The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-31
A GREAT TERRITORY.
The State Of Affairs in okazogan
County.
pSsesveries of the AIbasress-Rrank
lin OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and the Editors-

Mr.. E 6. Caldwell, . weIl-known at
torney OF Ruby City .Okanogsn county
passed through Seattle Monday. en-
route 70 Port Townsend He does not
expect 70 return tEis winter. Times
are very dull, and little money Is in
circulation Speaking Of the mining
outlook 10 a Posv-IsrELLIsEScEE re-
porter. Mr.. Caldwell said:
Although matters are almost at \
stzndstiII, Developments have demon
ssrafed that there are valuable mines
along the Concoaul,y and immense
bodies OF ore; il Is eqCally apparent
that il viii not pay to transport the ore
to the mills with the present facilities
for shipment. The mines which looked
well a year ago have improved vastly
on development. and the owners are
encouraged, but dividends are quite
out Of question until the railroad
draws nearer
.when | left Ruby preparations
were being made to resume work on
the War Eagle and Arlington, on the
latter OF which some eight or ten
thousand dollars viii be expended this
winter. II is intended 20 strike the
vein at the a0Afoot level At 500 feet.
| in the tunnel, the ledge held out in
quality and was widening. The Cali
fornia Tunnel Company, organized to
prospect for blind lodges in Ruby
mountain. has been organized with
money behind il.
Probably a hundred people viii
winter in Ruby City, and as many
more in conconully City. But there
viii be a mail service, a luxury hither-
to unknown.
How was Ar Voorhees, welcomed?
He was warmly received. The burn
ing question in okanogan has been
the mail service The county has been
utterly neglected by the postal author
tiles. The stage companies have
brought in letters at 10 cents each, and
every now and then a subscription has
been taken up and a messenger sent
out to bring in the accumulated mail.
Voorhees, was appealed to again and
again by men OF influence in the coun-
ty. but he did not even condescend to
reply. Finally appeals were made to
Other congressman, and Messrs. Brown
and Steele, OF Indiana, made personal
GIRLS HI the pUStUluCe departments,
with the result that bi-weekly mail
service was established. When it was
announced that Voorhees, was TO visit
Ruby. the Democrats knew it was of
no use 10 try and arouse enthusiasm,
but as duty TO their party they pro-
cured an American flag, tackled the
names of Cleveland and Thurman
thereon. and suspended il across Main
street The miners on the hill, a
hundred or more, are Republicans
with the exception of one or two, and
when they saw the banner they at
once set about preparing another.
Securing all the muslin in town. they
eonspicuously displayed the lines:
No Mail Route, Free Trade Don't
Go, It's English, You Know This
was the first thing Mr.. Voorhees, saw
on driving into town. and he devoted
his entire speech to an apology for his
shortcomings, making the canyon
ring with his hoarse, harsh voice. and
entirely neglecting his main issue.
Northern Pacific forfeiture.
''As regards the county seat fight,
Ruby City seems to have the adj
vantage. The votes of the Wanicut
lake people viii be more than offset by
the settlers along the Methow and
0kancgan, who favor Ruby as being
much more convenient