The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-02
THE PASSING THRONE.

A. ID. Scroggy. contracting freight agent
Of the Canadian Pacific railway, has
returned from q trip through the Okan-
ogan country and IL as enthusiastic as
ever about that section They hare
good hop crop, averaging about ton to
the acre and are increasing the acreage
materially. The wheat crop 10 fair, being
n ton to ton and half 10 the acre, one
ranch of 80 acres having yielded $50 tons
There are some beautiful ranches there.
the finest being the Guisichan. of 80 acres.
At kelowna, in the Mission valley. which
consists entirely Of level alluvial land, ap-
parentiy at times overaowed by okanogan
lake Quite a crowd Of prospectors has
gone TO the Boundary creek piacers, in
fact, it is said that 700 have gone there In
the last twenty days. The only mine in
operation in the Fairview district Is the
Black Bear. where forty TO forty-iive men
are employed. The manager says that the
indications are good and he expects TO con-
time work all winter.
Thomas johnson. the Tacoma mining
man, was at the Diiler last night. having
come over from the copper claims recently
discovered near Mount Stuart. He says
that, while IL is impossible to say anything
as to the extent of the deposit, as no de-
ve.opment has been done. the indications
are that the find Is valuable one.. About
500 pounds of ore have been blasted out,
and he says they assayed S. per cent. cop
per and about 10 per cent. OF gold,
which he melted out Of chunk of the
ore in blacksmith's fire. The deposit is
at an altitude of some 1000 feet on ridge
between the Teanaway and Ingalls, creek.
which rises on Mount Stuart, and ne does
not expect that any more work will be
done before spring, as six inches Of snow
fell last week.
Chief Justice Pemberton. of Montana.
who il in the city on pleasure trip, visited
the police stationr Saturday afternoon and
was introduced to Chief Jackson and Capt.
Hogle. The latter lived in Montana for
several years and knew several of the
judges friends. They enjoyed q chat
about old times and had hearty laugh
about the cow skin carpets. that used to
adorn the floors Of the unpretentious
dwellings of those days. The judge was
among the first arrivals in Montana. hav-
ing left St Louis on the steamer Robert
Campbell on May II, 1868. and gone up the
Missouri river to Fort Benton. From
there ne went to Virginia City, arriving
on September 5. so that the trip took
nearly five months.
r. Lea Barnes. manager of the Bank Of
British Columbia in this city, who is just
recovering from an attack of typhoid lever.
has gone to Kamloops. B. c., on vaca-
ton, and Robert Croft, the teller of the
bank. Is acting as manager. b. P. Rob-
ins, who has been employed in the Port
land branch, has joined the staff In this
city.
DR.. Edmund Barry, Of Washington City.
recently appointed government physician
ut the Skokomish Indian reservation, was
at the Occidental. accompanied by Mrs.
Barry, Friday night. They left Saturday
morning on the steamer Buckeye for their
new place of residence.
Howard G. Holmes. chief engineer OF
the San Francisco harbor line commits
sioners, il In the city. guest at the
Northern. Mr.. Holmes designed the
Portland cable road. after which the Madi-
son street line in this city was patterned.
s. III. Cowell. of San Francisco, who
with his father and brother owns the lime
business at the San Juan islands rs well
as the most of the lime kilns of California,
was at the Arlington yesterday.