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Show t! A,', ThevEVERGREEN STTE V .., CANADA vV -W-7 rv Jf Q$& mTw ) Wff c -vtgf- U j A NATIONAL Far vbrN , r -i ' n tf &s h vmKWi O sawmills ru.t i aium I J S BONNEVILLE Jz&hf By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Feature. HprlE Oregon country, including the most northwesterly portion of all, the present state of Washington, Wash-ington, was the unwanted and all-but-forgotten land of a little more than a century ago. Back East they felt that the Rocky mountains were the natural western boundary of the United States and refused to vote one cent for the development of a region so far away. There had been two wars with the British; why chance a ' third? Let the British have it. The United States had all the land it needed. I But those thousands of pioneers I who had urged their oxen along the i Oregon trail and crawled over the ! mountains thought differently. They I had found a good land, rich in beauty and vitality, where the mountains and forests came down to meet the Pacific ocean. The Brit-; Brit-; ish wanted the country merely for i trade with the Indians. The pioneers , i wanted it for their homes, their j I farms, their ranches, their dream , cities. And they wanted it to be a ! part of the United States. I They had traveled hundreds of wary miles, fighting Indians along i I the way, burying loved ones in un- j marked graves. And now they had ; cleared their land, built houses, j planted crops, and knew they had found an area with resources so vast j and varied that even they were be-wildered be-wildered by the prospects. Some-j Some-j how the East and Washington, I D. C, must be told about It, made to believe, j Washington finally heard, and the I cry of "Fifty-four Forty or Fight" j went up. The settlers cleaned their j rifles and waited. If the British wanted war, they were ready. But war was averted by the treaty of 1846, in which joint American and British occupancy was ended. A compromise boundary of the 49th parallel was established, and the Oregon country became a part of the United States. 1 The Columbia river, however, remained re-mained a natural dividing line running run-ning through Oregon territory. The settlers "north of the river" want-i want-i ed a territory of their own. As early I i 1 " : v 1 : H :'::v" 'l ' i' ; V:l-: zr :;v;--';.:;:s;:-r, . ; I - ' i. ' . i rial V ffi fir null ii i 'iil' linlnfffffH Vi n ' ' " ;i---J 'rl MON C. WALLGREX Governor of Washington Born In Dps Moines, Iowa. Home town, Everett, Wash. Former For-mer state representative and United States senator. the White House, Pres. Benjamin Harrison, issued a proclamation on November 11 that Washington was admitted as a state. When the Indian wars ended, the eastern part of the territory was Washington is rich In minerals coal, gold, silver, lead, mercury and zinc. It has clays, granite, sandstone, sand-stone, marble, limestone and cement. ce-ment. Also found in the state are antimony, arsenic, tungsten and platinum. Standing timber in Washington' includes in-cludes Douglas fir, yellow and white pine, spruce, larch, cedar and others. oth-ers. Normally, Washington leads all states in lumber output, shipping its products all over the world. It has wood pulp and paper mills as well as other industries built on wood products. On Washington's coast are Innumerable In-numerable harbors on which Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Olympia, Vancouver Van-couver and other important cities are located. This great commercial area is the nearest American gate- way to the ports of Asia and handles most of the shipping to and from Alaska as well as world trade through the Panama canal. During World War II the shipbuilding and airplane manufacturing industry reached gigantic proportions and is expected to continue. Coupled with its almost-unlimited natural resources is Washington's mighty output of hydro - electric power for industry. The Grand Coulee dam is part of a reclamation reclama-tion project that will ultimately irrigate irri-gate 1,200,000 acres of land and produce pro-duce electrical power far in excess of present needs. The Bonneville dam and others also contribute to the generation of power. Washington, however, remains chiefly agricultural. It leads all states by far in the production of apples and is high in output of other oth-er fruits such as pears, peaches, cherries, grapes, apricots, prunes and berries. Other crops are wheat, barley, oats, corn, alfalfa and ; clover hay, sugar beets, peas and hops. Huge herds of cattle and sheep graze throughout the state, and horses, hogs, chickens and tur-' tur-' keys are grown profitably on most ! farms and ranches. In the eastern part of the state, , Washington is semi-arid, with irrigation irri-gation used extensively. Its grain and cattle industries thrive there. West of the Cascades the rainfall is extremely heavy, ranging as high as 80 inches annually, with a re- sultant profusion of vegetation. The people of Washington have a rich heritage of thrift and courage and they retain the pioneer spirit that led them through the perils of settlement. They have the vision, too, for greater strides tomorrow. f - , " GRAND COULEE . . . Largest concrete structure that man ever made. Power from this dam accounted for the major portion of aluminum for construction of our airplanes for the Army Air Forces during World War II. as 1845 they had carved the area into two enormous counties, Lewis and Clark. More settlers were crossing cross-ing over and sentiment for a division divi-sion was evident. A group met at Cowlitz Prairie to memoralize congress. con-gress. They were not heard. They met again in 1852 at Monticello and sent another petition to WashinRton. Joseph Lane, Oregon territorial delegate, (ofIered his aid and introduced intro-duced a bill to organize the territory terri-tory of Columbia, for that was to be its name. The bill was passed, but not before it was amended to change the name to Washington territory. ter-ritory. On March 2, 1853, just two clays before he left the White House, Pres. Millard Fillmore signed it. Washington territory extended from the continental divide to the Pacific ocean, including what is now the northern part, or panhandle, of Idaho. But the settlers were not'yet satisfied. Agitation for statehood began be-gan and continued for nearly 15 years. In 1889 they were successful and Pres. Grover Cleveland signed the hill a month before he left the White House. At a convention in Olympia on July 4, that year, a constitution con-stitution was drawn up, and at an election on October 1 it was adopted adopt-ed by the citizens. A new man in opened to settlement and brought immediate prosperity throughout the Northwest. The arrival of the "Mercer Girls," widows and orphans or-phans of the Civil war, provided wives for the territory's excess male population. Railroads raced to reach the great empire, with new towns and settlements following the ribbons of steel. There was a severe set-back, however, when the new state was hard hit by depression and panic in 1893. Washington's recovery was rapid, for its people were virile and determined. deter-mined. The Alaska gold rush bf 1897 made Seattle the metropolis of the Northwest, and a few years later, in 1903. there was a mining boom at Spokane which tripled that city's population. Ports and shipping grew rapidly on the coast. Fishing became be-came an important industry. Agriculture Agri-culture flourished and livestock increased in-creased all over the state. Lumber Lum-ber business and mining brought prosperity to thousands. The Evergreen slate (or Chinook state) holds more than the majestic mountains, canyons, gorges, forests, for-ests, lakes and highways shown in a tourist folder. It is more than scenery. It is a land. of vast natural resources, many of 'them as yet undeveloped un-developed or not fully utilized. f , - -v: .1 a L i i CASCADES ... Of the Dose-wallips Dose-wallips river, Olympic national park. i' K, 1 I ' , . - ..... .A k" - - : ; '. " fe -I'' 1 :-, '.' ' ;r'i. , , . ., ...i,.',,.".1,v...,.. .',..... ..i;, .ij.).-, .,wuV. tVj.t.l,., jVjj.t'.iitLiAi ' .: .' y t , ' r l ' . Rolling Wheat FivUln of Eastern Washington |