The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20

bundles. there are ten samples of hops. q bun
Ole OF Italian willow, eight samples of tobacco.
large jar OF potatoes and two Jars OF peanuts.
Some fine specimens OF walla waila sweet POI
tatoes are being preserved. DR.. Blalock reiter-
ates his determination to set aside twenty
acres of his Walla walla farm for
Worlds fair purposes. Others who will follow
the same plsn are: Hon W. o. Bush, OF Thurs
ton county: j. H. Friedlander, OF Lincoln; J. II.
Heibro. OF Lewis, and William Cochrane, of
King. Dr. aiock expresses the hope that some
one in every county will do the same thing.
George +. Plumber, chief OF the mining de-
partment, has visited the CoIyiile country dis
tries, and hopes TO obtain sixty tons OF samples
from there.
supply OF specially equipped cars for trans
porting the fish exhibit will be sent Since
Judge James q. swan, Of Port Townsend, is IN
willing 10 undertake the work OF making the
collection, Hon J. q. Megler, OF Wahkiekum
county, has been asked 70 do the work. He has
made no reply yet
lhe iumbermen's association has agreed 10
furnish the lumber needed for the Washington
building. 4. G. Ames, representing the Pacific
zine and Lumber Company, viii give the
longest flagstaff that can be transported 70 Chi
cago. DIR. BIaloek has written To Director Gen
eral DaylS, Offering 70 supply all the fagstahs
needed, but no answer has yet been received.
This state has also been asked 10 give one two
building.
In oraer 70 further the interests of the live
stock exhibit, Or. Blalock will probably call a
convention OF breeders at North Yakima early
in January. The railroads will give reduced
fares for the occasion.
The report closes with sketch OF the work
OF the press agent, Edmond 8 Meany. He has
kept the papers OF this state supplied with news
Items anu has sent articles to leading papers in
other states In addition he has acted secre-
tnry to DR. Blalocx and has carried on the cor
respondsnce. Now he is collecting state sta
ustfcs, and he proposes TO have the soils OF each
county analysed.
The report of George f. Plumber, superin-
tendent of the mineral exhibit, very inter-
esting He says that OF the thirty-four counties
oil the state all but two three certainly con-
tain mineral deposits of recognized CONNER
cial value, and these three probably contain
them. Mr.. Plumber divides the stats into eight
mineral collection districts. The fifth standard
parallel is the great division line The first
district includes Whatcom, snohomish, Island.
skagit, ssn Juan and Ciallam counties; the
second, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Chehalis and
the west half of King county; the
third, Okanogan ana the east half
OF King; the fourth, stevens, and
those parts OF Kittitas, Douglas, Lincoln
and Spokane lying north of the fifth standard
parallel: the fifth, Pierce, Lewis and Thurston;
mania and Cowlitz: the seventh, KIickitat and
those parts oil Kittitas, Douglas. Lincoln and
Spokane lying south of the fifth parallel, and
the eighth, Yakima, Garfield, Asotin, Columbia,
Walla Walla, franklin, Whitman and Adams
One of the most extensive branches of the
work will be the collection of Goals. Active
collection will be begun in that line early next
year. Between now and the first of January
Mr.. Plumber will go through the Puget sound
basin, arranging 10 secure the coal, building
stone, lime clays, sand, fossils, etc.; and he
hopes that every mine owner will help him.
Mr.. Pfunder will try to see personally all who
viii be interested in giving aid, and in each
district he will try TO find some public-spirited
man who will without pay look out for the dis
trict in general way.
Receiving depots will he established at Spo-
kane, Ellcnsburg, seattle and Tacoma, and each
depot will be- in charge of a competent person.
During the year to come Mr.. Plumber hopes to
visit personally every new pros pect, mine,
quarry, deposit OF clay, etc.