The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-01
THE PASSING THRONG.

'EOrs Angeles 10 ABOUT the Oe6t tOWn OF 1t9
size know Of in the West," said H. B. Crockett
OF that city. at the Arlington last night "There
10 nothing In the way of big enterprises going
on there, but settlers are gradually clearing up
their land, houses are constantly going up. the
merchants are all making little money, and in
fact the town IL gradually and surely going
ahead. We are to have an election soon on the
question Of bonding the city for 1000 to buy
out the present lighting plant, move it over to
one of the several streams in and near the
city, which can furnish enough power to
run all the factories on Puget sound,
and to buy plant for rendering
some Of this power available. In short
time. too the settlers will get government titles
to their lots. which will enable them to borrow
money with which to start various industrial
enterprises and to still further clear up their
real estate and develop the surrounding coun.
try. have just come down from Revelstoke,
whittier went with view of going into the
SLOGAN country where am interested In some
mining property. The people up there are the
most unambitious. easy going people ever saw.
They don't seem to care whether school keeps
or not, but they think the Americans arc tho
chosen people Of the earth. They say that the
Americans have in the past year done more to
devslop the resources of that region than all
that the government, the railroads aud the
people of their own country have done
since the beginning of time. There 10
q smelter there which has been n litigation for
some time, but 1t was to have been sold today,
and some Americans are up there with a view
to buying it. and the people think that If the
Americans buy 1t good times have indeed come
to their town. Up around Ksmloops. however,
the ranchers are having hard luck. The weather
has been SO severe and there is SO much snow on
the ground that the cattle are starving to death.
From the train We saw twenty-eight caYcasses,
all lying in q bunch. and stockmen say fully
half OF all the cattle will perish. Some of the
ranchers are now cutting brush to feed the
starving animals"
Webster Brown and George Campbell had q
hard trip across Kitsap county from Chico to
Seabeck last week, aud returned on Saturday
almost worn out by . struggle through the
snow. Mr.. Brown said yesterday of the trip:
''The distance was only seven and half miles
by road and trail. but it took us three days to
make it We found the snow up to our waists
going over. and, though it thawsd considerably
before we started back, 1t was still above our
knees, and on Hood canal it was about seven
feet deep On Tuohy lake some OF the stock
were dying for want OF feed. The settlers are
killing lots of deer over there. We saw . sleigh
with bale OF hay drawn by . double team.
There were two men with it, but neither OF them
made any attempt to help the team but sat in
the sleigh, though each OF them must have
weighed as much as the hay"
Rev. d. C. Garrett, rector OF St. Marks parish.
left last night for Burlington, Ia, where his
mother 10 seriously i'll and not expected to live.
Rev. James Cheal, OF Fourth and Spring streets,
will assume pastoral charge of St Marks parish
during his absence and will ofhciate at the
daily aud Sunday services, besides attending to
calls for clerical assistance. Rev. Jefferis re-
Gently of Philadelphia, will conduct the ser.
vices q week from Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Barnes, of Portland, are
stopping at the Grand. Mr.. Barnes 10 very
wealthy and is interested In several large enter.
prisea Among other things he runs box fac.
tories at Portland and at Sacramento. He con.
templates making Investments in this city