The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-03

Bacon Shap espeare Controversy,
L. and ex-lieu1enant governor
OF Minnesota. arrived III Sc
attic from Dawson yesterday fitzpatrick
lives in Philadelphia and has been i'll the
Kiondike for the past year. He is inter-
ested in No. 80 on Henderson creek, and
No. s. on Bonanza. and is not at al sorry
that he went TO Alaska. although he deep
~ sympathizes with many men VINO are
there. and having been unable 10 acquire
property have lost heart as well as their
money and are unable to get back 10 the
United States. Mr.. Fitzpatrick. when seen
at the Hotel Brunswick yesterday said:
1T would lie folly for me 10 attempt TO
predict the seasons output as much or
the rich property is not being worked ana
Will net ne until the Canadian government
decides To dispense with the IL per cent.
royalty. If the government insists on the
payment Of this royalty the country Will he
greatly injured. as in many cases ii Is in
possible 10 mine under such conditions.
The claim owners have great faith mat
the royalty VIII be eliminated. as ihey
have been given % understand that iniiuen-
tial men viii take up their cause ana 10
all in their power 10 have this imposition
done away with. For this reason The sea-
sons output VIII not be as large as II
would have been under other circun1-
states that the action OF the Canadian
government in imposing this royalty Is
nothing short Of an outrage, and ne would
like to see it dispensed with for the sake
of the country, II for nothing else.
While IN Alaska l was i'll the stanrede
to the Salmon river. | have property there.
My brother is TOW in Alaska. looking after
my interests n the north, and Will return
in the fall
Mr.. Fitzpatrick states that there are 500
men coming out over the Dalton trail. ard
that most Of them have met with disap-
pointment.
az remember when 'Soapy' Smith was a
political power in Denver and even die
tated To the police" said Robert McFicdr.
Il Denver oil merchant at the Rainier
Grand. He controlled all the vicious ele-
ment there and any man who had any
complaint against them went TO him. The
thieves and bunko men used TO hang
around the Union Pacific depot and see
who had money get their names and then
steer them into the dives. 1t became such
a nuisance that the agent went to Chief
of Police Pauley and asked him to put 4
stop to- it. The chief said: You had bet
ter go and see ''Soapy." The agent went,
and 'Soapy' called off his gang, SO that
they gave no further trouble
THE silver agitation is dying down in
Colorado, so that We hardly hear OF it.
The silver papers refer TO it occasionally,
just for the sake of consistency. but the
Republican factions have got together and
an agreement has been reached by which
the Denver Republican ceased its attacks
on Senator Wolcott, who is undoubtedly
the ablest man in the state.
You will find II a good thing that the
promoters and spectators have gone out
of the mining business. We had crop Of
them in Colorado. who stocked prospects
for million dollars and sold stock at l
cent a share-rarely above cents. OF
course, occasionally they showed up a
mine but their methods were generally
crooked, and they were a decided detri-
ment TO the state.
II have been convinced of one thing on
this trip; that Seattle is the city of the
Northwest. You have gained such a grip
on the Alaska businss that it cannot be
taken away from you and is destined 10 be
a permanent source of wealth. You also
have a splendid country back OF you, all
OF which is made tributary TO Seattle by
your citys geographical position"
THE salmon run commenced last Tues
day and now We can get all the iish we
are able to pack" said Harwood Morgan
secretary of the Pacific Northwest Pack
ing Company. 10 a Post-Intell.gencer re-
porter yesterday afternoon. Mr. Morgan
has just returned from Blaine. where this
company operates a large cannery, and
ne is in position 10 talk in an intelligent
manner on the salmon run on Puget sound
He said
THE first part of the season was a bitter
disappointment to the operators of can
neries for the reason that the fish did not
commence 10 run as soon as we expe c:oI
they would. but now the conditions are en-
tirely different and We are successful III
getting all the fish W. want. | received
telephone message this afternoon from
Elaine informing me that there is plenty
Of fish ana that the prospects for a cont.n-
uance OF this plentitude are decidedly IA
yora Ole.
Owing 70 the disappointment exoeri-
enced al the beginning of the season, as a
consequence OF the salmon failing 10 run
the seasons pack viii only c0,ne III, 10
the average. In other words the pack this
season Will only he about NJ per cen,. Of
that of last year, and under the circ:!m-
stances that Will be doing very we'll. The
pack last season was unusually large -
every fourth year the run Of salmon goes
away beyond the average. and 1897. IL VA
Be- remembered was the year that the out
pat was the largest.
However. the salmon are now running
better than ever. and as there is to ae a
short pack or the Columbia river this
year. " should he greatly benefited ~
II. ana IN" tSff@tt-lf Hons We have putr~-
tanned viii no doubt he fully realized
\. VI. Anderson Indian agent for the
Spokane. Colvii,e and Cour d'Alene reserva-
tons. Is IN the city from Fort Spokane.
having attended the meeting Of the state
central committee last Saturday NJ. An
d"rsoH renrcse nts Lincoln county on the
committee Our county produced 3n0nso
bushels - heat last year" said Nj An
ff4wN.u at
We VIII do equally as well this year. II no;
better II the farmers Of Lincoln county
rn' 20 cents per bishel FIR thei- wheat IT
VIII mat then all or velvet. Last year
crop enabled many ~ them 10 pay off THEN.
dctts and still. have some money on hand
WITH which - make improvements Il
seems rally wonderful that such a pha-
nomenal crop as that Of last year shou,d
be followed by one equally as great. The
grain fields u Lincoln county are now