Part 11

[Page 96] STATE OFFICERS, COMMISIONS, BOARDS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF WASHINGTON. =========================================================================== OFFICE. | Name. | P. O. Address. -----------------------------|--------------------------|------------------ Governor | M. E. Hay | Olympia. Governor's Private Secretary | Frank M. Dallam, Jr | Olympia. Secretary of State | I. M. Howell | Olympia. Assistant Secretary of State | Ben R. Fish | Olympia. Auditor | C. W. Clausen | Olympia. Deputy Auditor | F. P. Jameson | Olympia. Treasurer | John G. Lewis | Olympia. Deputy Treasurer | W. W. Sherman | Olympia. Attorney General | W. P. Bell | Olympia. Assistant Attorney General | W. V. Tanner | Olympia. " " " | W. F. McGill | Olympia. " " " | Geo. A. Lee | Spokane. Commissioner of Public Lands | E. W. Ross | Olympia. Assistant Comm'r of Public | Frank C. Morse | Olympia. Lands | | Insurance Commissioner | John H. Shively | Olympia. Deputy Insurance Commissioner| S. A. Madge | Olympia. Superintendent Public | Henry B. Dewey | Olympia. Instruction | | Assistant Supt. Public | J. M. Layhue | Olympia. Instruction | | Deputy Supt. Public | F. F. Nalder | Olympia. Instruction | | Adjutant General | Geo. B. Lamping | Seattle. Commissioner of Labor | Chas. F. Hubbard | Olympia. State Librarian | J. M. Hitt | Olympia. Law Librarian | C. W. Shaffer | Olympia. Traveling Library | Mrs. Lou J. Diven, Supt. | Olympia. Board of Control | Eugene Lorton | Walla Walla. | H. T. Jones | Olympia. | H. E. Gilham | Olympia. State Grain Inspector | E. C. Armstrong | Colfax. Dairy and Food Commissioner | L. Davies | Davenport. State Fish Commissioner | Jno. L. Riseland | Bellingham. Commissioner of Statistics | I. M. Howell, Ex-Officio | Olympia. Deputy Commissioner of | Geo. M. Allen | Seattle. Statistics | | Horticultural Commissioner | F. A. Huntley | Tacoma. Coal Mine Inspector | D. C. Botting | Seattle. Inspector of Oils | F. A. Clark | Seattle. Public Printer | E. L. Boardman | Olympia. Bank Examiner | J. L. Mohundro | Seattle. Hotel Inspector | J. H. Munger | Seattle. A.-Y.-P. E. Commission | Geo. E. Dickson. | Ellensburg. | Chairman | | L. P. Hornberger, Sec. | Seattle. | W. A. Halteman, | Seattle. | Exec. Commis. | | M. M. Godman | Seattle. | R. W. Condon | Port Gamble. | J. W. Slayden | Steilacoom. | L. H. Burnett | Aberdeen. Railway Commission | H. A. Fairchild, Chairman| Olympia. Tax Commission | T. D. Rockwell, Chairman | Olympia. Fire Warden and Forester | J. R. Welty | Olympia. Highway Commissioner | J. M. Snow | Olympia. Board of Accountancy | Alfred Lister, Sec'y | Tacoma. Bureau Inspection Public | C. W. Clausen, | Olympia. Offices | Ex-officio Chief | Board of Health | E. E. Hegg, Sec'y | Seattle. Board of Barber Examiners | Chas. W. Whisler | Seattle. Board of Medical Examiners | Dr. J. Clinton McFadden, | Seattle. | Secy. | Board of Pharmacy | P. Jensen, Sec'y | Tacoma. Board of Dental Examiners | E. B. Edgars | Seattle. | | EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. | | | | University of Washington | Thomas Franklin Kane, | Seattle. | Pres. | State College | E. A. Bryan, Pres. | Pullman. State Normal School | H. C. Sampson, Principal | Cheney. State Normal School | E. C. Mathes, Principal | Bellingham. State Normal School | W. E. Wilson, Principal | Ellensburg. School for Deaf | Thos. P. Clark, | Vancouver. | Superintendent | School for Blind | Geo. H. Mullin, Principal| Vancouver. State Training School | C. C. Aspinwall | Chehalis. | | OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS. | | | | Soldiers' Home | Gen. Geo. W. T. | Orting. | Tibbetts, Com. | " " | Willis L. Ames, Com. | Port Orchard. Insane Asylum | A. P. Calhoun. Supt. | Fort Steilacoom. " " | J. M. Semple, Supt. | Medical Lake. State Penitentiary | C. S. Reed, Warden | Walla Walla. State Reformatory | Cleon B. Roe, Supt. | Monroe. Institution for Feeble Minded| S. C. Woodruff, Supt. | Medical Lake.

[Page 97] 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. ========================================================================== | | | | Total | | Total area | Total | Area | area sold | Remaining COUNTIES. | of school | area | under | by deed | area | and granted| deeded. | contract | and under | unsold. | lands. | | of sale. | contract. | ------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------ 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.

[Page 98] UNAPPROPRIATED FEDERAL LANDS OF WASHINGTON. =========================================================================== | Area unappropriated | LAND | and unreserved | Brief description of DISTRICT |-----------------------------| character of unappropriated AND | | Unsur- | | and unreserved land. COUNTRY. |Surveyed.| veyed. | 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| |=========|=========|=========| [Page 99] 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.

======================================================================== | | | | |_Number of_| | | | _Precip-_| | _days--_| | _Temperature_ | | _itation_| |-----------| | _in degrees_ | | _in_ | | _With Pre-_ MONTH. | _Fahrenheit_ | | _inches._| | _cipitation_ | | | | | Cloudy | |-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |_Prevailing_ |Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |_direction_ |---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | _of the_ |Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | _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\|50.0|105|July,| 10|Jan.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1891 | |1893| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Page 100] PUGET SOUND DISTRICT. STATION: TACOMA AND ASHFORD.

======================================================================== | | | | |_Number of_| | | | _Precip-_| | _days--_| | _Temperature_ | | _itation_| |-----------| | _in degrees_ | | _in_ | | _With Pre-_ MONTH. | _Fahrenheit_ | | _inches._| | _cipitation_ | | | | | Cloudy | |-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |_Prevailing_ |Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |_direction_ |---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | _of the_ |Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | _wind_ ----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- January |38.0| 64| 1891| 0|1888| | 7.20|11.0| | 4| 6|21|20| SW February |38.9| 66| 1905| 5|1887| | 6.68|12.4| | 4| 7|18|17| SW March |44.4| 74| 1900| 16|1897| | 4.82| 8.0| | 6| 8|17|18| SW April |48.9| 84| 1897| 28|1896| | 4.40| 2.8| | 6|12|12|14| SW May |54.1| 90| 1892| 33|1894| | 4.11| 0.2| | 6|12|13|14| SW June |58.2| 97| 1903| 39|1895| | 2.62| T| | 8|10|12|11| N July |62.0| 99| 1891| 42|1894| | 1.20| 0| |15| 9| 7| 6| N August |61.6| 92| 1898| 40|1895| | 1.28| 0| |15| 8| 8| 5| N September |56.2| 87| 1894| 36|1902| | 2.74| 0| |12| 8|10|10| N October |50.6| 82| 1892| 25|1893| | 4.51| 0| | 8| 8|15|12| SW November |44.2| 70| 1892| 8|1896| | 9.11| 5.2| | 2| 5|23|21| SW December |40.9| 61| 1900| 19|1894| | 9.55| 4.4| | 4| 7|20|18| SW |----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- Sums | | | | | | |58.22|44.0| | 7| 8|15|14| Means or\|49.8| 99|July,| 0|Jan.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1891 | |1888| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

EASTERN WASHINGTON. STATION: SPOKANE.

======================================================================== | | | | |_Number of_| | | | _Precip-_| | _days--_| | _Temperature_ | | _itation_| |-----------| | _in degrees_ | | _in_ | | _With Pre-_ MONTH. | _Fahrenheit_ | | _inches._| | _cipitation_ | | | | | Cloudy | |-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |_Prevailing_ |Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |_direction_ |---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | _of the_ |Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | _wind_ ----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- January |24.5| 55| 1893|-30|1888| | 2.54| 9.4| | 4| 4|23|14| S February |28.5| 59| 1896|-23|1890| | 2.02| 8.1| | 4| 7|17|13| E & SW March |39.7| 72| 1889|-10|1891| | 1.40| 3.0| | 7| 8|16|12| S April |48.0| 86| 1890| 22|1890| | 1.38| 0.2| | 6|10|14| 9| S & SW May |57.0| 95| 1897| 29|1905| | 1.39| T| | 6|10|15|10| S June |62.4| 96| 1896| 34|1891| | 1.67| T| | 9|12|10| 9| SW July |69.0|102| 1890| 39|1893| | 0.71| 0| |15| 8| 8| 5| SW August |69.0|104| 1898| 40|1902| | 0.46| 0| |17| 8| 6| 5| S September |58.1| 98| 1888| 26|1889| | 1.04| 0| |12| 7|11| 7| NE October |48.0| 86| 1892| 12|1887| | 1.39| T| | 8| 9|14| 7| NE November |37.8| 70| 1903|-13|1896| | 1.67| 2.9| | 1| 5|24|15| S December |31.3| 57| 1886|-18|1884| | 2.56| 4.9| | 3| 4|24|13| SW |----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- Sums | | | | | | |18.23|29.4| | 7| 8|15|10| Means or\|47.8|104|Aug. |-30|Jan.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1898 | |1888| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Page 101] SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON. STATION: WALLA WALLA.