Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-22

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vuu The time our train gotng enst
- Puyallnp ve met six vsst-bcund
,-.,<uxer trains before ne crossed tie
ifre bes~een Montana snd Dakota
rhess Trains we're all loaded = with
ssspse, apparently every seat occu-
ia. erreps in The "sieepsrs," and
ace we're only partially occspsed-
ma fact showed thst the great stream
d travel going vest was not made ~
a tourists. but consisted Il frng ]
psoyae going to The "n- y country to
stsy and there And suitable places and
nake them homes. On these six wes-
bound trains compesent judges gave
Il ~ their opinion that there were ~
leass three hundred and City people
och; for 10 ali appearance they were
like In number Of ears. and we're aiI
Allied alike, showing that there was
stssdy stream Of travel westward. On
his train, upon which write - We
asf nearing St. Paul, there are sbon,
s;xhty persons. ali told, and gocdiy
namber In the sleeper. some Of whom
ere returning tourists FROM last IA .
exodus. II IL fair 70 assume this -
shout the average number upon east
bound trains, which would make the
couns ssa, d for the SIX days Of the
vsss-bound trains 200. sud for the
ssme period 81 esst-bound passengers
10. or = gain Of i62o persons within
~ time mentioned, 70 the three Ter
ritories, Montana, Idaho aud Wash
ington and the State u Oregon. from
this one line alone
Washington u getting hs : full share
II these people; In fact. am led TO
beiieve she 10 getting full half Of this
western stream. When one takes into
confederation the other great lines
leading into the territory named, the
Oregon short Line, the California rail.
road and steamers from San Francisco,
then We can begin TO realize what great
changes are upon u.s.
THESE people are generally only with
small means, and while not able TO buy
high<priced land or hish-priced city
property, nevertheless are Of more
lasting benefit to the country than a
lever number OF richie people would
Be. They are going TO stay with the
country aud to grow up with it.
A surprising experience was that, to
cross the great belt Of the Rocky Noun
tAins through Montana in early spring.
to ind the weather warm and pleas
ant, with scarcely u vestige Of snow
left. except on thehigh mountain peaks
in the distance, to descend to The lower
levels Of the upper Missouri upon the
plains Of Dakota. and find winter yet
with his iron grip upon the land only
just beginning to loosen little. The
strange anomaly. though. Is presented
oil that sunshine land upon Tue noun
'sins aninhao'ted' WINE 'na' s''in
winser-bosind soil seems iaiiy oecup'ea
by the settler. One thing is very no
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