Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-31
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minh Yis<s. aimnuk frpU ~ Dss14 -
ebnrs - Gkyto0inn amd 0nsqssl0is
Yiserx cene sars1her sDo form u. seu1e
ten miles nbsse Suohonfzh Csfy.
Th< ti5iers of The snii src cleaning 10
and ot<4rina cax pssuafstosy 70 ptov-
ing k1d plau&in. - sssn - sbe Rfo1nd
y dry enonxh ard warm eco1xh - -
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s4e<1es from . Dsls ~ exve1sl Dijen baek
ffsn fks river o. eanA Gda. = oos snsf
feFess. With oniy - ooeanlsnsA c1eafing
Of sozis tSssss boz few sxes sd aeasn
sgssxsi hundrs6 - khoQaan6 neses- bat
year b ysaf - e1snssnes tncseees =
beth nn8hsF an6 1t1s. ard sbe nAxs
eeu<yasson viii - tes tinss - many
peopie ssppuRssd fron tfns pfsssne. No
man NO hns bad sxps<isoes a. eseo
oossFvafsoa ~ - ths tiDs and tsbsr ~
qeired 10 u1sHF up ard bring undex eal-
tEvzt5oa sueh hssvflg ti1b<fsd Innd.
would svsx shfnk of mskina . farm
there - Q matter II spseulnt3on !.
THAI h. Of s<llin9 oaf ~ . pro6s
On tue caet. tskiuG into neo01ne
his own time and issor. Bas she
eiimsts ts GOOD, the sssi b Goed.
and vhsn ons has ence hsgn oot homs
10 via always give him and his family >
compsteney. lem net writing this Win
vasw 10 pleasing anybody, bus ain 10
seHse fno1s - I e. shsm- 80 far. ths
ioGsin9 ins<seGe exssoda al othsu aie0a
shs bsohsmise river. there bssna ever
% many ioegiDg esups tnst s0D3oy
several hundred nen aDd eno110e
nuen of The sarplax farm pscdustsL
There b now eonnsassabts sstsvity
amcDR tbs io1Rsrs, bat tbs psoapeeee
shsad sFs net paFtieuiaxiy hsiaht. 80
their emp;oyss cannot hope for The
waGe4 ourTenk in Hash umse- Ihe
blaekmas brosbeFs, uho began tn :
small uAy dossn yeaxs 80. And NO
are nov sxssnstvely snGaGsd 70 hceA
iozafuR and milling. are still Widening
The industrial osseie oreatod by thefS enr
erRetio ambition and pessevsrauoe.
Sosh men always msks eoms enemies.
bal ars worth mose 10 Community
Than O scou load Of such fellows - sit
stili aud snasi st them.
The o5ty uf 6n0homish has net nsw
tbas eo-ahsad air which seemed 10 per-
wade Il when vns thsre inss fall. No
doubt the present slovnem u prsdnssd
~ Q scAfcity Of that eroot Of ell eviiS
ssth which Il ID nsoeenAry 70 grease the
wheeis Of trade u you would have thso
90. The ODD Fellows are jose fnishina
q beautiful and eisgnnt hall. The Pres
bytertans have bad . house Of worship
thefs for tbese ten yeaFs, and Last yeaS
the Methodisfs erected ae9d church.
Fhey have TIVE school buildin0s With
some eighty scholars under ohaxRe Of
Prof. Petit and Mi&o BiaakmAn. The
tso meat shops are more than enou0h
for the place, and II there we're one or
two fewer stores u vonld be better for
the others. Several saloon baildinRs
ara closed aud Il would be no hsrm 70
the comnunisy " half the others we're
20 shut up shop. Tue two nevspapsrs
aboat make Q living, there mot beinR
Foon In the eonaty for moro than
one a. profitable ihysstmens.
In the matter OF lawyers and
doctors the tswn IL lees overdope than
almost kny place have visited. The
piscs supplies q large body Of people
Away up the SneQuslnie and Skyko-
mish rivers, most Of their supplies BE-
ing poled up io canoes Of from 600 70
5000 pounds capacity. They have daily
communioatton BY steamer With beattie,
tho Nellie and the Cascade being on tho
route and esch doing very fair freight
and passenger business. II 10 BY no
means dead OF dying town. and will
run ahead again - soon ~ the general
business depression lets up. The
stranger putting up at the hotels viii
be cordially recsived and kindly treated
by Ike Cathcart and Dr. Jimmie Knapp.
Lowell, few miles down the river.
seems TO have about getten ,ts growth.
the store and hotel Of T. d. Smith be-
ing sufficient 10 supply the needs OF the
neighborine eeuntFy. Passing on down
fhroaGh Ebey Slough and steamboat
Slongh ! noticed few scattering
ranches and considerable swampy land
that will some day be dyked and Of con-
siderable value. In fact considerable Of
10 is already being dyked. The town
site OF Marysyiile 10 owned By j. p.
Coueford, an old settler. Who antici
pates . smart sized town there enc Of
thess DAYS. II ID just above tbe moath
Of the river and immediAtely ad3oin-
inc the TniaIip Indian reservation. At
sresent there is only hotel, store.
possotfics aud few dwellings, Vim.
Ahick and Blackman Brothers have log
efne camps In the vicinity. and otheFs
are cruising the woods sfcund with an
idea Of opening yet other lo0Rine campo.
There IL vast body OF good timber
back Of the tsvn. most OF u having
been taken up by non residents, who
generally sell the timber TO the milling
companies a. soon ~ they secure titles
Az this time most ef the land 10 without
value except for Lee timber, but, In years
70 come. will yield good crops The
present generation are but laying .
Foundation upon which their pestertty
may prot:tabiy build. ". A. WASH.