The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-11


| vote for the location OF ting capital at his
| town. 1t he succeeds in tsis great under
| taking, he will be not only the Prince OF
Anaconda, but King of Mon eana. For many
years he has been one OF theSbig four nsmo-
cratic rulers of the state. the esher three being
Sam Hauser and Charley =3roadwater, the
Helena millionaire bankers, AID Joe Clark, the
millionaire banker OF Butte. Helena suffered
an irretrieyabls loss In the deaSh OF Broadwater
few months ago. Clark wants 10 go TO the
United States senate, and il Isaly lets him go,
the Butte millions will be enlated in the cause
OF CiaIk's oId-time enemy, antE- the unconquer-
able Daily Will move the state capital down TO
his smelter. and thereby poeSet an immense
fortune in the enhancement of real estate.
Talk OF gambling! No wonC:s,r the turf had
grown tame for DAILY. The isgends of Monte
Carlo are but Mother Goose tal@s compared with
the tremendous daring, the znvincibe pluck
and the cool audacity of thes Prince OF Ana.
conda. And yet Daly is not orsss OF your roeber
barons or breeders of money gle is as lavish in
his expenditures as he 10 bold IN his schemes.
He is not fseeze-out Tho9 who come in
contact with him in business way swear by
him, and there is not man IL. the Bitter Root
valley who is not his warm trie9ld."
George N. Rice the railroad engineer, is In
the habit of discouraging yaung men from
choosing his profession as a means OF earning
living by telling such stories az this: "When
was working on the Northern extension of the
Lake shore road, we were noaug camp to
point about ten miles further ~ the line, and
had packed our outfit, grub s1d blankets on
thirteen horses for the trip. Ywo of US were
left in charge Of the pack trains while the rest
OF the party were at work aheSi, intending to
reach the new camping place asother way. The
other man said he would goz ahead and see
where the place was, and left re to take care OF
the pack train. We were just coming to Eel.
logg's swamp on the way tosards the Stilla-
guamish, aud had only fairy started when
darkness came on. The first tE4nk knew the
horses were founderlng il liquid mud
about two feet deep. Cedar snakes had been
laid over it, but they were az ahoat aud the
animals only got mixed up with them. Down
went one horse, his head down. his hind legs in
the air; then he tried to get us the other eide
and had head up and hind leeS In the mud, but
he could not do 1t. His heasy pack overbai-
anced him and down he went ga his side. hope
lessly stalled. waded in atter him and cut the
cinch ropes and rolled the peck into the water
with all the boys blankets The rest of the
train had by this time gone ineo the mud-hole,
and were doundering desperately, half OF them
falling. l dived around in c1e dark, falling
half dozen times and gettsig smothered in
mud up to the neck I'm my efforts to get them
out We used to lift them out af the mud-holes
when the whole party was together, but could
not do 1t alone, so there was nSthing to do but
cut the cinch ropes of one pack after another
and roll ii into the mud When ! at
last reached the other sssie ouly three
aulmals were lett out of the thirteen; the rest
were all astray in the brush. and their packs
scattered along the trail. / drese my remaining
three along, but new trouble: soon began. 1t
was very narrow TRAIL and She packs, which
weighed about $50 pounds eacs, projected away
over the horses sides. The reSSlls was that one
beast, spotted cayuse, stuck between two trees.
he began kicking furiousiy AID was pulling
for dear life to get him loose Shen / suddenly
remembered that he was lo5ded with giant
powder. Then leaned over as,d cut the ropes;
then ran Oft to q respectful distance to await
the explosion. That cayuse relied aud kicked
for several minutes and MISSED that giant
Gil up, but It would not exJcode. Well, got
together my three remaining islirnaIs and made
for camp, leaving bacon ana fou- and blankets
and giant powder and ousftzstrewn all along
the trail. got to camp aboue2 o'clock in the
morning and it made me mad - see all the boys
sleeping nice and warm by She fire, although
they had no blankets. 1 aw5ke every one of
them with kick, and they aToss and began to
swear and say: whats the Slat,er7 Where's
ths outfit" You'll have to l-ok for that outfit
for about ten miles back along the trail,' said,
and crawled close to the fire md started to dry
out We spent the whole cs the next day in
gathering up the remains al5ng the trail aud
finding the strayed mules. Yes there are bright,
promising young pen who want to be railroad
engineersl They do not knsag what is before
them or they would lose their Enthusiasm"
Charles F. Reeves is guest st the Grand. For
the past six years he has been business manager
OF the Pennsylvania state college, at Beliefonte,
Pa. "For couple OF years." said he. 81 have
taken quite an interest in this state, and have
heard and read great deal atout it. In fact,
have sought to obtain sill the E,formstion posi-
BILE about 1t without a person4 inspection. and
have become so i'm pressed .lereby with the
pennsylvania OF the West thgs am now here
to see whether shall make gay home here. l
have only just arrived, and asIhough under
stand this Is the most uupleaeaut season of the
year here, l must say that so Ear as have been
able to observe, the reality fRi: exceeds my an
ticpations. II after Longer: stay my favor
able impressions are contirmeS, ] shall SEND for
my family. The school Of witch l have had
charge corresponds very Largely to the agricuit-
ural colleges OF the West 1t was founded in
1859 and was originally stySad the Farmers
High school, and its foundg-s were among
the most active prime moves IN securing the
act OF congress in 1862 approsria.ing funds for
the establishment OF the agricultural colleges
In addition TO these appropriations congress has
also made appropriations fo. agricultural ex-
pertinent stations in the vatous states All
these land grants in Penns slvania have been
consolidated in the Penusy lva4ia State college
Shortly after the passage OF TIE original act of
congress in 1862 the name was changed to its
present one, instead OF adoptSig purely agri-
cultural one. The reason fo@ this is found in
the language of the act, wEich says that the
branches to be taught in the agricultural col
leges are agriculture and theSciences pertain.
ing thereto, the industrial arts, not excluding
the classics and including 7snilitary tactics
Thus the term agricultural College is not COM
preAeusive enough TO embrace al its objects.
In our schoo. while agriculture is. perhaps, the
leading study, great attention : given 10 the me-
chan!cal sciences, such as civi- and mechanical
engineering aud the physical sciences. While
the Classics are not neg sad. the class of
students who seek apreparatiel for professional
lie prefer 10 attend tee un.rers.ties. The re-
suit o! this with our college has been, and
think it will be with all the Cher agricultural
colleges more or less, that thy are becoming
more aud more institutes Of technology. Tn.
like some of the Western stases Pennsylvania
sold her land scrip early afsd for a very low
figure great deal of ii w&s sold for IS cents
an acre, while, / understand, s1e lands belong
ing 10 the state funds in this ssats viii not be
sod for less than so al aers ; In this you are
endowment fer your college. The Western
states are far more liberal so'ssrds Educational
institutions than the Eastern. There We have
numerous private universities and colleges
which take the place Of state s.-hoois. Here you
cannot wait fer such institutions to grow, but
depend upon your legisiatureEto do in a shor.
time what there has been pIished by CEN
turtles OF private benetaction.
zone of the mos, Neutrality-suspicious. of the