A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 - Ithamar M. Howell

Statement Showing Area of State School and Granted Lands in Each County. Area Sold by Deeds and Contracts of Sale. Compiled for Period Up to and Including September 30, 1908.

COUNTIES.	Total area of school and granted lands.	Total area deeded.	Area under contract of sale.	Total area sold by deed and under contract.	Remaining area unsold.
Adams	85,632.25	1,063.30	12,320.00	13,383.30	72,248.95
Asotin	26,906.56	161.90	1,360.00	1,521.90	25,384.66
Benton	92,937.68	1,626.75	8,629.90	10,256.65	82,681.03
Chehalis	77,064.41	7,883.93	1,823.85	9,707.78	67,356.63
Chelan	52,526.50	212.34	1,074.70	1,287.04	51,239.46
Clallam	77,514.28	2,914.42	320.00	3,234.42	74,279.86
Clarke	36,972.16	3,694.27	1,585.85	5,280.12	31,692.04
Columbia	24,640.00	5,084.00	1,620.00	6,704.00	17,936.00
Cowlitz	85,373.80	6,364.43	1,063.73	7,428.16	77,945.00
Douglas	313,235.66	3,416.62	64,211.62	67,628.52	245,607.14
Ferry	21,219.51				21,219.51
Franklin	40,731.85	101.83	3,720.00	3,821.83	36,910.02
Garfield	21,298.47	2,179.21	1,760.00	3,939.21	17,359.26
Island	16,202.70	4,679.93	1,350.25	6,030.18	10,172.52
Jefferson	87,358.34	12,760.91	1,306.77	14,067.68	73,290.66
King	86,020.13	15,667.80	5,195.95	20,863.75	65,156.38
Kitsap	27,157.40	12,178.10	1,794.70	13,972.80	13,184.60
Kittitas	129,590.97	4,648.01	1,840.00	6,488.01	123,102.96
Klickitat	77,280.86	2,340.84	4,143.17	6,484.01	70,796.85
Lewis	86,566.86	4,328.31	2,106.01	6,434.32	80,132.54
Lincoln	84,088.45	4,818.00	12,620.00	17,438.00	66,650.45
Mason	48,057.72	4,750.53	651.98	5,402.51	42,655.21
Okanogan	90,517.34	399.55	12,487.62	12,887.17	77,630.17
Pacific	60,529.29	2,187.81	1,401.90	3,589.71	56,939.58
Pierce	62,118.55	8,899.98	2,056.82	10,956.80	51,161.75
San Juan	4,765.63	366.35	205.25	571.60	4,194.03
Skagit	92,191.75	4,551.83	1,718.17	6,270.00	85,921.75
Skamania	44,699.55	5,690.08	988.50	6,678.58	38,020.97
Snohomish	47,937.99	7,545.13	5,392.45	12,927.58	35,000.41
Spokane	67,457.64	6,943.59	15,360.20	22,303.79	45,153.85
Stevens	164,063.72	561.19	4,748.50	5,309.69	158,754.03
Thurston	33,443.79	4,286.82	1,636.87	5,923.69	27,520.10
Wahkiakum	26,053.26	1,795.95	451.55	2,257.50	23,795.76
Walla Walla	50,536.97	6,785.98	7,219.46	14,005.44	36,531.53
Whatcom	41,196.49	2,729.50	4,591.52	7,321.02	33,875.47
Whitman	80,351.82	14,583.47	21,322.96	35,906.43	44,445.39
Yakima	143,102.97	3,927.59	5,169.50	9,097.09	134,005.88
Totals	2,607,343.32	172,130.53	215,259.75	387,390.28	2,219,953.04

NOTE:—The statement of total area of school and granted lands by counties includes only approved indemnity selected, approved granted lands, and school sections 16 and 36 in place.

UNAPPROPRIATED FEDERAL LANDS OF WASHINGTON.

LAND DISTRICT AND COUNTRY.	Area unappropriated and unreserved			Brief description of character of unappropriated and unreserved land.
LAND DISTRICT AND COUNTRY.	Surveyed.	Unsurveyed.	Total.
North Yakima:	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Benton	27,062		27,062	Rolling prairie, hilly, grazing.
Douglas	15,003		15,003	Grazing, prairie, hilly, and timber.
Kittitas	149,351	245,967	395,318	Grazing, arid prairie, and timber.
Yakima	126,072	274,500	400,572
Total	317,488	520,467	837,955

Olympia:
Chehalis	1,491		1,491	Mountainous timbered lands.
Jefferson	860		860	Do.
King	560		560	Do.
Kitsap	40		40	Do.
Lewis	40		40	Do.
Mason	2,537		2,537	Do.
Pacific	80		80	Do.
Pierce	571		571	Do.
Thurston	207		207	Do.
Total	6,886		6,386

Seattle:
Clallam	1,240	1,840	3,080	Mountainous and broken; good supply of excellent timber.
King	680	11,680	12,360	Broken and mountainous.
San Juan	324		324	Broken, with little timber.
Skagit	2,475	25,540	28,015	Broken, heavily timbered, and mountainous.
Snohomish	320	5,484	5,804	Do.
Whatcom	840	8,923	9,768	Do.
Total	5,879	53,467	59,346

Spokane:
Adams	26,512		26,512	Arid lands, valuable for fruit and grain.
Douglas		l,500	l,500	Arid lands.
Ferry	165,526	379,732	545,258	Farming, grazing, timber, and mineral.
Lincoln	35,632	4,448	40,080	Farming and grazing.
Okanogan	13,343	114,756	128,099	Farming, grazing, and mineral.
Spokane	2,896	3,094	5,990	Do.
Stevens	409,093	711,981	1,121,044	Mountainous, farming, and mineral.
Whitman	2,053		2,053	Grazing lands.
Total	655,055	1,215,511	1,870,566

Vancouver:
Clarke	4,787		4,787	Timbered and agricultural.
Cowlitz	16,703	7,080	23,783	Do.
Klickitat	61,553	2,600	64,153	Timbered, agricultural, grazing
Lewis	8,013	4,995	13,008	Timbered and agricultural.
Pacific	1,981		1,981	Do.
Skamania	7,418		7,418	Do.
Wahkiakum	316		316	Timbered.
Total	100,771	14,675	115,446

Walla Walla:
Adams	15,188		15,188	Prairie, farming, and grazing lands.
Asotin	83,631	13,293	96,924	Mountainous, some timber, and prairie.
Benton	40,395		40,395	Desert, grazing, some timber, prairie, and farming.
Columbia	15,203	152,279	167,482	Mountainous, some timber, and prairie.
Franklin	42,363		42,368	Prairie, grazing lands; no timber.
Garfield	45,468	44,539	90,007	Farming, grazing, and timber.
Klickitat	24,926		24,926	Grazing and farming; some timber.
Walla Walla	15,522		15,522	Do.
Whitman	15,835		15,835	Prairie, farming, and grazing lands.
Total	298,531	210,111	508,642

Waterville:
Chelan	321,518	9,880	331,398	Mountainous, timber, farming.
Douglas	435,207	44,890	480,097	Prairie, farming, and grazing.
Okanogan	206,990	218,175	425,165	Mountainous, timber, and farming.
Total	963,715	272,945	1,236,660

State total	2,347,825	2,287,176	4,635,001

CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR WASHINGTON.

PREPARED BY GEO. N. SALISBURY,
Of the Weather Bureau at Seattle.

The following tables represent averages of observations, covering ten years or more. The stations included in the list are so distributed as to indicate the climatic conditions in every portion of the state.

SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON.
STATION: ABERDEEN.

MONTH.	Temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit					Precipitation in inches.		Number of days—				Prevailing direction of the wind
MONTH.	Mean	Highest	Date	Lowest	Date	Total	Snow- fall	Clear	Partly cloudy	Cloudy	With precip- itation	Prevailing direction of the wind
January	39.9	61	1900	10	1893	10.56	4.8	3	13	15	19	W
February	40.6	73	1905	13	1899	10.43	3.5	3	11	14	20	SW
March	43.7	82	1905	22	1896	7.89	1.6	5	19	7	20	W
April	48.2	88	1905	28	1899	7.66	T	6	16	8	17	W
May	53.0	91	1897	29	1901	4.58	0	6	17	8	15	W
June	56.8	100	1903	34	1901	3.72	0	6	15	9	13	W
July	60.8	105	1891	37	1901	1.02	0	9	17	5	7	W
August	62.1	96	1898	40	1902	1.06	0	11	17	3	5	W
September	57.5	88	1894	30	1901	4.98	0	9	15	6	9	W
October	52.3	85	1891	29	1893	6.71	0	6	14	10	14	W
November	45.1	73	1904	22	1900	15.28	0.5	2	10	18	22	W
December	40.9	60	1892	20	1901	14.66	0.5	4	11	16	20	SW & W
Sums						88.55	10.9	6	14	10	15
Means or Extremes	50.0	105	July, 1891	10	Jan. 1893