The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-11

the other shore safely. but after a verv
exciting trip, in which his boat was
nearly capsiZed several times Speak
Ing of his trip from Montana, Mr..
Hackley said to a @ O b representa-
tive:
If l had not seen with my own eyes
the evidences of the terrible winter
just passed, I surely would not believe
what l might be told. I saw near the
line OF the railroad, whole herds of
frozen cattle. In many places the snow
was just melting. the herds could be
plainly seen. They were evidently
driven by the billiards into snow drifts,
and froze where they stood. There are
doubtless hundreds and thousands of
cattle still covered up
Mr.. Hack1ey spent several days in
spokane on the way East and saws
wonderful spirit of progress has come
over the town since the opening of the
new year, all owing to the rapid de-
velopment of the KoOtenai mining coun-
try. The ticket agent of the Spokane
& Northern railroad, informed Mr.
Hackley that his sales had averaged
as high as $500 or $500 a day on tickets
| to Kootenai. From forty to fifty car
loads of freight leave Spokane daily for
the new mines, and hundreds of cars
| of ore pass down to the smelters
George J. SchIey, of RossIand. B. G..
day. Mr.. Schley is on his was back to
the kootenai mining country after a
TWO months trip to the East His home
IS IN New York, or was before he start
ed out to make fortune in the West
1t is rather useless for me to try
and give yOua description Of the Koote-
nal country" said Mr.. Schley to a re-
porter for the G o b last evening.
I will. however, make a prediction,
and in future years when some of your
readers find copy Of the paper among
the rubbish and read what I say, they
will see my predictions verified I win
pIophesy that the Kootenai mining
country will make more miIlfonaires IN
shorter time than any other gold
field ever discovered in this country or
any other. l think that is saying the
whole thing in a few words. I have
been out there about two years. and
have seen the town Of ROssland grow
from a community of 500 people to a
city Of 5000 people" Mr.. Schley left
for ROssland last evening.
G. B. Little, president Of the Capitol
bank, Of Mandan, N. D., Is registered
at the Merchants Mr. Little saws that
business in his end Of the state is
largely at a standstiIl, owing to the
floods and the depressing effect Of a
long, hard winter. He expects how
ever that an abundant crop this sum-
mer will effectUally assist in bringing
money to North Dakota
Walter Parkin, one Of the leading
merchants of Fort Yates, North Da-
kota, arrived in the city yesterday and
registered at the Merchants. Mr..
Parkin is an optinist to a certain ex-
tent, and is buying goods in ST. Paul
for the seasons trade. He believes
business will improve.
G. w. Wallace, Of Duluth, is at the
Windsor
J. E. Shea and wife, OF Little Falls,
Mimi, are at the Windsor.
T. L. Taylor, of Duluth, il at the
Windsor.
D. Burnet, of Toronto, is at the
Windsor.
Alfred Cederstrom, Of Kandiyohi, Is
at the Clarendon.
H. II. Scobie, Of Duluth. is at the
Clarendon.
H. C. BOLSTER and wife, Of Faribault,
are at the Ryan.
Ezra @. Valentine, Of Brenkinridge,
is at the Ryan.
Dr. S. Bailey and wife, Of Mount Ayr,
To-, are at the Ryan.
W. S. Parkin, Of Fort Yates, N d,
is at the Merchants
@. b. Little, Of Bismarck, ~. ID, I'D
at the Merchants.
G. W. Stewart. of St. Cloud, IS at the
Merchants
Robert Milton, of wahpeton. is at the
Merchants.