The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-07

who coEslass ss.ii + was as cheap to
1890 = .zss a trip up North as 10 stay her"
Those who did 90 to Portland TO stay
were sorely disappointed TEose who
sought land in Oregon very sensib!y
concluded to farm it in Washiu gton
Territory. The simple fact, though. Of
a large arrival If wha. coul be very
properly termed exclysionists was sdf-
ficient to throw the enthusiasts u
Portland into convulsions, AMI, if the
Or,g9nian represents public opinion
they have remained so ever since
Let me ask the as,ute representative
Of Portland if it ever knew Ct large
city 10 grow up on a river bank stu
atei as Portland is J: Let US see villa.
advantages Portland has, or what JUS
tice is in its claim a. the coming city,
that the Oregon i'm would have Us be-
lieye. Uas il the natural advantage Of
q deep water harbor, like that Of Sc
attles Does not every deep water
craft that goes to Portland run the risk
| Of being wrecked on one of the worst
barriers known TO navigators- the CO.
lumbia River bar: Is ii 20: notorious
| fact that one. half Of the vessels that
load at tina! place are compelled to finish
taking cargo twelve miles down the
river, owing to the shoal condition of
| the Willamette Is not every ship
that enters the Columbia (if she sue
ceeds in get ing over tie bar subjected
to heavy expenses for pilotage and tow
age for distance Of over a hundred
and ten miles: Aud lastly, is it not
also true that oil saiiingmasters who
have their owners interests at heart
would rather go to any other place for
freight than 10 Portland Let the Or
egonidn answer these questions, If Ii
can, SUCCESSFULLY; otherwise hold it.
peace and cease invcigling Immigrants
into the belief that Oregon is the land
Of milk and honey, and that Portland is
Paradise.
The fact is, San Francisco is declining.
| No one who has lived here for the last
ten years, Jas your correspondent has
and seen it's rapid progress during that
time, and now realizes the unsettled,
dissatisfied condition of the community,
will deny it. This place was built in a
day, so 10 speak, and SO will it decline.
Both large and small capitalists. labor.
ers and mechanics, are frightened as
well as disgusted at the presumption Of
| the ungovernable element who have
been created by the abuse Of power of
political thieves. The Kearneyites claim
as much right to the spoils of Office as
| the kidglcvcd thieves who have had
monopoly for the last ten years. The
conservative element are disSustcd and
will leave the city. They will let the
thieves fight it out, while they will seek
pastures new. The only question for
them to decide is. where shall we go
What place offers the best advantages
to US 10 this say. Go to Washing-
ton Territory. 1t is the coming country.
1t has every advantage for becoming a
great agricultural as we'll as great
coal and timber State. Go there by all
| means.
Many ask, Where will the terminus
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad be. on
the Sound or the Columbia To an
swer this simply compare the advan-
tages of the former over the latter, and
if the question is not eloquently it is at
least log ieally answered.
I If the people of Portland will be ad.
vised. like those who contemplate lcav-
ing San Francisco, they will act like the
Arabs -" Fold their tents and silently
steal away from Portland, ard settle
themselves in the coming country. If
they should. however. prefer city life,
let them not forget that Seattle IS des.
tined to be the empire city of the
Northwest. Aud, in conclusion, may
say, with pardonable presumption, too,
that the people Of Seattle will only
have themselves to blame if they fail to
realize all predict.
The excitement caused by the kalloch
De Young affair has only partially
subsidized. If ka.loch should be de-
feated for Mayor. which is not likely,
the evening OF September Sd will see "a
riot Of no small magnitude. Public
opinion is considerably changed, since
the shooting, in favor of De Young, but
it is by no means equally divided.
In consequence of the shooting the
Chronicle is being tabooed in all direc-
tions. estimate tIe loss Of subscrib-
ers at five thousand. and it will suffer
severely in its advertising patronage
also.
Your correspondent was one of the
many who paid a visit to Golden Gate
Park. last nigh;, to see the Victoria
Regis. or the Royal Lily, bloom. As
have caught the pedestrian fever, I,
with others. walked out don't as Il
rule like walking, but in this case ne
cessity became virtue. and as some OF
your readers place great value on tho
latter, they will please take notice and
give me due credit. The plant itself is
really a botanical curiosity. aud that Is
about all that can be claimed for it
The flower does not possess one halt
the beauty of the Lily OF the Nile, aud
will not interest one only as a curiosity
The plant is in a large tank about tif-
teen feet in diameter. and occupies the
whole space. The leaves are wonder full
for their peculiar shape, being round
with raised edge of half an inch. One
Of thsm--the largest --measureS SIX feet
in diameter. while tho smallest is aboa,
four feet. They rest on the water and