The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-03
THE PASSING THRONG.

Frank q. Higgins, mayor OF Missoula, Mont.
and president Of Higgins Western bank Of that
city. 10 guest of the Rainier. NJ own some
property in this city and have come down to
look 1t up. Some of 1t lies In the neighborhood
OF the site for the new Great Northern passenger
station, and part OF this will probably be con-
demned. also have some land Ct Ballard.
hear you folks consider the times dull here, but
TO person returning after . years absence, .
sight OF your city does not give that impression
BY any msana Times are duller in Montana
than they are here. which 10 largely due to the
low price OF silver, although our state doss not
suffer - much from this cause - aome
OF the other Western states. Montana
has yet IN immense amount Of gold
lying In her dry placers and quarts
veins. and - silver goes down, gold
goes up. Every spring, when there is plenty Of
water, these dry placers are worked for . few
months. and tho aggregate of their output Is
considerable. The sction OF the Daily Demo-
crets In the legislature of state In preferrnE
to have Republican senator appointed rather
than vote for Clark, has dug, think, their
political graves. DAILY himself would long ago
have been corpse. if 1t were not for the big
Anaconds vote he controls But this last abuse
OF power has angered the Democracy OF the On.
tire state, and 1t will react di astrously upon
the candidacy OF Days town Of Anaconda for
the position OF state capital While the talk 10
\
think Governor Richard, who 10 Butte man,
will appoint Lee Mantle to the position.
Mantle Is the present mayor OF Butte, and 10
editor OF the Republican evening paper there.
and was the leading candidate for the position
before the legislature"
P. A. woolisy, Of woollsy, was ct the Airing.
ton last night on his way homo from the single
manufacturers' meeting ct Tacoma He was
feeling pretty good over the result Of the meet
ing and the prospects for the present season.
"Ths association 10 all right now" said he. land
1t 10 now on nfmer footing than ever. The
panicky. timid feeling which formerly prevailed
among the members has vanished. Most of the
outsiders have joined the association, aud 9th.
ers will do 20 on the expiration OF their present
contracts. Az president OF the skagit county
association feel pretty good over get
mission to large Eastern dealers. The skagit
aud Whatcom county associations include
seventy six mile and We are al working In har.
mony. II makes me mad every time think OF
the foolish action Of the association last fell in
making . cut Of 10 cents. II IL had not been
for that action We would now be getting 10, II
not Is, cents more per thousand for our shingles,
and 1t will take a whole year to redeem the
blunder made. But the prospects are bright.
not only for shingles, but also for lumber. Or.
ders are coming In from the East for bridge
timbers and flooring Of hr. and especially for
cedar siding and finishing have now an or.
der even for fir siding, but on cedar siding the
demand Is twenty times greater than the sup.
ply, and I am now building new dry kilns espe.
cially for this work. But don't think IL would
be good policy to sacrifice our present high
grade OF shingles for lumber. It won't do to
saw all the outside into boards and only put
the red hearts into shingles"
Hon. W. P. McElwain, member Of the house
OF representatives from the Forty-frst district,
came over from Olympia last evening, and will
return 10 the scene Of his duties by the early
train this morning. Mr.. McElwain has been
one OF the most active members of the King
county delegation, and has done his best to re-
deem every pledge made to the electors OF his
district during the last campaign. In support.
ing Hon. John B. Allen for reelection no
has never waversd from the duty he
owes bis party ana his constituents
His position has always been known.
and has been declared by works as
we'll a. words. Speaking of the contest
last night he said: ~ believe the majority will
stand firm and that Mr.. Allen will be elected in
the closing days of the session, when the hon.
est members of the factious minority see that
they have been deceived By false promises aud
that failure to elect will do the party and the
people incalculable harm. l know there 10 a
great deal OF loose talk about dark horse win.
ming on the home stretch, but do not think il
possible There is no reason why majority
should be defeated BY q minority, and do not
think it will be 80 with this Iegislaturs.'
F. 1. Hallenback. Of the wenatchee & Okano.
gan Transportation Company. 10 at the Occi.
dental. III camc over to confer with General
Manager shelby in regard to freight aud paseen.
ger tar IL and time schedules far running our
boats In connection with the Great Northern
trains. We shall make arrangements for the
through billing o! all freIghts 10 points reached
by our boats. We have spent some &i3 900 over.
hauling the City of Ellensourg. ana shall in all
probability start her up the river about April l.
While navigation of the Columbia is Diff
cult in winter, IL Is only in exceptionally
severe seasons that we shall have TO tie ur
on account OF the weather. We eXpec, a very
large business on the river this year. both in the
way Of hauling merchandise and machinery
etc. for tie development OF the Oksnogan
country. but also IN the matter of hauling ore
and grain out OF the country. Eighty-scyen
inches of snow have fallen this winter in tie
Big Bend country and 1t has melted slowly and
soaked into the coil. The result will be that
there Will be a tremendous wheat crop from
that section this year"
"Nhile great deal of attention IS being de-
voted 20 the single business ont here, there 10
braneh OF lumber manufacture which seems
t. be very much neglected" said william
Zimmerman, the Omaha lumber BUYER At the
Occidental, last night 'Do you know that the
demand for cedar siding is at the present time
ten times a. great the supply carac,v OF
fuge, sound! Vel, its fact. I went out 10
s.4asou's mill and wanted TO buy all the cedar
siding he had. and could only get car load I
couldn't get any at all AZ TscoTna, and the hest
could do Was TO buv eoo 600 feet OF aiding
strips, ship them 20 Portland 10 be dressed aud
tpiii and then sent East. Now the machinery
ior this work doesn't amount TO much bu; the
mil.s have no: got in shape for this sor, OF
WORK Their dry houses haven't enough ca.
pac!iy. and many mills are putting lots OF dns
Gear lumbar into Shingles which they should
put into boards. In other words. the rsiIls
woald:mske more money by saving for boards
ana let shiag iss Dc their by product"
MIS- ii. T Baldwin. Of Detroit, widow Of ex.
governor BALDWIN,. OF Michigan, and her three
osash'ers and Miss Addie Hotchkins arrived
mere On Wednesday night and are the guests Of
Af' anu Ar@ ". E Bailey until sunday when
.hey leave on the Canadian Pacific steamer 10,
Japan They viii be escorted a. far - Van.
couvsf eY s. W. AcGiaais, the Canadian Pacific
agent here.
Mr. and Mrs ". E. Bailey have returned from
the Ess', having spent ias holidays in visiting
Ma Bat! 12.sa:s, zen. and Mrs. E. A. Alssr,