The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-07
TqE PASSING THRONG

\. Hamilton, wn.is n = renln-
- mod yesteEdzy. to.a - $500
= al example of CITY a1Ssr easa.-s-
=, Is there Eas 2 g. s1 - !. = :
800 10 she United states slHsaaas 70
q arsssEl;ng nov over .s'S s2s, 80 A. =
- tT the dls1"Fsl- ~ ~ -
-. vas then known 8 - , ps.A, -
4. ~xrreass western poriiols 2. ne 81 =.
Il Kansas Il began - sIe .as u
~ = : : email way and Increased as
~ - ,rerths we're superseded By
- yfnz3 e .1e xstzu~...-s
...~r Or the banks q lhs s-lss1sllI
1sss -. .s,.ssfsng trade to the gold mines.
- - .sx-u~tisfon was lively. because
sc - ~.ye lively towns. fun Of Wig
- - entsrprfsing merchants en-
sfss - II bsauehes q business They
- =. vasue o. the trade for which
fses - ,afuo~stng, although they knew
&c - mines nor the methods cf
sesss.s Tfesr knowledge CT Quitting
- derived through the overland
- ~sss New Mckee and Utah. with
49, .soaal trips as far as California
- e.~ss Of prairie schoousrs were
J.ss~~ marvellous ard their trade for
-. ssrs vas surprisingly large.
-. ~sstxprs OF these towns knew there
-. - i pics peak because they had
ssss.sr.J ounce ytsls and a few greasy
-. slIsd With the dust. IL didn't re-
.hss load There were no tsie-
-. ar~s xest OF the Missouri. and no
.r-x.sss Press 70 carry the reEs Of the
1 r.sS discoveries to the outside
-. esther were there boards OF trade
--~.sIxed action OK any description.
- rews5apers Of each respective
-. snak the bussnezs 81 hand IN their
~xv and when spring came there
-,.ss gold In Pixies peak than was
-. 1r-aned Of tn the rich placsrs Of the
r1ondzks.
...,-~ i those four enterprising little
- than Geaftie and San Francisco
1870 have seen. AL winter long
~ Missouri river newspapers were
tsa5v engaged 10 issuing gold editions,
~ usrrhants were as busify engaged In
N,nr them with advertisements. All
4 - sa;ssxsng spring and summer these
!. l@srrkants we're tgst as bHssiy engaged a.
- trxr bow IN Quitting miners for
8 4. ro,d mines Of Pixies peak.
q sUrfe the newspapers may seem 10
y -. raxusssd she gold mines OF Pike $
- 10 an unwarranted degree. the gold
- AZ Colorado have substantiated
- exaggerated statement ten million
1 "a foeai papers and printers Ink I'D
4. sasiaess. This points moral and
.xrrr. 4 tale, Il might be stated that
.sss tie growth Of the four little cities
-. .yiusAf 10 has not been phenomenal
4 fke aggregate their population now ex-
~ bali 4 Inlliica.'
scfd Kelvin. Of Glasgow. Scotland. ono
Z To- later creations of imperial favor,
~ has won his spurs and his title by
s6e&s merit and the services he has rem
~ the warld. arrived on the Kingston
vuxpraxv afternoon from Victoria. and
- e ire Northern Pacific at O'Clock for
I .sur OF Yellowstone park At the COM
sr1cn Of his visit there be VIII proceed
b. and leave shortly for Glasgow. A
81 Fears ago Lord Kelvin was plain Prof.
xsazm Thompson. Of the University Of
ekawpv. HIS great works and contrihu-
6rs 10 the literature OF education earned
& hlm knighthood, and he was created
q William Thompson al the time Of
yg3orsa's serni-cenfennial jubilee. In 1857.
Ameer the titles and honorS that were dis
psssee At the last great celebration of
nsuA's reign was that OF Lord Kelvin.
WIKI Was conferred on Sir William
3Aanpsun- The title Is derived from the
x4a< q stream. the Kelvin. that runs
tsruagA part Of Glasgow. and also
nroExh park called kelvin wood.
y, l. Bsnham. Western freight manager
Ne 6rsss Northern. has returned from
suxnsss trip 10 Oregon. during which he
drzss through the Willamette valley. The
resources OK that great agricultural and
feflEasural district were a decided sur
~ % ~. Benham. who states that large
anoua.s Of fruits. particularly apples ard
ysns are allowed to rot and go 10 waste.
ne wsnes sre very generally taken care
Diaer fruits are unnlsrketahle, and
~ Bsnhans SAYS that the increasing de-
kzad for Alaskan business should lead
nskaiz:s to starting a earning and dry
e az!nssS In Portland that could save
s4sn q the fruit that r. row allowed to
g . sas'e. He drove through several or
saras TAT are literally abandoned. and
n*s fhat be never saw finer plums than
sest Which were er0wdiag the branches
Tee. snlll they fan 10 the ground to
cay Move the same conditions 10
tAAEgton ard the progressive spirit OF
ssssfsEson farmers and fruit growers
nj market il.
sasn Muir, the eminent scientist. who
an an the Queen from his trip to A as
- ut Ter home yesterday BY the steam
Fseois- HIS companions on lac tr.p.
nsse'sssors G 5. Sargent and William 4.
Na9S @ Harvard university, Who had
- s'sh him to examine the sylvia OF
$3.50 lsf On Sunday 10 look over the
- sFqwihs Ia the vicinity % Mount