Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-28

are III sLois ioF the people OF Beilingham
pay and he bases his opinions ON deduc-
Mills, Whiteaw Reid and T. b. Cornwall
have enthused him TO a degree and he Is
more confident than eyer that on BeIllnR-
ham bay is TO be the great city of the
North"
The baseball team is doing hard work
| and satisfactory work. They are prac-
| tlclng each day at the City park. New
! Whatc0m, and by way Of refreshments
| they indulge in course of sprouts"
] at the athletic rooms. The boys are de-
termined TO win honors, and II properly
supported they will, The first game here
will be played with Seattle, MAY and r,
at the Silver Beach park, Lake Whatcom.
| EXCounty Commissioner Il. c. Porter,
J Of l8yDie, was in New WhatcOm yesteF-
| day. Mr. Porter is pioneer OF his dis
| trct, where he and his Two sons have
| three lGO-acre tracts Of "the finest
| land Ia the state of Washington
I Mr. Porter has lived In iaynie nine
years and during that time has brought
! under cultivation a considerable portion
of his farm. Apples. pears. cherries,
Rooseberrles, Strawberries, etc, promise "a
good Yleld TINS year. Peach trees suf-
iered somewhat from the cold of last win
ter. The backward spring has not been
conducive to spring planting, but on the
whole the outlook for good crops is en-
tirely favorable Said Mr., Porter. ia
reference 10 roads: We have plenty of
roads, but what we need is better ones
And the average man will agree that this
Is comprehensive statement.
H. Langucnour. the wooden mill man, Is
expected 10 arrive ia New Whatcom on
Tuesday, and a final effort will be made To
secure the establishment Of this desirable
industry.
Frank \. Barney is IN receipt Of a copy
OF the Daily SaratOgian, published at Sar-
atoga' -, Y. The paper contains "A speech
OF Hon. w. j. Parkinson, first state sem
ator from WhatcOm county, delivered at
the annual banquet Of the Manufacturing
Furrers' Association, of New York. at
Delmonico's April T.. The speech Is good
throughout, and fully demonstrates the
Tact That the ex-senator has not forgotten
this state or his former constituency. A
few extracts are made. Referring directly
of this portion Of the state Mr.. Parkinson
] spoke as follows:
Here Jim keene, a scion Of Wall street,
corners wheat ana makes the poor man
| pay double for his -four; there Jim Hill. a
man Of the people, stretches his wand out
| from the twin cities toward Puget sound
and ten thousand spades and shOyels and
axes CLEAN In the sunlight, swung by the
stalwart arms of the honest labOrer, and
thirty-iive hundred miles OF iron and steel
| go gaiiOping 20 their places In the road
| bed, until without subsidy, but single
handed aud alone, through this man the
| Great Northern transcontinental railroad
] springs into being, anchored in the East AT
| Chicago, and at the West on Nottingham
| bay.
After cOruscating fight Of Howery
metophor, the brilliant senator pays a
| tribute 10 fur and Feputed Nottingham
! bay Industry in the following language. 1t
| Will show that the fame Of our resources
IS spreading, and what has been will be a
! mere bagatclle to what Is yet 10 be. The
| senator continues:
But more interesting TO you here as
dealers In fHrs, than anything else I
might speak of, will be- a brief account of
! the cat ranch 50 often alluded 10 by the
| press, situated by all who write Of II as on
Puget sound, just across from Rellngham
/ bay, which Is In the extreme northwest
| county OF the State Of Washington, upon
an island known as WaldroH. Imagine
| 200 acres Of land devoted entirely to the
cultivation or rearing Of cats; black cats
grey cats, tom cats and yellow cats, the
| 1000 already supposed TO be there being
daily added 10 by the myriad agents Jim
has constantly In the field. Imagine these
! 2,OO acres cut up into convenient di-
visions, with drying sheds aud barns.
meat and slaughter houses, grass aud
sand lots, for these feline pets TO whisk
about In. Every thirty days, or each
month In the year five hundred Of these
cats are presumed TO be killed, and their
] hides hung up TO dry, or got ready other
wise for the market No place else In the
world is such another Industry 10 oe
| found, and the interesting part Of the
whole business is' how when your expert
/ FUR dealers from the East send their
agents out through the Northwest for
| skins OF various kinds, you pick up bale
after bale of Jim Wardner's cat skins at
different points along the coast, and when
they reach you and your customers they
become known as hood seals Laugh
ter.
OF course, not being an expert. | know
nothing about this part Of the trade, but
never visit Puget sound without Going to
Jim Wardner's cat ranch. You will find
Jim most genial fellow, the head OF a
delightful family, and always enthuslas-
tic over this pet project OF his life-his
cat ranch. You who are In the fur trade
should write 70 him, as IL may be for your
| interests 20 do so. Ills address Is Jim
Wardner, Fairhaven, Washington, care of
Wardners cat ranch.
! p. B. Cornwall, who was in Seattle on
| Wednesday on his return from New
| Whatcom 10 San Francisco, Is reported in
| the P.-I. as saying; I'VE contemplate
/ making some extensive improvements up
J there during this season. We shall com
mence the development Of the coal beds
near the shore Of the bay and get into
shape for handling the product OF the
mines. Mr.. Mills was highly pleased
with the prospects OF the companies"
! W. Parr, OF Pleasant Valley, was In New
| Whatcom yesterday. Mr.. Parr has been
resident Of that section for the past
nine years, during which he has cleared
| goOdly portion OF land and brought IL into
a good state OF cultivation. The outlook
for crops Is good, though farming opera
tlons have been retarded by the late
spring. The fruit industry promises 70
be an important one IN that section.
Fruit trees generally withstood the win
ter I'm good shape, although pears were
injured somewhat by frost
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