The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-25

the city,
Both Kcnslem<n agree in ere tA!ng. and
that Is that Seattle Is far and away Ia thu
lead OF al N the COAST cities In regard to
the Alaska trade. Mr.. Wallace said TO a
friend before he left for Portland that Sc
attic was anquestioEasly thu most rrcmts-
Ing city on the North Pacific coast. The
resources % the state. particularly the ag~
ricul.ersl lumber and fsn. were xah5ecss
eion which both Of the New Workers SPEAK
considerable thought. Mr.. Wallace IN a.
the opinion that The future OF Seattle .
varied and csarvsioas resources, and whHe
he bsilevss thai the Alaska trade Will ~
WAYS stimulate the commercial acstSity q
this city. yet he IS hrnly OF the beAlef THAI
the natural growth OF the state viii con-
tribute more 20 the future welfare Of this
city than all ether causes.
A. \. Ct,ey, a weil-kaown Spokane min
Ing man. WAS one OF yesterdays arrivals
at the Hotea Northern. Mr.. Utley Is now
interested in the Eureka mining distric; %
Stevens county. In speaking o; the out
scok IN that new country. he said:
Among the Washington kiondikes must
DC enrolled the Eureka district. In the
northeastern part OF this great state \
great deal Of development work has heea
going on this winter and the camp viii take
its place In the frant rank as soon IS IL ID
tapped ny a railroad. The spokane s.
Northern IS trying 70 get INTO the country.
but has met with difficulty In getting
caarier from the Canadian government
The most practical route To the Eureka
camp is through small portion Of Csna.s
dian territory and the company - now
trying TO secure the right from tho CAnnsi
dian government 10 build the read. There
Will be very little shipping from that dts
tric, this year. but development viii b
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number of test shipments have been made
from different properties and the result
has been more than encouraging.
There IL one claim In the Eureka d1s.
tfiet that IL | owned Il would not ex-
change FOR the hest I<Eondike placer claim.
II Is the Republic, owned by Patsy~ciark.
the well-known Spokane mining man. and
some Montana capitalists About Loo feet
OF development work has been done on this
properly. The result is that there IL NaN.-
60 worth Of ore blocked cut. 4 recent test
Shipment OF several tons averaged sisS ta !
the ton, The Eureka disaiox IN about LOO
miles from Spokane. To reach II enc has
TO travel eighty miles by stage from Mar
CHS. Wash.
Bert Jeffress. of Oakland. Cal. the young
gripnan who was injured three weeks ago
on the First avenue cable az Queen Anne
ard Aloha streets. was removed from the
Roy street yesterday by several employees
OF the road. DIR. 'tsoc. the attending thy Si-
clan. says that Mr.. JefreSs will probably
be confined 20 his room fer two or, three
months at least. This Information Was
not very encouraging to Mr.. Jeffress. ~ he
lad expected TO be out and at work In
few weeks.
O. d. colvin. general manager OF the CO.
BILE company. called on Mr.. jeffreSs Satur-
day evening and asked him to hurry up
and get we'll. so as Ia be able to work on
the new rope. which Is 10 be put In durine
the coming week. -
Jarmes II. wardner, after whom Ward
ner, b. C., il named, is at the Hotel North
ern. He will return 10 Lake Bennett.
Alaska, In few days. The enterprise on
which he is engaged at present 10 the
transportation OF perishabie freight "a
Dawson. He has everything at the laksA
ana Ia waiting for the Ice TO break up. Ao
expects TO leave this evening on the stesm~H
er Morgan CITY.
A large party arrived over the Canadian
Pacific last evening and registered at tho
Hotel Northern. They are bound for San
Francisco and will go down on the next
boat. The party includes A. NJ. Cock. ST.,
A. NJ. Cook. jr.. and Miss r.. !. Cook. q
Boston. Mass: Willie c. Wing and Mrpk
s. H. Wing, OF Sacramento. and Mtss ldG
Is. Murray. OF Morton, MINI.
Mayor, Manley. OF Grand Forks, II. c..
is a guest at the Hotel Butler. lie hae
large interests In various mining districts
OF British Columbia, and has business III
Seattle which viii detain him for . fsW
days.
C.. w. Waldron. weii-known Fairhaven
mllman. In a guest at the Seattle while in
the city on business.
George l.. Van Gordon is registered at the
Hotel Butler from Buenos Ayres. Argen-
tina. i.
Samuel Nelly. a prominent citizen OF
Fairhaven. Is guest at tho Hotel Seattle.
w b. Dennis. of Port Townsend. v =
gues. at the Butter.
Personal.
Charles Daniels. Of the Hawaiian islands.
Is a. the Diiier.
Mrs. ID. Stores. of Mount Vernon, Is q
guest OF the Diller.
;. "; kline n ;,; e Washington. .. G, is a
George =, Gilmore and Henry raisshild.,
OF Lynn. Mass, are stopping At tho Dsiier.
The Drummer FILLED the MIN.
Atlanta Constitution.
A certain author, who is somewhat Of a
traveller, leaving hotel IN great haste to
catch train, forgot some valuable MEM
oranda. Among TIE papers be LETT on his
writing table was the following:
Mem: Must hil order for two poems
one on war and the other on progress
for the 49, magazine. Must nuish them
soon.''
a drummer. with a literary turn. sccu-
faaA ma In x.rESs. IN. Ssat