The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-06
THE PASSING THRONG.
Things Said and Seen in Hotels
and Streets.
THE TuLALIP INDIAN AGENT.
what mr.. W. II. Taicott Says of the Red
"en-Msrrisse and Manual Train
Ing In the schoola

Aaaouft mas Detn Tor some TINE
~. w. indian agent at the Tulalip reserva-
uon, and he has also had deslings
Win the Indians in Colorado, not as an
Sohs Dut a. trader among them.
Dh the ls' of January" said he last evening,
-, turn my ONE over 70 my successor. Mr. G. G.
."ornson. OF snohomsh c5unfy. He has been up
- sns reservation several times and seems to be
excei emily qualified FIR the work. Upon leav-
Ins the ency snail m Ike my home 10 Seattle
Where l have bought house. Everything in
le reservation is very quiet We are In
ua"eef OF no ghostdances, Messiahs, or out
resks You see we have no ola rascals ike
. Jung Blu to rails. discord among our Ind ans.
ineh, TOO, the coast Indians are much less war
bke tnan those of the interior They are fish,
eaAihg people, smaller in s.a ure and not SO
aggressive, nor nearly so fond o. fisnting. The
i'alans on the Tulalip reservation are making
GOOD progress. Some of them read the news
papers ana take an interest In what is going on
~ the outside world. II you should ask me to
make comparison should say they are adj
Vsnced as the negroes OF the south were some
iorty or fifty years ago. was born and brought
up In the south. and so am acquainted with
the condition of the negro. Tne Tulalip In
oians are perhaps not quite up to the negroes OF
ousy' out they show themselves capable OF i'm
provemeat"
Mr. L. II. Kellogg, of Toll do, who Is at the
snoquaimie hots is one Of tho oilest travel
ing men IN the United ates 81 starred out on
the road In 1883 for Cincinnati firm" said he,
ana most oi my time since has been spent in
travelling. have seen the business OF the
drummer grow from its small beginnings
10 the present When began I did not carry
samples, but started out on horseback to collect
notes Tor the firm. Teen the country mer-
chants In the towns about used to como to toe
cry twice ~ ar aud buy on six months time,
giving their notes. When they were slow ia
making payments, was sent ont to stir tn. m
up. Ohio was not gridironed with ra lrosds
men, and it { ok me two months to complete
my circuit en- ht rsebacg.
"Tnen as the years passed and travelling b.
came less Off rul', merchants went more aud
more INTO the business of send NJ out men with
samples OF their goods to make sales The prac-
tc has steadily grown In favor, and IL is C. l.
mat that there are now at least 100000 travel
ing statesmen in thu U tied States. For exam
pie our frm had bat one man ten years ago.
ana now Ii has twelve. A St Louis hardware
urn keeps 100 men on the road Tle salaries
oil these men and their travelling expenses are
now regularly reckoned as part OF the cost OF
putting goods on the market, JUST rs the ex-
pense OF manufacturing and mai tanning ma
cninery Is made part of that cost
1T Is rather curious fact that these 100000
travellers have no organization. Were tn y all
banded together they would make form dable
showing. There are local organ cations, and
there Is an American Trave ers Protective Asso-
ciation At one time it numbered - 600 men
lar from majority of the whole Sody-then
t membership fell off, out now it is coming
up again. We have beside that secret society,
which. think. will in time be very powerful"
There are several matters connected with
the schools which have Q yet received compar-
atively little attention" said Mr.. Thomas w.
Srosch yesterday. "For thing we have de-
Is1f
vaccination. The va, cination has been going
on steadily. but there have been q number of
very vigorous prot sts from psren s, aud IN view
OF tie fact that there are no cases OF smallpox in
Seattle nor on the Coast. % far can learn,
the board has decided TO Yield to the protests
aud suspend the rule for vaccination. should
smallpox br, ak out In the vicinity we should
put the rule into force at once.
1.-The question of continuing TO employ women
teachers who get married. has also tome mp.
One or two OF the teachers ave recently mar
fiei, ani Others COME nplate sucl u step. The
rule tsctiy unders God hitherto has been that
a woman who MARI es Is TO resga her place as
teacher This Is the custom in the East. where
IL has been found by long experience that the
married woman makes her scnooi work secon-
Diary, and is very iikelyto neglect it. efthe from
choice or Necessity. Her domestic duties to-,
are likely 10 interrupt So we have decided
that q woman who marries can only finish her
f-year term out.
SAT the last meeting of the board Superin-
tendent Barnard showed a letter from Professor
Heston, head OF the High school, stating that
1850 would furnish equ pment for manual train
ing for class Of Twelve pupils. The ament
could be used as workshop, and Mr. Conrad,
the superintendent o the jani'ors, could fur
nisn instruction. We are a ixious 10 make
start in manual training. which has been tried
with such success in the East, and so the board
a A.
consider the subj ct. All teachers and Others
who are interested in the matter or who would
ike to take part in the discussion, will he very
welcome at that NEE ing.
Mr. Eugene B. Cushing. of Tacoma. is at the
Rainier. Mr. Cushing Is secretary OF the Wash
lngton Worlds Fair Associate n.
The people all ever he state are tax ng
great interest in the preparation Tor The fair"
said he, more interest than In any otner state.
except perhaps California. Everybody is anx-
ious that Washington should make q
showing as good as that of any
Western state, and even better In
every country the work of preparing for ne ex-
hibit is being organized and push d, and feel
certain that Washington viii surprise every
body IN 1892. The lea ling business men are
enthus asuc. For example, Senator John s.
Baker, OF Tecoms, WAC Is now in OAK and,
wrote me that he would be glai TO DO his share
toward raising even Slelo,0o0 to defray the ex-
peuss of tn tate exn Bit for he betiev,d that
very cent expended this way would come back
A hundred fold. Such statement as that from
Mr.. Baker meant something, for he is a man of
large property
Ex-senator Thomas Payne, OF Blaine. is at the
RUSSELL house Last year Mr.. Payne was rep
resea;ative Of Whatcom county IN he state Sem
ate This year." said he, i declined the norn-
iuation because could not attend TO business
aud to politics 81 the same time. b leve that
Frank Richart is will ges the seat for " n CHI he
will contest On the first count his opponeAt got
only FIVE N. ioriy. hat Mr. Richards has s GO ID
case Ia several of the Fairnaven pr einets the
provisions of the Austria ian ballot law were not
observed. aud understand that Mr. Richards
can prove hat at one polling place the otfic al
bal ois were distributed outside. There is no
doubt in my mind hat Richards deserves the
seat"
Mr. J. F. Wsrdner, the ex-mayor of Fairhaven
ME- U. Turner. the present mayor OF L. al
town, and Mr L. E. Cove, OF Spokane Fa is, are
az the Arlington hotel Mr. Warduer end Mr.
G We have been partners in certain mining
properties
A party from North Bend. consisting Of Mrs
D. Gustin, Ms. A A. Fish, Mss Annie Lid
dee Mr. j. A Rees and Mr. John W. Bors.. is at
the Snoqua mie hotel
Mr.. E. n. 0aimette. prominent banker and
zeal estate dealer of IAcom q, IL At the Rainier
hotel.
Nearly ereTg trades unto1sisf ga Seaktle beloaos
TO the American FeSeyutiOn Of Labor. The an
rual contention Of ishieh meets ia Detroit next
NOssSdy. Ncxt Sundays POsT-ISrELLIGEN EN-
GER sriu contain portraits Of Samuel Gompeys.
president Of fhe Federation; HIilida Weihs.
IF tbs f,r,n,-oykeys. p J. Mcclure nj III.