The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-10
THE PASSING THRoxG.

expects 70 gss back 20 the Yaoen b. the fxSs
week in July. This ranch II one Of the aoest
stock farms. In the world. and Il - Nj. Ann
strozs's delight 70 manage IL IL u known -
Doneasscs ranch, and consists OF $50 aesss OF
fze grazing land under fence. With Improve
rnenss OF TIC finest order. Among the latter - .
barn, circular in form. with stalls on the outer
rim ana . covered YScs track inside. where
horses caa be trained In the Won't Of weather
This harm 10 said 70 have more conyentenees and
70 be eomristsf in sss arp0intments than any
other ranch barn In the world. Doceastar
ranch has some stock 70 shsite: under such ex-
tensive covering, too. Not ordinary cayuses
and buucEgrass cattle. but thosoughefeds all
the way down the line. NJ. Armstrong takes
delight In contemplating the growth OF l70
standardized trossing horses and 40 hesd OF
thoroughbred Jersey and Durham cattle These
dad splendid grazing in the luxurious and nu-
tritious bunchgrass. but the sfcck IL too vaiu-
able 70 Be made to rustic 10: itself during the
winter months, ana 10 well protected and fed in
the monster barn and auxiliary sheds Mr.
Armstrong has been making souO great I'M
pscvements on the ranch recently, among them
being the digging OF ditch for isrixataHe pur-
poses IL 10 about four miles long and will carry
about an0o miners inches Of water. He has
also been breaking and training some OF his
promising young horses. two OF which are
already nominated for the races at
Anaconda and Butte They are the black Oily
JEstina,. By Fairbault dam Edna b. AlaSic, and
another black hiiy BY Daiyamo. dam Aoilie
Adams By Abdaiiah Pilot All OF the Armstrong
horses related to the fastest families OF tros
ting horses and have crosses OF Dictator and
Wilkes blood. Mr.. Armstrong will keep his resi-
denee in this city. which he thinks the finest In
the land. and Mrs. Armstrong will remain hero
most OF the summer.
A Raymond 4 whiscomb excursion party ar
rived yesterday from the south and are stopping
at the Rainier They are: Mrs. J. II. ThorDe.
dyke, Miss s. F. Richardson. MrA w. H. Hart.
Duncan 3. Aerwin, NJ and Mrs. E. c. Turner.
Miss Marguerite Turner, Everett p. Turner,
Howard {. Turner. Mr. ana Mrs. w. l. Warner.
Mrs. Thomas Webster. Miss Mary Webster. Mrs
l. G. White, Miss Helen White. Rev. H. l. Ed
wards. Of Boston; Miss 8. NJ. Godbel, Miss G.
Godbeli, of Chelsea, Mass: Mr.. and Mrs J. W.
Hall, j. A. Halt, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Klttridge,
Miss Ethel kittridge, Miss Clarissa kittridge,
OF Brookline, Mas; Mrs. H. A. Francis, Mra
Mary H. Z. Wood. Miss Mabel E. Wood. OF Cam
bridge. Mass: Mrs. A. u. Sawyer. OF Oakdale.
Mass: Miss Mary o. Pittman, OF Fall River.
Mass. NJ ID. Leightcnwaler. of Reading, Pa:
Mr.. aud Mra K. Case. OF Pennington, n. j.: Mrs
Edward stern. Miss Lolita Stern. Master Edward
Stern. OF Brussels, Belgium: Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Cummings, of Philadelraia: Mrs. r. F..
Foster, Miss Allie Foster, OF Baltimore: Miss NJ
8. Barker. OF Oakland. CAL: c. B. Ganssep, OF
Siuc!uuAtIs MI. anu MA J. W. 1Aomos, Miss
G. w. Thomas, Miss T. II. West, OF King OF
Prussia. RI. Mrs. H. l. worthington. Miss J.
Worshington. Of Buckingham. Pa. They leave
here tomorrow for Victoria. B. C.. returning in
time TO take the Northern Pacific train east
ward Tuesday morning The party - il is now
was made up at Portland from members OF ex-
cursioas coming west over the several transcon-
Alaska and others returning via Salt Lake City
or Los Angeles. The party a. q whole 10 . rep
resentatiye one and are making the best OF their
visit to the Coast, which they all cay has been
very enjoyable one.
James IArned. OF Omahs. Neh, ono OF the
Oldest locomotive engineers In the employ OF
the Union Pacific. has been In tho city for few
dayR, the guest OF his nephew. George Durham.
Mr.. Larned has been running IA engine on the
Union Pacific since 1865, year before the road
was completed across the continent, and took the
first locomotive over the big bridge 1t Omaha. II
have been working pretty steady" said he, land
the doctor told me 70 tako . vacation, 90 got .
pocketfui OF passes and came to Frisco, aud
then up here. / find beautiful city here, but I
am going to leave il tonight Ism getting old,
and they travel at too rapid gait here for me.
have had good time aud haven't been able to
spend q nicAel. met r. r. Shelby and he
recognized me, although thought no wouldn't
Yes. ] used TO know shelby when he was
freight clerk in Omaha aud when he wanted to
be a brakeman. but that wasn't his hold. w. l.
Anderson. OF Omaha, took him on his train and
took him out three weeks, put HIM or and got Q
new man. But Shelby is all right ON business
and knows when to hold his tongue He is not
much OF a talker DO you know G. W. Dlckin.
son. of Tacoma? He has got a good position
now as assistant general superintendent of tho
Northern Pacific, and he can hold IL down. but
I knew him when he did not have clothes
enough to wad a gun. aud could have packed
them all In collar box"
Among the excursionis,s at the Rainier 10
William J. Kirk. prominent farmer OF Ivyland,
Pa. NJ. Kirk, accompanied by his wife, both OF
whom have as many silver streaks in their hair
as kindly lines In their faces. visiting for the
hfst time ''she great Wes,." ~ Mr. KIRK puts
II. "Aud with the best OF reasons 10
l quote that term generally applied to the
newer West OF our county,, added he.
''Hha. ! was most interested in in Southern
California was the subject OF irrigation. The
idea OF farmers hoping for rain to escape them
until their crops mature was q new revelation
to me, aud to be entirely independent
OF rainfall while the crops are growing
was quite ~ peculiar TO me. That won-
derful results are secured from the
apparently barren " astes with the application
OF irrigation seems 10 one used to the old way
of depending upon Providence ana then not
always obtaining the best results even with
eNSStte1t SOILS, N naru IA u00eSata0u uutll ono
actually visits that country"
the Old Fourth congressional district OF Mis-.
souri,. Jim Bnrnes' district, a. il IL known in
the Missouri valley, is again represented by =
Burnes-D. d. Burnas, the son OF the silver
t9nsued James \. Barnes. Of St Joe, sah,'' re-
marked Mr.. Z. J. beaumont, mem.
Der of a big 81. Joseph. Mo-, dry goods
firm, who is at tbs Northern. Tho Fourth
district was represented fot many years by
James y. Burnes. aud the family name was too
much Tor even Bob Wilson. o; Platte purcha
fame. who. il once said. was ';he second best
nan n Missouri. Jitn Burres be ng tho best:
Missouri Is a. Democratic today 40 she need b
70 win. ana believe will remain 50. nosw.th-
standing the dying out Of mossbaexisfn,'' con.
cludea NJ Beaumont, land she is progressing
In everything more rapidly. sincerely believe,
thaa any other state in tho Middle West: but
She had room 70 do So"
Rev David Utter, who lectured las: evening
a. Paya4Iup ia the Unitarian church on ..-alt
lake cry. the Mogmons and Titan statehood. :"
on next sunday VIII occupy the Unitarian pui.
pit in tais city. Mr Utter was a pioneer mia
sioaasE OF the liberal faith In tnia sound region
soma niiecn years ago. SINCE which time he has
beeu pastor os the FIRST Unitarian church Of
Caiesgc. and ne 10 now settled al salt Lake
cay. Ia reSts.ting this region to will Ia
wsgmly welcomed by msuy persona! friends OF
fermer days. as well a. by some equAlnted with
him IN Chicago
Mr. and Mira T. ". Kitchen. OF Oman. 49,.
res ls;esed at tie Northern. M Kitchen is the
ssa.og Of the arm Of Kitchen Brcs, whose eat.
lag houses and hotels along the Union Pa.
esfe railway, among saera TIE Paxton At Omaha
became famous years aga