, 1890-11-27
A SEEKER OF HOMES
The Representative of an English
Colonial Agency in the
City.
Likes the Palouse Wheat Lands,
tho Mines and the Ameri-
can Drinks.

eastern Washington is a COM
paratively new country" visitor
once said, and no one laughed at the
platitude. Eastern Washington Is
building up with wonderful rapid
ity," said the same visitor, and his
listener, who was II member of the
profession misnaned journalism,
listened respectfully. "There Is
plenty of room in the country for
more settlers, and the more there
are, of a desirable variety, the more
they will find to live on" contin-
ued the visitor "Now, as to the
newness, of course don't speak as
a geologist. But its industries arc
crude yet, In comparison to what
they Will be eventually, and | am
convinced that IL offers a fine field
for colonization"
1t was Mr.. Charles III. McTavish,
secretary of the Anglo-Amercan Co
lonial Agency, of London, England,
whose observation during II day of
twenty.four hours in Spokane Falls
led him TO make the original obser-
vations recorded above. The LISTEN
er was one of the REVIEWS young
men.
MIR. McTavish is n prospector. He
is not of the kind who dress in top
boots and a slouch hat and carry q
frying pan i'm the pocket usually re-
served for solid silver WalthaIn,
and spend days and days in rock
ribbed valleys away from spare
ribbed dinners In search of the root
of all evil In Its maiden crudity, but
one who Is prospector In the sense
of seeker OF good prospects. His
mission In the West IL to find
homes, hundreds of them, for the
well-to-do farmers of England who
desire to seek new fields of labor,
and suitable Investments for the
capitalists of that self-same island of
the sea.
MY mission is manifold" Mr..
McTavish said. '"rhere are
people and people, in England as
there are everywhere else. None of
them are well-to-do farmers who
make an easy living and don't work
all winter either. a good many are
miners, and they are earning their
three pun ten per week, rain or
shine. There are II few woodmen, u
great many mechanics, and n whole
generation Just growing up that's
willing TO turn its hand to anything
that I'll make an honest living. n
would like to pack up their worldly
Of t.,, fAtx I,n l.
notes in u stocking and come over
to America, If they were reasonably
sure of lettering their condition.
"The company has agencies all
over the United States, which keep
the home bureau at 81 Charing
Gross, London, pretty well posted
as to the condition of affairs in
various localities. We have our
eyes on the Palouse district particu-
ularly. It's great place for farm
ing. There are some places that |
like better for mining and should
undoubtedly recommend them to
our people, but the farming land in
the Palouse region beats anything |
have seen lately.
"There are many things that our
people will see also here that will
open their eyes. l refer particularly
to an eye-opener concocted of IA
drink / believe you Americans call
Bourbon. 1t is a very pleasant
beverage to take this cold weather.
/ haven't asked yet what 1t Is made
of. / strongly suspect, though, that
1t is strongly alcoholic in its nature.
"As | said before, shall have a
very encouraging report to make to
the company of which | am secre-
tary. The grand rush of desirable
immigrants" will began early in the
spring
Mr.. McTavish left Saturday even
ing for his home in London.
THE wHNAT BLOCKADE.