmaa the Stt^s-rrtnosi emphatlcrtHy dissAtlsffed tg^th countrr. aud it la a query pf dctttht about even Una-eighteenth of tho ear. face of Wanhingiun Tei«Lt»ry ̂ eing lit for agricultural purpM^, th<) «anv home«uadera 'UAve kicMoil^ere out of a qtWI'i- aeet»«»j^gff|§|* «*« l«o cultipa|»d, Peoplo lBotnls l lOa.pleven JO mHtt ' froiB Httracted b$ . a where tisey cm rale* mmks tm straw often 'sella at-U^B tBi1." cnntinuousyHii dill lg»«ttiT Bttdi polp; »u t'lcir p#t ri7C}-, wLueu If fyt lis e^ecptiop a sDapjeful f*!1"1"*- TI1??* ^Me) i# ^ouul Uood, 17.W6 fceu 'tttir \h AJI OfumiKi rnolK », . W^ItT The editor ef the Harvard Ihdepwi* ent wrote, tho Attorney General for an Opinion of tlio law coneeHil«g tins publication of notice*, from ent officials handling-H^ 'pepplea* money, aua WA* fayowd Wl|)| the fal­ lowing frpqi the Attorn OonfftTf, 8TATA OP miNftW, ATT'V IWSSAil^ll) OrsiCK, SprlACtif Id, reH.'fiTwA f DkabSib: | luie fthp hkimr to af»>. knowledge the receipt; pf immJt***r of the 22t| lp*t. In wh|i'4l X*H «»k my opinion whether. ur.de|F t|je la# reqtiir. Ing cortaili tiflieera to ^akeiUHl |mblisb reports at the end uf tsdr fcral yoar^ they shpulf) |pak» An ^fuUied report or a mei-e rmpitHl*tl«« of th»iMHtp»nt4 repel vet] tyjd t'SpjilidetV Tl||^ Mport« are reqt|i|d(] b| ^ Taw appj»M "May 30, 1881, and Mils law prqypct that these officers 'UI^II. at the M^tratloi\ of each t|scal yea^prepary AjttstSBeMt of the amount pf public funds. If any, on hau<( at thf p»ifpmonceHienr of said' 1|sc a I year, tup amonnt of t>nttht fnnda recttiyed. 4nd from what sot;tdk rtc«ly. ed, the Omenta of public fmd# fir petided, and for what purposes expeipj- pd." The law further feqeiirf| jlpi ofacers to swear to tlie.ir itpoftt {|m| ta cause them to be publish^,, ^hp G«i^. eral Assembly had twop>mis|»| || vle^. Iu passing this law. T|)ji m Wq§, in^l the people uriglit Ijtjpif poses money was ftWtl servants, hoiy ipuUi ipr*C IIM^I. (HMi| whence H vaigiu B|»»r tt wacik^MpdpfU for wl^t DiUFpofA it was expended! A»<( t o w h o m ( { . p ; a s p a i f f . I > e s § p u r - po^i was. thu( tlip peop^ !)i||J|t kuo^. Whether tl|*»f ^itbMj: officer* w«>fpkf«t^. ing corr-v>l 1 °F oot. Jftt offlpep. povjld make false eiitr|etin IiI^Imcou' t%. iyirl)Opt t|etectio,n if he w«fi'|eatilre«^ t« PUl»ll>ift iMUfouutu U JUf. This <Ua^l ppev (Ur honesty q( |S|jM|c ofll- eJats (s^ yery imt>ortant«<9 In tl>es« Otiv* of rpi lilss* speculation. M|lt liq'h Pf i li««p ohk^it WoV14 kft destroyed and the l»ir|iMJKtIBo )ny| (rnstrated. if o(flcers nrep JMPMj*1*# make and piililisb oP|Ingtjp*) ?»F- ahrldgetl statement of ^^flS^illl'lp >(o good pur|>ose copld be ̂ eoo^||AlVhyi^ by 90 doing and a law IWfttiUtV'g w^iiM be bi;t a tarpe. exuept tna| In tp.v ODini^q the spirit aa^(n«rnN«A If not th«>Uff pf th» Uw*iPMuilp>* that the pfficcr ibunlOj Ut utaklpk aipfc publishing Ills vftport.ASnt* hpNKo tottfe snip Jhe :VrpO\tnt of fuiiA* " l" longing fp eaj& Mptt ' the be^ilining of j ^ then ^ioti)i| ItSlA partlculfr» A* and troip lf%an pu|T|>ose, trt'ifrljoi tlieamount^lj and «pr *iiat wjyr^ii|l\ iUKignUHMUK jUgim***' BligtsA be MB- soiidatpil ip«dpp fonerai head of mIyf lieiirti ' ' < * 1 V4Ism fh# Inteettlon /«r !k» laf was ej|pb IkMbUe ptUcer AhlHild Ip fQlllWl *f) i»Ake a/#<»4«pn|i« | to i^.o puWN.M^*ir«* bwdneiA t eansastOeil during hie agency, are t hn |)r|Ml|Hlft And merely their age^K PjMitil Eleans devised bf tpf^wa' |y wh^rwby. tb«fi MHi, erlv make t'.ielr goal aott sirwiL. ^ein'et^-ssary tA iftys^ fhi' r<T;iia!!!*s> si to a!! UHiU 0<H \ 'V t III-Ul. Very Truly Tonwu lAMAA MCCAaVMV, Attl ttMlSb Aseen* t\' J*, ' - .. 1

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