The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-04
II PuGEr s0Ja1.
IombeYmeu. Miners and Agri-
euIturists Busy.


Uoe Dreaming f1srEsfses ~ - r$''Ntss'-ts
dry. cool and inspiring. bsst : ss.ssss
- ~ everything On Ere. Doc you
apanembef after the barHs5g vf Chicago
how the scssntife peopis used 70 ne
are up the abnormal psrceafase ~
oloctTicisy ia the Atmosphere osa sh~
paains of Tlsinot=: nos ifsT s1sd ~
aItege that spoatsnesss ssiFasssssis's'
vas almost inevitable = ben sIle1s -
troOFslinary charge 81 electricity sxss-
I'D IN the air. There must - . eofs~
ditton sssnlssr t. that ia ttsss country
- the present time Nos Only hare
three large. thriving cities besn as
sesoyed By FIRE, bBt i T. ssiln tif'l
that more timber has Fseea bafiSesi
from the mountains daging he past
fwo months than has been cat %
miners and -etsisrs since the discovery
u Alder gnIeh ard the settlement 81
Montana and washsngton, TIE Sun
has not t,een clearly vis4tsle 0EI aecotisss
of the smoke ia The air s!nee The hsst
al July. and On some days. though
not a single sloaf sfsearet3 the ssy
the only appearances presented by the
suu was that ~ little fed rsssnd ssaiss
How many million f.@t - thinner hAss
hen DESTROYED II Is impossible o. cal
cuIsfe but ID has certainly b~en
enough 10 supply the wboss I u1fesi
STATE. wst.. fr~xood for the entire
winter.
There are many theories a. ~ h1s
forest ssrez begin, anss all 81 them are
probahly correct, that Is 10 say, TIE
3ire~ are .tfatesi in a variety ut Ways
The Indians are criminaIiy caretsrs.
During this season al the year they
amend great deal Of time Ia ;bs
woods. and IL IL nothing "a Them
whether the forests burn dosn or not.
when they break camp they leave
their fires burning on the ground snd
70 beedis<zIT away. White iaen. ~
many instances, do the sanr thing
SPARKS from engines. too, are The ire
nt,eut agencies b. which great ana
ruipous fires are started. bnee set
started and under good trssk WIND.
there a fs way al stopping tnetu
Vast uuantities of timber gros upo1
the mountains hetseea hie reSks,
where their opportunity To seours =
GOOD hold in the esrth i
poor and insufficient. snd stier
they have attained eeriaiti
growth they fail. They raFeiy rot
because the atInosphe,e Is - dry.
and. fun of ro=ln. they lie there and
become n dry a. cstips-ios' the faei
for which the advancing Gaf1se. are
looking. In their spectacular piaass,
forest fires arr magnificent. IL almost
seems a. II they took deliberate siui
Ut the monster trees and selected their
victims a. the sharpshooisr, Isreh7'i
upon an erntnsnee, selects his They
run along the ground and attack Tire
trees from the bottom, soaring up
ward. They spring from branch To
branch. consuming everything IN
their way, running in a. many direc-
tons aud with as many cspfiess 81 an
electric current. They produce a ter
rife heat which nothing can With
stand, aad against which u would
require an army 81 nieB Ia conduct
successful battle
In the forests around Puget sound
extraordinary efforts are pat forth,
first tn prevent and then 10 control
the flames. A SYSTEM of espionage j.
attempted Whereby IL il hoped To as
certain when IRE breaks oat, AMI
gangs Of usn are sent into the burn
Ing district They take positions IN
front of the fire a. 4 considerable dis
lance away. AMI az rapidly a. 20 sibie
they clear oil the timber Sometime.
they burn Il off They employ every
possible method 10 create or clear
space In the cath of the advancing
fire, 50 that when IL reaches the clear
ing IL will have nothing In feed on,
This is plan pursued IN the forests al
Germany aud Switzerland but Their.
men are abundant, and compared
with these. the forests are small.
Here il Is impossible 10 procure
sufficient number of men to
deal efiee,nsllv with the catastrophe.
and often before they are arrived and
prepared to do anything thousands
of the largest and finest trees in the
Sound country are reduced 10 eharred
and useless masses. Memorials have
been sent to congress frequently in
the hope that some federal action
woald be taken under the direction of
the secretary OF the interior to protect
the timber OF the public lands trom
destruction, hut they have not been
accompanied by any useful sugges-
tons. II has not been shown what
congress could do, or In wisdom
should attempt la do. The forests are,
however. the nations They do NOS
belong Ia these people out here, and
certainly men cannot be expected "a
spend their fortunes protecting the
property that belongs Ia somebody
else. That something should lee done
IL plain enough.
The Puget sound country IS Old
and we'll known. It's earliest settlers
came Ia II from California, making
their way north sard along the Pacific
coast. They Investigated the resources
al the whole territory west of the as
cade mountains and have bong
known at iis mineral deposits and IL
wonderful numbering opportunities.
Until the railroads vAme Ia, however.
few people attempted io live and do
business 80 many miles from market.
Con siderable yosStwise trade in logs.
boards and shingles had been created
and several mills had hesu started
along the Sound. Todsy their name
H. legion, They are already doing
remarkable trade With China. Japan
and Cores. and IL Is Ia the direction ct
the setting sun that the people Of this
country are lsoking tot their future
Wealth, They expect SOON 10 mpnop
ellie the Russian. japanese. Chinese
and Indian trade that woes 10 the
items ot the A>istiC eusst amount o.
about $50 tsot.sl. the greater part uf
which Is absorbed hY England. The
Tendency ~ this trade = ALREADY
toward Our Pacific states. and wtth
proper oceauic connections. Ne should
soon secure practically the whole al IT,
The saving IN distance would ol itself
he decisive ~ oar favor. The nature
ot Asiziic commercial dsuand< ~
alsH ia Cur interest. IL includes such
). staples a. canned ct->siS, cheap cot
ton. -four. meats. lumber. agricultural
implements sud other mechanical lie.
vtces Those are the things
the AsiAteS ase euying
and these are The thing,
In which Englsad caunot comlsta
With ~. All tASt j. needed "a bring
the bulk of thts trade - Puget ~otsna
Is q sufficiently large aset a. handle
H. The sentiment In Washington
Territory ia layur If protective ship
PING laws i therefore overs Aelr;sux
All the people asa Is that S40cs Enx-
land gives xtsch eBnFGuuGs bAuutisS fo
her trans HAri3lC fleets. Tbs nlfesi
States shall 81 least make eord its.Yas
even and equal so far As Ia render il
dlGfsceii Cor koEl,sA ships ta sre5sr~
American goseis s. tssir freight they
ask TIA other worsas tilAt shs frRuxfssF-
tstsun 1T American manufacturers Aa.i
prcStaee SHAH - Fczssysss fof Amer
lean bottoms cy sAtpEgux iaws taat
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