The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-01
THE PASSING THRONG.

ID. p. Kuhn and B. Magoffin are two
merchants Of Monango. n. d.. stopping at
the Grand. They have been spending sew
eral days in the Sound country with
view TO removing hither. "Mr. Kuhn and
have lived at Monango ever since that
town was started. said Mr. Magoffin last
night, "but we have got tired of that coun-
try Of doubtful crops and we came out
here to see what this country was like.
We have gone out among your farmers,
seen their fields and talked with them and,
so far as am concerned, am coming
here to live, aud want TO get back and
settle up my affairs as quickly as possible
and come out here. 1t did not take me
long to determine the matter for myself,
but there are quite number of other
people back there who are depending
largely on our report rs to whether they
will come out too or not, and We have
been very carefui in making our investi-
cations. These people are good, indus
trious, thrifty farmers, but the conditions
are altogether too hard, and | think that
many OF them will follow us out here. In
Dakota we raise only one crop any season
and some seasons we don't raise much of
any. We have to do credit business,
and when a bad season comes we have to
carry the farmers another year and if a
second and a third bad crop comes We
have to continue TO carry them, and the
result Is that We can never get settled up
Farmers come there and. filled with hope
and energy, get 500 or $500 in debt for a
team or implements or TO prove un on
their land, and after struggling along for
eight or nine years. are finally swallowed
up by their mortgage. Farming don't pay
in Dakota. but believe IL will pay here"
Frank Brandham is an oid-tirne pros
peetor who left yesterday for Alaska He
has been tramping among the mountains
of the Northwest for the last twenty-seven
years. has often struck il rich and spent
the profits of his discoveries on worthless
prospects. lie spent several years In
Alaska and around the head " aters of the
Yukon, Peace rivers and other sections.
and Is bound for that region again For
the past few months | have been in the
SLOGAN country said he last night, "and
have some claims there which look pretty
we'll. but now that silver has temporarily
gotten black eye. think | shall strike
out for gold country. Silver. though.
will come cut all right again. | am sure
OF that, but life - too short for me TO sat
down and wait for that time to come. |
think the best gold region on this conti-
nent Is up north in Alaska and Northern
British Columbia river. There have been
some very rich placer diggings up there,
but they we're worked in the very crudest
manner and l think they will be As
profitable now under cheaper process of
working as they were formerly when
everything was high,
A. +. Rarle;sh. 7. A. Gamble and James
Smith returned on Wednesday evening
from ten days fishing trip % the east
side of the Cascades, on which they had
great sport. Leaving the Great Northern
railroad between Bernie and Merritt. lust
below the summitt, they went up Mason
creek and from there over 20 White Pine
creek, breaking . trail through mountains
composed Of granite and schis;, where
there was no sign Of any human being
having ever penetrated. They found no
game, bat caught 50 many fish that they
could not eat, and threw many OF them
back into the stream
John L. Cole has received . telegram
announcing the death of Mrs. Coles
mother AZ Parish. \. Y. yesterday sfter-
noon. Mrs. Cole aud her daughter Ruth
LETT for the East on Monday. bat wiII not
reach their destination a. Parish tn
Saturday.