The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-22
THE PASSING THRONG.
What the Visitors at the Hotels
Have to Say.
TIDE LAND COMMISSION HERE.


several OF the members Of the state tide lann
eoniatssion were IN tie city Thursday. Hon
~ l. hharrsteiD, OF WaiIa Waiis, came Gown
non Olympia IN this morning. and with w. A.
Mir and bis family, Of EiIensburg, vent 70 the
Dill hotel In the afternoon they took me >
cclt ok train TO snohomish, meeting on the train
another member Of the commission, Hon. T. n
Werner, OF Collar. The last mentioned - NIL
Ter and wheatgrower, and for years has Deen one
0f t1e prominent Democrats Of the state he
Vas member Of the Legislature IN 70, ana ap-
pciufed register OF the land once al hsila aha
~ 49,. In 1855 he was member Of fhe con-
sifutional convention. Atyarlous tunes ne mas
beea chairman OF the Democratic territorial
enrnriittee, and chairman o. the party conyen-
tons; and be has been suggested as a candidate
osGverzl Offices, among them congressman and
Ecwe-uor
M Austin Mires is one OF the brightest OF the
young Republicans OF Eastern Washington
Born in Dos Moines county, ia, IN 1872 ne came
ncross the plains With his parents 70 oregon IN
18s4 The family settled in Douglas county.
While scarcely on. of his teens he taught school,
wicked In a rrinting Office, was United states
1naii agent from Rose5uTg - Portland. Then he
sfferded the Law school OF the university Of
Michigan aud was graduated IN lss2- Return
Ing 20 Oregon he pFactieed Law, ana IN lssl-a ne
Was chief clerk Of the Oregon senate. linen ne
removed to EIlensburg, and in ls55 Sss elected
Is frst tuavor ard aftergard reelected Tor
second term. lie Is vice president OF the First
National bank Of thst city ana was q member o.
i the constitutional convention.
NJ gba-ns,ein il M older man, having been
born in Bath comfy, y. y, IN lS2s. He
came TO Washington from Wisconsin n the
sixties, and settled in Saiia "aiia, then the
ools Mace of any account in Eastern Washing
ton and Oregon. He was member 81 the terri
torfsl councii In 1905 1856 and again in 1ss5, and
member OF the constitutional convention. IN
the Legislature and in the convention he was re-
Rnr9ed ss one Of the ablest aud most conservative
cftac Democrats. He is popular in his party.
eai has been their candidate for territorial dele
gate 10 congress and judge OF the supreme court.
At present many are urging his nomination for
xuyeFnor
III sreakfng OF the duties Of the tide land com
mission he said: "Besides Mr. Warner, NJ.
Mires and myself, Secretary Of state Alien Weir
sac state Auditor T. " Reed are members We
taunot act in any county until the harboT line
effnmi ssion nas settled the h5rbor lines, or else
until il "a determined that no haFbor lines are to
Be laid. rs each OF those two cases the sale of
she tide lands comes into our Jurisdiction. After
Tho state reservation for haTbor lines is made a
Local board appraises the tide lands in each
county. Arr appeal from this appraisement is
made to the state board, and from ou- decision
IN appeal can be taken To the courts. III there
tsno sppeai, o: II the complaint is settled, the
lands are sold at public auction 70 the highest
bsfier. Or IL man has Improvements on the
FATS he 10 allowed for sixty days prior right of
purchase at the appraised value. IL is likely
tat the process Of selling of these lands will be
continued yet for years TO come.
We are nov on our way to look at the fats at
zhr mouth OF the sBohomish river. The local
Sponrd has appraised them at 81 an acre, and the
eompany interested in Port Gardner is ready TO
*buy them at that figure: but appeal has been
Aaken on the ground that the appraisement is
<oo low. believe that adjoining shore land 10
@beid at 81 600 an acre. 50 we are going to look
lover the ground for ourselves. We shall then
xxxtu.r 20 Olympia 70 settle the matter