The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-02
THE PASSING THRONG.

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the Great Northern yesterday in the private
Pullman car, Cleopatra They were twenty
members Of the Bloomington Hunting Club, OF
Bloomington, Ill. Early last spring they planned
grand fall hunt and when it was proposed to
hunt big game in the far West applications
poured in from hunters desiring to participate
In the spert. But al all could not be eccommo-
dated the process OF selection resulted in score
OF choice spirits leaving Bloomington Septem-
Der 10. They came over the Canadian Pacific to
Vernon, q small station near the head of Okla
hogan lake. Here they divided into three par
ties, one going over west of the lake in search Of
deer, another striking of for Goat mountain to
the north OF Cherry creek looking for goat and
the third going south of Cherry creek in search
OF caribou, and all looking for grizzly and sheep
They spent two glorious weeks in the noun
tains, getting sixty-fve deer, fourteen
goats and six caribou, but owing
to the timidity of their Indian guides
never running across . BEAR There were plenty
of fresh bear tracks, but the guides steered the
hunters away from the game, because . couple
OF the Indians had been killed by grizzlies
short time ago. No big horn were seen either.
although some carcasses left by more success.
full hunters were found. The party made Q
rather hasty exit from the country as the pro-
vincial officers were after them because only
SuieS VI tnS P0Ity Hdu pdlu the $0J lCeuee 70"
quired OF hunters by British Columbia. They
brought their spoil to this city to be mounted
and sent on to them afterward. The party
seem to be enjoying themselves to the very ut
most, not only as hunters but a. jolly crowd
On route. Several of the party are capital story
tellers Others are vocalists or musicians, one Is
an artist, another q doctor. another a preacher,
another newspaper man, and in every respect
they are equipped for any emergency.
Those composing the party are J. c.
Stevenson, who Is q brother of the Dem.
ocratic candidate for vice president and q
capitalist: DIR. c. o. Burke; A. q. Eddy, Q
banker; h. l. Smith, q dry goods merchant; J.
+. Glenn, miller; J. Deeraismes. q good fellow
from Chicago: J. b. Stevenson and c. T. Steven
son. nephews OF Adlai Stevenson and interested
in coal mining; Deaue N. Funk, Frank H. Funk,
Line Funk, Eugene d. Funk and Isaac g. Funk,
all brothers and members of the rich family
owning 1900 acres of land in Mclean county,
Ill H. o. Wheeler aud E. c. Roush, two more
Chicago good fellows; w. H. Cleber, a bank
clerk; Ed Butler. hotel man; A. C. Eddy, son
OF Banker Eddy: o. T. Reeves, IT,, artist and
newspaper man, and Rev. H. o. Hoffman. J. b.
Stevenson is manager Of the excursion, w. H.
Creeber. secretary and treasurer, and H. L
Smith captain of the hunt The party leaves
this morning for home. going via San Francisco,
Salt Lake, Denver and Kansas City, aud arriving
home on the 18th inst
at is a remarkable feature OF manufacturing
that various houses in certain lines flock to.
gether," said w. l. Ewing, a whip salesman
from Westfeld. Mass, last night snow take
my line, for instance: 81 per cent. of all the
whips used In the United states are made In my
town. Yes, 1t ID a peculiar industry and sup
pose there are fewer manufactured articles ON
which tho public Is posted than . whip We
have buggy whips which We sell for from IS
cents to Sc q dozen, aud there IL not one person
in thousand who can tell the poorest from the
best If the labels and descriptions are Of One
reason for this is that the quality of whips
largely concealed under q nfce exterior,
Whether the interior 10 composed of rawhide,
bamboo or whalebone, or is m sde of single
pieces. or punches, or a. 70 the quality Of the
goods, only experts can discover. OF course
there are whips coating all the way from SEQ to
500 per dozen whose merits are clearly discov.
cradle. The finest whip We make is q solid
piece OF uncovered whalebone, studded with
ivory points and mounted in gold and with a
carved ivory handle"
William Stevenson. of Denver. 10 a guest OF
the Arlington. "Mining 10 rather quiet in
Colorado" said he, sowing to the low price of
silver, but very few of the producers have shut
down. They are merely running smaller force
OF miners, but they are mostly all going ahead
and opening and developing their properties.
Business in Denver is still good. although the
pulidfng Oh residences mas slackeu6d I'D some
what We have been building . high class OF
residences those that will rent for $50 to 500
per month-and We have enough of them now.
but there is still demand for cheaper homes
those that rent for SIS to $40 per month. We are
getting few manufactures, but do rot think
Denver will ever be much OF a manufacturing
city, but as for business and solidity and enter.
prise We are the Chicago OF tina West"
Yesterday was Seattle day aud the closing ons
OF the Tacoma exposition and several hundred
people went over from this city. In the morn
ing the Flyer was crowded with passengers
Owing to a mishap to one of her pumps while
returning from Tacoma she was obliged to turn
back, and only made one trip during the dav
In the afternoon another large crowd went over
on the Premier. Fully 90 members of thu
CHAMBER Of Commerce availed themselves of
the invitation Of the Tacoma chamber.
"The people in Victoria are rather skee,v
of American schemes" said NJ d. Roche. who
has bean up there trying TO noat an enterprise
in that city. "They have plenty of stuff nm
there, but guess they have been ,obbed ty the
Yankees with one scheme and another until
now they won't take hold OF anything, however
plain. until they have thoroughly inyesti.
gated It"
John smith, OF Ellensburg, said last night:
"The big canal near our town has not vet keen
begun for the reason that the required ubscrip-
tons for water to irrigate 5000 acres of land
have not all been secured. ! have no doubt.
however. that the required amount will Be a.
cured before long,
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