Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

one of Its oldtlme friends, Mr.. w. F.
! Carson, (more commonly known ~
Kit, now travelling passenger agent oi
tine Canadian Pacific railway, and as
the conversation driited into the pio-
nccr days OF railroads in the Territory
now state of Washington, nuli'- pleas
ant incident occurring at that time
served L" caiISc Il merry laugh at this
date, and after the general talk which
naturally follows such reunions, to the
question OF, "Well, how has the world
used you?" the STANDARD is pleased to
state that Kit, i'll his otf-hand way,
said "Thc world is all right, if you
60 ut it right This WAS stated in
such Il way as to lead the interviewer
to make further inquiry as to the
exact method Of going at the world,
Kit replicd:
In the first place, work out your
allotted time on earth in doing all you
can for the world and then sit down
Just one minute and think. Don't try
to make all the money on earth, but
kind of unloose your rubber arm and
reach out for yourself, and you will
wonder why you didn't think OF this
before"
Upon asking what he based his ar
sumcnt on, he smilingly said:
Well, let the good old days of
real estate slip 10y without taking adj
vantage of the times, as | was then
engaged as tax agent for one Of the
railroads and | was working with only
one object in view and that was to
see how low Il figure | could settle
taxes for in the several Territories and
States that comprised my district. As
to my success in that line your county
records viii show"
The STANDARD then asked, GLOW
do YOU find busincss?"
Replying, Mr.. Carson said, While
through business from the east is
light, which is to be expected this time
of the year, our local business is ex.
tremely good, owing to the travel into
the kootcnay mining country, which
Is attracting great deal of attention
throughout the entire United States,
and i'll fact might state the entire
world. The Kootenay country has
come rapidly to the front in course of
natural events Every dog, as the old
saying goes, has his day; so it is in
business, every particular branch of
business has its day. You can remem-
Der when real estate and town-site had
its inning to bat; so has an inning, after
a long wait, come to bat, but not in the
glaring poster-red of Keep your eye on
Pasco' or Ocosta by the sea- but by
actual twenty dollar gold pieces being
taken out of the mountains of British
Columbia through the judicions APP
plication of capital, and when |
state to you that the city of Rossland
was, less than Is months ago but n
SMALL camp of one or two stores, and
now stands forth robust young city
of 1000 inhabitants, probably the pre-
diction that she will number 10000 in
habitants inside of 80 days from date,
may bC SWullONCu hiii
this will not be inclusive of the humid
reds now there who will disappear into
the mountains prospecting, for the in
tlux will more then exceed this conser-
vative estimate. The question very
naturally follows, where will this great
number of people go after reaching
Rossland? The question is easily an.
swered when it is once understood that
Rossland is on the Southern boundary
of the greatest mineral belt of the
globe. You must therefore look to the
north for new fields and by referring
to the map of the Canadian Pacific
road you will see that with its newly
acquired line of steamers on the Arrow
head, kOotenay and SLOGAN lakes, it
commands a traffic that extends for
two hundred miles north of the boun-
Diary line between British Columbia
and the United States over one solid
mineral belt, including the famous
SLOGAN district, Boundary Greek, Ket-
tie river, the Lardeau, Lilooet district,
and in fact clear up to, and including,
the famous Carriboo country, which
was discovered in the early SOS. This
whole territory is teeming with hidden
treasures that but await the advent of
the rugged prospector when the capt.
talist comes along and completes the
work. To confirm this statement, l
will draw your attention to the SLOGAN
district, which by the way, is the rich
est silver and gold-producing camp in
the world. The town of Soudan, in
this district, about one year old, is
to-day, giving Rossland fair run
for its money in not only revenue pro-
ducing mines but in population and
wealth. Another twelve months will
find this mining camp way up among
the players. New hotels and stores
are daily being constructed, and may
STATED that board from the local
sawmills never strikes the ground after
passing under the saw from the log,
but is received Mt the other end of the
mill and nailed up alongside its fell
low, both dripping with moisture and
wondering where it's at, so great is the
demand for lumber. might mention
the other leading towns in that dis
trict by referring to New Denver,
Three Forks, Silverton, Roxbury, and
last but not least SLOGAN City, located
at the extreme lower end of SLOGAN
lake, which claims to be the coming
town after the completion of the
branch line of railway now under
construction from the lake to tap the
C.. r. X. line from Nelson, on Koote-
nay lake to Robson on the Columbia.
Again we have the city of Nelson,
where the great Halls mine smelter
is located. This is the town that all
who are familiar with the country
look forward to as being the larger
city, as it is located on the proposed
route of the Crows Nest Pass link.
which is to connect it on the east with
the Mcleod Div. of the c. p. r., which
when completed will tap the famous
East Kootenay or Fort Steel country