Chapter 12

======================================================================== | | | | |_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 |32.6| 67| 1902|-17|1888| | 2.17| 6.1| | 3|11|17|12| S February |37.0| 69| 1896|-15|1893| | 1.55| 5.1| | 6|13| 9|12| S March |45.2| 74| 1905| 2|1891| | 1.73| 2.7| | 8|16| 7|13| S April |52.6| 89| 1890| 29|1890| | 1.76| 2| |10|17| 3| 9| S May |60.1|100| 1897| 34|1905| | 1.72| 0| |12|16| 3|11| S June |65.8|105| 1896| 40|1901| | 1.13| 0| |15|14| 1| 8| S July |73.8|108| 1891| 45|1891| | 0.37| 0| |24| 6| 1| 4| S August |73.8|113| 1898| 47|1899| | 0.43| 0| |23| 7| 1| 4| S September |63.6|100| 1888| 36|1900| | 0.97| 0| |17| 9| 4| 7| S October |54.4| 87| 1904| 24|1887| | 1.50| T| |15|12| 4| 8| S November |42.8| 76| 1891| -9|1896| | 2.17| 2.0| | 4|13| 3|13| S December |37.3| 65| 1890| -2|1898| | 2.07| 3.5| | 3|11|17|14| S |----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- Sums | | | | | | |17.58|19.6| |12|12| 6|10| Means or\|53.2|113|Aug. |-17|Jan.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1898 | |1888| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

THE IRRIGATED WASHINGTON. STATION: NORTH YAKIMA, SUNNYSIDE, FT. SIMCOE.

======================================================================== | | | | |_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 |30.4| 62| 1899|-16|1899| | 1.82| 9.2| | 7|13|11| 7| W February |35.2| 71| 1901|-22|1893| | 1.14| 5.6| | 8|12| 9| 6| W March |42.5| 78| 1895| 2|1896| | 0.57| 0.4| |12|14| 5| 3| W April |51.1| 90| 1897| 18|1896| | 0.47| T| |12|13| 5| 3| W May |59.1|101| 1897| 24|1896| | 0.74| 0| |11|14| 6| 5| W June |65.4|106| 1896| 30|1901| | 0.32| 0| |15|10| 5| 4| W July |71.6|112| 1896| 36|1905| | 0.11| 0| |24| 5| 2| 2| W August |71.1|109| 1897| 35|1895| | 0.21| 0| |19| 9| 3| 3| W September |61.1| 98| 1896| 24|1891| | 0.44| 0| |17| 8| 5| 4| W October |51.0| 89| 1891| 13|1893| | 0.50| 0| |15|10| 6| 4| W November |39.4| 73| 1897|-23|1896| | 1.56| 4.4| | 4|12|14| 9| W December |32.3| 67| 1898| -8|1895| | 1.47| 6.2| | 7|10|14| 7| SW |----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- Sums | | | | | | | 9.35|25.8| |12|11| 7| 5| Means or\|50.9|112|July,|-23|Nov.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1896 | |1896| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Page 102] TOTAL ASSESSMENT OF ALL PROPERTY IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AS EQUALIZED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1908. ============================================================== | _Total Real and Personal Property,_ |------------------------------------------------- | | | Ratio | | | Assessed | |assessed| | COUNTIES. | value | Actual | to | *Exemp- | | returned | value. | actual | tions. | | by county. | | value. | | ------------|------------|--------------|--------|-----------| Adams | $12,934,270| $32,730,750| $39.51|* $347,380| Asotin | 3,186,570| 6,346,110| 50.21| 73,600| Benton | 5,900,630| 13,967,229| 42.24| 201,105| Chehalis | 14,832,671| 63,320,298| 23.42|* 897,053| Chelan | 7,510,825| 17,903,363| 41.95| 317,510| Clallam | 7,045,161| 14,294,907| 49.28| 148,017| Clarke | 9,548,965| 22,951,958| 41.60|* 552,000| Columbia | 6,677,175| 12,916,674| 51.69| 164,855| Cowlitz | 7,506,911| 18,774,621| 39.98|* 258,305| Douglas | 13,714,378| 32,623,076| 42.03|* 792,735| Ferry | 1,323,524| 2,205,873| 60.00|* 132,674| Franklin | 4,029,979| 12,053,842| 33.43|* 121,309| Garfield | 4,230,446| 9,466,437| 44.68| 123,027| Island | 1,296,572| 3,706,168| 34.98| 100,545| Jefferson | 4,566,042| 9,932,771| 45.96| 92,864| King |*204,852,223| 437,905,564| 46.78| 5,011,716| Kitsap | 4,145,045| 9,133,183| 45.38|* 271,777| Kittitas | 8,853,102| 20,145,643| 43.98| 421,605| Klickitat | 5,869,515| 14,199,834| 41.33| 366,835| Lewis | 17,959,730| 39,028,152| 46.01| 673,137| Lincoln | 18,046,865| 44,933,712| 40.16|* 844,061| Mason | 3,030,375| 10,744,059| 28.20| 97,386| Okanogan | 3,750,417| 6,540,821| 57.33| 421,615| Pacific | 7,036,354| 22,947,129| 30.66| 95,700| Pierce | 76,828,090| 181,499,746| 42.33| 2,903,450| San Juan | 1,553,856| 3,789,892| 41.00|* 126,818| Skagit | 10,867,150| 38,346,941| 28.33| 297,600| Skamania | 4,063,188| 6,375,330| 63.73| 66,300| Snohomish |* 25,699,461| 54,494,192| 47.16| 1,221,570| Spokane | 80,038,409| 154,967,786| 51.64| 2,956,265| Stevens | 6,675,908| 17,811,897| 37.48|* 654,238| Thurston | 8,325,065| 23,882,038| 34.85| 518,971| Wahkiakum | 1,668,376| 4,319,197| 38.62| 69,616| Walla Walla | 19,434,380| 45,866,287| 42.37| 369,000| Whatcom | 19,853,046| 48,038,017| 41.32|* 1,460,250| Whitman | 19,098,175| 60,560,413| 31.53| 1,160,290| Yakima | 23,625,355| 48,428,184| 48.78|* 1,517,390| |------------|--------------|--------|-----------| Totals |$675,578,199|$1,567,152,094| $43.11|$25,902,569|

======================================== _Exclusive of Railroad and Telegraph._ | ------------|-------------|------------| | Aggregate | Aggregate | |value of tax-| value as | COUNTIES. |able property| equalized | | as returned | by state | | by county. | board. | ------------|-------------|------------| Adams | $12,586,890| $13,762,846| Asotin | 3,112,970| 2,662,208| Benton | 5,699,525| 5,820,167| Chehalis | 13,935,618| 26,400,327| Chelan | 7,193,315| 7,400,630| Clallam | 6,897,144| 6,014,517| Clarke | 8,996,965| 9,342,589| Columbia | 6,512,320| 5,403,523| Cowlitz | 7,248,606| 7,835,434| Douglas | 12,921,643| 13,271,073| Ferry | 1,190,850| 818,278| Franklin | 3,908,670| 5,075,102| Garfield | 4,107,419| 3,957,954| Island | 1,196,027| 1,497,184| Jefferson | 4,473,178| 4,189,154| King | 199,840,507| 183,769,507| Kitsap | 3,873,268| 3,665,538| Kittitas | 8,431,497| 8,263,182| Klickitat | 5,502,680| 5,754,713| Lewis | 17,286,593| 16,151,899| Lincoln | 17,202,804| 18,526,862| Mason | 2,932,989| 4,534,378| Okanogan | 3,328,802| 2,398,133| Pacific | 6,940,654| 9,796,807| Pierce | 73,924,640| 75,341,091| San Juan | 1,427,038| 1,507,004| Skagit | 10,569,550| 16,233,766| Skamania | 3,996,883| 2,682,105| Snohomish | 24,477,891| 22,270,886| Spokane | 77,082,144| 63,850,348| Stevens | 6,021,670| 7,024,471| Thurston | 7,806,094| 9,776,576| Wahkiakum | 1,598,760| 1,792,390| Walla Walla | 19,065,380| 19,403,957| Whatcom | 18,392,796| 19,248,939| Whitman | 17,937,885| 24,947,304| Yakima | 22,053,965| 19,306,001| |-------------|------------| Totals | $649,675,630|$649,696,709|

================================================================== |_Railroads._| _Electric_ |_Telegraph._| TOTAL. | | | _Rys._ | | Aggregate | | Value as | Value as | Value as |value as real| | corrected, | corrected, | corrected, |and personal | COUNTIES. |revised and |revised and |revised and | property as | |equalized by|equalized by|equalized by|equalized by | |state board.|state board.|state board.|state board. | ------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------| Adams | $2,445,703| | $10,499| $16,219,048| Asotin | | | | 2,662,208| Benton | 2,595,331| | 5,477| 8,420,975| Chehalis | 798,828| 165,258| 2,212| 27,366,625| Chelan | 2,860,892| | 9,058| 10,270,580| Clallam | | | 4,073| 6,018,590| Clarke | 891,275| | 87| 10,233,951| Columbia | 908,202| | 6,775| 6,318,500| Cowlitz | 1,363,089| | 11,016| 9,209,539| Douglas | 3,703,546| | 9,650| 16,984,269| Ferry | 1,359,278| | | 2,177,641| Franklin | 1,852,025| | 7,975| 6,935,102| Garfield | 144,067| | 555| 4,102,576| Island | | | | 1,497,184| Jefferson | 417,464| | 3,695| 4,610,313| King | 11,882,802| 7,477,860| 38,645| 203,168,680| Kitsap | | | 2,325| 3,667,863| Kittitas | 3,674,706| | 10,194| 11,948,082| Klickitat | 1,108,683| | | 6,863,396| Lewis | 2,050,492| | 12,186| 18,214,576| Lincoln | 4,456,845| | 12,648| 22,996,355| Mason | 7,791| | | 4,542,169| Okanogan | 834,844| | | 3,232,977| Pacific | 418,310| | 1,438| 10,216,555| Pierce | 4,589,415| 1,900,370| 22,077| 81,852,953| San Juan | | | | 1,507,004| Skagit | 2,177,605| | 7,518| 18,418,889| Skamania | 332,926| | | 3,015,031| Snohomish | 8,064,368| 910,195| 18,950| 31,264,399| Spokane | 8,402,563| 2,131,611| 31,075| 74,415,597| Stevens | 1,994,897| | 6,353| 9,025,721| Thurston | 1,561,390| 76,530| 10,096| 11,424,592| Wahkiakum | | | | 1,792,390| Walla Walla | 3,797,744| 131,082| 14,574| 23,347,357| Whatcom | 3,372,306| 630,373| 7,457| 23,259,075| Whitman | 3,296,322| 528,248| 19,897| 28,791,771| Yakima | 3,278,556| 10,000| 6,852| 22,601,409| |------------|------------|------------|-------------| Totals | $84,642,349| $13,961,527| $293,357| $748,593,942|

*Exception includes the amount returned by these counties under the item "Moneys on hand" allowed by the Board.

[Page 103] ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Distribution of this publication at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition has been made possible through financial assistance extended by the State A.-Y.-P. E. Commission. An edition of a few thousand copies only was originally contemplated, but funds provided by the State Commission have enabled us to increase the quantity to 25,000. This help thus given in extending the field of usefulness of this report is herewith gratefully acknowledged.

STATE BUREAU OF STATISTICS AND IMMIGRATION.

I. M. HOWELL, Secretary of State, _Ex-Officio Commissioner._

GEO. M. ALLEN, _Deputy Commissioner._

[Page 104] INDEX TO DESCRIPTIVE MATTER.

Acknowledgment 103 Adams County 46 Agriculture 22 Asotin County 47 Bee Culture 26 Benton County 48 Coal Fields 10 Coal Mining 19 Chehalis County 49 Chelan County 50 Clallam County 51 Clarke County 52 Columbia County 53 Cowlitz County 54 Dairying 25 Douglas County 55 Educational System 32-33 Ferry County 56 Forests 9 Fisheries 12 Franklin County 57 Game 16 Garfield County 58 Government Lands 14 Grant County 59 Horticulture 24 Indian Lands 14 Industries of Washington 18-28 Introduction 3-4 Irrigation 40-41 Island County 60 Jefferson County 61 King County 62 Kitsap County 64 Kittitas County 65 Klickitat County 66 Lands 14 Letter of Transmittal 2 Lewis County 67 Lincoln County 69 Logged-off Lands 33-39 Lumbering 18 Manufacturing 26 Mason County 70 Mineral Ores 11 Natural Division 5 Okanogan County 71 Opportunities in Washington 29-31 Pacific County 72 Pierce County 74 Poultry 26 Resources of Washington 8-17 San Juan County 76 Scenery 16 Skagit County 77 Skamania County 79 Snohomish County 80 Soils 13 Spokane County 81 State Lands 14 Stevens County 83 Stock Raising 24 Thurston County 85 Title Page 1 Transportation 27 Wahkiakum County 86 Walla Walla County 87 Water Power 15 Whatcom County 87 Whitman County 89 Yakima County 90

INDEX TO STATISTICAL APPENDIX.

Assessed valuations by counties 102 Climatic tables 99-101 Federal lands, distribution by counties 98-99 State officers, boards and commissions 96 State lands, distribution by counties 97 Statistics of incorporated cities and towns 92-95