The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-23
NEW Use FOR HORSES.
A MARKED INCREASE OF DEMAND
IN MANY DIRECTIONS.
h"esi Prices Are Going HiGher-aias-
LA and the Orient Both Calling
for wsshinxson Cayases-Japan-

Cntii very recently The eayuss ard
srozcAo horses - Eastern = Washington
and Cregoz have escaped az gn7a-Eer-
iEs position z the minds CT those with
Tzor1 Trey Ezvs be@1 brought -nEo lna-
mediate sCnLaeL View il Is GL c1aug -.
sn1 Z sphere q usefulness has Been cre-
Ats1 . the demands ot Ire mountain
passes . TIE lort1 E0r beasts G burden,
and eyes without p-e slE1-e are aow lo5k-
rs toward tne ranges where 1he nltheT-
u Ela4g1ed ard much cursed poE-ss hzvs
E-n annex, eating Up the grass tA4t y
EAG Been sad sAllla have faE1e1@1
sheep The destiny o. TIE cayuss horse
IS working itself cut and While il Is not
particularly promising for the horse. =
settles Z veXe4 question with whIca
tns farmers and range people q the TWO
states have had 70 deal Wild horses
are iusepara5ly linked with the Indian On
the war path. the equally Wild cox boy.
the buffalo hunt ard the yellow backed
Eovels- Win the passing OF these ele-
nlsnts OF 81 early civilization Il the west
the cay1se. II MS native state. has out
lived his p5cturesque1ess and his extsE-
Elnstf5n has been plotted more than
-Snce. just as mas been hat % the Ezbo8gs
OF AUSTRALIA and the w0lZ OF bleeding
Kansas
A year aga. II an Interview printed IN
e1-tor- u the Rancho ard Range, a. thaE
time printed n Yakima, ventilated n3r
only his Own views. a4t those e every
citizen IL the eastern part OF the common
Eedlch. N relation % the disposition q
the czyGse. which vas treated as a pest
and not as an sdJ1nc- % the s1a-a
wealth. Mr. Freeman said that the his
and slopes Of the foothills should Be dotted
with wool-produeing sheep instead Of ina
-zF- ~
esphalgs. which ate the grass tnas should
be turned into clothes Via the oa-oa route.
Conditions led Mr.. Freeman 20 remove me
publication OF Rancho and Range from
Yakima 10 Seattle. and the same con-
dlssons ed % q change OF heart a. Ear As
the cayuSe IS concerned. As ne - the
logical mouthp.ecs Of every agriculSurist
and rancher In Washington. Il - lar 20
presume that they share IN DIS views o.
horse nesh-not 10 say horse meat-as Mr.
Freeman was and sllA - 4 sianca Al
herent OF the policy Of the acAtLo4r as
way for useless cayuses-
Yesterday Mr.. Freeman said that the
Alaskan gold excitement had increased 'As
demand for horses and that many q tAS
causes now have a market value iAs -
excess % the prices paid a. the portland
e4a7t0hts- hous- for horse beef con the
hoof." Good prices for The larser horses o.
me sturdy bred have been given for tnsir
use over the mountain trails. and many o.
fha hundreds Of horses that have oSsA snip
led from Seattle 20 Dyea and SkasBay ana
then thrown over. hvae been sent from
Central and Eastern Washington 1ney
are lust as seryiceable 70 houndfF uroNSA
the mud and over the o0uldsFs q Us
freecherous trails as would Be better horses
and they can be more readily spared Il los'-
Sext YEAR there will be an Increased de-
raand FOR horses. and the state - already
being beaten over for animals taAI can Dc
purchased IA the spring a. q mcoeraLt hs-
ure There viii be no end OF them oo~a44s-
able. and seattle's horse marke. VIII start
more than one cAvalcade for the water
front that viii be made up OF TIE oncs
heartily E&ted eaylIses-
The cleaning out Of much Of the worth
less equine timber has already gwen an
impetus 10 the breeding Of hrst-class stock,
and ranchers OF the state are already
calculating that there is reTutation q
the statement Of the passing OK the horse
Il the present demand. II VIII De a long
time before trolley cars motor carriages
ard bicycles viii be practical machines il
Alaska mining districts and the cayuse
viii become q part OF the life OF the towns
I'D and down the river. IL Is stated, and
upon no less authority than taAI OF CaPI
Ray q the United States army. that there
j. much good agricultural ana grazing
laud il Alaska, and that the government
reports during the occupancy OF A4asA4
by the Russian scldlery EXHIBIT tAe I@cI
that all the cereals. except corn. were
raised in abundance. There were horses
there before. and the lower levels FURNISH
81 agnole pasturage. Wlth the possibility
o. a demand for horses OF = better sort
than the Wild product Of the Washington
plains. Clydeedale and PercheFon STATIONS
are being brought 70 the state 70 cross
with less valuable breeds IN tie production
Il good draft animals. Z. l. Helm. o. El-
lensburg is going 20 raise horses Tor
Prospective market. and he has seVeFAi
thousand cayases on his ranges "a hlttltsS
COUNTY. other men are working along me
same lines. The local demand 3 better,
farmers using. according 10 Mr.. Freeman.
many more horses than formerly.
Another market that Is opening for the
horses OF Washington - that Of tae orient
aud Powell Bros. y thls CITY ana NortA
Yakima. ara now preparing shipment 10
Iansn Il may nor b. generally known
that all the Japanese consuls on the Pa
c.fc coast nave already recommended %
TIE imperial government The Adoption o.
The American horse for use oy tns cavalry
forces u Japan. bur such !s the case and
American breeders now have their eyes OF
that prospective market
For the past four or ave years there has
beea q cessation along lines e breeding IN
this STAKE and such attempts as have been
made have shown ghAt the raising o. fair
Is coed stock has been an expensive ex-
pertinent. the prices realized being less
than the actual cost ot raising. Now
harvest is beng rsapea b those wno have
if any way Improved the wild horses. ia
pan Viii not require f3s rs cavalry as
good animals as are demanded by the serv-
ice ~ che Uzlted safes. ard orouchos have
been declared 50 for che purpose ard IN
every way sQuai % the demands OF the
japanese cavalry
--@ 5spcslt5or % enc utterly
worthless rayases ana branches. the ahat-
-e.r o. Per land st4l 1o,3s oUE a welcome.
Prom 81 7a Go s. = pad for tnsa- ard suca
o. r-fo-s rs casu SIS lre No couv rtea sC-o
rrirre mess beef for the tables hote q
France are converted in-o fert Esrs. Tae
hl4es are used for covering trunks. ans
each department % gre horses physical
makeup Is pplle3 20 U-il1ar'an purposes
F-vervb-3s- l. pleased E.-1 re torn the
horse market has taken ard the CLEANING
orr Of .f- s~rucby ard trasey sorEs w.I
have re RANGES and -he Et.ls.des free 20
ga br-ussrzs % sheep ara cA-'ts-