Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-15

Wheu I boarded the overland trair
: Puysiiup. last Thursday. bound fo'
ues York, and. With gfipssck in hand
- able TO enter 1t once . palscs
seepfag car, and In due time pelaes
Nrins car. then indeed did II seen
~ mr. long deferred hops had be .
sulissd- hopes that had existed foI
sges ! third Of . century, from thu
ous Of ss<yens's survey" - W
- TO term his trip Of observation
serow the continent.
A. ws left Puyailup. nov thriving
Village Of seven hundred inhabitants
~ sped up the valley past the neu
Village Of orting With it, brand new
buildiogs, past South Prairie With its
iese line 0 coal and coke cars. past
~ .Icop" up to White River siding,
9Th IT. new village and numerous
shtneIe mills. on to Enumclav. with
- sentinel mountain on guard ;
10 h Hot Springs. with their healing
vsters; to the portal Of the :. big tun-
~. up and back, up and back, on the
saifchbsck; past the SHOWS Of the
ummis and down 20 the sunshine OF
tbe Kittisss and Yakima valleys.
eculd not help contrasting this trip
9TH one bad made substantially
svsr the same ground, now just thirty
Arss years and Eve months ago. with
N pony - my only company, the
inmigrsnt trail or rosd Is my guide. .
nddle blanket - my bed. iiour sack
d .hsrd tack tied on bshind my sad
lis - my dining car" the meeting
~ Father Mesker," then struggling
scross the plains. ~ my objective
point.
Just how crossed the roaring White
liver ct Porter's place. and Gro sed
and recrossed the Nsehes River over
dirty times In the canyon on the other
sids In the mountains. aud crossed the
Summit, and travelled over the dusty
lands OF the Yakima TO the Columbia,
and on to the base Of tbs Blue Noun.
tsins, has much Of Il gone out Of my
memory, and yet there Is far more Of
The recollection left Of that trip than
can be related here in this writing.
The fond anticipations OF meeting
~ the folks from home were never
rs<lised. Two had laid down their
lives on the plains aud were buried In
The sands OF what Was then thought Of
q the desert" Tho final meeting
q night. way out in the oren country
beyond the Columbia. the rejoicing
and grief commingled. Is not forgot
ten; bat Of that the reader would not
care TO hear.
Returning. though. 10 the incidents
Of the present trip: IL was just day
Hight when We arrived st Spokane Falls.
Although but i've O'Clock, and cool,
ahustied out" for wanted TO see the
changes Of eighteen month :. when last
seen, spokaneilers believe in theiI
town, and show their faith BY theii
works; for. In fact, II the town Is moi
las big as Tacoms. or Seattle, either,
- with swelling pride is asserted, 1t h
so near II ~ to invite closer examin-
alton to prove or disprove the asser'
ton. The increase within the time
mentioned has been greater than with
either OF the cities spoken of in com
parison, which. as We all know. is say.
hg great deal.
Mingling with the passengers,
si&sned great deal about Washing
ton Territory and Puget Sound In par
sscular that was entirely new TO me
and doubtless will DO to some. at least,
Of the readers of the Posr-IsrEltI-
asscEH. For instance. did not know
that Washington Territory was with
out any farming land. yet was gravey
70 informed by psssingly intelligent
looking gentleman, who said he had
been told SO, and stoutly contended
with me when undertook to convince
him that We could easily turn out a
million tons OF wheat = year and
scarcely touch the outskirts OF the
farming region.
Then We have no good beefsteak, no
eood oysters. tthey did not say any
hing about clainsp no good hotels
nothing worth living for, ole might
conclude. according 10 their dolefui
story. Even the climate was bad,
ad-d bad, according 70 one disgrun-
tied blue" specimen.
twas in vain mentioned that cher
Hes were in bloom In my orchard at
Puyallup on the morning OF the 9Th
II April, when left home, in latitude
ESQ; that the cattle were out on the
pastures; that blowing had been GO
ing on for more than q month, that
the hop vines were springing into life
that nearly every kind Of tree or shrub
vas Just bursting into full leaf and
boon. Finally did wiring from this
man the admission that the 4" fnysllnr
valley did look as IL there Was good
land there" which, Of course, would
apply to a dozen other valleys as vel
One man hadn't been 20 Pnge'
sound but he knew what I, was
Anyway, it was useless for pool
man to go there. 80 the land was al
ewred by one man" They told u'
In Portland that one man over ther'
Zen tie saund) owned over . millio;
scres, AMI peo- man couldn't sc, any
footing there" and 50 on shroagh ih'
chapter, and. In fact. Of = whol, vol
nme Of such stuff
II one wan : TO meet a seif-sa,issies
piece Of humanity let him face q Mon
tana mine owner. ! at at hreakfss
WITH one this morning. a positive char
se,er-one Who showed that be he