The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

where be had been fed on that Iuxury.
Boney Prove. 0bstr~pereus-
Tee nrst Of his fsw displays % fr.,n
creiIiatlca occurred Oh the Coss5lle rss<r-
Fatlon. / bad written a letter wfsn ne
intention Of sending 4 cut b. Senator
Dsek Hatcala@0n, whom we expected 20
meet Or the tran. bus ghea se net him
~ memory Played ne false. and he ard
Ais party had been gone for several min
utes wAaE Mr. Seely reminded ne a. ~
Ne "srs riding over rockssl3s OF whhcn
the narrow trail had steep rocky ssop-
boEa aDcse ard below. I tried 70 turn
Boaey back 70 ogersaks Mr.. Hutchinson
Dat Es positively refused 20 leave tie
party. Thsre was 10 time TO waste On
struggle with hsm, and IL vas a tiexllsa
pace ~ EaEe one. 80 I dlgABouateG. gave
hin TO ny companions 10 lead aud started
back oFl foot 20 oTerta<e Mr.. Hutchinson.
1 spoc&easd after runalag for a mile and
q laS. rgt was 50 Hinded that ! could
hardly speak for several minutes.
Riding did Got begin 10 tea on me- seEt-
oualg until tae day I rode down Carlev
creek % Kettle river. TIE last Few
hO2rs o. thai trip Hsre made IN a pouring
Tains ard, when 1 aAsmouAted a. Long
Alexis cabin was 20 stiff. vet and
sore that / literally stag xegsd 20 the
door. IL uas made pain - re asrs thai
the Indians had 70 love for tia wElses.
One Of Alexis two sons who runs Tia
ferry, Is married 70 a conegy klo0tcHmaR
ana has a Sonny, bTigat-eysd daughter.
Hno Immediately made friends win me.
but when her father entered he inEnesli-
atesy called her away Ia h4s naive
toagIe, and responded with q grant 20 al
M attempts 10 0psu conveEsafiou With
him he pretended MT 20 understand.
but II WAS evident aa could speak more
English than hs was willing 10 Use his
- aEssssz
and went ont lnatbs evening 20 see what
oEilsF settlement Ma near. 1 found Two
prospeotors caFn9s6 near By and spent a
pleasant hour with thsua. n the morn
ings after the suFly si9ash had terrisG
ms across the river. I asked hin whicn
was tas way 70 Grand FORKS. and ne an
swered oy pointing I'D the river. Not
TIL had ridden nearly twenty mllsz and
was a mile from Midway did ! learn that
Grand Forks Mas eight miles In the oppo-
size direction from the ferry. did not
meet white man TIL then. and every
slwash OF 1h0m ! inquired sad Halo
cunltnx." or made othar iFrevssant re-
marks la Ciiln0ok However. 1 was thor
oughIy tired out and remained in Mid
nay for week TO TecuDerate.
Meeting an ola Friend.
On leaving Midway to make the tour of
tbs Boundary creek district. / was again
oonda I saw a tall. wiry man on horse
back whose face seemed decidedly Ia
niliar. We stared At one another. and
each said 20 the other at the same instant:
Il know your face. but i can't recall
your name"
Then We exchanged names. and he
proved 10 be- u. A. Holhrook. whom 1 had
known ia Seattle during the boom as a
real estate man aud afterward as purser
OF the steamer Wasoo. lie Was god
send. for he had been roaming around the
district for four years and knew every
mining claim aud every trail. not TO speak
of finding his way whore there was no
trail. He was acquainted with almost
every man, woman. child. horse. dog and
cat for twenty miles around. and seemed
10 be on speaking terms win quite "a num-
Der OF chipmunks and rabbits. lie con-
stitated himself my guide. and rode about
the country with me for FIVE days intro-
dneing me 10 every man we met and
generally proving himself invaluable.
lie had the Seattle spirit and showed his
appreciation Of II In the PoSt-InteilIgencs
In the most practical manner.
But one finds Seattle men everywhere.
and their hearts are all true 70 the Queen
city. / met men who had not seen Seat
tls for eight. ten and twelve years. and
they greeted me IS one bringing news
from an old friend recalled the city as
OF its growth and Improvement. Every
man who has lived IN Seattle Is proud OF
the fact and looks forward 20 the time
when he can return here. This fact proves
how universal IL tho belief that this city
stands prs-emincnt rs the great heart
from which tho arteries OF trade branch
out through the whole Pacific Northwest.
Leaving Boney s. Peniis.crs. / went 20
Vernon by steamer and rail- on June to
ind that pretty town In the heat OF the
Dominion election campaign and went -
meeting uf each party, that OF the Liberals
being addressed by Hewitt Bostock. their
candidate They wero discussing the same
old tariff issue as had been diunsd into fhe
ears OF the American people for years.
adding few Canadian variations and a
little fiavoring of the Manitoba school
question.
Devourcd by Mosquitoes.
Daring the Journey through boundary
creek tbs weather had at first been cool
and showery. btlt gradually grew clear
and warmer. and when crossed the
boundary into the United States again
on June i2 II had become suItry. The
rivers were booming and the mosquito
SEASON had opened. nor dia the pestilent
insects cease 10 worry untn I reached
rlewett on August Is. The mosquitoes
IN that section labor Rs II they had
reputation 20 sustain. and there are ira
dltions % how, IN past year. they have
arisen tn their might and driven tha
whole population out ~ tssn and stan-
netied the cattle and horses from the good
haneh-grass In the iowiandz 70 the bar
ren saudhills They rest not day nor
night but pursue their victims z con or s. oA1
feet Up a mountain and provoke the most
pious 20 profanity.
10 was twilight when walked up the
gulch from Golden 20 the Trlune mine
~ Introduce myself "a pcl Hart. the man
ager. lie had evidently been Informed OF
my approach BY bis partner. c. Z. May,
cashier OF the Zig Bend National bank
OF Davenport. to whom ! an indebted for
much kindness. for no sooner inquired
for him in the engine room man he called
nv name / asked for water ant ne
pointed 10 a SIN cup. which ! was about
70 dip IN a bucket standing near. wAen hs
hastily exclaimed:
Don't drink that. thst's the clean-cH'
II proved - be half full ~ snalg8n
and sandy water sn8 drink would have
been costly "a more ways than one.
The warning did not come Ia time 20
=. l. Uolienoeck. traffic manager for the
steamer City 81 EllenSburg. for q few
DAYS later ne picked up a tn cup Ga she
NTH and drank out of g. % ls~rn only 700
late that & HAD been thsckly coated w3th
cvmntde After taking various anti3ofcs.
Ffa started on the lf-mlle ride 90 Acowts-
ton IN ssgon&nlnr Doubt N neither ~ wound
curt IN Teli on h3s horse aad Sc "a con-
vulssonS IT'S stomach must bs pr,at
against such nalid arges Tor he Is san
alive and F1stling for froG-gAt.
Dtp In an Icy Stream.
The mosquitoes strnnly drove IRE erom
tha Nsyanaotte mine on the SIu1Jkn noes.