The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-05

they earned before the pznfc. but enri-
| re@rs, laborsTs. etc, have been kept as
| che old wages
X shall aext take Up the machine SHOPS
and Inspect fhs Railroad yards. II THE
j latter IL Is desirable that al frogs and
! switches should be blocked Bp 20 the
points 80 that a person cannot catch hfs
foot In them There Is 10 saw compelling
railroad connpa nies 70 do this, bae I viii
recommend r. for fse section men can DO
II with pieces ~ waste lumber and With
/ cut extra expense.
After TRAIT saaif look after the stores
/ where women are employed 20 see that
seats are provided for the women a. re-
/ qsTireA b. fhe law Of ISIS. This law IL al
/ ready observed In many stores. bat X VII
be nay business 10 see that Il is universal
/ ~ observed.
although the Once OF tire bureau is IN
Olympia find Seattle The most convent
/ ent headquarters. for here ] can find the
business men In every line and car take a
| train or steamer In any direction"
Eureka has gained the distinction Of BE-
ing not only the richest bat the toughest
mining camp sn Washington. and the
anomalous condition OF affairs arising from
the opening OF the northern half OF the
ColviIIe reservation 20 mineral entry while
y stiu remains under the Jurisdiction %
the Indian bureau, IL the main cause. Its
richness ard It's fonghness were well de-
scrtbed yesterday by James Clark who
was at the Northern hotel on his way 10
San Francisco TO enjoy a weIl-earned rest.
Ar. Clark is one OF the three Clark broth
ers. Patrick. James and Dennis. who de-
yeioped the War Eagle and Iron Mask
mines az Rossiand. and who had no sooner
engineered the sale OF the War Eagle than
they discovered a bonanza In the Repgb-
lie and Lone Pine at Eureka. which had
been located Immediately on the opening
OF the coIville reservation
Eureka will be a lively camp next
spring IL we can only get the privileges
we ought 20 have. TO enable Us TO build
houses and enforce the law there. We
have nothing bat shacks TO 1--we ia. and
although the Republic Mining Company has
saw uliil OF A capacity OF 1880 20 ~ go
feet day. the Indian agent will not allow
Us to sell lumber. so that We can only cut
what we need for use in our own mine
and buildings. At the same time he al
lows men TO cut logs for building houses
Liquor Is sold there more freely than
In Spokane. II is more public and there
are more drunken men there. We have
no officers OF the Law and. although Hen
messy. who shot Martin some time ago,
has been held for two weeks by the Cana
dian authorities at Grand Forks await
Ing requisition. nothing has been done by
the United States authorities 10 bring him
back for trial. We went 10 the United
States court and the marshal and they
promised TO send In a commissioner and
a deputy marshal. Mr.. Hughes was ap-
pointed commissioner and Mr.. Hart dep
uty marshal. but they had not arrived
when I left there
"But We are going to make II one of the
greatest mining camps In the country ON
the Republic. where we have most de-
velopmenf, all our work Is I'm at least
five feet Of ore ranging from $50 10 $40 in
gold We have had assays across two and
q half feet OF 4; running as high as $500
IL Is safe TO say that the dump will aver
age 500. MY brother Patrick has gone 70
Denver 70 buy mill for the mine and
we have sent i've tons of ore there for a
test 10 deterrnine the process, which will
probably be the cyanide electric
THE Sans Peel is the making OF another
good mine. They are working on II and
have about twelve feet OF ore Jonathan
Bourne, of Portland, Is working the
Mountain Lion. and think he IL going 10
get back from - the money he lost in
other mines. Ths Lone Pine Peril ana
Surprise will also make good properties
so VIII the Jim Blaine. on the south ex-
tension OF the Republic
The state road from Marcus will be fin
ished in three weeks and viii reduce the
distance 10 the railroad from elghty-fvs
to forty miles. The sens Peel road has
been built about thirty-fve miles from the
Columbia river. little over halfway. bur
work has been stopped since early n the
summer. because they cannot raise money
TO complete IT,
j. j. NcNaught has Just returned 70 the
city from the Palouse country where nc
has been harvesting wheat on severe,
large farms owned nv the McNaurht Land
and Investment Company and he confirms
all That has been said Of the return ~
prosperity I'm that section.
our crop averaged over twenty bushels
TO the acre" he said. every little OF tho
crop In that section has been shipped as
ycs, for the farmers are holding FOR higher
prices. All the winter wheat. which was
harvested early has been shipped and was
OF very good quality. The fan wheat Is
generally OF poorer quality having been
bleached and touehened more or less by
a couple OF rains az harvest time. Another
trouble II that tho farmers were so poor
that they could not buy machinery 70 har-
vest the crop at the proper time but after
this year they will he better fixed and
grow better wheat. We had 20 send TO
Walla Waila 10 get headers and thrcshers
and guarantee 50 much work before they
wculd let us have them.
''T'he farmers are ali happy now. Most
% the small farmers VIII 60 out ~ debt
where they went % the mortgages last
year and begged them 20 take the farms.
hut now they haze paid OF the mortgages
and sfili have the farms. The value %
land Is advancing right along.
ut IS not generally known that the Ia
louise IS one o. the best fruit countries n
the United States FOR hardy fruits and ali
kinds ~ small fruits. Whitman county
took the flrst prize az the Spokane fruit
fair which was a great success But they
cannot grow grapes. and though the straw-
berries are very large. they have not
Eood Favor"
There win BE 30 go people here IN TIE
sprirg easily enough. and I don't know
where voa are going 20 puf them al. +" said
Frederick RabeutRn. Of New York. who
arrived yesterday and hsf some officially
IN fnaiug room. II haNc come here 20
make prepaFai ious fer a parsy 20 twenty
70 thirty men Who are coming here about
February ] % SO over enc OK tle passes
with ma. We are sent by s syndicate With
which ms friend John II Davis Is connect
ed.
Yes. sir. they have the craze badly
Nest ~ the large parties arc coming hy
s-teanaer around tAe Horn. The steamer
f,3tv Of Columbia Will bring so. leaving
New York ON December 2 This expedition
= managed ny Secretary Herbert and
81 r G Machen. There Is Htsle
s.,,ancF en the way here TUa hy q
y,,arnan-Mrs Rsllas % Backensack.
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