Products.

All kinds of temperate zone fruits mature here in wonderful perfection and abundance.  The valleys run with water from the mountains to irrigate the lands, and furnish vast power, much of it undeveloped.  Hills in the western part of the county are timbered and all the vacant lands are grass covered.  Over 1,000,000 fruit trees have been planted in the last three years in the county.

The mountain foothills are full of mineral veins of copper, gold, silver, lead and molybdonite.  Some have been producing for twenty years.  Trout in the streams and game on the hills add to its attractiveness.

Principal cities and towns.

Wenatchee is the county seat and largest town, having about 3,500 people.  It is located on the Columbia river near where the Great Northern railway crosses it.  It is the chief distributing center for the county and much other territory, chiefly north of it.

Leavenworth, westward of Wenatchee, and also on the railroad, has a population of 1,200 and is a division point.

Chelan, at the foot of Lake Chelan, has about 700 people.

Cashmere, on the railroad, is of about equal size.

Lakeside, Peshastin and Entiat are smaller towns, all thriving and growing.

CLALLAM COUNTY

Clallam county occupies 2,000 square miles of the northwestern part of the Olympic peninsula, having 35 miles of shore land on the Pacific and 90 miles on the straits.  The Olympic mountains and foothills cover the southern half mostly, while the northern half is made up of lower hills and valleys.  Several large lakes nestle among the mountains; one of them, Lake Crescent, is a famous summer resort.  Lake Crescent is known as the home of the celebrated Beardslee trout.  The eastern and southern parts have a rainfall sometimes nearing 100 inches annually, while in the eastern northerly part it is about 20 to 25 inches only.

An important section of the county is that known as Sequim Prairie This is a level district of about 5,000 acres, located three miles back from Port Williams.  Most of it is under irrigation, and the soil thus treated produces marvelous crops.

[Page 52] resources.

Lumber, fish, agricultural products and coal comprise its chief resources.  The timber of the county is very vast and very little exploited.  Its proximity to the ocean makes it very advantageous for all fishing industries.  Its valleys are noted for the fertility of their soils, and many a farmer has grown wealthy from their cultivation.

Transportation.

Facilities for getting about are limited to boats and wagons.  A splendid boat service is maintained with Seattle and other Sound ports, and a system of public roads is now in process of construction that will be unexcelled in the state.  Several surveying parties are now in the woods and it is believed that Grays Harbor and the Straits of Juan de Fuca will be soon united with railroad iron and Clallam county will come to its own.