The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-07
PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP
THE PASSING THRONG.

- Ohm MINISTER. a shinsie and
saxmin operator and logger 90
Clear Lake Is registered a. the
t0A Ho.es Northern. To repcrtoP
yesterday Mr.. MeM4Ster sas4:
We have jast ORGANIZED the McMa<ser
Waite Lumber Company al Clear Lake
with a capital stock Of ssa.sA and a, this
early date we furnish employment 10 iao
men The number Of employees will De In
creased from tine 10 time. and in sha,
way the population OF Gear Lake. which
Is now DO. viii aiso be increased The
chill Is gradually bringing new people to
town and the community gives every inti-
cation OF becoming more prosperous than
ever. We have Just completed the con-
struction Of logging railroad. shree miles
in length, and other improvements are
contemplated. Clear Lake Is less than a
half mile wide and / believe 1t - ors of
the most beAaIifA sheets OF water N the
state.
Mr.. McMaster Is president of the McMas-
ter q Waite Lumber Company.
Among the guests of the Rainier-Grand
hotel yesterday was Z. W. Srearns. one
Berea stone qaarries in Northern Ohio.
Mr.. Stearns has been a resident OF Cleye-
lard. o., for the past forty years and oc-
eupied conspicuous place in financial
circles there.
To a Post-Inteliigencer reporter yester-
day Mr.. Stearns said:
4 came TO Seattle from the southern
part OF California, where / have been with
M wife. the past month. Since leaving
4 - nd 1 vie
the West. but not a single one of them
impressed me as well as Seattle NV visit
10 Seattle is made on business and
pleasure combined, as Mrs. Stearns OWNS
considerable real estate here. This visit.
though, is the first ever made TO Seattle.
although / always had a desire to come
here. People in the Eastern states read
ana hear much news about this city and
| venture to say that Seattle is one OF the
most widely advertised cities In the West
| have no doubt that there will be an
other big rush in this direction just as
soon as the first treasure ship comes from
81. Michael, as the people throughout the
entire East are only waiting until the
stories about the klondike and its riches
are confirmed.
There seems TO be an air OF activity
about Seattle and all OF It's people. and for
that reason / believe ii is solid city and
is destined to become one OF the largest
cities west OF the mississippi river The
state of Washington. judging from the OBJ
serva;ions | have made during my visit to
the Pacific coast, is bound to be greatly
benefited by the failure OF the crops In
Southern California. The ground in Cali
fornia has been plowed, seed has been
sown but just soun as the grain comes
above the surface it is dried through and
through.
'As l say. the failure of the California
crops will benefit this state immeasur-
ably. Then, again, the live stock in Cali
fornia is suffering, aud while l was there
1000 horses in single section of the state
were led out and shot, their carcasses be-
ing fed to the hogs.
Everything points to a prosperous flu
ture for Seattle and the entire state, and
IL L was a young man, | would locate
here. as the opportunities Nr advance
ment cannot be excelied anywhere"
Mr.. Stearns and his wife will remain in
the city several days.