The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-16

A. J.. PIPER. Receiver.
a. Pert Angeles ia n 4 decidedly prosper
oas condition, ard from all apxea-ars-e.
there - very iitthe complaint from ack
~ activity
Castle Rock In Patriotic.
f. w. Ross. Of casti. Rock. cows.x
county. prominent attorney. f. among
the delegates. Mr. Ross said: Tie sar
IN our part Of the state has absorbed a.!
aiisntlon ard ali other questions have III
orally sunk into Oblivion. I expect, how
eyer, That politics viii receive its SHARE az
aiycuSsion after the state committee gets
together and calls the convention Yes. I
expect thai the Republicans VII. have no
rJuois IN carrying the state, as everybody
ses ms 10 BE- OF the opinion that the Re-
publican party is responsible for in. pres
ent era of prosperity. and would like q con-
tnuataoa % IT, All people engaged in
agricultural pursuits are prospecting and
are firmly % the belle: that the crops this
year VII be record breaker"
k~Iso q. Pre.perous.
J. II. Fisk, an attorney Of keiso. IL one
az the delegates. Mr.. Fisk said Business
a; Kelso IS decidedly prosperous. and NE
are now building The larges, shlngle nil.
Ia the world The mi,i will employ AZ cas-.
ivi uIen at the start. bur that number VIII
De Increased from time 90 time"
Whitman fn Good Humor.
Il. G. ArCrosky. Of Garfield, Whitman
county. veteran farmer. hardware mer-
chant and general business man, was on
the focr Of the convention hall greeting
his old friends. Mr.. McCrosky said:
The people In our part Of the sta,e
are IN good humor over the prospects in
general. We expec; that the yield OF grain
VIII average from thirty to thlrty-fiye
bushels To the acre, while the fruit cron
wlA s1 a.ay beyond the widest expec-
fsticns Of every body. We never rad SUCH
a favorable spring before. We have had
Just sufficient rain. ard the reservoir of
moisture below The surface OF the graund
~ Just adapted for a large yield OF both
grain and fruit
Spokane Hanks ON Mines.
Fl. L. KEENAN,. a prominent attorney o.
Spokane. said:
Republic and Eureka mines and ad joln-
ing property are being developed In good
shape. and Spokane Is bound 10 Dc bene-
fitted by the development People who go
TO this mining country mus, pass through
Spokane, and the amount of money iaa;
viii be expended by them " lille taere will
which We will be benefited. Mr.. Corb n.
the railroad magnate. has Just returned
from New York, and while there he rails
ed sufficient money TO extend the Spokane
Il Northern railroad through 10 Republic
and Eureka and work on the line, / I'M
derstand will be- commenced soon."
ColvtIle II Progressive.
w. j. Gaibraith. an extensive owner Of
farms and also well known attorney
of colville. is considered one OF the best
posted men at the convention. Mr.. Gal
byaith sass that the development OF onyx
property is progressing rapidly, and that
he has great faith In the future of this
business.
PaIcuxc Hes Plenty.
Thomas Amos, of coIfsx. enc OF the most
extensive wheat growers u the Palouse
country, is u delegate. Mr.. Amos said:
Il am located In the very center OF the
pa:ouse country and / can sag with strict
regard for the truth that II We have an
other rain two weeks from now, and the
weather after that time Is favorable. the
crop vii be the largest Ia the history or
the state. The average yield viii be about
TWENTY-FIVE bushels 10 the acre. but some
territory viii run as high As forty and Atty
bushels. 0t course. We are never sure
% our grain ua;n We ga il in the sacks
and warehouse we may yet have the
rulnoux hot winds about the first Of July.
bat We all hope for the better. We expect
% receive al least sixty Cenls per hushel
Cor our gran. and If the crop comes up
% our expectations there won't be single
mortgage left In the Palouse country Ey
erything viii then be conducted on cash
bass"
Mr. Amos has been In the Palouse coun-
try for fifteen years
There Are Others.
Judge 4. l.. Miller ard Or. L. T. Xix
son. OF Vancouver. are attending the con-
ventson. Judge Miller was among the
few judges elected or the Republican
ticket. Times have since changed said
the Judge. and We expect 20 elect every
candidate on the Ticket next election. Bust
nesa a, Vancouver is apparently in good
condition"
F. s Derickson. who has been a, Port
Angeles fer nine years. sad:
Things "a Port Angeles are looking up
well and work seems 10 be plentiful"
Joseph Smith. an old-tue rancher OF
Kalaraa. reiterated the statement ~ ~ 81
me other rauehers. when asked for an
opinion Oh the fruit crop. and said he sas
perfectly contenisd.
Thomas ". Reed. with a Masonic his
tory OF ever a hall century. takes an active
part In the convention. inasuuch AS he Is
grand secretary III tho Grand Ledge Mr.,
Reed has held public office much of Isis
tirne and IS one 90 the leading and inf'a-
entail citizens of Olympia. RE states tina;
The war sens 'merf a. Olympia is very
strong and = discussed ahoEt as much as
eye-.
VIC Rowland. 81 Tacoma. is among
'ae delegates Mr. Rowland = a merchant
ana predicts THAI business on the Puget