The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-19

last three years. l am glad to learn the
crops in Dakota. are good; I wish you
i3vould all get rich"
John Leasure Is still assistant secretary
the way, is putting up q building at an ex-
pense Of $4,000.
Emerson is running a commission store,
and Neil Claussen Is with him. The 9TH
or Claussens and Mrs. Bell have a large
millinery and dry goods store on 20"
street-g0od location, good store, good bus
mess and good people.
popular place and Day himself says he's
"getting out of the hole" all right.
NJ. j. Gordon, formerly an attorney at
Aberdeen, is here and says he never will
again leave tide water.
Going down Pacific venue my attention
was called to a sign-"J. E, Gates, job
Printer" went UP stairs and in a small
found Mrs. Gates, setting type. Mr.. Gates
came IN later and, asked regarding bust
ness, said he was doing we'll. II have a
small outfit and my wife and l do all the
work. Our expenses are light and as we
have all we a do, are making q little
money.
"How do l like the country? ?" responded
Mrs. Gates, "ft rains too much-don't see
the sun enough"
by the way" said Gates "you remem-
Der DIR. Galloway, formerly of Fargo and
ex-member of the ~legislature-he owns
this building and his Office is next door"
l called on the doctor and was introduced
to his good wife. who, l am told, has made
a handsome f~Ortune-Over $2O0,OO0-in real
estate here-reckoning on real estate
values as they now exist.
ayes, I like the country" said the doctor.
"It's the-most wonderfulregion l ever saw
I am glad to know the crop prospects in
Dakota are all right this year. When l
first went to Fargo [ thought it was the
handsomest country l ever saw and if
crops could be assured every year | should
those fields of waving grain lay over our
forests, but the winters were too tedious
for me. | believe, however, your country
is a healthier country than this"
Another eX. North DakOtan, we'll known
in Bismarck, is Attorney e. N. Parker,
formerly of Steele. He is now secretary
of the JObbers' Protective association here
By the way. George Aide, formerly of
Dickinson, now holds a responsible posi-
ton with the only wholesale dry goods
firm in Tacoma. II didn't leave North
Dakota from choice" said Aide, 'but COM
pulsion. I like Tacoma"
MI. Gates pil0ted me to the Office of the
Northwest Horticulturist, where 1 found
as one Of the proprietors W; s.: Boothroy nl
Dakota Ruralist. He has been here three
years and says he likes it. l find that the
most enthusiastic boomers for this country
are those who came from the DakOtas,
and it seems as if these people constitute,
or at least contribute largely, the motive
power of this region. In talking with
these people l find but One sentiment, and
that is favorable to their old home: They
Qok 0hOnt the orONS and cav in substance
that ''there's no country like it if the crops
were assured each year" OF course there
is an emphasis on the IF that sounds a lit
tie harsh to the average North Dak0tan,
but we have to accept the situation as we
find it. Many 20 so far as to affirm that
should the crops next year prove as sue
cessful as is promised this year, they
would go back again; not that they are
not doing well here, but the values are so
high here the man of small capital-al-
though he now has a good pOsitiOn-shud-
ders for the future. The future Is a prob
lem that bOthers the poor man much more
than the rich. A lull in the upbuilding of
the sound cities must come soOner or
later, and when it does come hundreds
gagged in successful business must suffer
from the squeeze.
The ex-Dakota people here say "they
hope the crops in the DakOtas will be all
right this year, for the people deserve it,
and so 1 express the wish, in which all
DakOtans will join. that these ex-Dako.
tans on the coast will succeed, for they de-
serve it.
E. G. Ford, who went to Walla Walla
and liked it so we'll at first, is now in Ia,
coma, handling Bismarck creamery but.
ter, which by the way is considered the
best article in the market. There wasn't
rain enough in Walla Walla, and
here there is too much. Ford thinks the
Dak0tas are all right after all.
AT SEATTLE
| l met another colony Of ex-DakOtans. Elk.
Governor Church is in the real estate bust
ness, with several big schemes Oh foot in
which the Great Northern is interested.
John Rea is as busy as he can be; has ap.
pointments every hour or 30 with distin-
guished men, and between land law and
realty will clean up a nice little roll this
year.
Durant is doing well with musical in.
| struments. He has sold his stationery part
to Mr.. Hendricks, formerly Of Fargo. Mr..
Hendricks has made and lost q fortune
since he has been here. Mrs. Hendricks
and her accomplished. daughter are now
keeping clearinghouse in Tacoma. Mr..
Hendricks is getting on his feet again.
On my way down the sound 1 met j. NJ.
| Brown. contractor, whom jamestown peO-
| pie will remember. He is with Philip
| Plettenberg.
l.. ID. Clock, of the old boom firm of
Whitley & Clock. has q jewelry store in
Seattle and says he was v better salts
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