The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-25
WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER MAN
TELLS OF A VISIT TO FAR
TACOMA.
MANAGER DEAN IS IN TOWN
UP THE employees OF
THE YELLOW STONE PARK
HOTELS.
ITEMS of HOTEL CORRIDORS
Gathered About the HOstelries of
the SANITY City on u Mon
day.

Henry Wex, Washington news
paper man, and Peter Lauttner, a
capitalist of Washington, both accom-
panied by their wives, arrived In the
city yesterday from the West. en- route
back to Washington after a lengthy
tour of the country.
Mr.. Wex said to a. reporter for the
Globe that he had been touring the
West for the purpose of securing In
formation for special articles for his
newspaper, In regard to the commercial
and industrial situation Of the cOun-
try west Of the Mississippi river.
II found business very quiet" said
Mr.. Wex,,T"but people out on the coast
and in the intermediate territory be-
lieve that better times are here. One
thing I noticed very often was the
wonderful falling off in real estate
values and rentals. I talked with one
lady in Tacoma, who rented a house
three years ago for $55 a month,
though she was renting the edifice
cheaply. Now she is getting but SIS
month. and is glad to get that. Rentals
are SO per cent lower on the average,
and in individual cases, it is Is per
cent lower. Real estate has not gone
down any during the last six months,
and I believe it will begin to climb
soon. In Washington, D. c., real estate
remains about the same. Before I left
/ noticed that a lot was sold on Penn
sylvania avenue for $55 square foot.
That is a fair price. We do not sell
real estate in Washington by the lineal
or front foot as you do in the West"
Mr.. Wex took a tour around the city
yesterday.
President w N Dean, of the Yellow
stone National Park association, ar
rived in the city yesterday and regis
tered at the Ryan.
President DeaA came direct from his
headquarters at Mammoth Hot
Springs. He reports that on Friday
the first freight caravan reported to
him at six o'clock in the evening having
made the distance through the canon
in only seven hours behind schedule
time. 1t was generally supposed that
the teams would be two days late, but
their early arrival proved that the
snow was about gone. The whole route
through the park will be opened by
the end of the week, and President
DeaQ expects To lnSCllulG Tic SldSe
lines June 2. All Of the employees for
the park have now been selected and
the register is complete. The employees
will leave for the park the latter end
of the week in company with Mr..
Dean.
K B. Armour, of Kansas City is at
the Ryan. Mr.. Armour is a nephew Of
Philip Armour, and Is in charge OF
the Kansas City branch Of the Armour
meat packing industry.
G.. w. Dorman, of Portland, is at the Mer-
chants.
James F. Sweeney, of Harlem, is guest at
the Merchants.
E. X. Webster of the United States army,
stationed at Fort Keogh, Mont, is at the
Ryan.
w. H. Burns and wife, Of Montana, are
at the Ryan
T. s. Brigham, of St. Cloud, is at the Wind
sor.
G. E. Blodgett, of Marshfeld is at the
Windsor
j. A. Payne, Of Duluth, is Metropolitan
guest.
H. Kerler and A. Gunther, of Milwaukee,
are at the Metropolitan.
H. King, Of Chaska, is Metropolitan guest.