The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-11
THE PASSING THRONG.

Prof. J. W. Heston. president OF the state agri.
cultural college, 10 stopping at the Occidental
1--WE are now having our spring recess. but
school will resume tomorrow" said he last
night 81 have never met any OF the new mem.
bers OF the board OF regents, but presume there
will b . meeting Of the board soon. The con-
diton Of affairs at our college II to b regretted.
and ! am surprised that W have retained -
many pupils % We have. because disssnslons in
the faculty Of college tend to dsmoraiios al
pupils hold suoh ~ institution. The very nrst
ESSENTIAL to success In the management Off
public institution 10 discipline and may say Il
II essential to success in life And for this res
son think the university students here will
reap benefit to their characters from the mill
tary drill which they object to, which they little
IealiSA We Ill ind in real life that we must yield
TO irksome and obnoxious conditions, and often
1t u only after years OF bitter experience that
We realise the benefits Of discipline and Of grace.
fully doing what other people wish. 1ndepend-
entity OF our own wisheA After the experience
have had in the Seattle high school, am free
70 say that IL 10 the best managed and best
equipped school Of any IN the entire stats."
p. 4 woolley. Of woollsy. president Of the
ekagit County 6hinglemen's Association, and O.
Z Brand, secretary Of the whatoon County
6hinglemsn's Association, accompanied By Miss
Brand, are stopping ct the Arlington. mo. sir
there Won't b anything radical done as tomor.
rows meeting OF the shinglemen's association"
said Mr. woollsy last night u give the MEM
bers Of the association credit for more sense
To cut the price or disturb the organisation
would b suicidal Il would demoralise the en-
tire business. and the disastrous effects would
b felt in every line Of business on the Sound
The banker, the merchant, the machinery man.
the logger and the laboring man would ell sui
Ter. No the shinglemen have not forgotten the
result Of the cut Last fall We have no deserters
In our raIlks down the Sound, and think whom
We compare notes al around Il will b found
that the stock Of shingles on hand II not $1,000
greater than It Wa this time lass year. In my
opinion the reason for the slow demand for the
product 10 partly because of the late season In
che East and partly because several Eastern
yards had stocked mp on wintsr-cut shiuglss,
bought before the price was advanced"
''Ths peach crop of Eastern Washington Will
be total failure this year." said Horticultural
Commissioners d. II. Jesse, of Walla Walla, and
Henry H. 6palding, OF Almota, at the Grand last
night. 1.-THE same may be said OF the nee
tarines, early plums and sweet cherries, and
even many young apple trees ~ 6ered by the ~
we're cold of last winter. The damage was not
due 20 much 70 the cold - IL was to the fact
that We had some very warm weather in Janu-
AIRY, which started the sap In the trees, and this
being suddenly followed by the very cold
crop around Walls Walla 10 . failure every
other year, but all other fruits regular bear
ers and are not 90 sensitive to the weather"
II am afraid the shinglemen's association
viii 90 70 pieces tomoruo w." said Lewis Hos
mer, the Minneapolis lumberman, ct the Occi-
dental last night 'Orders have been coming
in very slowly and. socks have been piiing up,
and while few mills have been selling their
product the others view the transactions with
distrust and there are allegations of secret cut
ting OF rates flying about ! understand that
Dunniway and Foster 4 Hastings aud other
dealers are about ready to throw up their hands
For my part should be in favor Of accepting
the resignations of oil the dealers and making
the association purely one OF manufacturers. 1t
would b . very bad thing for the state II the A.
ISOLATION should 60 to pieces"
''Tnasmuch - the governor has not appointed
new commit sIoners to ILL the places Of Commits.
sioners Henry Bucey OF Tacoma, Chatfield
knight, of Vancouver, and myself" said Horti-
cultural Commissioner E L Won Gohren, OF
East sound, at the Grand last night, I'VE cannot
reorganize our board by electing new officers
for the ensuing year. and I presume that the
board will adjourn for q few weeks without
recognizing. The cold weather Of last winter
did not do much damage to fruit in our section,
and the only things which will suffer are the
early plums."
III hope the shinglsmen's association will not
90 to pieces" said William Zimmerman, the
Omaha lumber buyer. at the Occidental last
night 81 don't see what will 10 gained BY
cutting pricea They can't sell any more shingles
at II per thousand than they can at g. The
shingles on q mans root Is = small item in the
cost Of q new building and he won't use less of
them or another kind for the difference OF 81 q
thousand, and he couldn't use more OF them. SO
think this state will be loser BY just 90 much
- the price 10 cut
letter has been received from Mayor Ronald.
dated In the City Of Mexico. In which he says he
Will return to Seattle In July. il there 10 need of
his presence, but otherwise he prefers not to 10
turn until August 1t 10 said that Acting Mayor
Sweeney has assured M Ronald that there 10
no need to hurry back.
Tacoma Personal Gossip.