The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-18
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seattle.

The gsznsless essserpri.e u The 18th
eenfarg j. the construction q tho
fsyysgssEy equipfsd fassFgsas3 frpHi i,a-
sntb. ne tsse slsssre 81 6sss % tsae great
Il k4s. aerxas The essssia@ns 10 SETTLE
xhseh + Essszted Is ore - the Finest
IssrfsaFe IL the saEii.
This Faagr.t1es1t enterprise i cpffs-
snossIy xn0wn a. the Jim Hfi = stsfis
N rsffrssasss ard airezsty has MAN Iiisr
srssf, various feesssFz as4a .truttest - Tar
wess = HpIena. Mont. The Glvisssn
,,..,.y s'rss,sr ,.s.s,s,rzsssssfss from Spokane
FsIfs y -esstie part 0f this great
Eg.tsfn The asaS NlFo iss&ngufztesz
.s,,,i I. =, rassjsflv e4TEy ing forward this
ss,.r.sffssf.f 16rk i kD0an ~ one OF
~ vees.s sepereus and bsg-hearfei1
s@ss h tfss country. He j. fxfsiiiariy
kngwn e. jim IliiE Twentg years
avyt h. wa. q com FnssE1 iaforer, then q
contractor. then supegin tsfisleisf, AMI
uf,ys ft.s president al one u the sntsst
ligegaI assd bs-<t managed TaiiFua1 sys-
TENS IN the United state lie has
sskesi ls5s 40 land gFaats. -uisSsalts o.
donations. indonitas4e pluck enfr-
gv IEserali;f ard fair dealing have
been his aatehNefsis Besides I0Ner-
ing freszitts and fares between Helena
and Dafnsh. he has donated thousands
Of ,i9ilars % the pioneer settlers along
his rosie IN tlse way 81 seesi. grain ard
hioosies3 stock
II wii. Re but a short time before the
construction ot the last division oi this
1nesslaied sy-tefa. sbich lies between
Helena sessI spokane FALL, i begun.
Then the main line from DglGfh 10
seattle will h. complete. and the con-
aaeyer II the Northern Pacific VII
tieEaga-trate - the commercial world.
and oar tired people uhe have heen
waiting 80 long. that the y J. railroad
cost isafsy i tide greatest fyrart and
the most unreasonable Discrimination
that ever Ol.stFuetel progress and en-
terfrise in any country. From the
very day labor began N Spokane Fails
or the seattle. Lake shore and East
ern, the y. T.. has mustered ali its en-
ergies. It's sstraps, rs miaions and
dirty aAaer Shippers t. check the pro
gress and completion 81 this gfest
work They have taken their forces
into The sfans Couiee 10 stop con
~tFu fian. they have laid bogus line
over b9Hl,ieFs and rock here al Sp0-
kane Pals 10 head 81 this new line.
They have served injuuctions and are
nuw lighting this coming competition
in the rHsrts.
What say the tax payers. the lonely
dweiiers on the frontier. the farmers
and stock men and the ncwly-arrived
eInIgranis Nho have all -been robbed
and piaudeFed by this voraeious ty-
rant. the ". r. r. K Every man,
woman and child ia Washington Ter
Titory should rise up against these
mGnstruas usurpsfs. They have
grabbed ap the best lands in the terri
tory and refuse t. pay a reasonable
iax which has been assessed on their
property for the lifsf time. aud when
they zee. a now, that certain eofnpeii.
tiDn j. near at hand they propose 10
lower the fret tights a trisie. Ba; let the
people remember that when the new
road f. completed. at the same rates
even, Il should always he patfonized
in preference TO this lazy Old octopus
which has sucked the life out OF the
country without giving any returns.