The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-21

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fnen they went back to their corner
and bent over the desk As the dime
novelist would say silence rnigued SUI
prerse. Bur IL was interesting 70 watch
MI Hareauga's face. Il vas also inter
esting 70 listen TO the nurmers that came
through the wire grating But Del. was
unconscious OF this when ne laid his pen
down, moppe5 mis- incarnadined. albeit
dirnpled cheeks. and quietly. sorrowfuily.
sadly whispered: IT'S damn fakes
didn't count 20. L."
Ten acres % land within driving dis |
tance OF Seattle Ga almost as good as a /
gold mine remarked a gentleman who /
travels through the country a good deal {
IN the East a farmer thinks he cannot
possibly get along on less than isp acres !
or course some. b. unusual diligence can
make living or eighty acres. but such
men are an exception But in this state.
and especially on Puget sound and in the
neighaorhooa Of Seattle an industrious
man can make a comfortable living off
OF ten acres.
Il was particularly impressed with this
fact while travelling about in the country
south Of Seattle. between South Park and
Des Aoines. Numerous ten-acre patches
have been developed until they afford
very good living for an average family.
In TIE Sunnydaie nelzbborhood there are
many ter-acre patches Small fruit OF aii
kinds. vegetables and chickens and eggs
are the staples produced. Much OF the
produce sold in the Seattle markets comes
from the Sunnydaie neighborhood- Dur
Ing The straw berry season the Grant street
car lire IAN an early freight car for the
accommodation OF the strawberry farmers.
VINO would bring the berries in during the
evening and pack them In the car over
night. One man in Sunnydale made SIS
each off OF 100 hens In one year. and an
other chicken raiser raises 'frys' by the
hundreds He uses incuhators and a steam,
brooder. and literally butchers chickens in
droves for the Seattle market.
"A man at Des Nones has one acre de-
voted 10 small fruit. which In the second
year, produced straw berries and vegetables
TO the value of nearly 500
Land ranges in price all the way from
slo an acre to 800. depending on the nature
of the soil. amount of clearing done and ac-
feasibility. The roads Of that region are
good. The old military road and the road
20 Miller's beach and Des Moines enable
the people to travel with little difficulty.
B1ackberries are abundant at this season
OF the year. and blackberry pickers are
numerous. II is nothing uncommon TO see
men or women going along the road with
pals filed with large ripe berries
Although this neirhborhoOd is very pro-
Gucsive. IL is no more so than other sec
tiogs near Seattle. II viii be a fortuaate
day for Seattle when all OF King county
and Western Washington Is as well cult
waited a. Is the Sunnydale country"
Col. r. q. Laaphere, Lieut.. NJ. r. Gil
bert and Judge c. l.. Boone. all Of Chi
cage are n, the Butler. Col. I4anphere
IL an interesting figure anywhere and
somewhat of a parsonage IN Chicago. A
big hotel Is named after him. there is a
street that has his name. and all over
the West he has vast possessions. Sheep
IN Utah. cattle in Texas redwoods in
California, pine forests in Washington.
mines In British Columbia. and so on
through long list. 'I have gold mine
in Canada he said yesterday, which
pans SIS OF gold to the pan. / am now
waiting for a special session OF the Cana
dian parliament To convene for the pur-
pose of examining into a measure I wish
passed. Then / Will reveal my location
and start development work. 1t Will mean
a good deal to Seattle II / succeed" The
colonel refused 70 tell where the mines
were. But three persons know where the
mines are. but he said they were not so
rich az the Alaska fields, He has peen
away from Chicago over A month now.
he says, and will be a mcntii more on
t0i1AFn
the political Geld
"W. H. Lawrence viii be the nexv GOV
ernor." he said. "and this fan VIII rec a
fierce battle waged. Lawrence was the
receiver placed IN charge Of the Mormon
church when the government sefxes. II
several years ago. and he treated both
sides so well tha; both Mormon and Gen
tile elements are unified in the choice"
Tribune bat recently purchaser ~ the
Tacoma Ledger. and ]. ~. BRADLEY. his
managing editor. are at tho Butler. Mr.
Shaltz VIII take charge Saturday. AMI
expects To make. what he terms in his
lake froat ChicaEoes4ue style. "a crack
ajack" OF the Ledger.
II have made the Office q union one"
he said. "and have thereby ended one II
the longest labor wars ever known in
this country. I presume. know that
heard OF II years ago when | was in Chi
cage. When the Office rated the rriH-
ors established the Union "a a rival, anf
l think II was this and the boycott. win
which nearly every one svmpa thizel
that finally put the paper In the hands 81
a receiver. Since / declared the office
union one, / have received kilograms ard
fluctuations 81 all sorts from Gompers
Howard ara ether prominent labor lead
eTs During the war believe the unions
subscribed great Zeal or money to fight
q. ~ tho way. this Cl0ueyke news "a
rather excl" And Mr.. Bradley heard
the rest
Under tha supervision % c. 4. Cooke
who WAS nos only conductor but
chsperoue as well. d1ty Raymond &
Whitconsb excursiouists registered at the
Bslnter-Crand yesterday; They were:
Mss Nellie L Archer Miss Alice Boyd.
Mrs n n. Abbott. \. ". Brown aud
wife. Mrs. Sarah 4. Billings q. l.
Chaplin. T. = Briggs, Mrs II Il Eroyne.
Dr Mary +. Smith. Z. !, YS;reH. Ms
+. \ F'laukington Miss Alice Eiancharf.
u r kpous George william Van Siyck.
4 Van i.autrcor. Walter Sely W ~
knarr Or 4. II. Woodward ard wife.
Or Il q King and wifa owen Moore
ana Wife Frank M.Schert and WIFE
Csvver Nce~e. tr William MIscher;. Ms
F9ov3 II White Miss SGsan T Price,
Mr. - ~ Howe. Mr% Wllaw Frea. sT
Wsgian Frs. J. n Soesrcr Miss \ ~
Sh~are Davidson Kennedy. pr. < "
fad~au and wlfe, :. - Dlarku1an ent
wife : Y Ycnks ar5 wife MlSs Jcne5e
savye~ X I1ttle Miss Grace Howe and
Mss Raoda Howe.
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