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Show 66 ·IMMIGRANTS' AND SETTLERS' GUIDE WASHINGTON TERRITORY. Area, 69,994 Square Miles; Acres, 44/790,460-Population, 17,000- Capital, Olympia. GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION .AND BOUNDARIES. Washington Territory comprises our extreme North, Western possessions, lying between latitudes 46 and 49 and west of the 11 7th me.ridian. It is bounded on th~ north by the British Possessions, on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the south b]t Oregon, and on the east by Idaho. . ~he Casc~de. Mou!ltains, running north and south, divide the 'I er1?tory Into two rather unequal divisions, ~nown respectively as the Eastern and Western Di visions. As these two sections differ essentially in their chara~ ter and capacity for settlement I shall best meet the ObJect I have in view in trea~ing ~f them separately. THE WESTERN DIVISION. That port!on lying west of the mountains embraces abou~ one-third of the. ent.ire area of the Territory. It Is gen~rally ~e!l'vlly timbered, containing, however, s~veral fertile prairies, a portion of which are now occupied by settlers. The climate of this section is mild. The s.easons are divided into the wet and dry corre- A spondi?g to the winter and summer seasons 'of the tlant1c States. ~II the grains, vegetables, and fruits grown in the latitude of Pennsylvania are raised with success in this TO THE NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES. 67 section ; while as a lumbering country its adva?tag~s are unsurpassed. The principal settlemen ~s a~·e In this section of the Territory, along the Columbia R1ver, and on Puget Sound. THE EASTERN DIVISION. The Eastern Section, with the exception of a few small valleys, is entirely uninha'?ited. . It is, for the most part, a prairie country, and timber, In consequence, is scarce in most places. The summers are warmer than they are in the Western Section, and the winters somewhat colder and much dryer. The valleys ar~ gene~ally very productive .. The soil.of t~e table-lands IS too hght and dry for ordinary cu)tryat1on, but afford~ excellent grazing. Its close proximity to the. gold mines of the Upper Columbia in Washington r_r:erritory, and to those in Eastern Oregon and Idaho, ~h1ch afford a~ excellent market for its products, make It a ':ery d~s1rable location for the farmer. Altogether, this section prese~ts inducements to the settler unsurpassed by any portion of the Pacific coast. MARKETS-COST OF LIVING, W .A.GES, ETC. The following prices of farm products in gold have been obtained in this section for the last three years : Wheat, s cents per lb. \Potatoes, 1 t cents per lb. Oats, 4 cents per lb. Onions, 8 cents per lb. Barley, 3 cents per lb. Beef, 6 cents on foot. Corn, 2 cents per lb. Mutton, 12 cents on foot. The price of living, on the whole, may be said to be somewhat hio-her than in the States, even at the present time of rapid0 and excess1• ve a d vance. W acres for farm bands range from $50 to $55 per month::> the year round. During harvest from $4 to $5 per day are paid to good bands. It would not, however, be far from the truth to say |