Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-16

wiser. Etc. Etc.
rrnrros Posr-IsrEILroKscEH.l
-, vere all there about week aot
@ boarded a Bellingham Bal
., for WhatcOm-the new settlel
s:-. sor a home among the uppeI
Ns. the old settler who couldn't b
49,. ant of the country, the specula
o "a the fellows always waiting foI
sn;no To turn up. The representa-.
49, - TIE first class felt very brave
W sS.r,eased uuswerving dftermina-
10y = 6nd 4 piece of land and mako a
@ or shere. at no matter what cost
~m. ~ .sIed A good many questions
tuey ;rmrable claims, and talked con-
eJ. e n "actual settlers" which
,isssed very much the doctor ana Young
~,sr If the party, who each bold q
.,snch.n Just for raise, yon Know,
80 t;me in the future. II THIS latter
S1.ss nav. however, how they are be-
.,;no 10 be looked upon BY the old
ss.1tis,s sa vho don't like to make roads
sesao,, sms,, thew would visit their claims
VIZ wo1' :rS - that their rights were
S@ @ s.,red than they are at present.
pcss2' "a IA ssstler carried huge bundle
..s.css - ~ 4 roomy pair Of rubber boots.
- ~ s.Jr,t mueh TO say, but was pre-
0S - q, the worst after hs should
sS - Milvpukee of the Sound, and
y. Sro~iedce Of weather and roads
- -. honnd TO de him good in any emer-
eeecy. .,.....-,h.v-.,.
r..ss interest 70 all. OF course the
~..snIstora kept pretty quiet and wore
- Enovina look when the old settlers
ssi2a6 about $500 lots on the hill at
(Jld Wbatcom; but the fellows Who had
~ their hopes very high and had been
vsifino for years for somethinR TO turn
m expressed their satisfaction at tho
isekv stroke which had turned them
iovird this growing young CITY ut 20
ueomisinG season.
N oourse We all knew that the future
Srsst oity was composed of the four
srovinc villages Of Whatcom, Seahome,
6siiineham and FaiYhaven, all situated
n HeiIinaham Bay. And really there
e laYro amount Of activity within the
snnna places, and the sound Of. the
6ansef and saw has been the most
eonnpon music heard alenQ the south
Acee for the past six months.
Whou the steamer 0ame near 70 Fair
hnvon I'll the travellers came upon the
deok 10 view the prospect. No one had
- % ray, excepting the fellows on
~ Lookout for luck; they had expected
Sfnd 8 Detroit here, and . Ailwsukes,
1a1alo and Chicago, full erc4o, u the
slhm three places, and their dtsappoint-
nens Was expressed In much the same
lnoeuaee q each Of them. No mo
-, no street cars, and when they
aot toround 70 old Whatesm, no twenty
Roosand dollar lots for one hundred
1ellass. In fact, they found four pio-
~ villages with only fair prospects,
- b the time thsy had lu9Qed their
Ivy vsljseo around through the muddy
lnll from 6ohone 70 Whatoom they
~ become thorouehly diagugtod and
101oeuined 20 take the IotuSn boat 1og
80 olhsr Utopia.
Dst I . ust tell you about my walk
hom Whatoom 10 Wiser Lake. The lat.
r point n about eleven miles Straight
r1e{h Of The former, but BY The AoeTso9
~ ths distance walked viii b about
dGhtoon miles.
telasted from Wha4oom early Tues
~ morning, carrying my blankets II
8 6andls, and luckily, q Il afterwards
lugnel ont, my umbrella. AZ old Fort
lollingham, three miles north ef What
~, instsad Of following tho bay shore,
: I'm b made - the westward. and
~, aboat four miles north Of Fern
~, anolheR divergence 10 made IN the
amodlrootion, after which one follows
vha& = knsun o. "Mc's trail" Every
body q Bellingham Bay and the Nook.
aaek Rive Knows No, but bis trail 70
Ten-uile eeeek has fallen % badly into
disuoe q late that Il ID little more than
. oheep Path, and ono must watch
sIosoly ~ 'ssigus" or get lost, especial
b inSaeh walking - ! had.
1he NOV lay nearly foot deep, With
yielding crust at the top and water
1adsrneAth, making every step a. ehort
ri painful.
Hevover, I followed that trail for nix
u1loe With IL half burned bridges and
~ foot logs, and only lost my bear
- odee, though carried no compass.
~ Tan-mile cav mill, four miles east
Z reRndale, I struck q nne road, which
~ fora distance Of six or eight miles
eo1evard from the latter place. Keep
II east along this, going toward Wiser
lAko, o0e leaves tt again, though still
Mxeliug good road for some distance
I'll b reaahes . swamp-like forest, %
t119e hat Il has been hard labor to
mAhe headway through IL in ordinary
- ! struck tho edge Of this dark
- about duak, and knocked at The
eDoeof . cabin which stood there.
A0ontloman named Dix Was the o.
Mpont, and he informed me that the
nllload sarvey trail, or line rather. co.
osod ~ woods. Just here. and that I
- tWo miles from Wiser Lake,
0ooeA only haif . mile further on .
- laned Brown occupied . cabin.
Al>oe finding that the tsAaks OF
uoun'e partner, Who had gone 70 what
- " day before, were vt1thlo de-
mined 70 push on the next half mile
MOO.
Juat then Il was the fruits 1t the
o1gM becamo moet visible. The ground
- covered In many places with six
- ef water, and one must pass cou-
naly over and under freehly fallen
es. maple, cherry and birch treea.
- 8 The same time watch closely The
~ ooliteEated tracks, and the few out
~ and bla1es OF the railroad s1svsy-
llsliowsd thess fading signs In The
0oQening gloom for Abouta quarter Of
eu1le. and then there was . lost man In
u woods of Whatoom, and the losl
n was me.
Ivo miles from Haven. my home ou
EAioer, and Q quarter Of q mile from Z
1yen Of protection a. Browu'A The
nd moaned through the branches oi
y evergreen, tho rain battered doWu
y my head, avalanchea Of GnoW alid o6
= branches all ovsf me, u was pitohy
III By this time, and worst of all, tseel
~ stubs were falling al about.
! knew if left the ourvsy line ]
I'D b lot in the daytime q veil -
~ night, and 40 l was mos he lucky
eseoe Of . single match. shouted,
- tAis b the way ID sounded "W-h-o-
seAo-o-o! Trees falling, rain pouring,
II aiding, wind moaning-no answer.
s.o-w-nr' Trees falling. rain poar.
u NOW Gliding, wind moaninR-nu
uee.
Daeins those two calls repeated In
eoioo, q intervals ef . minuts, .,
! efteeu times each. and theu - Z
toll up in his blanket. hois9 hil
lellA and oeat himsolf at tho roots
3 Asuloek 10 pass thirteen hoars 0i
~.
oins great shovslfuls Of snos
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