St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-05
TRANSIENT TALKS.
What the Guests at the Vari-
Gus Hotels Have to
Give Out.
L. c. Dillman Talks OF Rail-
road Development Fur
Their West.
washington Likely to Loose
Its Republican MooringS
Next.
Men and Measures in and
About the Leading Hos
telrieS.

Opokdle FAILS democrat, VINO has been
spending some time in this city looking
after his business interests. will leave
for home tomorrow. If MI. Dillman is
a typical representative of the leading
cltize ms of the Evergreen state it is not
hard TO understand the wonderful
growth of that section in the past few
years. Col. Dillman is interested largely
in property in the city of Spokane, so
largely that were he an ordinary man
he would have 10 time for anything out
side, but he is a tireleSs worker, and
owns mines in the Kootenai, Pend dor
ellie and OkanOgan districts, thousands
of acres of farm lands, and numerous
town-siteS that are o to become act
i've business centers. Thoroughly i'm
pressed with the advantages of Wash
lngtOn he never tires of Its resources
and attractions.
with the proper railroad rates." he
said yesterday. Spokane will take a
step forward that will surprise all. The
building Of the Great Northern railroad
into the city will, | have no doubt, have
the effect OF giving us a just rate, and
this is all we ask. With a fair show
Spokane Falls will have The wholesale
trade OF an empire of surprising rich
ness and diversified resources. All the
country east of the Cascades belongs to
Spokane, ana Il merchants cover the
greater part of it today, but when
things are changed the coast terminals
will be unable TO compete with Spo-
kane east of the mountains. This will
give us the Palouse country, the most
fertile farming country on earth, the
Big Bend country, the Okanogan dis
trlct and the prosperous Yakima valley.
The greater part of Idaho now trades
with Spokane, and Western Montana
merchants are following the example"
"The Great Northern" continued Col.
Dlliman, "opens up a section of countr
that is valuable for both Spokane Falls
and st. Paul. In Northern Idaho a dis
trict rich in minerals is tapped that
previously had no way by which to
reach the world. The Flathead valley
is, Of course, pretty well known, but
west Of that place the most val
liable section of the country, from a
freight and wealth-producing stand
point. This is also a land of great riv-
erS, that. being nayigabie. will bring
much business TO the railroad.
At Jennings the Great Northern
strikes the Kootenai river which is
navigable for about $50 miles north TO
Fort Steele. i'll Canada. Farther west,
at Bonner's Ferry, the kootenai turns
north, and is navigable for nearly 200
miles. Bouner's Ferry is the ::head of
navigation on account of the falls Just
above in the river. Four steamers are
now engaged in the trade between Bon
ner'S Ferry and the mining towns of
Nelson, Kaslo, Pilot Bay, Ainsworth
Hot Springs and other points in
the Kootenai and SLOGAN mining
di STREETS. AT Priest river. less than
sixty miles from Spokane, is the only
tnrmn Jn2 " nf xubita ,>,rxa to a.,
Rocky mountains and the coast. All
along this line there is great activity in
mining, and the development will be
rapid. There is a great deal of fine
farming land in Northern Idaho IN the
KOOtenai and Pend d'Oreville valleys
which will be rapidly settled, now that
the railroad has been built. All this
will help Spokane Falls and also ST.
Paul"
Col. Dillman is more devoted to bust
ness than he is to politics, but he stands
high in the councils of his party in the
new state, and during the sessions of
the Democratic state convention at
Olympia last week he was asked to ac-
cept a place on the electoral ticket. He
wired his declination on the ground that
he was too busy to devote any time to
the work this year, and he thought the
men who were named should go TO
work.
Il believe the Democrats are going
to carry Washington this year." he
said, ''for the state ticket as we'll as for
Grover Cleveland. The Republicans
are greatly divided, and the farmers
especially are greatly dissatisfied with
the tactics of the bosses. The PEOPLES
party will poll a pretty large vote, but
it will come largely from the Repub-
licans and so will help the Democrats"
Col. Dillman is In example of WHAT
pluck and energy coupled with ability
can do in this country. He is still a
young ma and started in Spokane with
nothing but his clear head and industry.
He early saw the future there was for
not only the city, but also for the C oun-
try, and laid his plans accordingly. He
took hold of city property and started
out to place Spokane before the world.
In the last half-dozen years he has
probably done more to advertise
Eastern Washington than any dozen
other men III the country. When he
saw something good that would help
his city he started out to get it, not
waiting for others equally as much in
terested to quibble and falter until too
late. This was notably the case hen
the project of building the Great North
SiAt AllOdSh ~ Oit q Ldl Il CCl-
tainty. President Hill had made up his
mind TO run the main line farther
north, giving Spokane Falls only a
branch line.
This did moi please the people of Spo-
kane Falls at all, but their dispieasure
did not help the thing greatly. Finally
Mr.. Dillman leaped into the breach.
He declared the main line must lie built
through Spokane Falls. Knowing ones
predicted that there would be no change
in MIR. Hills plans, but they we're sur
prised later when the engineers were
set to work and the main line located
through the metropolis of Eastern
Washington. This was a great thing
for the city, and the people have not
failed to show their appreciation of Mr..
Dillman's work.
j. L. Sanders is a shrewd speculassr.
He was at the Merchants last evening
taking a rest after his previous days
hard labor at the capitol.
Il had been told of the i'm
menSe mineral resources of Min
nesota." he said to a GLOBE
reporter. land l determined to tempt
fortune a bit. l went up into Aitkin
county, where l would be a little nearer
civilization, and turned up the earth
in many places where | saw indications
OF mlnera deposits. L cannot say that
l was unsuccessful" and he exhibited
specimens of soft bessimer and also a
float of the hard iron ores. These l
found. but 1 don't care 20 say much
about it, for l think there is a little
fortune for me-"
A friend, who was in company with
Mr.. Sanders, was more communicative.
He SAID that the mineral find had been
securely located for it lies in one of the
swamp land reserves. 1t is in, to be ex-
piicit, town 81 and range 81, Altkin
county. 1t is twenty-five miles from a
railroad. but the Northern Pacific has
made a survey to the very place, up the
west side Of the Mississippi river,
and the Brainerd, Mile Laos 81 North
ern road has also in contemplation the
construction of a road through this very
point, and when the roads are com |
nleted tia mineral dennSits will I've in