The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-14
THE PASSING IHRONG.

"HOMAs rELKEY, enc OF the pioneers
In she Kioa6ske. arrived yesterday
- from Paris. where be went last fa4i
In company with Count &c Larooo-
nsau. a French mining expert. VINO pUr-
chased in behalf OF French cornoany, a
dezen claims owned by PeIkey on Bonanza.
Hunksr. Eldorado and other creeks ar.
PeIkey's tale Of good luck has already been
told In the sPoef-Iuteiilgeneer. He WAS
poor man and riskedr MS al in the mines
OF the Yukon when the kiondiks was
struck. Then he located where the gold
was thsck9sc heid on 70 his properties ana
was a rich man in a year afterward-
Mr.. carbonneau is now OF his day TO
cisase cd Of r ne n and otsers. said Nj Peikey
at the Butter last night. LEAVING on BIS
friends title. q custom the count himself
followed during his stay here. lie na4s q
guides. and NIL make a quick trip. know
little Of his Intentions, only that ne hopes
TO get men TO work IN the mines he aas
purchased as soon as possible
i am going 10 the Attn country In the
spring" Mr.. PeIksy said. in answer 20 an
e eaary OUT Te ram 81. K,op ahs las fsh
learned Of the discovery OF gold over there
and secured number Of claims. which
want to have worked this season. ! th.nk
prospects ara not what they were IN the
klondike district, although they have OBJ
iained in preliminary work on the best
is much more accessible. however. and the
ground can be worked at less expense, 30
that there is reason 10 believe that the At
lin mines viii be a close second to those of
the klondlke. l shall spend a month here.
because like Seattle. and this is the head
quarters for the Yukoners.'
G. NJ Cornwall. of Cathlamet, was in the
city yesterday as a witness IN q case be-
fore the grand jury. He Is the editor and
proprietor OF the Cathlarnet Gazette. Down
In my section OF the state" he said yes
terdty, we are quite prosperous. The lun-
Der business Is exceedingly good. Several
Eastern men who own logging lands are at
present attending 10 the logging off OF the
land themselves. In the fish market the
demand is excellent. and the prospects for
next year are very satisfactory for il being
profitable. The fall fishing Is very good and
the pack quite large
One interesting matter has just hap
pened. which Will not only be of interest
TO people on the Columbia but also TO fish
manufacturers of Barbour Knox. Marshail
and FfnIays0n twineS have formed COM
binalion and hereafter San Francisco
agents VIII manage the business. The price
OF tw-nes on account OF the increase of
TIE price OF the raw fax was advanced
~ per cent. last summer. but Il is not gener-
made in the selling price beyond this figure.
The elimination OF agents Will make a
saving OF $4,000 TO s75,0oo to tha Irvine
Mr. CORNWALL will return TO Cathiamet
today.
Thomas r. Bent. land attorney for the
Great Northern. is at the Butler There
is no special significance regarding my
present visit here he said last night. II
usually come out to the coast four or five
times year and every time / reach Seattle
! am struck with the progress this city is
making The fates seem to favor this
sound country, and Seattle is getting all
the best Of it,
Mr. James ID. Marston, general baggage
agent OF the Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pa
cific railway, Chicago, and one OF the most
widely known railroad men IT. the United
States. Is. stopping few days in the city
visiting friends.
Mr.. Fred Seller. of NJ. Seller & Co, of
Portland, was In the city yesterday en-
route TO Europe on his annual trip to the
markets of the East and European trade
centers.