Stanwood is a town of about 800 people, on the Sound and railway, in the northwestern part of the county.  It is a center of farming interests and lumber industries.

Arlington is a mining and lumbering town on the Northern Pacific railway, well up toward the mountains.  It has a population of 2,000 and is growing.

Monroe is a town of 2,400 people, on the line of the Great Northern railway, in the center of a large farming and milling industry.

Edmonds, a town of 2,000 people, is on the Sound and Great Northern railway, near the King county line; chiefly engaged in sawing lumber and making shingles.

Sultan, granite falls, gold Bar, Darrington, and Monte Cristo are all centers of mining and other industries.

Marysville, Mukilteo, Silvana, Getchell, and Pilchuck are centers of lumbering and farming.

SPOKANE COUNTY

Spokane county lies in the extreme eastern section of the state.  The area of the county is 1,680 square miles.

Transportation.

The transportation facilities are the best of the Inland Pacific Northwest.  Three transcontinental railroads—­the Northern Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and Great Northern—­traverse the County from east to west; a fourth transcontinental line, the Oregon Railway & Navigation company, enters from the southwest, and a fifth transcontinental road, the Spokane International (C.  P. R.), enters [Page 82] the county from the northeast and terminates at Spokane.  The Spokane Falls & Northern extends north into British Columbia and to Republic and Oroville, Wash.  Electric trolley lines connect Spokane with the outlying towns in every direction.  The total railway mileage in the county is approximately 429 miles.

Topography and industries.

The northern portion of the county is somewhat mountainous, and is covered with a fine growth of pine and tamarack timber; much of this section is suitable for agriculture, while all is adapted to grazing.  The central part of the county is rolling and is traversed by the Spokane river; the central section to the west of the city of Spokane is fine agricultural land, while to the east of Spokane is the Spokane valley, which is rapidly being brought into a high state of cultivation by means of irrigation.  There are about 40,000 acres in this valley capable of irrigation; 3,000 acres are now irrigated and under cultivation.  The southern portion of the county is rolling, and comprises some of the finest agricultural land in the state.  Large areas of this section are utilized for wheat-raising, while here are grown the finest sugar beets in the world.

Lumbering is a considerable industry, while stock-raising and dairying are also extensively engaged in.  Over 1,000,000 bushels of wheat are grown annually.  The flour mills of the county have a combined capacity of 3,600 barrels daily.