The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-14


directed to these Old disriets. They are
Americans, however, who are Developing
the mineral resources of British Columbia
The younger generation ZIP there are all
right. but the Old fellows ssho held the purse
strings follow too closely zthe conservative
English customs 20 keep pee with the more
e7terp:lsng Americans. snrst came "cse III
1877, and have been all oves the entire region
this side OF the Missouri rsver. aud tell you
lie 10 too short and the Country too vast for any
man 20 appreciate what has e,een done out mere
IN the last thirty years, and lEhen think OF the
development OF the ives. cow il seems Ike
dream OF enchantmeat Down in southern Ne
yads, TOO. there are rich Iainersl fields as YET
unexpiored. l was formerly associated IN many
prospecting expeditions with George Monfgom-
cry. who recently DISCOVERIES the lost Breytogie
gold mines in Death Valley. :iou recollect that
Breiogle was al emgranr y no was chased by
the Indians across Southers Nevada, ana DUR
ing his wanderings he maGs some wonderful
geld quartz discoveries. numerous expeal
lions afierward tried 10 n.id these lost goiu
fields, and IL was not till fors- years ai'erward
tnAt Montgomery was successful The specl-
mems that he brought horze 20 san Francisco
were wonderfully rich, as yos will see from tEe
Tact that he pounded out s., 10 from vaIise
full of ore. A man takes his life in he hands,
however, " hen he goes into E1is desert region.
There are hundreds OF square: miles without any
sign OF water. aud many expess plainsmen have
lost their lives trying 10 cross the desert"
Thompson Harris, of Fountain City, Ind, was
a guest yesterday Of the Gsaud. He has been
; Vlsii0g his son-ia-law, q. >G. Williamson,
prominent merchant OF Olympia, for the past
month, and came up 10 taks look at seattle.
II am a farmer, and have llved for over fifty
years in the neighborhood of:ny present home,
which Is only few miles from the Ohio line.
l was brought up in Preb.s county, o., and it
used to be that We had the MIST fertile land IN
the state. Up in Darke couney there were great
swamps and marshes, and ne one ever went up
there except to hunt or hsh. and they could
then only go when the groun4 had frozen Up IN
the winter or dried up il tie summer. Now,
however, by means Of county bitches and sub
drains, they have brought ali this marsh land
under cultivation, and ii IS tale finest farming
land IN the state. The farrsers. as class,
IN my section are not PROSPEROUS Many OF
themsucceed in making a5eare living, while
others do not do that well. 5Iknow many in.
stances where land has sold COR less than IL did
formerly, and even some eases where good
farms are selling for less tan the improve
ments on them are worth. Aany of the farms
are heavily mortgaged, and it really seems that
the farmers have been doing business at loss
for the last twenty years. OF. course there are
some men who are moro shfstless than others,
and do not have them in mind in speaking OF
farmers as a class, but the wade-awake, intelli-
gent, industrious men in the community. Very
few of them have accumulated more than q
small competence after lifets me of hard work,
and all of them have seen their competence
dwindle because OF the depreciation inQand
values. Good, improved fargls, which used to
be worth from $50 to SO per scre and sold for
that figure, now go begging a; SIS per acre And
this, too. IN region surrou3ded by manufac-
turing Cities where We expected to find home
markets and better prices liz consequence for
our products. saw it stated in q recent num-
49, 81 L..- 49, g. -
Ohio owe 81, 200, 0O0, 00l, sum which thi nix is
more than all the cleared eand in that state
would sell for today. And sshile land values
are depreciating and the Erces for produce
growing less. this burden Of oebt ia constantly
growing greater"
John A. Davis, Mrs. A J. Davis and child and
Mrs. J. E. Gaylord and childrsn q, OF Butte, Mont,
are stopping at the Rainier. ME- Davis is one
Of the contestants in the celebrated will contest
over the millions lef; by his t<other, A. ]. Davis
who at the time of his death was the richest
man and most noted charactes in Montana. The
contest over the estate has lasted for several
years, and features of the mok5 sen satonal char.
acter have developed during che various phases
Of the litigation, involving diserent wills. awill
discovered after being lost io7 twenty years and
made when the testator was q poor man, and
whose genuineness was disputed, women from
different parts OF the worla claiming to be
cousins, sisters and other rela:iyes all wanting
snare OF the big pile. some Gf the ablest law
yers in the country are engaged in the case, in.
Guiding Robert G. Ingsr
Lieut. John C. Morony, Lieut. A. B. Wyckoft,
commandant of the Puget SQUAD naval station,
and Naval Engineer U. s. G. White, were at
the Arlington a few hours yesterday, and went
over to Sidney later. Lieut.. Morony has been
detailed to succeed Lieut.. Wyskoff as command
ant, the latter being detailed COR service in the
East, whittier he will go in a Jew days.
Capt. E. P. Miner OF Portlsad. is stopping at
the Arlington. He was maste< last season of J.
C. Nxon's sealing schooner Henry Dennis,
which made the biggest catcsl of the season.
He will command the same vessel again this
year aud intends going out or another cruise at
early day.
Alexander P. Hill, ST.. fatheS OF Joseph and A.
P. Hill, IT,, has just arrived in the city from
Washington City and will undoubtedly make
Seattle his future home. Mr.. liill 10 at present
the guest of his son Joseph.
George W. Alexander. Of TaToma, secretary OF
the Eighth district union OF the International
Typographical Union. was in che city yesterday.