The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21

night, Mr. Durgin was che Of a party g
rsn 1ho left here March - on the >choo-l-
er Swan for ne Copper river district.
- government relief expedition VII b.
one Of the necessities that VIII occur If
psople do nor stop going lat0 Tx Copper
river district There ara fully ->fsss people
in there, anu the idsa CO gal4 beng found
IS = great ahsurdIty IN one place -
tentsd city % over Ess lulaAtar-s ! The
river il hard % navigate. and oae ont 81
svery fifteen boats l. able 20 shoot tae
rapids Our party had reached within
rfty miles OF the hsad.aterS Of ba river.
| did not become discouraged because L
was no. worth The time thinking u =. hGt
l inst realized The iH1poss.a.lIsy L finding
gold in glacier country. NJ partner
VIII remain and I VII stake I'm from
here. lis intention = % plSa On until
he gers 70 Dawson. which he Viii be able
20 reach some THE within the next four
months. Il Is an awful country, and #
the people 10 net 81 our thsy VII have
10 Ne brought OUT,
Mr. Durgin 1ef, yesterday afternoon Cor
rs home n the East
'"Tle poultry dspar. Inent q the state
fair" said Harry Collier yesterday. is 10
DC me largest ever held in the state. The
state fair commission has gone 20 a iargs
expense in building a poaltry shed capah bic
offered on every recognized standard vari-
etv % fowls. besides many sweepstakes
and special prizes. ARRANGEMENTS Nlll De
made for free return transportation or ain
poultry sent 10 the fair. 4 car WIZ start
from Spokane. bringing n al birds from
Eastern Washington and another either
from Seattle Or Tacoma. viii convey The
birds exhibited by the pou.lryInen of West
egn Washington. (. \. Emery. u Garth
age. Mo. has been secured 10 Judge the
show. He i = paUItryman Of national rep
ut4tion and viii judge The Missouri state
fair and those Ct Oregon and Washington
ard several OF the middle states
The poultry department : open to the
world. Anybody from British Columbia,
oregon. California or elsewhere can make
exhibits and pouitrymen everywhere are
invited 10 participate. Much interest Is
felt IN ne poultry show ~ poultry men
throughout The STATE and Il is expected
that every county MI be represented"
Papa" Cobb, the old Harvard athlete.
who returned from Dawson on the Roam
ohe with a big bag Of god. tells The fol-
lowing story about patriotism for the
Stars ana Stripes al Dawson: zone day a
man showed up in camp with a single copy
OF The POSt-intelllgenCer containing the
first account IF Dewey's victory AT Mania
This single paper was The first iurima.lon
~ had OF the great things oar navy had
been doing. and il was sought after more
eagerly than gold. An enJeryr.-lrg Yam
kee purchased Il for SO and then hired
Tammauy hall for The evening He char2ed
~ cents and packed the han. He read the
paper 10 The crowd. and after every SEN
tence there WAS 4 regular w4rwh0op It
made the walls If the binding trtmhle.
The success Of the venture was 50 pro-
nounced that he rented the hall for me
next night ana reape1 anaher harvest.
He made 500 OFF tAai one Post-InttlI.geu-
Ger ana sold L 10 a miner VINO was going
into the diggings for So"
COL. Elliott Bridgman OF Ferrous Falls.
MINI. i a visitor in the city, an4 - reg
istered al the fremont He j. Il retired
lumberman OF Minnesota. and THIS = MS
hr>, visit 10 the city.
Col. Briigman was Il captain II Gen.
Buffers headquarters regiment, ADD VAS
captain Of the company which cleared the
dock At New orleans on the memorable
day Of May l. I,G2. He said Yesterday:
one has no idea OF the how Ina. mob
that greeted the United States troops
when We effected landing AK NV o.
leans. Before Us was almost every nag
hut the Stars and Stripes \ mo- com.
posed OF AL classes. very Vel 4.mad,
stood there % give our tr0ope a warm re-
cep;on. They did but the cordial Feelings
were extended from both side. ari In
short time so pleasant was our assault
tha. the mob fell back and the wounded
we're taken care Of. Oh Glory was h0is.ed
and the Northern army gained. another
point"
Prof. ] " Crooks, who holds The chair
OF political economy at Amherst college,