system.

The logging industry, which centers here, employs 2,000 men and
pays out $120,000 a month.

LAKE CUSHMAN is a summer resort in the mountains famous for its
big trout catches.

ALLYN, on an arm of the sound, is central to much oyster lands,
logging camps and fruit orchards.

ARCADIA, also on the sound, is central to considerable stock-raising
and lumbering.

DETROIT is a prosperous village, proud of the grapes grown on some
of its logged-off lands.

MATLOCK is a town on the logging railroad and central to large logging
operations.

OKANOGAN COUNTY.

Okanogan, the largest county in the state, lies on the northern
boundary just east of the Cascade peaks. It has an area of 4,500
square miles and a population estimated at 13,000.

About one-fourth of the county, a district of great latent resources,
is still within the Colville Indian reservation, but is soon to
be thrown open to settlement.

RESOURCES.

This county is endowed with great natural resources and a delightful
climate, and is destined to become thickly populated.

The mountains and their foothills have large and numerous veins
of metals and are covered also with extensive forests. The rolling
hills of the south and center are rich in agricultural possibilities,
suitable for stock, and great crops of cereals and fruits. The
Okanogan river and its branches drain the greater portion of the
county, rising in British Columbia and flowing south through the
center of the county and joining the Columbia river on the south
boundary. The Methow river drains a large portion of the western
part and makes a paradise for the frontiersman along its sloping
sides.

TRANSPORTATION.

Until now the rivers and wagon roads are the only paths of commerce.
But into this blossoming empire the railroads are looking with
longing eyes. The Great Northern, however, has already tapped the
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northern boundary and projected a line down the Okanogan and Columbia
rivers to Wenatchee. Other railroads will follow, as the prize is
too great not to be divided.

PRINCIPAL TOWNS.

CONCONULLY, the county seat, is situated among the foothills and
mines west of the Okanogan river. In addition to the mining industry,
the raising of sheep and cattle is followed by the citizens. The
town has a population of about 500 people.

OROVILLE is the chief town on the railroad, near the northern border,
and is the terminus of the road. It has about 500 people and is
gr