The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-13
THE PASSING THRONG.

| g. n. Bolles, Of Denver. Coo. who has been
| doing some very effective advertising in .his
| city on behalf of one OF the leading brands of
| canned milk. said yesterday: at hes been
thirty years since Gail Borden frsi got his pat
ent for condensed milk. Prior 80 that time he
| had gone broke experimenting with q sandwich.
lie wanted 10 get up something CT that sort Tor
soldiers campaigning III Texas, which would
Keep long time without spelling. He failed IN
his efforts. and presume the railway restaurants
bought up ali his samples h then turned his
attention 20 preserving milk AMI coldensing il in
bulk. and in this he succeeded aud made great
fortune. Today the condensed milk business
is OF mammoth proportions and forms q large
portion OF the export trade OF tais country. You
may get an idea OF how large the business is in
this country when you learn that last year there
were 100 Car loads OF condensed milk shipped TO
Puget sound dealers. This amounts to 2, i00, 600
cans. firmly believe that within a dozen years
the business OF supplying consumers with fresh
mix daily. as now carried OF. Will be entirely
superseded in ali large cities by the use OF pre-
pared milk. All the nutritive elementsof milk
| can then be had by the consumer. and he can do
! the watering to suit himself
A. II. Jose, of North Bend, is guest Of the
Grand. He brought down trono the Copper
| CHEZ mine near S1oqualmie pass, q consign-
| ment OF ore for the Worlds fair consisting of
| and rich in gold and silver" no said. "For the
| present have placed the ore On exhibition at
| the assay office of J. A. Scharian, on Pike
| street. During the past year a large amount OF
| work has been done on this property, and also
| on some claims over the divide ca Gold creek.
In which am interested. We are now driving
| 235-foot cross-eut tunnel on the Copper Chief,
| and are III 21j feet. We will strike the vein at
| a depth Of over 1000 feet The hanging wall is
slate and the foot wall porphyry, the vein being
forty feet, but there is 4 porphyry horse In it OF
| fifteen 10 twenty feet The ieigs carries sew
erai different veins; one being gray copper, an
| other shows leaf copper in gray quartz. then
| there are two streaks of gsena then a streak OF
| sulphurets OF iron. and then streak OF white
| quartz with rich pockets OF wire gold.'
V. J. Knapp, cashier of the First National
| bank OF Anacortes, and q member of the Repub-
| lican state central committee from Skagit
| county, is stopping at the Arlington, on his way
home from the inaugural ceremonies at Olym-
pia 81 am not taking any part in the sepa-
| tor!al contest, and am not the inside of the
| question, but. of course. if there is q caucus
nomination Allen will win have no idea how
| the fight will end. Many OF those supporting
| Turner may be Alien men at heart, but pledged
| in some way or other to Turnsr, and after vot-
| ing few times for him get tired of useless
| fight While l was down at the capital the
| third house effected an organization. This is a
| pretty large body Just now, but think most of
| its members will return home after the sena-
| tor!al contest is decided and the lobbying done
| in very quie. way. Our part OF the stste would
| like to have something done tow ards building
roads through the forests"
| R. D. Attridge. OF Port Ludlow. is stopping at
| the Arlington or his way homo from the inaug-
| UTal ceremonies at Olympia H is q member OF
| the Republican state central committee from
| Jefferson county. Said he last night: Gas re-
| CARDS the needs OF our section, our representa-
| tives will try to get something done to enable
| US to build roads. don't think the ship owners
| want q compulsory pilotags Law passed. Our
representatives will try to have the legislature
memoriaiize congress in favor Of an appropria-
| ton to build marine hospital at Port Towns.
end. Our section of the state is holding its own,
| but what We all want is market for our lum.
| be!. That is what would pour money into this
country. l am farming, and find the market for
my produce at the lumber mills. II more of the
latter were running there would be greater In
ducenent for farmers 10 clear land. Near me IS
W. 5. Ladd's dairy ranch OF $50 acres, where he
has $50 mich cows"
c. J. Carlyle, proprietor OF the Fidalgo City
kennels, is a guest of the Arlington. '.My dogs
are all St Berus-ds and have the only ST. Ber-
nard kennels on the Pacific coast. There are
several dogs who can claim the worlds record
with equal justice. One dog wins in some ex.
HiDiNIOls hHeEo otItts w not dGU VICE
versa have some tirst prize strai Is among my
| dogs, my bitches being descended from Plim-
limmon. which sold for 1851. now have
pup eight months old which weighs 156 pounds,
| and he is not two-thiIds grown expect he
| will become the largest dog IN America The
strong points in ST. Bernard are kindness and
intelligence. They can be trainsd 10 do all that
| setter can 90. and they are also courageous
animals"
~ lla.,-h iYv,v e. ~, ryy y
| way to San Luis Obispo county Cal. on a visit
10 his sister, whom he has not for forty-ive
| years. "The rght-of-way for the hittitss VAL
| ley Irrigation Canal Company is nearly all
| cleared, he said, land the com pany is about
| letting the contract for the tunnel Work on the
| dam Is also in progress. There Is very little
| snow in the valley now and the weather is very
| mild. 1t Is a remarkably mild winter, for the
| thermometer has not been down TO zero and the
! stock are still out on the range"
| A ". EngIe, president OF the First National
| bank OF North Yakms, returned last evening
| from that city, where lie has been to attend the
| regular annual meeting of the bank Mr.. Eugle
| reports everything IL good condition in that
city and county, with excellent pros poets for the
| near future. Agricultural interests, especially
| in hops and alfalfa. are being advanced with re-
| newed vigor. The cultivated acreage Will be
| more than doubled next season. Merchants are
prosperous and happy.
J. ". Sutherland, OF Fairhaven, is stopping a.
| the Grand. He has a lot of rich-looking sam
| pies OF gold ore, WIFI came frosa the north
| end Of Tuxedo island, north OF Vancouver
| island The samples were eli taksn from the
surface and wire gold is visible il, mos. of theu
| lie says the belt from which they came lraverses
| the island from northeast to southwest. Only
! few prospec;ors have been in that country and
| no work of any rote has been done on any of
| the properties.
| g. F. petrick. of san Francisco, one of the
| principal owners OF the Wells steamship line.
/ AND 2. F. Du Fiore, agent Of the company 81
! Portland, were guests OF the Rainier yesterday
| al let II the evening for Tacoma. II is under
| stood that hereafter Mr.. D1 F.ofe will BE- man
! ;cr OF the compaay's business ca Puget sound
/ as well as st Portland.