The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-09
THE PASSING TaROxG

Yonsu. and Gcnerai Superintendent G. Ford.
Of Winnipeg. both II the D0miniOn Ex-
press Company. sss stoppiag q the Raj
nier. They have bssa on . tour Of inspec-
tion Of the oi{lces slong the line. and will
Spend several days On the Coast before ~
turning home. The fsnest city in the
Northwest" said Mr.. Stout. - right here.
Il has besn year since l MAS here and !
can note great proeresa Il u indeed re-
freshing 10 come from other cities rsputed
to b richer and certainly larger than
Seattle. where everything 10 dead. and
then 20 and hear . life. energy and enter
prise which seems 20 know no fear. coa-
6dence born Of faith in grand destiny
and withal such conservative strength -
wins the admiration Of all. The express
business on our line has fallen of consid-
erably in consequences Of the panic, but
then We feel . general panic quicker than
most any other business. because it Is dur
ing such times that the exchange Of high
priced products, which are usually sent
by express. falls or During May and
June our business vas larger this yesr
than last year, but since then business mas
been very dull" Speaking Of the North
vest territories. Mr.. Ford said: They
are settling up very rapidly. But think
most Of the new settlers during the past
year have gone up on the Edmonton line
from Calgary. The valley Of the Sas-
katchewan is fine one for both grain and.
stock. but ~ grain II 20 low most Of the
settlers are devosing their attention to
raising live stock"
Attorney Fred lick leaves today for
Palo. Ill. TO take charge of the Law prac-
tice Of the late Col. NJ. D. Swift. Of that
place. Mr.. lick says he likes Seattle and
tie energy and enterprise of her citizens.
and don't know Of any place where he
would rather live and practice his profess
sion than in Seattle, but his wife's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose 6anborn. reside in
Palo. Ill. and il 10 but natural that they
should desire to have one Of their children
live with them in their declining years.
and IL was through their influence and the
influence Of their friends that he was ten
dered the position Of stepping into the
practice Of Col. NJ. d. Swift, who died on
the 18th OF last month. During his short
residences in Seattle Nj. lick has built mp
. good practice in his profession and has
won the esteem Of all Who knew him. He
has been prominently identified with sew
eral social organizations in this city, the
members of which will regret his depart
ure. Mr.. Zick says one Of the most pleas
ant recollections he will carry with him
is the courtesy and friendliness that pre-
wallis among the members of the Seattle
bar and bench.
II SEQ by your paper that there was con-
siderable speculation in Snoquslmis about
large party Of forty or fifty men which
passed through that town last Friday.
The article stated that most Of them
looked like tramps," said George Bothsll,
the well-known logger and lumberman Of
Botheil. at the Occidental last night
"Weii, that was my party; that 10. IL was
party given by my brother and my
self. We determined to have some fun
and give our men . picnic and We invited
. number Of our friends from Seattle 70
join Us We may have looked like tramps
and We certainly felt as happy ~ tramps.
We went up on the North fork Of the Sno-
qualmis on fishing trip. caught over 600
of the speckled beauties, and had royal
good time. We got back again yesterday.
Among the party from Seattle were Land
lord Scagrave. Lewis Hosmer, Leander
Miller and John Kahaley."
l<oatto CutjOm, upeCiot agent Oh the
treasury department, 10 . guest Of the
Rainier. 'One Of the hardships Of my
position Is that / like newspaper men and
would like to accommodate them with
such information ~ can pick up, but to
do so would be to destroy my usefulness
as public servant, and SO am Obliged to
talk to reporters about something else
than my own business. l want to echo
the general commentator of Seattle.
which Is now on every body's lips on this
Coast, and as think that the worst of this
senseless want OF confidence Is over be-
lieye that Seattle has taken an enormous
stride forward while everywhere else q
backward movement has been in prog
ress."
W. r. Mackenzie. of Portland, general
agent of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
Trust Company, is stopping at the Raj
nier. "Seattle is the talk Of the Coast at
the present time." said he, land you peo-
pie here have reason to be proud of the
record you are making. And think lots
of people who don't live here are glad Of
it. too. because Seattle has lots of friends
everywhere. She - nobody's town, and
therefore she is every body's town."
Mr.. and Mrs. John Blair. Of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Merrill and their
children. Henry e. Merrill. John s. Mer-
rill and Ralph d. Merrill, Of San Fran
cisco; Mr.. and Mrs. George Couch. of
Minneapolis, and Samuel @. Colt, OF Pitts
field. Mass, are tourists stopping at the
Rainier.