The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-24
THE PASSING THRONG.

The methods adopted by King Louis to COLI
onize French Canada in the early days of this
continent will be recalled by the information
given out that Lady Aberdeen will next summer
import a ship load OF Scottish lassies into
British Columbia. AS in former times. there is
great preponderance of men in the northern
country who are the pioneers of civilization
prospectors, hunters, trappers and land seekers.
1t is 10 doubt with the ultimate intention of
permanently attaching these hardy pioneers to
the country they are developing by effor ding
them opportunities of marrying and establish
ing homes that this step will be taken. Arthur
Roberts, who has been prospecting in British
Columbia for several years past and
who has lately been living at Vernon,
three miles from the head OF Lake Okanogan.
was in the city yesterday on his way to Califor-
mia. "Not far from Vernon" said he, s.the
Earl OF Aberdeen owns some 5000 acres OF land,
which he 10 trying 10 COLOMBO His first invest
nent was about two years ago, when he bought
go acre ranch. 4 little over year ago he
paid a visit to the ranch and was 30 charmed by
the beauty and fertility of the surroundings that
he increased his holdings, and ia spending con-
siderable money 10 develop and improve the
property through Mr.. Mckay, his local manager
and representative. He has reserved his origi-
nal purchase OF 600 acres and is laying out en-
tirely in fruit. the kinds which thrive best be-
ing apples, rruues, peaches and berries. Tho
rest OF his tract ne is cutting up into twenty,
forty and sixty-scre lots. which he offers to sell
to settlers. To help the settlers he has deter
mined to furnish a local market for MI the fruit
they raise. and he is now building jam
factory and fruit-drying establishment. am
told that the earl intends sendiug over q num-
her OF croters from the old country to settle on
these lands. But there is great dearth OF
female help in that section. and one of the
esrls objects is to encourage dairy farming,
Lady Aberdeen will send over 20 10 800 young
Enaidens who are used TO farm work. After
coming over they will go out to service among
the settlers already located there, but most of
them will 10 doubt secure husbands among the
great numbers of young men in that REGION
W. S. Jameson, the Port Gamble logger, is
stopping at the Arlington. 1.-THE logging husf-
ness is in poor way at the present time was
Just talking TO II. n. Cole. of Birdsviegy on the
sksgit. aad he wss telling NE that he had sold a
boom. l asked him how in the world he had
managed Ia sell a boom, and he said that it was
mostly long STUFF That accou uted for it Be-
cause. You See. there is market at ali for
short logs. You can buy all you want Tor IS a
thousand, and even less. Yes. am still logging
up on Gamble bay, but | am at IL because |
can't get OUT Of il have an outfit and lot of
stock, and have got 10 keep them doing some
thing TO earn their feed. People say
ia me; What, are yoa still cutting
! timber on Gamble bay? Why, they commenced
logging there in 1853. l should think it
would have all been cleaned cut by this time
Wei. nov, ~ tell the truth. there has been a
great deal Of timber ta.en out from there, but
from the head % the bay south there Is a tact
| with over To-, 191 030 feet ami no, stick has
been cut off II, except Il lew srars got out for
) Brown Bros. No, there Is surveyed land
| over there that IS not taken u, but there il
| some splendid timber on uusuryeyed land. Yes
/ am interested i'll the Sedro towGsite. anu am
/ pleased state that doing very well
/ there, Our hotel IS paving its way ana cur
build ues are all rented, anu everything seems
! IL be go1nE along very we l.
/. y Whitney, landlord of the Olympic hotel
| a. u yrup5a, is in the city securing extra help
| aud otherwise masking Preparations & entertain
/ the makers and their assistants ucxi month.
| Naturally. am sorry that the session is lin.
/ tied. but. aside from my own interest I think
| sixty days IS TOO shart session. We are =
| yoHGs state. aEd the legislature has more 10 do
| Bow thar Il wiz Il lea years later. when things
| have got - running IN their grooves"
| Mr.. ara Ms. Arthur d. jones and D. II.
| Dwight Of spokane, were n the city yesterday.
The gentlemen are memoeEs OF the spokane city
| council. sal are delegates To the tEi-c.ty con.
| ysGt5ou. They paid VISIT 20 the city ball. and
! interviewed the various c.ty officers during TIE
| day
Three men nAmet Brown. Jones and ROBIN
soa are members O. Queen L-lig0kaIaui's cabinet