Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

HUNTING IN MONTANA.
have the substantial fronts their persons as
well as their houses which are indications Of
prosperity. The state Of Oregon as you will
zee from its worlds fair exhibit at Chicago, has
become one Of the great farming states Of the
Union, and Portland claims the whole state
her meat She has water lines and railway
lines which reach to every corner Of 1t, and
travelling over Oregon is like travel in Massa-
chusetts-toreach any place in the one you have
to find Boston and in the other you have to 60
TO Portland to start
SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS DIAMONDS.
San Francisco, which other parts of the coun-
try state is bound to suffer by the growth Of
the cities on the Pacific slope above and below
St, has as yet not changed its pace. There is
more life in it today than in any other city of
the Union except New York or Chicago and its
people rush as rapidly along as ever. They are
like no people in the United States and they are
among the most cosmopolitan people in the
world. The greed Of gold still sticks to them,
but they do their business in a royal way. They
don't like greenbacks. and gold is the common
currency of the Pacific You get little service
Of any kind for less than quarter and You
can't offer beggar less than q nickel Pennies
won't buy thing but postage stamps and 1t
costs you quarter to get shave. San Fran
cisco dresses more gai!y than any other town In
the Union Every young business man has
creases in his pantaloons and almost all wear
diamond studs Tie women blaze with dis
monds and seaiskin sacqueS are more COM
mon here than Bingham aprons in New
England The climate is such that furs
can be worn all the year round and
the ladies take advantage of it. The stores OF
San Francisco show the wealth OF the people.
The art shops are fine. The jewelry stores are
better b. far than those OF Washington and the
costhest OF goods command ready sale. The
average of wealth is over $1,000 per head. or
more than 5000 per family. San Francisco is
said to have fifty men in it whose checks arc
good for million or more any day. and the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. men are no more
noticed in it than in New York or in London
It has, like al. of these western cities. a num-
Der Of fine clubs. and its Press Club will COM
pare favorably with any in the union.
CLUB LIFE on THE PACIFIC.
Speaking Of club life in the west. have told
you something Of the magnificent club houses
of Minneapolis and of Helena and Butte City.
found ut Seattle as good a club house. owned
BY the Rainier Club. as you could wish for. and
ct Tacoma the leading men Of the town have
built q great frame mansion which oyerlcoks
Puget sound for miles either way. and which Is
ss comfortable a bachelor = home as any have
seen in the east 1t was built very cheaply. lts
FRS. cos: being Only 81. 900 and its $50 mem
bers chipping In 500 apiece. Portland has
also e magnificent club artistically furnished
and some of the smaller of these western towns
have social organizations with homes Of theIl
own
BIO NEWSPAPERS OF THE WEST.
Among the most profitable properties OF the
west and the Pacific slope are its newspapers
In many of the cities the best buildings arr
owned by daily Journals. and the ST. Pau
Pioneer Press and the Omaha Bee have blocks
each of which il worth more than half a mil
lion dollars, and the Bee has for years beer