St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
CHATS WITH CITIZENS.

The logs are coming in somew hat slowly
just now,' said John Mccarthy, of Still
water, yesterday. However, none are hung
up, and 2O,0o0,600 feet passed through the
boom last week. OF this amount 1900, 900
were sent down the river to different lum-
bering points, and our lumbermen are feel
ing unusually hopeful, too, concerning the
prospects. The prices have 'stiffened up
considerably, and there is no Indication of
decline. Our mills had an earlier start than
usual aud they have exceeded any TO rmer
cut fully 15 per cent"
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81. Z. Wheeler, of Fairhaven. Wash, is
thoroughly imbued with the spirit Of the age.
1t is that spirit which enthused St. Paul years
ago and laid the foundation for mighty
metropolis at the head of navigation. 1t is
the spirit of enterprise, bolstered by san
guine zeal. Mr.. Wheeler was at the Mer-
chants yesterday, and his valise was well
filed with plats and maps and diagrams,
and his brain was in eommotion with Wis
ions Of future greatness and commercial
grandeur.
We have the greatest natural resources in
the world he rehearsed to g. GLOBE re-
porter. 1.-The Puget sound is the fountain
treasure of America. We have everything
there that produces wealth-inexhaustible
forests, rich mines of minerals. including
gold. silver and iron, coal beds that would
excite the envy of any Pennsylvania, and
the agricultural possibilities and the fisheries
words fail me. Fairhaven has been given
a big impetus the past few months We have
a hotel that cost S200.000 and it is the most
elegant north of San Francisco, save that of
the Portland, a. Portland. We have fourteen
milaS nf and cidaruolEad ND
mind you fhe town was started in October,
1889. 1t is on Bellingham bay the best har-
Dor on the coast. The bay is twelve miles
long and six wide, locked by group of
heavily wooded islands rising from 1000 to
1000 feet above the ocean. Oh it's a grand
sight. Then there is New Whateombe to the
north, just as large as our city. But
it is an old town, however. 1t was
founded in sc as mining supply camp, but
it didn't grow any until two years ago. 1t
had remained camp, you see, a long time
Whatcombe and Fairhaven centers are only
two miles apart, and they have grown togeth-
er until you can't tell where the one ends
nor the other begins. The two will be one
mighty metropolis in an amazingly short
time, under one municipal government
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P. B. Groat, the general emigration agent
city yesterday evening from a trip to the
Pacific coast. He has visited the agricultural
districts i'll the several states traversed py the
Northern Pacific, and reports the condition
of crops as being generally fine. The rains
having been most propitious, the grasses on
all of the grazing ranges are exceptionally
good. and the live stock is in an unusually
good condition. The grain and hop crops
and fruits of Washington and Northern
Idaho are doing nicely; the crops in Mon
tana look we'll, and the growing grains of
North Dakota and Northern Minnesota
never looked better at this season of the year
than they do now. and the indications for
large yields are of the most favorable char
acter. The sheep Industry in North DAKOTA
is growing into large proportions. About
$4,000 head of sheep have been taken into that
portion Of the state west of the Missouri river
this spring, and many into the counties
located in the central part and distributed
among the farmers to raise on shares. The
immigration to the Northwest states continues
heavy. They are mostly farmers of an excel
lent class, and are locating III the agricult-
ural districts all along the line of road, The
lands are being rapidly taken up for agricult-
ural and stock-raising purposes, and are
commanding good prices While general
business is dull, by reason of the financial
depression caused by monetary disturbances
in Europe, yet the industries of the country
seem to be in most prosperous condition
and it would appear that the present stagna-
ton in busidess must soon give place to great
activity. The prices of all agricultural prod
ucts are high, the output of the mines is
large, the prospects for crops are good. and
it would seem as if these favorable eondi-
tianS must soon make trade active