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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1882)
126 THE WEST . SHORE. LUMBERING HERE AS SEEN ABROAD, The. ftlnrthmHtfim ) ' umhrmnn nre. scnts its readers with the following picture of lumbering on Puget Sound: The demand for Puget Sound lumber ii rapidly increasing, and the mills are all behind their orders. When a bill is wanted for a very large structure, the stuff has to be ordered several weeks in advance. The capital invested in the lumber business of the Sound dis trict is over $4,000,000. Thcmachin- . A BRIGHT FUTURE. . The hills between Walla Walla and Drv rrpplr fiave npnrlv nil riepn rrmvprh. ed into waving grain fields. Thousands r 1, 1 11 i-v 1 1 oi acres oetween miaaie ury creek ana J"!yf!i883 THE ASSOTIN COUNTRY. There is no part of Washington ntory where a new. settler cau SS down and grow up with the co, ? with greater profit to himself thanS nart of Onrfif-M , CIan that . ' nart of GarfipM v the Touchet are in pram and other i uuj Known at . D nssni n ronntrv 1 1 : . m thousands of acres are being broken ud ductive. with a .i;m '. verJ P'o- . . . second to nnn. preparatory to the sowing of a first " me northwest coast, and a si t crop. Settlers, cabins and improve- ranSe unequalled anywhere. Tim? mentsarenow seen where a vear an,d water 1S to be found almost ev,,!' the badger and cayotehad undisputed Zu L? 0Un,tai- possession. The population of Walla inexhaustible auantihV ,nCmg'in ery used in the mills is of the most WalIa county is raPidIy increasing, market will be right at hand for every modern make, gangs and circulars be- The croP Prspect was never better, " can be produced. In their . . . tu. : .1- ... . giffantic efforts to dpvplr, 1 mg empioyi-d. Trie sawdust is carried """" ",c are mat tne prices of the country the O R m 081 by machinery and emptied into the fur- ofch'ef staples, wool and wheat will be so liberal to the settlers in wh t C' naceasfuel. The waste is burned in as larSe or Iarger than they were last remote localities, that the peonleT miniicnrJiiiliU fir n.. it :.. ts year. The prowlh -If.. r encouraged tn m.L-;.--. . e mill. ThOllph ihi. onnn.l ..f.. .r OUr DCaUtltuI Cltv IS annnrenf nn 11 lcw bnorC months Since thev rnr,D:j.j Tug nqucncnaiiie tire, as it is in Eastern 7 cRrowin ana prosperity of ygea 10 making efforts that but a Though the annual output of 0ur bcautiful city is apparent on all ffw short " month since they considered ugct Sound lumber is iooo.o sides- In every direction can be seen 'e ves ent,rely incapable of. About feet, and the industry has been nros- the shini"& ne roofs of small cotta.es this Assoti , ccuted for quite a number of years, the aroun(l whose doors play hearty and is a town glorying Tn the nle of A? timber already cut can hardly be happ chiIdren. These houses are sotin Cit7 ' ' " mUncd. Several million acres of this Wned their occupants who have The present may be considered to be timber land are ' accessible to Sound COme here to live attracted by the Te fir.st Jason's shipment of grain from waters and the rivers flowing intothem, and Mthfulness of the location hTh7t J" a" abut 3?5 to "! the building of railroads will open a"d the Unities offered to make a This year itTeiwJl Tt uptoacce;ibi,itymiIlion,morc. Imngand a little more. Our me, busheKm be hff re no freshet, about the Sound to chants nerally say that they are doing a.nd the same amount from the Idaho' weep away log, or mills. The tides more busincss n than they were last u ' mfkinZ Ioo'00( bushel8 which will lw. a'?"' Kg"- Ul "' '"l- cr, dull times, but this is , "WJoofbwU, ? ando f Tr"" 1CnthS f 60 t0 tUr" theira"ention from bank, of the river on the Idaho th.m ml 1 1hef,ceof '"ber at .th oney getting of to-day to sej bei"g 8teeP the grain is sent """''o uniform, Wg $l00Q g assurance of the future hJT' r?Wn to the water's edge in a shute. thouMnd for gocl cargo lumber ,S done w "oner it would F'vf.cents per bushel is charged for fm Mcoto,.oof(crdr' , heen better bu tk 1 P 7' haVe SUt,naLcki warehousing aSd ship-' Hrdwool!unifc;rilw ' u , have 7h , be meantime the Pvg' There are some very energetic a thm. Z .',..Wor,h a,Kt $H " g8thered trength and .zens located here, who are do J all ,u iij.oo lorcp(loi-1. i cen OCtter hut Jr. u . ' ""'S nwuiumiug anu emir "rd wood lumber i.w ol , have 7h , be meantime the Pvg' There are some very energetic MhouMnd. The hn-n ,a,X,Ul $25 c? f ,tre"gth ad power 'f1!8 ated here, who are doinf all .r TX. LSS..? '"ding Jch lfe? ammmi i I i "ur ar?e out "years aro k ,. wmiuence it aeserves. n-I.. i. . ' "Si uv senri ni. new mill at Onart rreek. rnilntir 1 Viae lun finlchw) .' 'berintcreu. f c,,,cl,?n- The "Wg to realize th. u.. . ' Ti,. 7'. - "tl-". . I i . . aounil !:.-!. trm ., .l " "y concen. "'atiiinerv is in fin rtinninir nrfler. iui n.,1!..'. " notion ik.i L.- . . m,le m Pre.ent m exoect tn .1. ,. , ,..J ri H'C lct crmw. f .1 I wnile bu Mm. .. viicy oiivi i wuift. Ul juuiuvh ' c aver to eivin " ..'.r hcni- !.r'T.5 UP an nfai!ine and , " The machinerv i, nf flrcf. rlnc make "" .. . o iraue. Toi. .. . nnH i .. . . . , , ... nll ,n -U.UIIK 111 U1C HCJElllwi- Ur.ii. I 1 0 ' m 1 1 :i rm.-i.. wvuu 1 i r.w 1 1. : 1. n y bright Union. almost inexhaustible " - W WMfr. V. .."" ii-t l. . r uiese m, ' vcrv nrnr rr . Zu. "Dro"e".nd the w" iVu'P0: i v a uici -Nntin.i . "hii nil til in i- i. t Jrihe tnefit of f gj; open re employ, ,87.o3o men Much complaint is made by settler' cific railroad wi.r,ln?.N?rtrn P.. coal. I." .V ' ine " """-n.Iumbia because of harsn hoonopoIUu." w ine ine for ThV SeZ5 y .o,1 the Seattle mine, k ' 0,000 tons. dincapacl h"Ve &rfatly in. There is quite a demand for physiciani among the Alaskan canneries. '