The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-12


located in Olympia. and ~ carly Is June, $50.
In company with Henry A. Goldsborough, now
deceased, and Andrew Jackson Simmons, took .
canoe at that place. and passing Steiiscoom. the
only settlement in the vicinity, We came down
as lar - the present site of Seattle. Not white
man had yet located here. We went up to Sno-
Quaimio falls, and / believe that / am the
third white man that ever saw that wonderful
bit OF natures handiwork. Two men by the
name OF Sargent saw il before me. We measured
the height of the falls frat BY q string with
stone tied to it and next BY the time it took for
a stone to reach the bottom, and both ways the
result was 2S5 feet, which believe is not very
far out OF the way. recently received . letter
from James A. Graham. now of Victoria, who
came to Vancouver, Wash, - agent for the
Hudson Bay Company in ls4a He was sta
toned there for many years, and finally was re-
moved to Victoria He has grown rich, and has
retired from active business He 10 probably
the oldest living pioneer. have = diary OF that
Snoqualnie trip which gives all the details, but
1t has been so long ago that some of the details
have escaped me-" Mr.. Warbass 10 probably IS
years Of age, farmer. and has never married.
Although his beard 10 as white as snow, he
seems very vigorous and apparently has many
active years still before him.
Joseph Sweeney, q farmer who lives on
San Juan island, is in the city. q guest at the
Diller hotel. sour crops in wheat, oats and
fruit are abundant this year, and more than
that, Considering the state of the market, thus
far have brought good prices Our people are
filling the ground with greater system and care
than ever before. and each year adds to the
number of acres under cultivation. As soon ss
a man in our section can spare the
money he prepares more ground for cul-
dvation. feeling that its products in
the immediate future will richly
repay him. We are pretty nearly all Republic
ans in my neighborhood and have great faith in
success this fall The Peoples party will cut
very little figure in our county Many who at
first were attracted by weavers false logic have
returned to their allegiance to Republicanism
and will vote the straight ticket This state
needs the protective tariff a. much az any in
the Union, and Grover Clevelands election
would mean danger to every industry within
our borders"
Now that the state flower contest Is over and
victory has been achieved by the advocates of
the rhododendron ii 10 we'll to remember that
much Of the credit of the victory has been
earned by Mrs. ABSORB Hayner Fry. This ener.
getic woman began the battle with earnestness
conducted the campaign with fairness
vigor and intelligence. and would not
give up the fight until victory perched
upon the banners of the rhododendron.
On February % Mrs. Fry wrote to the
PosT-lNrELLIGENCER expressing her preference
for the state flower. This was followed up by
strong letter on May 8. On July so q vigorous
protest was sent in by Mrs. Fry, who discovered
that certain unfair methods were being used to
defeat the flower of her choice. Shortly after
this Mrs. Fry contributed an humorous poem
on the subject, which doubtless made many
votes. Thus she kept up the good fight. Mrs
Fry was ably seconded by many of the leading
ladies' OF the city whose cooperation made vic
tory easier.
J. Z. Galbraith tells . very good story about q
New England farmer, which aptly illustrates
the manner in which not a few people in this
world manage to keep themselves constantly
employed When Mr.. Galbraith was running
well-drilling machine and selling pumps back
East, he sold pump to this farmer, and, when
he went down in q 90-foot well to set it, he
found that the we'll had been dug about six feet
across clear from the top almost to the bottom,
not more than the first twenty feet being
through clay and the balance through solid
rock. On coming up he asked the farmer why
rock, as there was no occasion for walling after
he had passed through the clay. To this the
farmer replied: swell, you see had darned
lot Of stones on my place here, and I thought
by digging the we'll large enough could use all
OF them for walling it up and got them out of
the way"
Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt A. Green have returned
from Gaens mining district where Mr. Green
is superintendent Of q group of claims. Mrs.
Green accompanied her husband and spent
three weeks in the log cabin which forms his
headquarters. 1t was rough experience, but she
enjoyed the novelty of the surroundings
Chief Gardner Kellogg, of the fire department,
returned yesterday from Portland. where he has
been attending the Western Fire Chiefs conven-
ton. He reports q successful meeting and q
pleasant time.