The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-26
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the well know sal anon packing firm OF Portland.
Speaking of hsr experiences, she said: Il be-
gan practicin1 medicine III Cincinnati in lso9.
In those oSyS ro medical college was open TO
women. and vas com PEELED 10 learn as many
young men dig, by study in the Office of prac-
ticing physicizp. This did for three years.
came to Por1 and In 1864. and was the first
woman physi an there. The regular praci-
TONERS woulst ,ot meet me In consultation at
that time At - :, but that Is all changed now.
Every body recognizes now that women are in
medicine TO ~" Speaking OF Chicago Mrs.
Thompson me Z toned one little circumstances
which sounds strangely now: 81 saw the lot
on which the chicago Chamber o; Commerce
now stands" she said, sold for $40. hcsi-
tate 10 say how much it would bring now. But
that was in 1884, There were only p 500 people
there then"
Capt Cyrus Orr, Of Loring, Alaska, is stopping
at the Alaska hotel He has been living in
Alaska for the past six years engaged in q
variety OF pursuit ana travelling all over the
southeastern rart of that country. Cuisines
up there is very dull" said he. "The shutting
down OF several canneries by the combine threw
a great many natives out OF work. and
as the Gamers usually take . great deal
OF their help up with them, they left
very little money in the country. l have not
heard of any nav mineral discoveries this year,
although Q conple of prospecting parties who
went up the Jenock river in search of placers
have not come down yet. There il plenty of
gold, silver and galens all over that country,
but it 10 low grade ore and will not pay to work.
think shall establish trading and fishing
station about sixty miles west of Wrangel
There is point of land there whore ali the ma
tlves In that region pass on their way to
wrangel, and there Is . good fishing stream near
by. Besides there IL plenty of game in that
country. The natives there are very wild, how
ever. They hare never had . teacher among
them, like other parts OF the country, and in
fact they killed q teacher who located there last
year"
Harry R. Talsott has returned from Q hurried
trip to Warrington City to attend the wedding
OF his brother. r. B. Talcots and Miss E. NJ.
Sawyer, which took place on October IL at
Christ church. georgetown. D. c. Speaking of his
trip. he said: 81 spent a day in New York
while they were taking down the stands used at
the Columbian celebration and another in Chi
cago while they were putting them up. The
majority OF the buildings are finished, or nearly,
a. far Is the exterior 10 concerned. The walls
OF the Washington building were up five or six
feet from the ground. Ii will probably show
the resources or the state better than any state
building at the fair The whole work is won
deriuL Not oDly have the buildings been
erected. but the ground on which they stand
has been made, canals and lagoons dug and full
grown trees planted The interior iron work is q
study In itself 1t is nearly all circular trusses
and the immensely of 1t strikes one. The hotels
were all crowded., every room in the Auditorium
having been engaged . month before the dedica-
ton. No provision has been made for guests at
the grounds, ~ there was at the Centennial
One hotel 10 beiug built, but it 10 very small"
L W. Getcheli has returned from the Cascade
mining district for the winter, having been
experimenting work on the claims of the Silver
Queen Mining and Smelling Company. He said
yesterday: 'S 81 Stretch has Just completed Q
survey OF the sixteen claims of the Silver Queen
company with view to our securing patents
for them, as We have done more than the amount
OF development work required. On some We
have done from oo0 to $4,000 worth of work
and they are alEshowing we'll. New prospectors
have gone in THIS summer and made Q number
OF good locations. think in another year the
development will b sufficient to induce the
Oregon improvement Company to extend the
Seattle d Northern railroad up the Skagit and
Cascade rivers to the mines. I heard good re-
ports OF both the Thunder creek and Ruby creek
districts and OF the Horseshoe basin, but did not
go there. There was about two feet OF snow on
the summit of the Cascade pass, but there was
none on good s,any OF the Claims"
w. D. Robinson, of Chicago, Ia stopping at
the New England hotel. He has been q manu-
facturer ali his life, being last engaged in the
manufacture Of street cars in Minneapolis He
Is looking up location for . shingle mill and
will engage In t6at business 81 had intended
locating In or near Portland" said he, shaving
heard great deaf about that city and very little
about this county. AL the way from Chicago
to the Coast di5 not hear a single good word
about Seattle, and when l arrived here found
everything So surprisingly different from what
expected that decided to locate here. To
mention lar
reminds me OF the way people nsed to speak of
Chicago and St Louis thirty years ago. The
older town had e1e wealth and the prestige, but
the courage of enterprise OF the newer town
won the battle fer supremacy, as it will do here
II fought out On the same lines as You have
hitherto battled.a'
DR.. G. A. Scroggs, of Beaver, Pa, is q guest
OF the Occidental. He has been spending a
three months vocation hunting. fishing and ex-
pioring in the West He spent good portion of
his time in Arixona where he made a number OF
very interesting discoveries among the ruins
OF some ancient Aztec dwellings near Tempe.
nine miles from Phoenix. Here he found the
ruins OF an ancient building 200xS0O feet in
dimensions and among them some skeletons.
with jewelry upon their arms and hands. to-
gether with Eons, cooking utensils and pot
terry. These reii Is are perhaps thousand years
OLD and some Of zhe bones OF the skeletons nad
entirely mouldersd away, but he managed to
secure some OF the skulls, arm and leg bones in
a fair state OF preservation.
Mr.. and Nra ~. A Mentrum, of Missoula,
Mont. are guests Of the Occidental. They are
making brief pleasure tour of the Sound coun-
try. THE CoeurD' Alsne strike hurt business
in Missoula severely" said he. I'VE furnish
the bulk OF thesupplies for the mining camps
In that country, aud when the strike came it
not only paralyxei that business. but We had to
carry great mary business men in the camps.
We have the advantage OF Spokane In tina,
country, because-the freight rates are In our
favor. In some cases they amount to a. high as
10 cents hundred.
Rev Hugh Lamont, pastor of the Presbyterian
church At Misssula, Mont, left for his home
Monday evening. He has preached in several OF
the leading CHURCHES of ths Sound cities. He
expresses himself a. delighted with Washington
and his most cordial treatment. and expects to
become residens OF this section in the near fu.
ture
Prof A. r. Thompson, of Washington City, is
registered AT the E.ainier. He 10 geosrapher in
cha &c of the wesser part OF the United states
geological survey. and has come 10 confer with
Rediek H. Mckee who arrived a few DAYS ago.
with view to snauguratng typographical
survey In and arcnInd seattle.
'Ai- anu -hfs W - Atnssibuk dAu Two QaugN-
tiers, of New Westminster, b. c., were at the
Northern few hours yesterday on their way TO
California, whers they Will spent the winter
Mr.. Armstrong s. the sheriff OF Westminster
county and has received u leave OF absence on
account IF i'll hegitG.
Rev. W. Dnncsa, the autocrat OF tho Me.lah-
katla mission at Port Chester, Alaska is stopping
al the Alaska hoteL H. is the most successful
missionary In A.sska, and his band OF disciples
il the thyIftiest a,zi most civilized native com.