Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . ng is located on the line of theNorthern Pacific railway. It is the centerof big lumber and logging operations andenjoys a prosperous and growing is located in the rich Nooksackvalley on the line of the Northern Pacificrailway. It is a village of about 300 people,surrounded by a splendid agricultural andtimber district. There are many fine farms,dairy ranches and orchards in the is located in the extreme north-western section of the county. The popula-tion, about 250, rely upon steamboats fortranspor
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . ng is located on the line of theNorthern Pacific railway. It is the centerof big lumber and logging operations andenjoys a prosperous and growing is located in the rich Nooksackvalley on the line of the Northern Pacificrailway. It is a village of about 300 people,surrounded by a splendid agricultural andtimber district. There are many fine farms,dairy ranches and orchards in the is located in the extreme north-western section of the county. The popula-tion, about 250, rely upon steamboats fortransportation facilities. Salmon canning,the cultivation of oysters and the manufac-ture of shingles make up the industries ofthe community. Clipper, a town of about 200population, is largely a logging and lumbercenter. It is surrounded, however, by alarge district suitable for dairying and gen-eral farming. Lawrence, with 250 people, islocated in the famous Nooksack valley, onthe Northern Pacific railway. The soil ofthe surrounding district is extremely SALMON FISHERS, SAN JUAN ISLANDS 1 Gill-netters awaiting their turn to cast their nets where the salmon run, 2 Brailing traps on salmon banks. 3 Sockeve salmon on the floor of a cannery. 4 Storeroom with 200,000 cans of salmon ready to be cased. CHAPTER EIGHT. SAN JUAN AND ISLAND COUNTIES. San Juan County is a group of islands ly-ing between the waters of the Straits ofFuca and the Gulf of Georgia. It has about200 square miles of territory and 4,000 peo-ple. There are three large islands and sev-eral smaller ones. The islands have soiland timber not different from the timber in the forests, clay loams inthe bottom lands, shot clay on the hillsides,ledges of lime rock and other minerals andgreat shoals of fish in the waters are thefoundations for prosperity for the citizensof the county. Wheat, oats, barley, pota-toes and hay yield large crops. Dairying,poultry-raising and fruit-growing are profit-a
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