The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-23
THE PASSING THRONG.

1--WE are just commencing to open up our
sugar pine and yellow pine forests in Southern
Oregon" said G. B. Addington, of Msdford. in
that state, at the Arlington lart night "Our
market at present il in Sacramento and San
Francisco, but We hope to get mp to Portland
also. Our yellow pine makes very fine finish.
ing lumber. Our forests will average perhaps
1000 feet to the quarter section. aud the land
is selling for from Is to SIS per acre The town
l live in Ia In the Rogue river valley, very
fertile section, and especially we'll adapted to
frui, raising. There is great deal of fruit
raised there now ON the bottom lands, but for
lack OF irrigation the uplands are uncultivated
and are used only for sheep pastures In the
spring and fall There 10 plenty of water avail
able for irrigatiug these lands, and . scheme Is
now on foot to use 1t for this purpose. The
fruit-bearing lands ere now selling for $500 to
$3.50 an acre"
Col George H. MegQuier, OF Anacortes. IL at
the Grand. 81 am making practical test of
my new method OF packing shingles" said he to
aPosT-INrRLLIGENcER reporter last night IL
am taking the product of the same logs and
packing half in my way and half In the old
way. keeping account OF the time consumed by
each in packing aud handling. / am also
weighing the packages green and at certain
stages In the drying process ! shall then load
two cars. one with the old-style punches and
the other with my style, for the purpose Of find
ing out what difference II any, there 10 In load
ing. General Manager +. p. Shelby. Of the Seat.
tie & Montana railway, 10 taxing quite an in ter
est in my patent aud has made some of the best
suggestions connected with it,
Dr. F. W. Harreli, surgeon At the Seattle Coal
and Iron Companys mines at Gilman, left last
night for his old home at Baltimore, having OBJ
tanned two months leave of absence. He will
visit his parents. whom he has not seen for
many years, aud will attend the Inauguration
OF President Cleveland. of whom be II an en-
thusias,ic admirer. The doctor is candidate
Tor the Office OF consul general at kanagswn,
Japan. under the incoming adm nist-ation, and
his former residence in Japan and familiarity
with the language and customs OF the country
are likely TO prove strong arguments for his ap-
pointmeut
J. W. Calhoun. OF Coupevilie. Is guest OF the
Arlington. "Busness is com paratively dull up
our way, said he, "Dus few settlers are COM
ing in all the time, building homes, clearing
their land gradually, setting ont fruit trees aud
otherwise developing the country. They are
lot people OF wealth, but d ont know as
rich people are the best people to develop . new
country, unless they should do a. the Peoria
syndicate W hich owns some 1900 acres OF land
near Coupeville intends to do They propose to
clear large part of their land set II ont in fruit
trees and help Eastern farmers to settle ON the
land"
S. W. Jacques. treasurer Of the G.rrsues
Lumber Company. of Kansas City, Mo. is stop
ping at the Arlington he said last night: The
company am with are yellow pine manutsc,-
urers and wholesaler While our Office il in
Kansas City, our mills are in Arkansas and
southern Missouri. Our trade extends over
kansas, Nebraska. lows and Missouri, and We
landed quite a number OF your shingles last
Year. We expect TO handle q larger numbe this
year, and have come out here To see what ar.
Engagements can make Tor getting shingles"
]. c. Whipple, OF Cheyenne, 10 a guest OF the
Occidental He Was formerly . large cattieman
Ia Wyoming, and Is now q leading merchant
ani one ot the wealthiest men in CHEYENNE
he IS an Old friend Of A. A Ses,rave aud is Con
s'dering the advisaoi!ity o. moving 10 this city
The Occidental hotel has been newly papsrsd
throughout, and everything abou, the place .p-
pears bright aud caeerful Mr.. seayraye con-
templates eniargiag the dining room AMI
Kitchen to enable nlm 10 accommodate his con.
sI2nt!y increasing trade.
II = Dodge. siorskeepes At Peshaattn, Is in
'he clty- lie says there has been fourteen feet
IL snow about the peshAstir mines, so rhs, no
WORK has been going on there, but tha, Chi.
nook has taken much o. il away.
oe1, Nss- A. Campbell, Miss T. Campbeil and
James Campbell came over from Por, Riake!ey
ias' evening and took dinner q the Grad.