The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-13
an INTERESTING TALK.
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Colonel Frank Parker, Of the Waila
Waila Statesman, who il acting a. a
sort Of immigration agent for ths
Northern Pacific Railroad company
add Who Is always really 70 talk on
Territorial matters. vas seen by re-
porter re ;erday- In the course Of a
long conversation. he said:
.Never before was the upper cosn;ry
In such a state Of pro perity. The
farmer, however, have learned VIE
dom by past experience, ant find fbey
have quite enough % ioox after on
their hofHestea withogt mnr.Sagins
them To pareha e Wild iani~. a. they
DID i've years ago"
THE WILLARD BOOM.
what was the cause Of this
ain that year the Willard boorn
reached it, climax. wheat went up to
nearly dollar buslsel, the railrna..
took the wheat out ~ reduced rafe.
farmers naturally thought the mii-
Ie1iuns had arrived and ingrtgagrss
their farms heavily 10 bny railroad
lands, reckoning thef II 3zI acres at
home brought them in $500 per year,
the same amount OF ralirfsad lard
elsewhere would double the result
But II diist pan out. somehow.
Whea, went do With bang. and
the only thing MAT kept up ~ iiek
was the 10 per cent. intsTesi. u was =
hard struggle with some, and caused
great discomfort ~ that period. hat
happily they have all pnIle through.
4rse. t.fs.-t f.f<st.at<
TO talk politics"
FoEIrfes kso RAILROADS..
Talking Of politics. what IL the sii-
nation over there7"
As q general thing, no interest IL
taken by the people at all that can
sce. Mr.. Warner, OF t'oIEax, Il talked
about by some, and he could earTy
Whitman county by y good majority.
II elected be would make a good dele
gate. AZ he has the experience OF over
q quarter Of d century IN the Terri
tory. lie ii the only Democratic can
diiate talked Of at niI east Of the
mount iins except nj Spokane Eails.
where ]. J. Browne has q good many
friends who would like T. see him,
nominated. On the Republican side
the chances are favorable for any one
II half dozen men. The railroad
question u eliminated from politics.
That only comes in when times are
hard. At present We are subsisiIzing
railroads. The liant road il progress
ing raridly six miles Of track. ain.
informed. have been laid and twelve
nj g GRADED.
What Seattle should do now /. T.
extend your Cedar river road n fea
miles to tap the Northern Pacific Mt
the common point, and demand that
cur wheat should be brought here II
the producers so declare.
As look NJ IL now that the tinnel Is
about completed and the bridge nearly
CON pleted over the s'Olu,n Ia. the
Northern Pacific viii no longer he
able o. ignore Seattle as il has In the
pat. Seattle has, no doubt. had yea-
hons for growing. but when y0u con-
II Ter the trouble they have had even
70 maintain traffic with Tacoma, YOU
will ind plenty {, think aboaf. II.
when the bridge II completed and The
tunnel finished. they do not give YOU
your rights, you viii soon have the
Seaitle. Lake Shore 4 Eastern aeroSS
the mountains. Walla Walla will find
money 81 pay the interest on few
millions II you need II.
waLLs wAILk PROSPEROUS.
GLOW Is Walla Walla progressing
''splendiIly. The FIRE year ago
was tn salvation. and II We only had |
another in one or two places. Ii would |
lc another blessing. We have a few
old fossils who never will spend dol. |
lar Ia improve things until they are
forced. Bus n new generation and
new corners are leaving them behind
and are carving out bright future.
Walla Walla viii be 30 the inland en-
yife what Seattle IL 10 the PUGET
Sound. Our population II Increasing
every day by people from the cold |
eastern states, who have ne last heard |
Of our educational facilities, and are
fast tuying up the large farms, cutting
them up iaio small tracts aud ,ievoi-
ing them 10 fruit culture. aud actually
more money of five acres
than some OF our farmers do off ~
acres,
In short, from now on, | predict a |
new and bright future for the whole |
territory. We are young and have |
vast undevctopei resources that have |
not yet tren hear. OF. Immigration
viii develop things. Keep on adver-
ti-ing, for their ARE several millions |
who have yet 10 make our acquaint-
aDce.