Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-25
ABOUT TWO CITIES

j. w. Sutherland returned Saturday
| from TeXada island. He reports another
discovery OF iron ore. the best which has
been found on the island, and expects to
add this to the number OF mining pros
poets upon which he already has a bond.
Governor McGraw and staff will not
| visit Chicago in time TO participate in the
| Worlds fair opening. but Colonel C.. NJ
Atkins says the visit will probably be
made some time in the flowery month of
| May.
| Fred 5, Oliver, the Stevens county
member OF the state road commission, ar
rived in New WhatcOm yesterday morn
ing. lie met Commissioners flanagan
and CrYderman, and in the afternoon an
organization was effected. with r. p.
flanagan as chairman. Mr. Oliver will
remain some days In the city.
c. d. Winkler, hop raiser of Lynden,
was in the city yesterday. Speaking of
the hop louise, Mr.. Winkler said that hop
raisers were now prepared to cope with
the little destroyer, but il was an adj
ditional expense, only and not necessarily
an eXterminator of hops. lie began eX-
perimentng with solution of his own
invention last year which he believes to
be not only thoroughly effective, but in
expensive. He proposes. however. to test
II thoroughly before making il known for
the benefit of hop raisers generally.
As an instance of the approachibility
and allability OF Whitelaw Reid. a story
is told Of a young reporter who was de-
tailed to interview him. lie. unlike a
veteran in the interviewing business. APP
preached the great man with fear and
trembling. Mr. Reid noticed his pertur-
baton, and simply asked Did you want
to see me?' Yes We'll, you and
belong to the same profession, said Mr..
Reid, sit down" The reporter sat down
and as he did so, gasped, "y-yes, Mr. Reid,
but your at the top and I'm at the
bottom
During the time that Mr. Reid was min
lister to France he paid rent of S21, 500 !
per year for the ministerial residence. |
His salary was Sl7,50O per year, so it will |
readily be seen that il costs some money
to represent Uncle Sam at the French /
capital. II may have been eXtraVagant" /
said Mr.. Reid in referring to it, but very /
often in reaching men you have to enter /
tain them handsomely; indeed it's part .
of diplomacy"
Mrs. Reid is a charming and accom-
plished lady, who takes great interest in 4
school and charitable work, and that
she has no aversion to newspaper men is !
shown by the cordial reception she &C
cords them when they call to interview
Mr.. Reid. She Is proud of her distin-
guished husband, and one can tell at a
glance that the admiration is mutual.
The Bellisgham Bay baseball team will /
play the Seattles at Silver Beach on NAV
6 and Z, the date with the Snohomish-
Everetts which was set for April 30 and 4
80, having been postponed
The boys are practicing daily and ex-
pect to give good account of themselves /
during the season. Captain j. ID. Leedy /
will manage the team, and it goes without /
saying that he will use his best endeavors |
to make 1t winner on all occasions.
Some of the ..boys" put up a Job on |
some amateur 4ope detectives on Satur- |
day night. A pOnderous valise, filled |
with boulders, was taken out to north |
Elk street, the amateurs hot on the scent |
Then detour was made and the opium
safely landed in a house on Holly street |
The detectives were summoned, the va
Use opened with alacrity and some Wis
ions OF reward, when 10, when the con-
tents were emptied on the floor there was
disclosed some sixty pounds of rocks. The
reputed owner sat under surveillance
while the grip was being examined loudly
protesting his innocence. and as the
bOulders rolled across the floor. he said to
the jaw-fallen dope detectives: "See
here, them's specimens of galena from the
koOtenai district" But the detectives
had flown before he finished his expana
ton. And now the colonel Is asked If he
has gone into the assaying business.