Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-30

IA4 Atasn. rnErrxina 70 10 ezuiae
e ~ CoruEn il Alzs1an E1tora ayE
Dasfna aha rfxtaan years. e. lhs Con-
sfae1's oonfinnancs - ec1di1ioa e The
kl1u1s hes been 20 much im1ruved t1at
mgm whn were skExe "a 1855 express
e11nnishmsal. Rade SKINS ere replaocd
b. camf0Etahia aaxme1ts, M1d hats b
nant fInme hnusN. achooi4 uhuxches
books. and othex a5innets o dfVilixl-
ton aboum1, and fne peopi8 sra n
every way nsoEe cemfsrksbie. The
A1aGka ConpanY IS ne1 allowed g bring
Mqu1R e. firearms into tha teFFlsnFy;
taia i she1 moss 81 tks kisk y abaut.
Ihe snngRlaFs take bia chances g bring
u Enm ana rifles, ana materially hate tc
he eheekmzled.
Thecarwin tad some ether interest ne
experisnoes. sfegmina thrash gtranQe
water; aiahting Eofcaaoes moueniariI5
seen tbFoneh ths lifting foEs ia1dinR ~
daaoaate roadsieaas 50 lonely that &
nsmed 81 IL God I'd forgotten teat
poRfinn o. Bis oraation; paat tremend-
Coz Rlaciars fEem which great blocks
Il millions Of tens Of dashiDR lee fell
into tie green water. chnrninQ u into
foam and rising a. iceb6rg; b. ollas
fkousaads Of feet hiGh, 0Fag whiah fell
myriad wateFfalls; thea steamine
throuah hnndreds % miles cf dssolaie
aaa 10 the & land Of et. Matthew, where
they shot q large polar bear on tbs
Eoakth Of July, ever where the Galvan
Bag gold mines, said 10 equal DuuRlas
Island. are nov being worked bF some
hardy adFentuFars; back 20 she Alaskan
cham and down past Point Panlow, in
ionaifnde 100 vest and latitude IS north,
tho tap Of whioh blsw OF With q trs-
mendOus explosion August 14th, since
which Il hes been en- active V0leaao.
rhe Gust from this volcano was bloWa
% kodak. 800 miles away. some that
fell ela8eE b VS. gathered uD % the
crew, and upon examiBatien proved %
b enc emery. Great mountains Of
mineral are reported; masses Of virgin
copper Ia che breasts 81 the 81 n; out
oroppinRs % ealene; Eook that assays
in aald away np u the thousands
etc, eto.
Whsn the matter Of tish is meationed
the ordinary ses0urcrs Of the EnRllsh
language are tally inadequate 70 tx
press she wealth Of Alaska IN this
regard. an she asa Of which We Woi
and many species We Wot not are theFe
in benndlea8 variety and mammoth
breed. Great as are our Oregon and
Washington possibilities 10 the mattel
Of fo5d fishes, a appsars that 10 c0m.
paFisan 70 AlaskA's ash plethoTa oars
q bat 81 the light Of early dawn q
the dazzling spiendors Of noon. The
dsVeloDment OF al this natural wealth
will be "a outles for the hardy aid
adventurous far the next fifty years
Ca those dina and shadogy ssas thai
wash along I" where bowls TIE wolf or
| Ounalaska's shore lies the future
frontier Of our American possessions
AZ present Il ts too much Of an aitinld
fhHis % be even reokoned as frontier
Sitka seems afaE OF, th0uRh the Ancou
and Idaho have Of late brought Il VASTLY
nearer; what, thsB, ahali Be said Of 1
visit 70 the native haunta Of the fires
Americans Of Alentian descent, or lhs
free Aleuta Of American descent, WHIT
battle their barbarian brows IN toe sur
shat thundeRs On she shore Of far Alton
Attou is a. far west Of San Francisco q
the city Of the Golden Gate IL vest o.
the bFoWn bread and beans Of Boston
Il IL q mighty sweep from those bolster
ons northern seas 70 the limpid wavl
that laps upon tee level coast of Floxica
and hearing Of this part Of our OountT.
shat lies 10 eastern Longitude makes on
think that here in Astoria be is not 90 IA
west, after all, being bat q little NOR
thas half way 70 the limit.