QUINCY is a station on the Great Northern and is also an important
wheat-shipping point.

SOAP LAKE, on a lake of the same name, is noted as a resort for
the rheumatic.

BACON, COULEE CITY, and HARTLINE are stations on the Northern Pacific
railway in the northeastern part of the county.

Grant county is new, but has large undeveloped resources, and is
awaiting the newcomer with abundant offerings for his energy and
labor.


ISLAND COUNTY

Island county is entirely composed of a group of islands in Puget
sound, the largest two being Whidby and Camano. It has a land area
of 227 square miles and a population of about 5,000.

RESOURCES.

Lumber, agricultural products and fish make up the county's resources.
Considerable of the timber, particularly from Whidby island, has been
removed, and wheat, oats, hay, potatoes, fruits, poultry, butter,
eggs, etc., are now shipped out to the splendid nearby markets at
the chief seaport towns on Puget Sound.

The soils in the northern part of Whidby island are of remarkable
fertility, some of them producing as much as 100 bushels of wheat