The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-10

CAPITALISTS. sass OF his particular sa...-
aans ns In not flss|csee to sesx
mere Is rsswsses. a fufsa Of dry h*.-nnx
! ~ M Insaxax's anake~sgp, ann ~
FsesE tear OF Western history he han w.
! ssTssa sf.sss many stories Of rszcrs tar
passsng interest. In TIC Graf r;s~~ ~
Inthz1k l. = evil ard mining er.xs-s~~
bu-ias TIE war ne w2s sGg.Ges- ia 1870.
q tse snore Lite survsy Of tia CO.
Lakes. ard towards It's close 10 wx~ -
oefs1 " GET. Meade 10 make plane fer
the fertilization Of the .zssnes a. 80.
mouth OF tbs DssYcf. river, Tsr arss-
was however. cossnssrrna ndess ara sAe
ISLANDS were never fortified Altar 49,.
was declared Mr. rnshAnk wen. 4, rrs,as.s
whers re WAS engaged In the survey a.
.5e AnsEs Pacific railroad He was Tor q
time employed on the center branch 81
the road. IL Kansas. ard snaae fhe erx.
surveys for bridge a.ro~s the Mt~aass~s
river. AZ Lesysnworth. Then he lers 80
railroad and vent up the Missouri river
ne MAS N fankfon when Il was nothing
bat q military poat
In fSs Dir. Enshsnk went 10 Moa.ana
where ne enjoyed souse novel Experience
acdssng re<ssxtns The Sioux Indians vusr4
/ Oh fas wsrpash+ and one sns day gney got
/ between Mr. Iathsnk ard his base OF ss,g,-
plies. The engineer was out doing scrnn
aasst prospecting. and when he found IL
Impossible 20 return 10 where niy focus vas
cached ne ~as driven TO ealing the red
phas Of ths seeds OF Wild roses Waite
enjoying or otherwise hts breakfast ha
locked up. 30 ne says. and found a BIG
cinnamon bear else ealing the rose ysoas
Fessaer disturbed the other and Mr. I'm
thank states that while each wat<hed tna
other narrowly. there were no naxt.ilsies
declared. and The Eunehsng OF the seeds
( rraceetsi without interruption. Tho bear
nnahing frat and amblsng OF in tina
tasrass, BE LETT the engineer IN possession
I OF the field.
Mr.. Unfhank says that Father Ia srnet
French Catholic missionary 70 the
SOAK. toid him OF the gold In the BLACK
+ hills six years before its discovery by tns
1 whites.
In the winter of fssx be rode HORSEBACK
from Helena. Mont. to Tacoma breaking
trail across the mountains In four feet
or snow. The present site OF Tacoma
wGs government land. and ell that there
~zs 81 the place then was a fex ssrax-
gins shantiss In Old Town. lie made
the plans for the Hansen saw min and
assisted III putting IL Up. Mr. Tarhfnk
IL fali OF "reminiscences OF the earlier DAYS
and az the people and shipping on Puget
soand, lie tslls story or the old s~sarner
Libby and OF Capt. Libby, her iSagser
II was at Olympia one day" SAT- MIR.
Enthank. ''and Capt. Libby told NJ tina,
he was going to Tacoma asking ne il [
wouldn't ride over with him WAS GO
Ing 10 Tacoma. but told him that I was
{ IN a hurry and would walk. / beet the
Libby more than an hour
Mr. Untfsank was II, Japan for n MUM
Der of years. and was engaged part ~ tfs,
tine III Prospecting and examining Gaines
lie Was Instructor of mathematics In the
Imperial college az TolSys ard started ts.s,
! school Of mines In the same educational
| institution.
". Alien. freight agent ~ the North
| err Pacific has In temporary custody one
/ OF those peripatesic Jokes that railway men
| fand particularly freight meal are rsspea-
rsblc for. that il os the same character
| as poor. old owney. th., dog traveller OF
the mail service. whose death was sore
/ time since chranici.d by the Poss-inteiii-
/ gencer. and which VAS credited with hav-
/ ing taken nnnmershle trips across TIRE
continent aud Incidentally a sea voyage or
two by way Of switching his system. The
( matter In transit that is pow. At Mr. Al
lens Office Is the stump OF Il small tree.
with part of sts roots .tlgf attached. Tho
stump is about eighteen inches hsgh
and six Inches In diameter. and
! is covered with pIacartss ard no.
tees that have been attached at different
places whsn. in It's reregg4nasiafas. IL hiss
stopped for trans-shipmeut- The stGnip
WAS started away from Tashirston n.
I G. and was duly chr's.caei Bt.i S,unp.
and vaxrant-looking derby hat was
sealed u II hy car seal duly impressed
Old Biii Stump was started for the X lon
dixie gold diggings. and he undoubtedly
viii so there on tour OF inspection A.
( brunswick. Nd. a card vas attached on
which was written:
Il am only 81 tramp Ell route 70 Alaska
( 10 seek a fortune In the new gold mines.
! Please kesp me moving In that direction.
: Ny fs.eu6s have been good 10 me thus
far. SO yoe viii keep tie on my journey
At other places cards were attached say
die me with care" etc At Minnesota
( Transfer there VAS g yellow card on
ahich WAS drawn a crude picture OF 4
I yellow hid. little dISsigursa. but ---.
/ Another ptacard had typewriter on Il
the following dosgssel:
Minnesota Transfer. July a. "
WAL. declare, Ii this amt the stump.
roots and all.
OF the tree George waShinston's aka
made fall.
I've beard q good deal about this yer tree
/ And 1aow Il GENES ali the way fem
Washington, II. G
Going TO klondlke. Waal, ~ gum.
/ Who ever seed saaeh railroad hung
. Saow. / II Just tx II right with that air
Cause / 'spect yen SAINT got much 10
travel on.
j Ard hope the ie2ys'l! treat you well
/ Al. tie Ray through
Al Chicago q card was attached that
I WAS covered with the autographs OF t5e
employees OF some freight Office throasa
+ which Old Blll had passed Mr.. Alien VIII
5 deliver Il 10 the steamship Portland On
her next trip up 10 -. AichSSTs. II VIII
be addressed 10 T. :. sehols, purser OF
; lh.s Charles III. Hamilton. If the river Meet
of tho Narth American Transportation ~
Trading Company with the request taAS
OBI Blll be passed up the Yukon 80 Daw~
son city and back. There - no doubt
rlAs this will be done IRE frateTNal feel
Z ia. existing between freight tnGn ara esd
stusnps preriuding AIRY possibility or re-
Z fasa4 OF rourteSkes Next srrtng old bili
/ Sfamps will start down The river on his
way hack 70 his hogle in W a&ainSton- as
he travels ogly freight routes, Il viii take
hssn several months - make the tTsH. TIA
shortest possible mileage covered being
somewhere between twenty and twenty
eve thousand miles. What woTa3 81
experiences - VIII ;aave enjoyed from
,ac tsm1e % leaving hcuss, AVA = a&t f5'nd
% Information re wEli - aofe 20 HrlT2-t
- other old s;urupx aa3 the wotd 9s!sS OF
tie back Yards ia bis oesgh loshc<'o-
NJ Alien SAYS thst whatever ne ray
navc q, tel about otter places s&s steTF
OF Settle and his treatment aefe Viii -
s4ch as Will Ss good missionary t@sS tte
/ sRa AZ lesst tell ~ TIE doubling - - tNe
warehouse and cffcs fierce st tss NoEte-
era Pacific freight sheds and 81 tSe good
s{r1,as that prevafl IN TIRE best town GA the
fsas.ite coast. re car tell taat ~aattia
j. Tire outsttins pl.see for The ~P1seF u
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