The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-08

been la tss@ city for several
days on business. At the Rainser-firs''d
last night Mr. Smith, spoke In sn optimistic
strain Of the wealth Of the waters - Puget
souaa. .~T4as. pack Of the socksye salmon
on the aotind this SEASON should - II least
4Eo.eg easex'' said he. 'The ausoans az
the fan pack, whioh consists principally of
SILVER sides. viii depend enssrei& upon the
condition OF the market. Tne outlook for
the season Is aitcgetfss~ promising. TIE
Sound cannerses have larger capacity
tnan over before TIE packers sn9 fish
trap met al hope FOR plenty u glsa1. As -
the run 0f salmon. We can only guess.
~ fartor Ia the earning business this
year viii he the enforcement of t1e caaa-
dian tariff on fresh fisa, which amounts !
believe - r. cent per pound. or about 2
cessts per fish. Although ;his tariff has
been upon the statute books % the Do-
insuion for number u years. II has nsTer
been enforced tIii this ye4Y. Heretofore 1al
price Of fresh salmon on fae Sound during
the packing seasou has largely dep~GtGrf. On
that Of The. Fraser river FISH II there
were plenty % fish on the Fraser river tie
price would rule Icw II they Sere scarce
the price roAc the tartT being Ia force,
expectations u fresh flsh from the Sound
10 the British Columbia EaBusrIeS H1li br
very largely cut of The result VIII be
beneficial ~ The canneFies en- the Sound.
and VIII not operate inlarinusIy upon the
flsheruen.
The cannaries at Blaine and at other
penis in the lower Sound country are pre-
pairing to Go a large business this year.
The two eannsr!es with which 1 am con-
nocted at Blaine and Seuliahm0o viii have
combined capacity Of a.ea eases per day.
The sockeyes hs"e already commenced
running. but II H. too eaTiy TO say wilesaer
the fisa viii be plentiful or not. The syciN-
eyes usually are thiekest between July -
and August -. The season ia JUST begia-
ming now
II. y. Whitney, Of fort Uadloek has been
in the city for several days. and yesterday
gave some interesting information about
the resumption ~ work Of the mill at that
place. MIR. Whitney has been for several
years the buyer Of logs aud timber Hand
for III. company. lie said: THE nAiil has
been sdls for over year and will resume
operations about the middle Of this month.
Port Hadlock will enjoy a business i'm
Woyeuiesit which II really needs. The own
ers or the company. who reside at San
Francisco. have been making arrangements
20 start the mill aosie time in August but
when the Bsi'ingnam Fay Improvement
Cornpany'g mill burned a Whateom a few
weeks ago their orders were turned over
10 fne PORT IiadioCk 10 I'LL This move
Heoessitated the operation OF the mill al
once. The company viii employ az the start
about rs men. and as The lumber business
il at lis best now. the mill VIII probab bly,
not have another shut down for four or
FIVE years
When running. 1fa.0o0 feet "A dag will he
easily handled Tho trade i'm lumber Is
new away up. especially the foreign trade.
30 far have not met with tho best sue
cess In getting logs, but | think | will
shortly he able 10 get enough logs 10 keep
us running In good shape 50 many log
cts have lett for the north that at the
present time there Il n shortage Of good
ioggers. There IS one thing taat | have
fiof seen much about iu tho uatrrs ana
mat ts the fact that there Is one Of tho
richest valleys back Of Hadlock that one
coaid wish Tor. Al present there ara i've
cTeamcreS running 10 their fullest cauae,.,,
ana az each establishments has at least IN
COWS, the business is rather good 1v,s
product is butter and cheese. ana finds
.eady market In this city. Portland and
San Francisco"
r. \, Fitzhenry ana g. shrake o< Par.
HuSe'ee. were arrivals N the city yezter-
cay Mr.. Filzh@ary Is tho r-ngte4 statas
deputy surveyor. ard has been sfatfona8
~ fort Angeles since lsal MI esrals "a
prominent commercial man Of tina, nlsre
MT Fftshcrry has big Interests
"a Fort Angeles. lie said. The
business mon Of orr town are
doing good business. ana there seems
!" ne pirffy II work for those who want
70 toll The crop outieok Is fine ana T
think ths largest yield tina, has ever been
raised VIII be harvested this wear Ta,,
shlnsle mills ere in course 90 ef.,,tinn enc
about ten r'leS from faWn nud sha fttbe-
alssat three miles Tlsy viii ans4,'e, ap,n,,,
thirty "r i}rrty~fsve men 4 grest isot j..
interest Is being taken In tie new r-silro,s
that has h"rn proposed. and think tha
company wac granted a Franchise bt. ~.
council a. rs meeting iasf might. II ire
rad II an assured fat q VIII ,.c,n =
gpod deal for Port Angeles The lumbar
business Is now NJ rs best aud the f,slss
are turning or. ~ the srnalr.4s. .sfs,.,,+c
80 ca fee or s1insles daily hetisva I
am Justified IN saving tnat business fs -as
or even 81 psr cent. better than fox ever a
year. The boys ara nsS beginning ~ Sc,
realty fer Tcidcs."
in 'ny se-t'6u ef the country business
has lncteaSri folly 81 per cert ever lsat
81 'aet year" sail ~ S~agpr - fa,t..
Canyon ln s2nVvrsatien with a Vaet-}r-
taliieeucer reporter yesterday ssfsrnsa,, 4f
ne fremont hotsi Afr Ssnger rs ar
Nr's'or 81 sha hcfal a' Park az ta4. he1,.
cG Lake Whsteeff'. aua operates "a essss.
Tine wi.A h,s family be- ssefss tg. l,et,rth
81 Ssstt.c. ard expressed his sf4s*sos,
~ fhe ge,t t'n1e 81 had Nat 'Nr4ate..,rl
neantY.t =" said. is erFts atr .Ntsarte@t.-
ira vssa~ass Hasine<s enaH. The h.f.-f --r
cf Fhr Ee#BHEat m Fay 1wpfs.gvs5t-,lr e.. .tt5.
panys me- at Waatea.u e g. v.-rl a-s nrar.
oe'naH. The 0a8~tA'y pay Nnf .-na -nt. 3
= ha<wev- Sf.atH an1 SIS au Nnt-e MAS
n~ar}y All Stsrt l3tsty The w~ssAey tr
az that car g - ssk~3 tor. aH3 crops ape