The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-29
lHE Passing IHRONG.

President (. A. Bryan, OF the state agri-
cultural college at Pullman, arrived in Sc
srsle Yesterday from Eastern Washington
1or the purpose OF attending the meetings
* the state dairy commission and iae
I,airymens Association At the meeting
of the association thig morning az the
Thamber Of Commerce he IL to deliver an
address the state dairy commission will
u,ee, In the afternoon IL consists of Com
missioner Z. a. Mcdonald. Secretary OF
STATE W u. jenkins and President Bryan.
college matters are foursshing, IL nar-
mouy with the whole section or the state
east Of the Cascade mountains.' said Prof.
prvau at the Butler hotel last night. I'VE
have o. students now and will enroll 3.5
altogether before the year is out. The
school for daErying opens January 10, lin
tied to twenty Ave. This Emit will be
taken up.
@Despite the loss by fire OF the boys
dorrnitory, the college Ii progressing. The
s.udents nave been successful In getting
uuarters through the town and at a hotel
which the board rented for the purpose
and which is full. The students ere work
ing hard and the year will De one OF the
most successful in the history OF the in
s;itution.
..The Iast bulletin. which Is now in the
prinser's hands. contains some interesting
nations OF the orchards In Eastern Wash
ington that suffered in the great freeze OF
November. 1895, by the hortlcuiturist of
the university, Prof. ]. a. Balmer. Prof
Balmer spent a good part of last season
inspecting these orchards. In the huiie-
IN. which will be issued shortly, Il Is
shown that the orchards that were trri-
gated and cultivated late In the autumn
suffered seriously by the severe weather
the. uzhs att s1y1,f1 Lx
not Irrigated escaped injury. In some To-
calitieH. whole orchards were killed, while
: "a others q line between the dead trees
md those that were uHlnJured WIS drawn
I by the .rrigat.ng ditch. One orchard fin
particular is mentioned. In which the ir-
r.gation ditch ran through Il, the rows Of
trees crossing II at right angles. running
from hillside above. The trees below the
slope, or those which were irrigated. were
dead, while those above escaped.
"The point Is that the late irrigation and
cultivation does not give the growing
wood chance to ripen before the freeze
comes. The point proven by the re-
searches of Prof. Balmer should be Of
great value to the orchardists In the east
ern part OF the state.
In Eastern Washington there are evil
dences OF prosperity everywhere. In
some parts of the wheat belt. the value
OF the land. Mortgages are being paid of
and there is a general spirit Of cheerful.
ness and good feeling abroad"
Judge Carroll B. Graves. the well-known
lawyer and Republican. Is in the ci. from
Ellensburg on business OF legal nature.
He reports that times are better In Kitti-
tas and Yakima counties. as well as
throughout Eastern Washington, than for
years past
The coal mines of Roslyn are employing
more men than ever" he said last night
"The product OF the Swauk gold mining
district for this year will be the largest on
record. You know what a great wheat crop
the farmers of Eastern Washington har-
vested this year. These causes have
brought good times TO Eastern Washing
ton. The farmers have money the banks
are In good shape and merchants are doing
good business. with collections easy
People are coming into the country from
the East and Middle West. particularly
into Yakima county.
Il notice that Seattle Is enjoying a great
measure OF prosperity. The city never
looked SO we'll. Undoubtedly there will be
great business done by the merchants OF
this dty next year"
Judge L. r. Erwin. OF Yakima, returned
yesterday from a flying trip TO Skaguay
and Dyea. While at the latter place he
took a tramp TO the summit of the Chill
koot pass and became so impressed with
its virtues that he proposes 10 send large
number of teams to engage In packing.
The Judge says that both Skaguay and
pyea are lively. thriving towns and that
Juneau Is hummer
". 7. Somers. banker from Santa Bar
hafa. and ID. A. More, OF the same city,