BELLING HAM

a city of Washington, the county seat of What com co. It is on the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and other railroads, and 1s 100 miles north of Seattle. An important naval station ts situated here. Its public institutions include the State Normal School, high schools, a library and hospitals. The lumbering industry is important and the canning of salmon is carried on on a large scale, Belling ham is a port of entry for ships of the Oriental and Pacific coast trade. Pop. 1920, 25,570.