The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-28
4 REGlMENTAL POST.
NEVER Any DOUBT OF IRIS rnr.Trox
AT MAGNOLIA BLUFF.
cur batteries Gntv n Be<fnninx and
esnstraction only Awaits TSst~-a
Joke over Hopkins Appointment
seFtns at Washington.

SI.@c.4i D.Srsteh &C RE st-r-.effsxencer
y 3sffANGTON. Oct @-Juszf-r from
Aetl@Fs recently received AZ ths var Aepart-
Afeat. the people az Seattle have heer very
H14eh exercised ovzr ths wish q Ire hoard
- "Ascsrs recently sent ont . examine
s4s0s ter Tor11clca ions OF The Pacific ccase.
!, appears % D. taken fer granted sha,
tEsls board w.t. recommend ira seatiozlnx
q oa4F t9ur batteries of artillery a. ire
Rev Pest "a be constructed On Magnolia
o4@fT II was the understanding o. the cid
zens q Seattle when they doaaged ,hfs
ms 4niAcens ste - The govern rnent that
nothing less than s fuu TsSi-nental post
should oe established there. In ne nroba-
Die recommendation Of only four batteries
Icy lsaF an attempt % lessen The impor-
fance % the post
These fears. according 20 assurances
agaln and again repeated by the highest
o1hc1a.s o. the var depa Ttment ara
sFo4ndtess Secretary Asger has given
positive assurances to the members II the
y asaiag1oa delegation that. "a soon as
1ls uile 10 the site is cleared up. work
az ee pushed on the construction Of
post building and the laying out az the
grounds just rapidly as the approprfa-
Ton VII permit. All the plans. II i as
sefteo. are being prepared with the ulti-
mate end IN view % making the post large
enough TO accommodate a full regiment
- artillery which consists Of n rrean
batteries. This cannot. however, be dona
"a gre year TIE best that the war de-
partmenr can do after obtaining The title
10 the site, Is TO spend the amount ~
money specifically appropriated by con-
gFess Tor the Magnolia hluG post ard wat
can be obtained in addition from the gen.
eFaI fund annually appropriated In the
army oil for the maintenance Of army
posts ali over the country.
60,
mona blum. said an army officer ves+e--
day. is but beginning II is a nre.tv
fair-sized beginning too. for army posts
cannot be built In day. nor In a year for
that matter II Is generally understood
mat this post IS to be eventually a rsgf-
mental post. and that everything about i,
Is 10 be constructed IN the most substan-
.is4 manner. The recommend items OF he
BOARD In regard TO the distribution OF the
artillery companies on the Pacific coast.
whlcn VIII undoubtedly give four 10 Sa-
atiie. should be considered as quite A SUBJ
stanaaI beginning for a post no farther
advanced IN construction than is the one
at Magnolia blum. Hitherto, one battery
or artillery. that stationed at Fort Candy.
near the mouth OF the Columbia river. has
been considered sufficient for all the coun-
try north of San Francisco"
II
postmaster at Spokane was made some
what sooner than was expected ny certain
officials at the department There Is a
quiet little laugh going the rounds in Of
fetal circles at the expense Of certain bu-
reau chiefs. For the time being the fact
appears TO have been lost sight Of that
Spokane was Senator Wilson's home town.
and that long established courtesy gives
a United States senator the privilege OF
naming the - ~
whether any one else In the place wanted
MIN appointed or not. This has been so
long custom that IL is known as an I'M
written law. If the fact that the senator
lived in Spokane had not been forgotten.
II never would have been suggested that a
petition was needed from the citizens ~
Spokane before the appointment OF Mr.
Hopkins could be made, The petition came
all right and also hundreds Of personal
letters In Mr.. HOPKINS favor. but they
were not needed. Some one looked up the
TO see where the senator from
resided. and the appointment
was then promptly made.
Richard Nevins formerly OF Seattle. now
of Cripple Greek. Col. was In this city dur
Ing the week. Dick" says he has recent
y placed a Colorado mine on the New
York market and that Colorado is a great
state. but that Seattle's Turing prospects
have about changed his mind as to return
Ing TO Colorado. and that he may go back
70 Seattle instead.
Citizens of Seattle will remember Mr..
Nevns as considerable Of a high flyer in
The boom days of 1859 to 1851, during which
time, as a civil engineer he laid out sew
aral of the outlying additions 10 the city.
The Nevins family became widely known
throughout the United States from the
TACT OF the marriage Of Miss Marie Nevins
10 James @. Blaine. jr.. and her subse-
iuent divorce.
Hon Frederick Bausman. one % Seat
.les prominent attorneys. was in the city
several days last week as the guest Of
Mr.. John w. Thompson. the capitalist.
Quite a number OF pos1masters for the
state OF Washington are to be appointed
within a short time Recommendations
'or about a dozen Offices have recently
been filed BY Senator Wilson with the
general. and as soon as the
department. can get around to the routine
work the changes will be made. Follow
ng are those who are 10 BE- appointed. +
r. H. Renfro. Cotton: E L. Sperry, North
Taklma. ]. II. Gibson. Issaquah. Nelson +
2lcn. Prosser. l. Blaumer. Bucoda: Z. l.. /
Everett. FalIou. Whitman county. z. a. 1
<yes. Chewelah, Jacob Harris. Alpha, +
Jewis county These appointments Will (
,robs bly, not all be made at once hut two 4
n three at a time az the work Of making /
,ut the necessary papers is done.
Dr. C. T. Rigs. OF Chewelah. has been