The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-19
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k@pa oynsens TO Hundreds.
Much interest is now being taken by
those out Of employment In the arrange
ments being made by hop growers 10 Sc
cure white labor for picking this fall.
From nearly ali the surrounding towns
large numbers OF people are preparing TO
go out to the yards to find q few weeks
employment. ana the growers will IN
doaosedly have little trouble in getting all
the white pickers required.
Fort Angeles will contribute its quota
towards the army Of hop pickers which
VIII 90 out into the yards in few weeks
70 gather In the crop. From 90 TO 800 set
tiers on the government townsite wilitcome
down either TO the White and Puyaiiup
valleys or so over 10 Yakima 70 take part
In the picking. and earn some money to-
wards paying the expense Of proving up
on their claims.
Jerome Catiin is building houses for the
accommodation OF white pickers en- his
ranches At Black river, Enumciaw and
Fall City. The Yakima Hop Growers
Association has issued the following Of
ficial circular:
The Northern Pacific railroad has Of
fered rate of $3.50, round trip, from Ia
coma or Seattle TO North Yakima, in lots
OF nifty people or more. no half fares I;
tickets good for forty-five days, on passen-
ger trains. Our representative, Mr..
daniel Lesn, will insert an advertisement
In the Tacoma and Seattle dailies. an
nouncing his arrival and where tickets can
be obtained. The association will meet
all arrivals at North Yakima"
1t Is not expected that picking will be-
gin at North Yakima before September IL.
~ owing to unfayorable weather the crop
Is late and is not ripening as fast as usual.
The few early hops will be taken care OF
by the labor already there, and pickers
need not expect much before that time.
Any information desired can he secured
by addressing Mr.. Lesh.
s. F. Coombs, of West Seattle, and the
Bureau Of Associated Charities are doing
what they can to arrange for pickers for
the growers in the districts around here.
Mr.. Coombs has furnished the PosT-IsrEI-
LIGEScER with the following list Of the
number of pickers required in the differ
ent districts:
At 0riliia--Mr. McDougal 40.
At Cedar Mountain--Thomas Mason 40
At Auburn--G. Traeger 60, John Ran
dali 20, James Boyd 90, Mat Corners so.
David Hart 20. David Hughes 50, Fassett
Bros. 35, Joseph Brennan IS, Mike Bowers
so, 8. A. Crisp 40, George Hummeil IS. b.
+. Patten 40 and James Doian so. French
Bros, Charles Dubois. John Wooden and
Mrs. Robert Wooden are all supplied.
At Christopher-Thomas Christopher IS,
William II. Mccullough IS and Mrs. OLE
son 40.
At Gilman-wold Bros. and Tom Cherry
will need pickers.
At Pialschie-DIck Jeffs 30 and John
Thomas 30.
At Kent--E Meeker 500 Mrs. Dow IS,
Dennis Mullen so, Henry McCabe 90 and
James Crow 90.
Al o'Brien--o' Brien Bros so. A. Wash.
burn 40, Barney Downey 40. George oulett
40. Patrick Hayes 100 and Julius Mess 80.
Mr.. Yates. Thomas and James Sharke,
William Coehrane. William Emerson and
DIR. Van De Vanter will also want pickers.
At Snoqualmie-Capt q. w. Graves 200.
At Tolt-A. L. Crawford, James Harris
and John Curry will want pickers.
At Fall City-Rutherford & Taylor will
want q few.