The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-23
THE PASSING THRoSG.

Mr.. J. G. Garrison, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Alice, have neen stopping
sc the Rainier for g couple Of days They
are on their way TO the Worlds fair and
left last night via Yellowstone National
park. While here Miss Garrison was
called on by Miss Nellie Miller. her former
schoolmate in San Francisco. and Was
taken for scil on the lake. Speaking OF
i. last aight she said: such beautiful
sheet of water so convenient to the city Is
perfectly delightful. | think Seattle IS
splendid city and rnost charmingly stu
ated. In fact. like IL much better than
any other city we have seen since leaving
our home in Placer county, Ca. Origin
ally the section of country in which ne
live vas = mining country, and
there 10 more or less OF 1T go
ing ON there now. Most OF IL
is deep placer mining. the yellow metal
being taken from the ancient river beds
thousands of feet beneath the present sur
face. But now we raise all sorts OF fruits
and even in the citrus fruits We are taking
the prizes away from Southern California.
We do not irrigate. and by greater cult
yation we raise thin-skinned oranges and
lemons, which are much sweeter and finer
than those of the South" Mr.. Garrison
went 70 California in $780, and like every
body else went into gold mining, at which
he made his first start, and some OF the
fruits of his FIRST days work in the shape
of pocket nuggets he still carries. He
afterwards went into merchandising, in
which he is at present engaged. and has
become quite wealthy. He says he is so
well pleased with this section of country
. hat he wr5i hor
Henry Boyle, of San Rafael. CAL, ac
companied by his daughter. Miss Edith,
is guest at the Rainier. This is his first
trip mp here since he bought the quarter
block in the northwest corner of Second
and Marion streets last fall. ''0h, / en-
well pleased with my investment in Seat
tie, said he last night. 81 knew what
was doing and when I was cheapening
real estate prices to you last fall l didn't
mean quite all / said. You know when
q man intends to buy he wants to buy as
cheap as ne can. But talk the other
way now, ana only the other day / was
telling California friend of mine of
what q great mistake he made when he
did not take one-half of the ground
where the Chaplin block is now going up
great deal about Seattle down below, and
the way / felt when I learned that she
was pulling through this financial crisis
in good shape was something like the way
q man feels when he picks q winner from
big fed of racehorses and backs him at
good odds. shall build good business
block on my ground as soon as the present
leases expire. which will not be for a year
or two to come. Ny daughter and are
now on our way to the Worlds fair, and
after we return home shall come up here
and spend few weeks this fall. !"
Mr.. and Mrs. G. O. Larned, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Allen. Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Callahan
and Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Creigh have re-
turned from their two weeks fishing camp
at Index on the Skykomish river. They
say they had fine sport, the whole party
catching about 100 trout day throughout
their stay, not counting small fish which
they threw back IN the river to grow up.
There are any number of trout about fif-
teen or sixteen inches long, and the big
gest fish caught was nineteen inches long
and weighed 20 pounds. caught by Mr..
n