The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-24
sEkR1ED aoPS IN Bloom.
Preparations for Harvesting the
Fruit Of the Vine.


CAipeso Pfckers into white
River valley.
TIE sersEse hop fields az King and Fierce
couasles wsli s<soG ssenl with the presence
Of hauirs~ss OF busy psekers- Indians.
Chinese and whites. rho ara beginning 20
gather zroza eyery quarter ~ the North
wesT to take part III the snEaas hsrvs-t
Hardly day passes sAss there Is not % Dc
seen aseng the shores o. the SQUAD groups
az canoes. coming from the North, with
British Columbia or TElaltp Indians and
their families and all their motley caInr-
inx psrapbernslia all headed for the
mouth 81 the Dusxmisa river or the west
ern shore OF Sxsttle hsrisr. Here the
craft are be~rhed and lett aotif their owu-
ers retGru from the hop nelsis- The Ia
di4Es- after securing their Canoes come 10
the city and board The trains OF the Pagef
Sounc shore or seattle. Lake shore &
Eastern raitrost and are borne To tire
ranches 81 which they have previously
contracted 10 labor. One hundred and
twenty two British Columbia Indians ar
rived Wednesday aud were ia tbs evening
transported 10 orills. where they Will pick
Oh the ranch of pas Hayes Thirty more
TO lowed on Thursday evening. AID more
are arriving every day.
FovR THOUSAND pgeKEEs.
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s.e.po.,.s i, IN fssg,is south NJ s..,.ts,a
Probably Loo, w,g! 10 engaged ON the
Snoqaalrnie hos ranch, on she Lake shore,
80 altogether nearsy 100 p.ckers aili make
prunt from fhe heavy output OF 1879.
o~r no.Yp nov
lhe price PAID VIII os "a per s'ssA--a re-
ductaon OF - cents from isss- An average
picker can M $50 ts,x per 0ass "asis an
sAiSsl. can p,eA s'A1ss saa 'naeasnss ,oaf
-s..'r-mh..r a,.,i = O. s,sr nart ~ o,,o,,er.
IL is y poor picker who csnnos clean I'D
from $50 to so IN the Season, and most of
them MAKE mo
IAsr yr.e,S ss.ec,ry or t.Ros.
Last year there Vas great scarcity Oh
piekers. a malicious report having been
circulated among the indians that small
pox was rsxf..v in and ahaut Seattle and
IN ennsennanrs fhe eeesfar NAT nj them
ahsnrfanaa fheir srpssi exaursion Il, mi.
civ =, arest uas IN smharrsssmanr ~
hos, rsncSer~ ,h~r thex snn.sla,t tn the
sefo i dire ors al & attic and IN. sshonIs
were dismissed, aud the children allowed
~ 80 Ia me nsaus - ssss sae pss,shahs
went and realized s; ana s. per iay. while
eli cailcrel made qoodly suns.
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A contractor was in the city yesterday
making ARRANGEMENTS for the shiu,oent af
,shtnosa sr,,,, por,Isns ~ H., whi,a ,s,ar
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i nsias IA ehrN.sl Iots. Ins oseson ineefopos,
10 1oh senu az eaVi aLious nuo4 scs VI
coolies 70 lne heil u sacn isoof = per
niislev 70 pe eapio2ea Mahis anuls i |,
IIou, MI Nh. an. iaAiuia .vui'sss " ia
/ fe'hiofce iheH ossahfeh ifoiu 'sie oetho
MOVING THE CROP.
r,a pave. so,,a Sho-s r,sa has nsia
80. ~ '''ae.s
special preparation Tor handling tue out
put OF this year. New warehouses have
| been erected at Slaughter and Kent aud a
large addition butt 10 the warehouse at
orilla The facilities for handling the
crOp IN Saith have been greatly increased
| by the erection of the .erinIuai warehouse
I of the transfer camDauy Sisietracys have.
been lai,, al ever, rsicf af any impur,ar,:.e
along the line, aud the aaled hons can be
| loaded upon the ears without unnecessary
/ transformation
seattle will this wear handle a much
| hesyier proportion OF the entire crop OF the
Sound than IL ever did before
/
fALLor NOR NEWS
The following from Puyallup sums up
| fairly the condition OF the hop crop:
1 Notwithstanding the various conflicting
minors G ,neerning the hip crop tais year,
y promises 20 ne quite an average yieii.
va aSerans VI e'iS very ia'tfao.e fcpo -
| rom EagIand, some growers mere are
quite anxious 70 dispose Oh the'r crop Al
any price VI cou'se, iaiiure IN fhsiahu
ieails kooa prices iof citoi. { Nasniistous
Ne.ef.ne..ss the overs mere should Go
all IN lhtir power 10 MAKE tnclr nops as
Z
/ As III this way they are the more nicely ie
] set gooi price TOT tneir crop. r. Meeker
x Co, OF TINS town, have issued circular
Whicn contains tsefui information 10 The
heh grower.
Inc nor ; IN ths fuYsihp Nailey VIII De
| ready for harvesting about September or
/ 8. hiihough hopplcSing IN general VIII
! not begin Tor a few days later. Rep rts
from ether districts round here are that
picking VIII b gin generally about septem-
Der 2, although Chehaiis and Kent hops
i are somewhat riper.
There is : ea'iy influx of strsng rs into
| town, and almost all the available accom-
mediation is taken I'D. Several Of the
( larger growers have engaged Indians. one
! large grower having ~ many as $50 com
| inc from British Columbia,
f. Nj. Pine Is erecting large hop kiln
/ for Bean 4 Wood on their hop ranch
south of town.
THs SITUATION.
Following ara extracts from ,h. cireela,
,ssra,yhvF uao1,.,r :. ~ -, ,,,,x,,.,o ~.
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before this cifcu'sr NH nave reaen'
tue hands OF distant growers active prepa-
ratioDs VIII be IN progress for harvesting
the hop crop. AT this writing in the
Puyallnp valley some have gone So far as
t. get their pfckefs ION the ground" and
have given oaS word that they will begin
picking sooa. This creates unrest among
other pickers inteu ding To come to the hof,
fields for other yarls fearing lest they VII
be too late. and likewise among other
growers fearing they tso would be TOO late
Because OF the iateness OF the ARRIVAL of