, 1889-05-09
A GKUMBLISG DOCTOR.
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A friend has sent the REVIEW the follow
ing clipping from California paper,
which will doubtless astonish all who VIII
read it, owing to the numerous misrepre'
sentations which 1t contains:
Below we publish n greater part OF a let
ter written by DR.. s. Il. Capper whom
many Of our readers know, to his friehu'
Or. Mott. He does not give very nat
teriuu account of Washington territory
and strongly hints that there are few places
better than Californis and especially our
part Of IT, The doctor is good physician
and will doubtless succeed where man
simply dependent on his labor would
fail. ,aeo
MEDICAL LAKE. W. T., April 4, 1899.
d. W MORT. M. D.. DEAR SIR Lee ana
have been over nearly all OF the territory
this side of the mountains and have not
found auv place that suits us better than
Medical Lake. Perhaps In tifty years rom
now IL may be made a fine farming coun-
try, but at the present time there are thouI
sands of acres awaiting cultivation. All
the land OF any value Is In the hands OF
spectators, and u poor man has no more
show of getting a home here than he has of
going to heaven without being born again.
Ii YOU have any friends talking OF coming
to Washington territory tell them to 9ring
sgain. There are hundreds OF men
here who want work and there is
nothing ior them to do. IL IL
nothing to hear Of men being
held up. and robbed, because this same me
| the necessaries OF life. and they In turn
have been robbed by the 'sharks" of what
| little they had. do not write this in any
spirit of i'll will or disgust, but In hopes
that may save some poor man the tronole
and expense of coming here aud spending
/ 4 l. l. a hnn
| needs 1t. l expect TO do something mere
| as this Is resort for invslids as well as the
| wealthy. or course there Is nothing mere
dur rg the winter season. II is unnecessary
| for me to say more you eau uraW 'ou'
own conclusions. This territory Is III tne
| hands OF syndicates who are anxious TO
unload and they are sparing neither time
nor money to do Ii.
Among the thousands of people who
have come to w ashington during the past
year this Doctor Capper is tho only one
who has discovered that ''all the land OF
any value is in the hands of spectators,
that there are hundreds of men here who
want work and there is nothing for them
to do" that anybody in this country is
"really suffering for the necessities OF
life," or that this territory is in the
hands of syndicates who are anxious to un'
load" Each of these declarations is
libel upon the country in which the doc
tor has cast his lot and expects to dc
something this summer" 10 the first
place there are in Washington yet untaken
thousands of acres of DIS good land as there
is anywhere on the face Of the
earth---lapd that it would be i'm
possible for syndicates or speculator'
to obtain control of If they
desired. There are not hundreds or any
other number of men here seeking work
without being able to find it. No case o.
suffering for the necessaries of life hal
ever been heard o. in this tountryiexcep
where tire parties were disabled or tot
lazy to work. If the doctor knows of 30!
syndicates who are anxious to unload val
liable lands at a sacrifice he can 'do some
ting" for himself by pointing them out h
residents all of whom have unlimited
} confidence in the future of the country ant
would be willing to pay handGome premi
ums on good bargains.
} And il the croaking Doctor Capper is 81
thoroughly dissatisfied he has the privileR
of returning 10 his own California. and il
view OF the publication Of this letter it i
not likely that any citizen would exert
very strenuous effort to induce him 4
change his mind should he conclude I.
shoulder his pill.baRs and depart.