The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-19
THE PASSING THRONG.

ocdy IN washington. British Columbia and
Idaho. and is no sooner down than he Is
up again, came TO town yesterday and Is
with his old friend. 8. 8. Bailey. at the
Northern. His home Is now al Wardner.
b. C., town which he laid out at the
point where the Crows Nest railroad
crosses the Koosenai river. and he Is also
president OF the International Transpor-
tation Company, which runs steamers on
the kootenai river in connection with the
Upper Columbia Navigation Company.
which runs steamers from Golden. b. c..
70 the head OF navigation on the upper Co
lunbia. short railroad across the narrow
nat between the two rivers completing the
connection Mr.. Wardner has come here
to meet Capt. Frank p. Armstrong. presi-
dent OF The Upper Columbia company. who
fs planning TO put on another boat.
The center Of activity in East Kootenai
is at Wardner. where the railroad bridge
Is under construction" said Mr.. Wardner.
at the Northern The contractors are
getting along well with the work. having
many large outfits of graders and rock
men strung along from the foot OF koo-
tenat lake to q point forty miles west Of
Fort Mcleod, a distance of $50 miles.
There Is some very heavy work TO do in the
Rockies, but II will be continued all WIN
ter. They have laid eleven miles OF track
west Of Lethbridge and forty miles west of
Fort Mcleod and expect to have the road
completed by January, 1899. / have been
east over the entire route TO Mcleod and
found the pass so easy that you would
hardly notice it. The Canadian Pacific
will apparently have none of the difficult
ties with slides and washouts which were
encountered on the old line.
THE International Transportation Com
pany lost two steamers on the same day.
May z. The Ruth picked up a log in COM
ing down the canyon, which threw her
h9fry nd ka her in
two. The Gwendolin was five minutes
behind her In coming around a bend and
totally demolished the Ruth and wrecked
herself. There was not dollars worth
OF the Ruth left. We were then building
the North Star. which has taken the
place of the Ruth. The boiler of the Gwen
doiin was recovered and new hull built.
but it was too late in the season to do Q
profitable business this year."
'The wheat crop in the Big Bend is as
good as in the Palouse country and is
double what we have usually had" was
the cheering news D. NJ. Glasgow OF the
grain-buying firm Of Glasgow & Mclean.
OF Davenport, gave TO a Post-Intelligencer
representative at the Northern hotel yes
terday. 1T has all been harvested, but
Is not all threshed. although we got in Is
or 30 machines this year. That crop is
better than any Klondike. because it
d
man in Lincoln county but what is inter-
ested in some way in farming and every
man Of them can pay Off his mortgage and
all he owes and have good bank account.
Any number of farmers have raised from
10000 to $4,000 bushels. We have already
marketed between 800, 900 and 400, 900 BUSH
els from Davenport alone. The farmers
are not breaking any more ground, for
they are putting in all their time on this
crop, but they probably will do SO. Spo-
kane is reaping all the benefit, for the
country dealers buy there and the hired
men spend their money there. They are
not doing much at the Cedar Canyon
mines. for the teams are all hauling wheat.
I'VE shipped out most OF the stock in
that section this spring-thirty odd train
loads. aggregating over 12,O0O head-in two
months.
I'VE went hopelessly Populist over there
last fall but you cannot get them to talk
Popuism any more. Populism cannot
flourish in times OF prosperity. You have
got to have men who can yell calamity or
they are not Populists. There Is not one
of them but what Is kicking against the
state grading of wheat. That law was
gotten up to benefit the farmers, but it's
execution has got into the hands of a po-
liticai ring, which works right against the
farmers"
isiature from Pierce county. was in the
city yesterday for short time on BUSH
ness. Mr.. Kincaid and j. W. Jones, form
erly Of Maryland, made the discovery OF
the large copper lodges on Vancouver ISL
and last summer. BY mining men in Brit
ish Columbia the discovery is regarded as
one of the most important in the history
of the province. Six claims were bonded
a few weeks after discovery to a Van
couver syndicate for $4,000.
Mr.. kincaid and his companion. Jones,
were just two months on the island. They
located the last OF six claims August II.
I'VE found four distinct leads 200 feet
apar. and traced them for more than a
MILE" said Mr.. Kincaid. I'VE put in one
shot and blew Off rock that averaged more
than 500 to the ton In value. In silver, gold
and copper. None of the assays ran below
500 and from that to $50 10 the ton. The
ore ran AZ per cent. copper. Sc to S35 per ton
in gold and from % to IS ounces OF silver
kincaid and Jones received Sc 900 cash on
the purchase price of the claims. which
cover an area Of 800 acres The remainder
is to be paid in one year from the date of
the option.
E. Y. Cotton, secretary OF the Pioneer
Savings and Loan Company, OF Mime
apolis, is at the Butler after tour of
the Sound country 10 examine the COM
pany's property in this section. 1--WE have
property in Seattle. Spokane Tacoma.
Port Angeles. Port Townsend. Blaine and
Centralia. which WAS valued last year at
sso.eoo and l consider II now worth s75
One thing that hurts loans in this state
is the law providing for the appraisement
or mortgaged property before foreclosure
There is not so much objection TO the
anti-deficiency judgment law for we can
adapt our business to IL. 1t il one of the
most unfortunate things for the state at
the present time. when the Klondike ex-
element has just opened an era of de-
yeopment. In the East we look for the
news from Seattle before that from WASH
ington City or any other place for we
want TO see what IS the latest strike in
AlaskS and who has brought out the last
great quantity Of gold I have sent ai,o,it
fifteen copies Of your Klondike edition To
points in Pennsylvania. Illinois and other
states
P~r.onaI.
y .. PearsaI the merchant. Of STAN
wood Is AT the pilier.
Representative A. .. Warner. Of Ever
EFT. rs at the Northern.
Loo 80 b.