Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-15
Death of Another Pioneer.

n.,'l in thc Northwest. a hi defeat OF
,> Lieutenant Governor I.a,!chtun, for
/. ~, sentative from thu, county, an
'>.'"in-lt r"IHIlar man, amply shows.
Ny. smith wa~ born in Maine, in lH39,
aua while he was very young his pa
r-nf- removed to Iowa. While vet Il
youth he learned III" printers trade al
it'rr.'. and h,-:ore attaiuin. his ma
..r.'Y wa- employed on the New York
I.h"Hr. During the gold excitement
ii Isis he was one oi the first to leave
fur the California fields. He followed
the mining. merchandising and news
Taper ll>inc>S there until ISIS, when
h. went TO the Fraser river. b. c.,
when the gold excitement was at its
height. He engaged in the express
and forwarding business until 1919,
when the rich finds on the Similika-
moen river. at its junction with the
Okanogan, were made. The prospect
Urs who made this discovery were
afraid TO remain in the vicinity on ac-
count oi the hostile Indians, but
Smith entered the region, and was fol-
lowed by 200 prospectors, searching for
the EldOrado. In few weeks there
were over 5000 men on the place, and
over 81 100000 in gold was taken out
OF the bed OF the Simi!ikameen in the
first three months. Then it began to
play out, and there was a stampede for
Rock creek, place 20 miles distant, on
/ British soil. Mr.. Smith was, however,
infatuated with the Okanogan coun-
try, and he remained there and built
/ the first house in that section. The
house is located on the east bank OF
the SoOyOn- river on what is now part
of the Colvillc reservation. At that
time the reservation, although Gun
surveyed" was open to settlement,
and Smith took up claim. In 1867
President Grant, by an executive
proclamation, declared all the land
west and north of the Columbia river
to the Cascade mountains reserva-
ton for the Colville and Okanogan
Indians. At that time Smith was the
only white man in the country. He
was ordered off the grounds, but re-
fused to go because he had vested
rights in the lands, and because the
President, according to the statutes,
could not create reservation of
greater extent than one square mile.
United States troops were sent to the
scene, but smith refused to bulge, and
his rights have never since been ques-
toned. He had strip Is miles wide
and from the Okanogan to the Cas-
cades leopened, and on this land his
mines are located. The mines are
valued at millions. but their develop
ment is retarded because for some
time previous to his death Smith had
no money. He tried to sell several of
his mines, and two or three deals were
nearly completed when they were
broken off.
Smiths first wife was a squaw, a
daughter of the Chief Tenasket, of the
Okanogan tribe. Two daughters are
the result of this union. A year or
more ago, he married Mrs. Nina
Goldthorpe, formerly of this city, to
whom he leaves the bulk of his for
tune. Smith was a member of the
first Territorial as we'll as the last
State Legislature, serving in the
Council his first term and in the
branch of the late Assembly.
The value of his estate is estimated
at from quarter to half million.
1t is mainly mining property, which
accounts for the margin between the
conservative and extreme valuations.
The widow, John Mcdonald, deceased's
partner and Ralph w. Elnmonds of
Seattle are named as executors. He
bequeaths to his widow 5000 in cash
besides his ranch of 16O acres on the
Sooyoos river, in Okanogan county,
and all his mines and mining interests;
to Lizzie Smith, his daughter, 81 500,
and each of his grand children, Ella
and Robert Evans, ST 800. These two
children were born to daughter now
dead.
The burial took place Monday, Rev.
John F. Damon, a pioneer preacher,
officiating. and he was laid in Lake
View Cemetery, in close proximity to
pioneers Henry L. Yesler and Otto
Ranke. The pail bearers were chosen
from the State Legislature, and con-
sisted of three Senators and three
Representatives, as the following list
will show: Senators - Trusten p.
Dyer, ]. NJ. Frink and John r. Kin
near; Representatives.. H. Wheeler,
c. L. Webb and r. C. Washburn.
WELL, we'll! There is lots of fun
lost, simply because the Olympian-Tri-
bune's gun is of small calibre and light
weight. If the Administration could
only receive some of the broadsides it
fires, there would doubtless be an Itch
ing of the epidermis that would lead
to the most amusing of antics. But
all this is lost simply because of the
Inadequate surroundings that some
times hamper genius and render the
best OF effort futile. But then, like
the mouse which fought the giraffe, it
knows it is putting in its best ticks, if
that fact does not reach the distant
brain of its antagonist.
JUDGE Olney has prescribed rules
for the execution of the Geary law, I'M
der positive determination of the Ad.
to deport the Chinese res
idents of the country, but because
there is Il little delay attending the le-