The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-23
THE PASSING THRONG.

The PASSING THRON6.
A D scsoExy. contracting FREIGHT agent Of
the Canadian Paeiac road, has returned from
"Trip through the okanogan country in BEisish
Columbia. and tells Of much dsveiopmens
which 10 going on quietly In that section ana Of
krsas wealth In store for sest.erA Ia m later
view with . Po<I-IxrRIIiaEScEH reporter be
said: THAT country has big prospects this
year. for the Okanogan valley proper VII PRO
dncs $40 tons Of wheat, LOO tons Of oats, 6.oO
tons OF hay ana good deaf OF fruit Of several
vafiettea In the Mission valley. east os okan-
ogan lake and half vay between the north ana
sonth ends. the land Is being suodividea INTO
Ten and swsn;y-acxe tracts. and - being settled
- lass - any part OF tie countrJ. II has been
settled Tor some years, bat not 70 any extent TAI
the last two or three yearA II has great irrit,
hay and vegetable lands. and the ranches look
iike great vegetable gardens TIE climate -
favorable for drying truis without ARTIFICIAL
means, and the Canadian Pacific II making low
rates 70 enable the settlers 20 market their
product In both the Mission and Okanogan
valleys hops grow to perfection. and the
groweSs are putting in American dry-kiina 90
that they viii produce much higher quality
than last year The town OF Kelouna has osen
ssssblished ON the lake In the last year, and II
now quite prosperous place There II good
dssd. well kept hotel. besides hall dozen
stores and sawmiiL II has good wagon ROAD
for distance OF forty miles, 70 Vernon. running
along Duck. Wood and Long laksA This - the
richest and most picturesque part OF the couu-
~, and the water in Long lake u % uansparens
that you can look down 10 or $40 feet from the
road and 80 trout in the bottom. Vernon 10
new town, only having been established two
years ago. and IL the seat OF government for
that part OF British Columbia under the dtrec-
ton OF Mr. Lumby, the government agent II
he's population of about 200. with branch OF
the Bank Of Montreal, under the Management
OF Ne Henderson. very nne hotel, called the
kalemakla, under the management OF -. }.
Meakin. brewery. whore the hopA OF the val
ley are consumed. and several large storo&
Mission valley viii b the source OF supply foe
the faiFview mining district, in which come
good gold property 10 being developed At the
Victoria mine they have just made run OF
thirty-six tons. and 90 we'll were the owners.
result that they have gone back to further
develop IL. This section IL reached By the
Canadian Pacific train. whore . branch runs
down to Vernon. Al Okanogan landing you
take the fast AID elegantly lifted steamer Aber.
deem, which hes the same dining service - the
trains. for all points on the lake, Penttcton ana
south Of there, while ct Penticton stage connsc-
ton II made for Loomiston. LORD Aberdeen has
about 10000 acres in the Coldstream ranch near
Vernon, on which he il raising hops. fruit and
wheat, and In the Mission valley near Kelowna
he has about 500 acres with the same crops"
W. D. Gooch. Of Denver, who 10 Visiting his
daughter, Mra George s. List, 10 ono Of the
wealthiest planters in Louisiana. having 1880
acres In cultivation out OF . total property OF
about 1000 acfsA He spends his winters on his
plantation. which II near Shreveport, and
divides bis summers between this city and Dem
yer. - he has property on the Sound ~ well -
In Denver, aud has daughter married In each
place. Speaking OF the cotton crop he said:
1.-THE prospects in Louisiana are fairly good, for,
though there has been too much rain for the
cotton. w0 are still making large crop and the
price has advanced soma The prospect for
sugar and rice 10 all right, too. There II
more sectionalism here than in the South now.
and there are no race troubles. The
negroes are In the majority, but there IL never
any trouble where live Tho negroes are the
happiest people there. coustitusionally 90. for
they live well and they have no ambition. 90
that they have none Of the trouble which comes
to the white man through his ambition. They
all vote the Democratic ticket because they
have come 70 think that the white men they
work for are their friends, and whatever they
vote for Is right Thus they naturally vote
with the whites and no coercion Il necessary.
They are improving, too. for they are greatly in
favor OF education, and are doing about all they
can to educate their children. Disturbance
generally grows up from the misconduct
Of some brutal. ignorant negro. and
not from an educated man, though
when there 10 big disturbance bstween the
races. the negroes are Liable TO be led By IN edu.
Gated man. owned nearly 200 Of them before
the war and most of them still live GA my plan.
tstion. I like this country very much and am
pleased with tho climate aud physical advan-
tages Of the Puget sound country generally.
Lake Washington ID grand resort for your peo-
pie: II we had such lake ~ Denver everyb body
would 60 there. There II one little lake there
about fifty scrss In area formed by the overflow.
from well sunk by . rancher. which they have
named Manhattan Beach, ana thcre 10 such q
crowd there on Sunday that never 60. 20 you
can imagine how they would appreciate body
Of water like Lake Washington"
W. A. Grifith, A. n. Sloan and 9. p. Brown, Of
Grecnsburg, Pa. who are In the city on . COM
blpation OF business and pleasure, have re-
turned from trip to the mountains near Monte
Cristo Mr.. Griffith. In talking with PosrlN-
TELLrGENcER reporter, said: II AIN delighted
with Washington ami think Seattle 10 the incest
city l ever saw. i was never 30 thoroughly
pleased with place as am with IL, and think
II viii tie the metropolis of the Coast. II were
seeking home and trying to establish q bust
ness, do not know Of any place would rather
move to- Greenxburg 10 becoming the center of
the Connellsyille coke field, which Is being ex-
tended north and south from tho origual field.
There is also great development OF the coal
miues OF Westmoreland county. Tho town IL
over 100 years old. and We have iust elected J.
Covoie Reed, nephew OF Wsslsy Wilson. OF
this city. as the first Republican mayor We have
ever had"