The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-03

nERS. JOHN G. BRADY wife of tho
Ml governor OF Alaska. returned yes
u1 terday from the East. where she
has been for her health since
last March, and will leave on the
Cottage City this morning for her home
a, Sitka She is much improved as the
result of her pilgrimage. and goes back 10
her home with renewed spirits Mrs. Brady
is a staunch friend OF Alaska, where she has
lived for the last thirteen years. Sitka IS
not TO her the barren. inhospitahle place
supposed by many. but Is a charming city.
with many advantages not to be found
elsewhere.
The chief of these, Mrs. Brady said TO
a Observation-Disclosures reporter last evening
at the Butler hotel: is the hoIneneSS. tne
white inhabitants. Thrown together in
one great family, without any OF the
theater. opera or lecture advantages OF
cities of the states, and, therefore, COM
PEELED of necessity 20 rely entirely upon
our own resources for pastime." she con-
tinued. we are drawn in closer touch l,nd
have cultivated home intercourse that
is rarely found in the East the South or
on Puget sound. What do do for
amusement? Oh. lots OF things. We have
amateur theatricaiS and dances and char
AIDES. prize parties and socials of all kinds.
and many other things / can't think Of.
Then We have Entertainments for charit-
able objects Sometimes one OF the Rus
sian residents will be sick and not able to
earn living. when We hold an entertain
ment or take UP subscription 10 BUY MIN
PROVISIONS 10 last SEttIal ifiptltnS. EVERY
Christmas We have great tree at the
court room for all the children, OF what
ever nationality. in Sitka. The natives
gather in the afternoon and get their re-
membrance. and the white children IN the
evening. Sometimes little entertainments
are given at the tree.
"Our dances are always jolly affairs. We
have the waltz and two-step and square
dances. not emitting the ianciers. and gen.
orally close with the Virginia reel. When
enjoying the square dances NE frequently
iF,r fha mn n
charming feature that. | never saw IN the
East. There is more regard paid to dress
than have found in many Eastern cities
OF three or four times the size OF Sitka.
Our dances are quite gay affairs. We have
the officers of the gunboat which Is al
ways stationed there. who add much to
our social enjoyment.
Mr.. Brady and l are enthusiastic about
Alaska. and believe il Is going to be the
greatest country on earth Mr.. Brady
thinks the day viii come when there will
be great harVcsts of agricultural products
there. 1t is surprising the things that viii
grow there. We have about the same eli
home again. although / have enjoyed my
trip very much.
r. d. Mayhem. OF kewanee, III yester-
day arrived in Seattle on one Of his an
nual trips to look after his interests here
and on the Yukon. He was seen ut the
Butler hotel last nigh. and told about
conditions in The Corn state, particularly
miles from Chicago and seventy niles rom
Pana. where the present trouble with strik-
ers Is going on. Mr. Mayhsw considers
Henry county the best county N The best
state In the nation. and says the sorn crop
there this year is rather better than the
average. But oats are little better han a
half crop. good yield of cats n that
locality is seventy bushels TO TIE acre.
J. o Booth. proprietor of the Hotel Ioae-
phine and Western hotel a. Grant, Pass,
Or. is guest at the Hotel Seattle. He
sad TO a Post-Intellige1cer reporte' last
night that Josephine c1uuty, cf which
Grants Pass is the county Sc at, IS in the
midst of a substantial mining bsbn 1t
has been only IN the last few years tfst
people have awakened to the rrea posi-
blities IN gold quartz mining there" he
continued. There are good niacers, which
have been worked the Inst icrty years, but
quartz is the coming business. end will
make cur locality known all over TIE
world. Moneyed men IRE coming II. every
day seeking investments IN some III the
rich beds that are found in Southyests m
Oregon One instance ! remember: An old
man named Miller about a year Ego vas
rumvnaging around and rar Tn 20 r!ch
quartz ledge. He knocked off IL few
chunks which he pounded Up to get the
gold out, and then announced that he would
sell his claim for $59.ta1 cash. hlf would
not let a shoyeiful 81 DIRT he sturh. 4
until the deal was concluded lie refused
all offers OF options lie finally sold his