Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-03

In vain did detectives try many plan,
they camped ON his trail but kept clear
of the man,
His friends were all faithful, his foes
were all kind,
And the hounds Of the law were all
gcentless and blind.
The martyr is gone, but his spirit re-
mains,
10 bother the banks and to threaten
the trains,
The splendid sendoff he got at his bier
Attracts the young mind to bandits
career"
Tho concludiik verse states that his
soul is without doubt in heaven in rest.
Now ono may we'll inquire il such be
their saints and martyrs, what are the
svil and rcprobate class of the commun-
ity? What are We to think of those
~nO hold up TO tho admiration and en-
ulatiou of their youth a bandit murder
or and train wrecker? Is it at all sur
prising that the tide Of emigration
should turn aside from such u region,
where murderers and outlaws are e.
toemed, and the officers Of the law
termed hounds2 May we not in fact
expect that q large portion of tho respec-
table and law-abiding classes. fleeing
from this modern Sod0m and Common.
rah, will help to swell the tide of emf
grafton to the northwest2
Thsn the vast area along the rich bot
toms, especially the lower Missimippl,
subject to overflow, sntailinR loas and
ruin to Thousands, Is to be taken into
consideration. Add TO all these draw
backs the superior inducements offered
to the large immigration pouring into
those fertile regions, a. tho Northern
Pacific opens them for settlement; I'M
like the Central and tho Southern Pa
cific roads, the Northern Pacific passes
through an agricultural country through
out It's entire length, whilst the other
two roads mentioned traverse in part
vast dssolate regions that can never DO
settled. Tho Northern Pacific passes
through the great wheat belt Of the con
tinsn3, destined to become the eranary
Of the world, with grazing possibilities
rivaling its grain production. One can
but eco that in the near future MIME
sofa, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Wash
lnRton and Oregon will BE- among the
most populous and wealthy States of
the Union, and yet amongst all named
none has before Is 10 great q destiny as
has Washington; since all they have to
offer abe offers, together with more
varied resources, inexhaustible mines of
coal and iron, vast forests Of most val.
liable timber, unrivxled 6sheries and
valuable furs, and many other sources
Of wealth too numerous 10 b here men-
toned. Then her being q sea coast
STATE uAust Of itoelf eseAblish her suprs-
macy. Her unrivaled 6oand, with its
numerous safe and deep water bays,
makes plain ~ all that she IL to become
. great maritime State, and her vast
water power makes Il equally plain that
her manufacturing interest will in time
b immense. whilst her milder climate
viii prove an attraction 70 many. whom
the iron horse Of thrift sn0rts in tri-
umph a. he comes rushing for the first
time to the shores of Puget Sonnd, then
will the (thenl Safe of Washington
enter upon an unparalleled era Of pros
parity. Then viii come the rushing
thousands, the vanguard Of the millions
to follow, who are TO populate the State
and develop its rich resOurces.
Ieeo at times mention In your paper
Of the boom In real estate at Seattle.
Why my unsophistioated friends, am
inolined to think that you know not as
vet what really constitutes . boom.
Wait until the completion Of the over
land railroad aud until the construction
Of the Seattle, walla Walla and Baker
City railroad. and tho compilation of
the canals that are TO unite the lakes
and connect them with the Sound, and
then. and mot tall then, will you fully
realize what il boom. Icare not what
may b. the present value of real estate
at Seattle, il IL safe TO say yen may then
multiply its present value by tho figure
10, and then It will b ~ only the CON-
mencsmens Of the boom that u 10 mako
The city Of Seattle the great metropoli-
tan city Of the Pacific coast. In vain
viii San Francisco eudeavee 70 main
tain her present supcemacy - the ter
minnsof many roads tsaversing ths great
fertile rsgiens q ~ nosthvssk 0sat&ls
mud and viii tAks ths lead. CON-
1noRoe vii evug ooek the oAegtoot and