go is ooz34 807 9 B University of Michigan - BU HR count * *** …, : ¿* f State of WA y, Seat O 5HINGTON A FEW PERTINENT FACTS CONCERNING The CITY of CHEHALIS COUNTY SEAT OF LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON NATURE’S TREASURE HOUSE OF GREAT NATURAL RESOURCES The HomeSeeker everywhere to whom this booklet may be presented, is earnestly requested to carefully read, and mentally digest, the informa- tion it contains. This folder is issued by authority of the Publicity Depart- ment of the Citizens’ Club of Chehalis, Washington. If any of the matter contained herein proves of interest to the reader and more specific informa- tion on any subject suggested is desired, it will be cheerfully furnished. The Citizens’ Club of Chehalis is organized to promote the welfare of the City of Chehalis and the County of Lewis. It has no hope of reward other than will accrue to the common good of Chehalis and vicinity in the way of increased expansion of the great industrial possibilities, of this section, such as Manufacturing, Farming, Dairying, Fruit Growing, Stock Raising, the Poultry Business and other lines. Hence the following state- ments should receive the consideration from readers which their frankness merits. The Citizens’ Club of Chehalis is not interested in any profit sharing enterprise. It is maintained in the interest of all who may desire to improve their condition by locating in a region rich in natural resources. WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER Modern utilities are already well established in Chehalis. We have numerous church organizations that are well supported. Our schools are excellent. We have pure water, sanitary and storm water sewerage systems, good fire protection, electric lights and power, brick paved business streets, railroads, telephones, free city and rural mail delivery, and all lines of human enterprise. OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL There are opportunities here for thousands who would engage in profitable industries to supply the Pacific Coast and Oriental markets, as well as the local demand. The development of the agricultural resources of the Pacific Northwest has not kept pace with the growth of the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other prosperous centers. As a result many carloads of butter, eggs, provisions and manufactured goods are annually shipped agross the continent to supply the rapidly expanding trade of the Pacific Coast. These necessities can be produced in Western Washington at good profit. Our most urgent need s additional population of dairymen, fruit growers, general farmers, manufacturers and others to develop the abundant natural resources at our command. 201637 THE CITY OF CHEHALIS i . . - ^ ~ 1 #% º, ;:Tá; A--~~~~". * -- - - - - -r --~~~~ 3 - - - - - 4% §§ º º ~ v --~~ <-- * -č, ſº º 2. {4,' .# º | F. Nº * 'ºï lſº £º ';. g tº, -, * * jº. º r - $º $ # , ; º %3 & 3:... 3 * > y !ſſ ºf §§ *MRTÉ àº ſº ſºlill £ºž/ & º 3 * * - \s: º3. . º S. ###sº ſº Ii - Sző ºz_N = @4 º § 2. º-> EE- C -- sell FºrTº ºp-ºº: *FTERFEf º ſº - TIrºn # #. - ====== = . § ######### ‘. . ; ºftº º * ºw - YS r º º: - ; : ºr ºf † º W º º º º - - - ; , . . . ººls ~ * * - - - º:- Es t - - —’ --- ºf i. - ? tº t- cºrry twº-trica or *-- — -º-º- - - ------- - - - -- - † - - ------→es- ----- i --_S :====– --------"T - - ----- - = - - - - -—T-- - - - An Architect’s Sketch Of i The New City Hall and Carnegie Library Now Under Construction in Chehalis, which is to Cost Complete Over $25,000. The Hall is on the Łeft, a Twin Building to the Library On the Right. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON - E. F. A. L. E º - … Sºº * - * * * º º tº * -. A Scene at the Northern Tacific Depot. - - The City of Chehalis Chehalis is located in Southwestern Washing- ton, in the beautiful and fertile valleys of the Che- halis and Newaukum rivers. Its altitude is about 200 feet above the sea level. It is 9.4 miles south of the City of Seattle and 9.1 miles north of Portland, Ore., It is 55 miles from Tacoma. Transportation facilities are most advantageous, the town being on the double tracked route of the three great trans- continental railroad systems, the Northern Pacific, Union Pacific and Great Northern. It has direct competitive connection with all points reached by these lines. The climate is very mild, both in winter and summer, due to the Japan current. Average high temperature 77 degrees, average low temperature 29 degrees, average mean temperature 51 degrees. Favored Location---Its Climate, Transpor- tation Facilities, Soil, Other Advantages. The annual precipitation is about 48 inches, which is about the same as that of many of the Middle Western states and some of those of the East. This is confined principally to the winter season. The entire history of Lewis County, Washington, since the establishment of the Hudson Bay Trading Post, 20 miles southeast of the present City of Chehalis, does not record any blizzards, cyclones or thunder and electric storms. Lewis county is situated in valleys sheltered both to the east and the west by mountain ranges and hills that protect it permanently from ex- tremes of temperature, boisterous winds, lightning and thunder. These facts are well worth the careful consideration of people who now reside where cyclones and sunstrokes occur in spring and THE CITY OF CHEHALIS Two Scenes on Pennsylvania Avenue, One of Che- halis' Fine Residence Streets. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON The Chehalis Lumber Company Plant. summer, and snow and blizzards prevail in win- ter. Especially to young people who have long lives in prospect, should this land of mild climate and rich resources appeal. The mild Western Washington winters account in a large measure for the gigantic fir and cedar trees in our forests, and the marvelous growth of all vegetables, flowers and fruits. The roots of shrubs, fruit trees, and berry canes make a continuous growth all winter, storing up plant food for the following season of foliage, blossoms and fruitage. Cheap fuel is an advantage and an inducement to settlement anywhere. Chehalis has cheap fuel for the Homeseeker. Slabs and mill clippings are delivered at residences for domestic fuel at $1.75 per solid cord. Four-foot body fir wood is sold at $3.50 per solid cord. LEWIS COUNTY'S COAL FIELI)s. Lignite coal is mined daily within the city limits of the City of Chehalis. Within a mile of the Chehalis postoffice are coal mines with a daily capacity of 200 tons. This lump lignite coal is delivered at residences for domestic uses at $3.50 per ton. For manufacturers good lignite steam fuel is sold and delivered at the factory at $2.00 per ton. Development of the coal fields of Lewis County is in its infancy. From almost every section of the county come reports of the discoveries of veins of coal. This coal varies in quality from low grade lignite to anthracite. We have splendid bituminous coal, but the latter and the anthracite are as yet undeveloped, owing to lack of transpor- tation. The anthracite is in the Cascade Mountains in the neighborhood of Cowlitz Pass. The North Coast railroad, possibly the Milwaukee, and the Tacoma & Eastern give earliest promise of tapping this field. A few years since the Federal Government con- ducted a series of tests to determine the relative merits of samples of coal from the various mines Making a Macadamized Residence Street in Chehalis. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS Three Scenes at Chehalis Coal Company’s Mine. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON ºr tº Millett Field. One of the Fastest Athletic Grounds in the Northwest. . of Washington. The purpose was to secure coal that would answer the requirements for steaming purposes for the navy. In that test coal submitted from a mine that has been discovered near Morton, 40 miles east of Chehalis, gave the most satis- factory test of any sample submitted from any of the mines of the state. At Cinebar, 27 miles east of Chehalis, thous- ands of dollars have been spent developing a coal mine that assays in quality within 1212 per cent of the famous Cardiff coal. - SOIL. Very fertile; valley and hill land raising ex- cellent fruits, such as apples, pears, plums, cherries and berries, which are unsurpassed. Potatoes and all root crops make heavy yields. Oats, barley and all grasses grow luxuriantly, affording ideal con- ditions for dairying, the poultry business and other lines of farming. These find ever ready markets for their products. Yet is there still room on Lewis County's two million acres for thousands more of dairy farms and for thousands to engage successfully in the poultry business. Our soils are adapted particularly to the grow- ing of wheat, oats, barley, hops, flax, the clovers, vetch, timothy, orchard grass, the root crops, in- cluding potatoes, vegetables of all kinds, and a variety of fruits such as but few sections can pro- duce. The largest hop yards in Washington are located in Lewis County. With advantages of fertile soil and copious rainfall, immense crops can be and are raised with less labor than needs to be expended on much smaller crºps in other lo- calities. Thousands of acres are under cultivation, the improved acreage, as returned to the County Assessor being 47,059.36 acres. There are several kinds of soil in the 25.93 East Side School House. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS ſº - - - - - - - " . | | - - Methodist, Baptist and Catholic Churches. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON T - - - | ºf º º Interior View of Bank of Coffman, Dobson & Com- pany, Bankers, Chehalis. square miles of Lewis County's area. Near the rivers the valleys are sandy loam; on the uplands and hills a fertile clay loam; in the eastern part of the county, approaching the mountains, the soil is a volcanic ash, very fertile. There are a few valleys in the western part of the county that are known as beaver dam lands, which are considered very desirable. In the extreme northwestern part of the county are gravelly lands. We realize that general claims of genial climate and fertile soil are not sufficiently explicit for prospective homeseekers and investors. We have sought to anticipate the questions that will arise in the minds of strangers to Southwestern Washing- ton by collecting reliable data on these subjects from actual experiences of well known citizens. More definite information will be furnished on request. More LAND is exper the elow : iN Lewis county THAN IN ANY : OTHER COUNTY IN westERN WASH- ? INGTON. : The reputation of Lewis as the greatest agri- cultural county of Western Washington is firmly established. This fact is well known to the people of the state. The effect is to hasten the further development of our great agricultural possibilities, which, despite the start that has already been made, is still in its infancy in comparison to what it will some day be. No other county in the Pacific Northwest can compare with Lewis in the extent and variety of its natural resources. To the man who would enagage in general farming, dairying, THE CITY OF CHEHALIS Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episcopal Churches. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON It iſ iſ º - gº-ºh" as - º || = - St. Helens Hospital. fruit culture, the poultry business, stock raising and other lines of farm work, we offer a most inviting field. Lands may be purchased at much lower prices in Lewis County than in almost any other portion of Western Washington. So patent is this fact, and the further fact of the excellence of our soil to all who have investigated the sub- ject of land values, that the claim is made without fear of successful contradiction that • LAND IS CHEAPER IN LEWIS COUNTY : AND JUST AS GOOI). - - EXCELLENT TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. The Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, and the Great Northern companies have joint ownership in a railroad that is now being double tracked through the City of Chehalis from Seattle to Port- land. All passenger and freight train service of these three transcontinental lines, as well as that of the newly constructed Milwaukee system, is available to the citizens of Chehalis, either direct or by close connection. Two branch lines extend from here to the deep water harbors on the Pacific Ocean to the west of us. One leads directly to the thriving cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam on Gray's Harbor, 5.8 miles distant to the northwest of Chehalis; the other extending in a westerly direction to the growing cities of Raymond and South Bend on Willapa Harbor, 5.6 miles distant. Into the rich eastern portion heretofore without a railroad of any kind, the Tacoma & Eastern has been extended and will shortly have a con- siderable mileage added to it. The cities and towns of Lewis County, which enjoy the benefits of direct service over the main line of the Northern Pacific, in their order from north to south are Centralia, Chehalis, Napavine, Evaline, Winlock, Little Falls. On the Chehalis & South Bend branch in order, to the westward, are the follow- ing: Littell, Adna, Ceres, Meskill, Dryad, Pe Ell, Doty McCormick. On the Tacoma & Eastern in Lewis County, the first town touched is Mineral, then following in turn, East Creek Junction, Ladd, and Glenavon, the present terminus. Toledo, on the Cowlitz river, in southern Lewis County, 22 miles southeast of Chehalis, enjoys the distinction of being the only city in this county that has direct water transportation, having THE CITY OF CHEHALIS ºnºs º, BR!CKºl ILE Co., - . Chehalis Brick and Tile Company Yard, and the Coal Creek Lumber Company Mill. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON The Chehalis Furniture & Manufacturing Company Plant. a boat service to Portland and all points on the Columbia. Out of Chehalis up the Coal Creek valley a logging and coal road is operated daily. Steam railroads extend out of Napavine, Winlock, Littell. Adna, Dryad, Doty, Pe Ell and McCormick, from various sawmills that are cutting their own timber and reaching out after tributary timber. INTERURBAN ELECTRIC LINE. At this writing, August, 1909, the Twin City Light & Traction Company has franchises in Chehalis and Centralia for local street car service Right of way is being cleared for a line con- necting the Twin Cities of Lewis County. Ties and steel are now on the ground and the work of grading the roadbed has begun. This road is ex- pected to soon connect the homes of 13,000 people in the Twin Cities. ---------------------------------------------------------------- - LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, IS IN A CLASS BY ITSELF. ------------------------------------------------------------- : : Lewis County, Washington, stands without an equal in the entire United States in the variety and extent of its natural resources. What is needed most in Lewis County today is more men and more money to develop what Nature has so kindly given us, to make this one of the most thickly populated and wealthy sections of the entire world. ITS WAST WEALTH OF TIMBER. The western boundary of Lewis County, in the foothills of the Coast range, is within 26 miles of the Pacific shores of Willapa Harbor. Lewis County extends thence eastward in a parallelogram over 26 miles wide into the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains, being 96 miles from east to west, and containing 2593 square miles and up- wards. In 1907-8 the Lewis County Commissioners A Flock of Sheep Near Chehalis. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS º - -- -- The Chehalis Fir Door Company and Palmer Lumber & Mfg. Company Plants at Chehalis. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Caused a cruise to be made of the merchantable Standing timber in the county measuring 16 inches in diameter and upwards. A total of 18,298,126,- 000 feet of timber was listed for taxation. Besides this taxable standing timber there are billions of feet more of saw timber on school lands and within the forest reserves in Lewis County that are not taxable, sufficient to run the grand total of the COunty’s timber resources up to more than 20 billion feet. INDUCEMENTS TO THE HOMESEEREIR. Lewis County offers much to the desirable new Citizen. It wants the small investor. The man With limited capital can do well here. Lewis County is a land of almost limitless resources. County with a determination to win will succeed. What more can be desired for attractive homes, for the sons and daughters of men during their childhood, youth and old age than a mild climate, pure water and air, fertile soil and Opportunity in almost any direction that one might desire? A MANUEACTURING CENTER. Chehalis has the greatest number and variety of manufacturing plants of any city Of its size in the Pacific Northwest. On another page will be found a complete list Of these. The inducements that have resulted in the location of these various factories at Chehalis and their continued success should and will lead to the building of still Other manufacturing plants at this place. Chehalis’ New High School, Now Under Construction. Cost $40,000. The railroad Companies Offer very low rates to those who desire to visit this section Of the Country and look it over with a view of making a home with us. Chehalis is the commercial metropolis of a com- paratively new Country, but it has long since ceased to be a frontier city. The City of Chehalis and the surrounding lands offer exceptional oppor- tunities because the present population is small in proportion to the resources at hand. These re- sources only await the coming of the right man to yield rich rewards. To develop any kind of profitable business capital is necessary. The ad. vantages of cheap lands, building material and power are greater than in the east. The men who come to Chehalis and Lewis MORE FACTORIES ARE WANTED. Chehalis is in the field with a cordial invitation to any One who is seeking a location for a manu- facturing plant of any kind to investigate the Situation here before locating elsewhere. We have the very great advantage of cheap fuel to offer, and cheap power. We have splendid shipping facilities. The Citizens’ Club is especially desirous of securing the location at Chehalis of factories to engage in the following lines: All kinds Of WOOdworking plants, such as more furniture factories; a plant to make split wood pulleys; a broom handle factory; chair factories; factories to make curtain rollers, ladders, fruit and berry boxes, excelsior, wood pulp paper, wood novelties, toys, etc.; factories to develop still further our THE CITY OF CHEHALIS Group of Chehalis Dwellings. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Group of Chehalls Dwellings. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS - - º - -- ºn -- - - The Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company's Plant at Chehalis. great clay resources, especially pressed brick, vitrified paving brick and pottery works. We want a glove factory, tanneries, a fruit and vegetable cannery, a broom factory, stove works, a flax fiber factory—in short, any kind of a manufactur- ing concern that will employ labor and help to develop the natural resources at our command. WHAT CHEHALIS HAS AT THIS TIME. Chehalis is the County Seat of Lewis County. Its population is approximately 5500 people. The State Training School for boys and girls is located at Chehalis. The town is the center of the finest system of public highways to be found in any county in Western Washington. In August, 1909, the State Highway Commission located one of its four convict rock crushing quarries and camps 12 miles west of Chehalis, and as a result road build- ing is expected to receive an impetus that will result in the macadamizing of many miles more of the roads of this section of the state. Practically all lines of business and the various professions are represented in Chehalis at this time, but a summary of the various institutions, establishments, etc., will be of interest: Eight Churches, all with resident pastors, as follows: Methodist, Catholic, Baptist, Presby- terian, Christian, Evangelical Lutheran, Episcopal, and Missionary Alliance; two Hospitals. Splendid Public School System. A $40,000 High School under construction. Four years' course in the High School, which is on the accredited list of the University of Washington and the State College. There are two fine grade school build- ings. Teachers employed, 24; pupils, 1062. In addition to public schools, Holy Rosary Academy. Three strong banks, those of Coffman, Dobson & Co., Bankers; Security State Bank; Chehalis National Bank. Deposits $1,400,000, greater than the combined deposits of all other banks in Lewis County combined, and said to be greater than the LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON The State Training School. deposits of any other city of its population west of the Rocky Mountains. Postal Receipts, Year July 31, 1909, $14,045.17. Five hotels. Rates from $1 to $2.50. Finest hotel service between Tacoma and Portland. Two billiard and pool rooms; 6 restaurants with meals at 25 cents and up; 4 modern, well stocked drug stores; 3 modern, well stocked book stores; 8 real estate and insurance firms; 3 dry goods stores with large stocks; 2 jewelry stores; 2 de- partment stores; 3 hardware stores with furniture, etc., heavily stocked; 2 hardware and implement stores; 1 undertaker; 2 harness and saddlery shops; 2 second hand stores; 2 notion stores; 3 pho- tographers; 7 large grocery stores; 11 saloons; 2 bakeries; 3 millineries; 3 confectionery, fruits and cigars; 6 contracting carpenters and con- struction companies; 1 garage, 38 automobiles; 5 blacksmith and repairs shops; 5 livery stables, large barns, well stocked; 2 bicycle and automobile repair shops; 6 barber shops; 3 merchant tailors; 2 shoe stores; 4 meat markets; 2 clothing stores. There are two excellent newspapers, the Che- halis Bee-Nugget and the Lewis County Advocate, sample copies of which will be mailed free on application. These papers have fully equipped, up-to-date job printing offices in connection. All the leading fraternal societies are repre- sented. - Public Utilities: A Free Public Library; Modern New City Hall; Pure Mountain Water; Fire Pro- tection by Paid Fire Department; Sewerage Sys- tem, both Sanitary and Storm Water; Electric Lights and Power; Up-to-Date Telephone Exchange, both Home, Rural and Long Distance; Millett Field, Donated by the late Daniel C. Millett, the Finest Athletic Field in the Northwest; United Wireless, Western Union and Postal Telegraph Offices; Free Mail Delivery, both City and Rural, with Star Route serving 20 eastern Lewis County Postoffices. The Garbe Block. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS Streets: Business streets paved, 58 feet be- tween curbs, with vitrified brick, with cement sidewalks 16 feet wide. Residence streets in many portions macadamized and more work under way. Business Houses: Numerous up-to-date brick blocks, with others under construction. Splendid opportunities for erection of still others as an in- vestment, safe and sound. Manufacturing Plants: Chehalis Furniture & Manufacturing Co., employs 150 people; Chehalis Fir Door Co., employs 100, and has a daily capacity of more than 1000 fir doors; Pacific Coast Con- densed Milk Co., employs from 50 to 100, ac- cording to season, capacity unlimited, pays Lewis County diary men a quarter of a million dollars annually for whole milk; Palmer Lumber & Manu- facturing Co., fir gutters, columns, moldings, etc., employs 35 men; Coal Creek Lumber Co., em- ploys 100 men at its sawmill and in the woods; Chehalis Lumber & Shingle Co.; Chehalis Shingle Co., and other saw mills directly tributary to Chehalis aggregate 350,000 feet of lumber and 200,000 shingles daily; Chehalis Brick & Tile Co.; Chehalis Coal Co.; Superior Coal Co.; Twin City Light & Traction Co.; Chehalis Mattress Fac- tory; Chehalis Ice Co.; Chehalis Produce Co., feed mill; 2 Machine Shops and Foundries; Steam Laundry; 2 Cigar Factories; 2 Marble Works; 2 Cement Block Factories; The Chehalis Creamery, fine butter and ice cream; in the aggregate em- ploying a large number of people, making the total MONTHLY PAYROLL OF CHEHALIS INDUSTRIES ABOUT $40,000 Cutting a Cedar Tree in Lewis County. A Large Fir Tree in Lewis County. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON POSSIBILITIES OF LOGGED-OFF LANDS---HOW TO CLEAR THEM In Western Washington, the term logged-off lands is commonly used to describe timbered lands from which only the merchantable saw logs have been removed by the lumbermen. Defective trees, and all trees under one foot in diameter, are left standing. With numerous stumps, tree tops, windfalls, and partly decayed logs and undergrowth, such lands are sold from five dollars to twenty-five dollars per acre, depending on their location and other conditions. Some hill lands, remote from railway stations or main highways, are sold at five dollars per acre. Good hill lands from three to seven miles from railway, at ten dollars per acre. Logged-off valley lands, similarly located, sell for from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per acre. Logged-off lands can be slashed and burned over, and sowed to grass seed, which grows readily and makes good pastures. Fields from which all but the stumps have been removed, are classed as half cleared lands and from such fields, good root crops, grains and grasses are produced. Young orchards of apples, pears, plums, cherries, and English walnuts grow rapidly and thrive well. The present selling prices of such lands, vary greatly, according to location and nearness to railroad or main highways. Logged-off hill lands are offered as low as $5.00 per acre, by lumbermen who have cut off and re- moved the saw timber. The hill lands in Lewis County are fertile also, to a degree that many people would hardly believe. Lewis County ex- hibits at the A.-Y.-P. Exposition show samples of hay, grain, fruits, and other products that were grown on the uplands of Lewis County. The quality is unexcelled by even that of the valley lands. Logged-off valley lands sell from $15.00 to $25.00 per acre, according to location and the ex- tent of the burning done on them. A Hunting Scene in Lewis County. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS A Lewis County Logging Scene. The point we would make is that aside from the rocky, mountainous portions, the extent of which is, comparatively speaking, limited, Lewis County has an immense acreage of both valley and hill lands that are entirely suitable for agricultural purposes. AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES. A special agent of the Department of Agriculture has just completed a report indicating that but one-twentieth of the land of Western Washington is at present being cultivated and utilized. Less than half a million acres of the total of nearly ten million acres of this western humid section of the state is shown, by the special report, to be occu- pied as farming land. This cultivated section is roughly divided into prairie, diked, and logged-off land. Because of the mildness of the climate of this section over much of which snow is scarcely ever known, and the productivity of the soil, the larger part of this open land of Western Washing- ton in its rough state is classed as timber land. The timber of the five million acres of timber land is of more or less commercial value. The great promise of this section is in the fact that the land has been proved to be of great agricultural value after the timber has been removed. To the five million acres as in the same class, would be added the two and a half million acres of logged-off land of this western part of the state. The chief reason why this amount of land of Western Washington is year after year allowed to be classed among the waste land is the cost of clearing. Up to the present time the pressure of population has not been great enough to force the newcomer onto these open timbered lands, even though the land becomes very valuable when cleared, and the clear- ing of the land is no more of a task than was the clearing of the lands of the Middle Western States LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON in an earlier day. Certainly as long as these vast tracts are open and uncultivated in the West, this section of the United States has great promise for the homeseeker who is willing to do as his fore- fathers did in the Middle West—carve out a home in the wilderness. The difference is that this open land could not be classed as a wilderness, much of it being within easy reach of, and even in sight of, the larger cities of Western Washington. There is no longer any necessity for proving that these lands are valuable for fruit and vegetable tracts and worth the clearing even as grain tracts-this fact was proved half a century ago. ONE METHOD OF CLEARING. Charcoaling or pitting stumps, as it is called, is a method of burning out stumps that has been little used, but where tried has proved very ef- ficient. The bark should be removed from the stumps in the spring or early summer to allow the outside of the stump to become thoroughly dry. Often it is well to dig a trench around, or to level the ground near the stump; then a ring of wood is stood or piled closely about the stump to a height of two feet and one foot thick. Dry rotten wood or bark such as is found in abundance on any new land will answer the purpose. This is then com- pletely covered with sod to a depth of several inches, except a small space on the side the wind is blowing against. Where no sod is to be found, the wood can first be covered with a layer of bark, small brush, or ferns to keep the loose earth from sifting through. Fine kindling is placed in the open space and fire started and allowed to burn openly until the ring of wood is well afire; then a piece of bark or a bunch of ferns or grass is thrown over the hole and the sod covering com- pleted. The stump must now be closely watched and the fire not allowed to burn through the cover- ing, more sod being added as needed. The whole secret of burning the stump completely is to keep the covering intact. If the roots are kept well covered and are re-covered as soon as the earth caves, exposing them to the air, they will burn out completely. This method is very economical for large stumps. Small stumps can be grubbed or pulled out to Fruit Grown Near Chehalis. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS Upper View—Scene at Fountain in Chehalis. Lower View—A Typical Coach Horse. better advantage. After ten days it will be found The disadvantage of using this method is the that the stumps require very little attention. time it takes, as it requires several weeks for a The cost of this method of removing stumps is large stump to burn out completely. said to be $2 each. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON A FEW WORDS OF INTEREST We are sending you this personal invitation to visit us and for yourself investigate the natural and acquired resources of the City of Chehalis, as the Manufacturing and Commercial Metropolis of Southwestern Washington. We believe that such an investigation carefully made will convince you that the City of Chehalis and Lewis County Tributary to it present rare opportunities for Homeseekers who will apply intelligent methods and industrious efforts, to converting our natural resources into coin, comfort and competency. We want others to enjoy our advantages. We believe that all who will locate here and share in developing Lewis County's resources will become enthusiasts as to its climate, its soil, its progressive TO PROSPECTIVE HOMESEEKERS people, and its unequalled opportunities, for build- ing up a commonwealth of prosperous homes of a contented people; and contentment is the key to happiness. If anything within these pages has attracted your interest particularly and you wish more definite information, address a letter to Secretary Citizens' Club, Chehalis, Wash., who will be pleased to give you courteous reply. Very respectfully, THE PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT, Citizens' Club of Chehalis, Washington. Room 410, Columbus Block, 11.1 2 Boist fort Street. August, 1909. Chehalis Avenue Scene. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS The First Courthouse Erected in Washington and Mrs. Matilda Jackson, Whose Husband Erected It. One of the most in- teresting historic relics of Lewis County is the old courthouse, located on Jackson Prairie, 12 miles southeast of Che- halis. The Jackson Prairie courthouse was the first one erected in Washington. It was built in 1851, in one week's time. The old courthouse was built by John R. Jackson, who was a Lewis County pioneer of 1848. Along this road the soldiers of the early days used to pass regularly. U. S. Grant, Phil Sheridan and George B. McClellan, then young lieutenants in the army, and who were stationed in this territory, used to make the old Jackson home The Present Lewis County Courthouse. their stopping place. LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON º Sºlº spºt FROM THIS Stump - º º º -- A Pretty Sylvan Scene Near Chehalis. The McKinley Stump, Chehalis. An Important Lewis County Animal. Old Commercial State Bank Building. THE CITY OF CHEHALIS St. Helens Hotel. ERSKINE R. MERRELL Secretary and Manager Publicity Department Citizens’ Club of Chehalis. 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Ş. s' l, 2^*. - .S. § § $ | ^ cº'. ...” 2 -: | § †- ſº | , ; | * § corra./zz ſ ~~~ : • . . . * A\|^* Latvia 3,4- | * - | seabºaaza co - | ~. - * / CZ. AAPA'ſ A: | %, . 2.22:- ČCº. { \ | avºc O ****** *— - /* C) Nî º Pos-rl ANDº e -- a cº- © P. ; i ſ Chehalis is Located Half Way Between Portland and Seattle. VEGETABLES GROWN NEAR CHEHALIS. The mild climate, combined with fertile soils and long growing seasons, produces wonderful growths of flowers, fruits and vegetables. From the first of May until the middle of November, Roses are continuously in bloom. The Citizens' Club has photographs of Marrowfat Peavines 10 feet and 4 inches high, well filled with pods; samples of which were sent to the A-Y.-P. Exposition. Also a stool of oats 71 inches high well headed. These peas were grown on trellis in the garden of B. A. Bartholomew, in the City of Chehalis in July, 1909. Chehalis soil grows Queen Anne and Black Republican Cherries larger in diameter than silver quarter dollars. Mr. Wm. West, Mayor of the City of Chehalis, sent to the A.-Y.-P. Exposition, an exhibit of 1909 crop of Peaches from a tree in his yard which has borne fruit for thirty successive years. Lewis County Strawberries, Gooseberries, Raspberries and Blackberries beat the world for size and fine flavor, and Apples, Plums, Pears and Quinces are unsurpassed. All garden truck and Potatoes, Parsnips, Carrots, Squashes Onions, Cabbage and Cauliflowers grow to perfection and of excellent quality. The United States Department of Agriculture tested samples of Flax from all growers in the United States and issued a bulletin reporting that the Flax grown in Lewis County, Washington, was the best. One ton of this Lewis County Flax was sent to, Belfast Ireland, and manufactured into linen of the finest quality. Beautiful Mt. St. Helens, 9,750 feet high; is situated in Skamania County, just over the border of Lewis County. It's perpetually snow-clad summit is visible from Chehalis. At the foot of this mountain nestles beautiful Spirit Lake, its history rich in Indian legend. This body of water is about 4 miles long and from 1 to 4 miles wide. Fine fishing makes it a delight- ful camping place, and dur- ing the summers hundreds of people spend their vaca- tion along the shores of the lake, and in the region of Mt. St. Helens. The whole forms one of Washington's most famous beauty spots. Compiled and Edited by The PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT of THE CITIZENS CLUB Chehalis, Washington. Chehalis Bee-Nugget Print ſiliii. 3 9015 070252559 *he Bee-Nugget Publishing Co. Chehalis, Wash.