The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-12-21

The vessel lay at anchor near small
horse shoe. shaped cove, and about us lay
the grandest bay | had ever seen, and
have seen Nap.es -. {,
The glorious body of water was framed
in great margin of prtmeval forest rising
to the timber line in many places OF snow
capped mountains The trees were great
frs and cedars, from 300 to 400 feet tall,
beneath them small sdecidnous trees and q
tangled underground of brush and vines
that seemed as it, it would hinder the pro-
gress of a cinnamon bear, writes Wlii
Vischer in the Chicago Times Herald.
7 Al the south side of the cove was a. slim
attempt at wharf, and at the shore end OF
| that stood rickety log cabin and a few
tumble down outhouses. There was SOFT
df clearing of perhaps an acre, and these
were the only signs of human hab1tat:on.
My slocky friend joined me ON deck and
remarked: -. i. s:s+,
Lots Of land in this country :.
eyes, seems as if there might be-.
IT own 800 acres out there.
eyes? Who owned it before you did?"
tsThe sQuatter down there -
*<What are you going to do with it e !,
Build a city,
sob, build a: c.ty?" ~. ~, -:
@.,rhat's what said. And you-are going
to help me. - -:---.~.,.
.In going to help yau?" =,
=. ""You told me once that some great man
had told you that a great newspaper, a. great
hotel and great theater would rally a city
about them in the wilderness. Here's q
chapce to put that proposition TO- test. III
build the hotel and theater, and you can
build the newspaper. IL furnish the cap:-
tai for all. What do you say?"
tits go. But what else have you got
here?' 49,. =: :.
twenty-five years ago the reports of
the United States government survey said
that this bay has greater natural advan-
tages than any other harbor on the Pacific
coast; the largest area of holding ground !;
safest from storms, and the resources OF
it's shores are the most opufent.. Up that
valley (pointing to the left) are eighty
miles square of as fertile land as there is
on earth, peculiarly adapted to the raising
of grain, hops, fruit and edible vegetables.
Those mountains are full Of coal, iron,
building stone, asbestos copper, gold and
silver Here is the finest timber on earth.
and these waters are full of the best kinds
of fish y
'::'How do you know all this?"
have HE1u u uISCIO at WI Iva GCrS4A
years spying ont the best locality on
washington shores for building a city.
The thing has simmered down to this
point
At this iunnture a canoe, containing
two men put out from the shore. The
man padding was the squatter The pas
senger was my millionaire's agent. The
squatter was coming for his first pay
ment of $4,000 for his land, the tract
having been sold by him for the round
sum Of 100000. 80 re
These matters were quickly adjusted on
board, and discovered in the agent the
most brilliant specimen OF the genus
boomer that had ever come in CON
tact with. He actually tried to. sell me
lots, then and there, in the new city; and
indeed succeeded in selling back to the
squatter several corner lots on what had
been a few minutes before his wild do
main at figures thousand per cent above
what 1T had just been sold for. More
over, it was the best purchase the squat
ter had ever made The land In his hands
was worth nothing as compared to Its
ownership by: multimillionaire; and he
AFTERWARDS sold his lots for another for
tune. .. 4.-. ,e... -. ::
:: We sailed away, back to our own city,
and was at my desk on time that even
ing.
AtChristmas went back there ON bus
mess bent The change was wonderful.
Half a dozen :sawmills were fairly slicing
out lumber, that was borne away as rap
idly as it came from the saws, slabs and
all, to build houses. shanties, sheds. The
townsite was already checkered with
streets Some quite respectable houses
had gone up. Real estate offices were
thick, saloons were thicker. and there
was a. dance house ard variety theater.
Some respectable women were there, liy-
ing upstairs over their husbands places
of business. .e.;ts,, x44 se.s
The city. was: growing fast, and the
noise Of saw and hammers was heard all
day and farsihto the night. with detona-
lions Of dynamite and giant powder, at:
intervals, blowing out great stumps of
trees. Men, horse scrapers, wagons and
teams were grading streets, plank side
walks were being constructed, and it was
altogether busy season.
!, The spot was selected for the printing
office A two story building for that pur-.
pose was erected, with the sawed-off
stumps OF huge trees for foundations.
Less than year afterwards those stsln1ps
were LdhcA VuL asdAu d sLUuc* dAAu OlICh
foundation was put in, giving the estab-
lishment another floor In less than
three mouths the Daily Herald was is
sued, handsome quarto. There, were
four presses, that were kept running
day and night, with electric dynamo at
night and steam in the daytime. IL three
months more the newspaper had to be
enlarged to sixteen pages, to carry the
advertisements. #
rhe streets Of the. city were lighted by
electric arc lights; the ineandeseent
tights were used in business houses and
homes, and a gas light system WIS added.
There were excellent police. fire, water
and sewer systems, and trolley street car
lines. Handsome business blocks OF
stone, brick; iron and plate glass were
ercted. Pretty cottages of Queen Anne,
Eaetlake, West1ake and Salt Lake archi-
tt0nre dotted the hillsides, and there
swere.Aowering lsWns and springing foun-
tains.. III. !. ~
8 IN fourteen months there stood, upon
hat before had been 8 bowling Wilder
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