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various American and European ports, over 100,000 

 tons having been shipped in 1888, bringing the 

 growers the handsome sum of $560, 327. 



During the fifteen years since the beginning of 

 this important cultivation, the hop crop is said 

 never to have failed, nor has it been attacked by 

 disease, nor deteriorated by reason of the roots being 

 kept on the same land without replanting. It is 

 believed that the Dwamish, the White River, and 

 the Puyallup Valleys could easily produce as many 

 hops as are now raised in the United States, if labor 

 could be obtained to pick them. Indians have been 

 mainly relied upon to do the picking, and they have 

 flocked to the Sound from nearly all parts of the 

 Territory, even from beyond the mountains. Many 

 have come in canoes from regions near the outlet of 

 the Sound, from British Columbia, and even from 

 far off Alaska, to engage temporarily in this occupa- 

 tion; then to purchase goods and return to their 

 wigwams. They excel the whites in their skill as 

 pickers, and, as a rule, conduct themselves peace- 

 ably. 



Elliot Bay, on which Seattle is built, affords a fine 

 harbor and good anchorage, while Lakes Union and 

 Washington, large bodies of fresh water the 

 former eleven and the latter eighteen feet above tide 

 level lie just outside the city limits, opposite. 

 There are rich coal mines at hand, which produce 

 nearly a million dollars worth each year. Large 

 fertile tracts of agricultural lands, in the near 

 vicinity, produce grain, vegetables, and fruits of 

 many varieties, and in great luxuriance. Iron ore 

 of an excellent quality abounds in the hills and 



