The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-13
THE PASSING IHRONG.

NJ J. MaIoney, deputy collector OF Gus
toms at Sorthpcrs was In the city yes
terday, having come 10 the Sound. as re
said, to see John ]. Malone, otherwise
known as King John.' Of Tacoma.
take his departure for WrangeL 10
Post Intelligencer reporter Mr.. Malorey
said:
The section OF the country round
about Northport was never in better con-
di,icn and It's prospects were never
brighter. While We have nothing Ike the
Kiondske rush that is on here, and wniie
that rush has even taken away some o.
our own people. yet bear in mind that we
have a little klondike OF our own III nome
THE ore shipments are larger than ever
before We are nov shipping l1s1,vo
pounds OF lead ores year. or 5000 tons.
The average net value OF this ore Is 500
a ton. which means an output worm
10000 net. Meanwhile. the goid-oear-
ing ore shipments from Rossiand are
larger than ever before and the proper
ties In that locality are attracting more
and more capital l know Of one man,
Macintosh who has invested N,vc,Us
there within the last sixty days
I'VE are soon 10 have new railroad d.
c. Corbin, who owns the Spokane Falls &
Northern. Nelson & Fort Shepard ana
Red Mountain roads, Is a, the head OF the
new enterprise. which is to be known as
the Kettle River Valley road Some OF
the finest properties in the country Tiii
be tributary 10 it. 1t Will reach Midway,
Greenwood. Grand Forks. Carson City.
Eureka and running almost parallel with
the International boundary iiae ii VIII
open up nearly all the best properties IN
the northern port OF the Coiville reserva-
ton IL is no mere paper road or boom
talk but is absolutely sure 10 be built,
and that very soon.
'.Northport. as you know. Is bright
and thrifty little city. and as / have al
ready sad. Ii was never In better trim
than right now. The LIE Roi smelter is
running out 20 tons of ore daily II Is
one OF the finest smeiters in the land
having all the latest improved machinery
OF 1897, with a capacity OF 4u tons daily.
The view OF the future OF Washington
and the Puget sound country cities. taken
from the point OF observation occupied by
W. d. Tyler, of Walla Walla, is sanguine
in its coioring and even optimistic. Mr..
Tyler is business man of wide range Of
experience. He is president and general
manager of the Washington * Columbia
River railway and has recently secured
a lease on the Tacoma hotel. with Ve
privilege of purchasing 1t al the end of
a years time at a stipulated price.
Mr.. Tyler has just returned from a six
mess mission the cities of New York. Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Washington. II
was chiefly impressed with the wide ex
tent and character OF the advertising
which Washington and the Sound cities
have received In the East. due to the ex-
element and interest over the gold fields
of the Klondike." ne said yesterday at
the Hotel Butler. 1T is my firm belief
that the benefit that will result from this
knowledge OF the possibilities of the
Northwest will set this section Of the
country forward ten or fifteen years. The
good that will be done to Washington will
be apparent after this stampede TO the
gold fields has subsidized. in at least some
small measure. ] mean that after the
tide has spent itself Ii VIII turn In our d.
rection and some Of the thousands who
are now directing their steps u the
klondike viii make their homes In Wash
ington and viii develop the matches re-
sources of this state.
This movement towards the gold fields
of the north is not ephemeral or tempo
rary In character. Neither Is it so regard
ed among well-informed men In the East
People viii come and 20 continually be-
tween the Sound cities and Alaska and
the Northwest territory for decades 10
come One Of the great benefits to he de-
rived nv this section by the ming up
and settlement Of Alaska Will be the sup
plying for years 10 come of food and
clothing to the hundreds of thousands that
will inhabit those boreai regions. This
will serve 10 constantly stimulate the
growing commerce OF Puget sound. 1t
will end In bringing TO this section Of the
Coast the great business that has hereto
fore been transacted at San Francisco.
Ultimately. too. the vast trade OF the Pa
cinc carried on between America and
/ tho Orient viii be centered here.
i fs{falIfOrnIa gained in feuDtlafiaf1 - GO
/ In two years. when this was a nation of
I 100000 people, poor in transportation ia
+ cilities and poor in pocket. Who can pre-
, diet the growth Of Washington at this
/ day, when the greatest gold excitement
I in the country's history Is bringing hun-
] dreds Of thousands of people from the
/ East when II is remembered that this Sec
/ ton has to draw upon a nation OF over
! T0o1.oea of the wealthiest people the world
| ever saw
What / am saying 10 you Is simply a
reflection 81 the ideas and opinions en-
/ tertained by the people of the large cities
and ceHteTs OF wealth on the Atlantic
coast They know the advantages. both
~ location and natural resources on which
ashngton depends. They can look
ahead % the present FAR enough 10 see
! ard recognize the coming prestige OF Sc
attle and Tacoma They do not know OF
/ the magnificent climate with which we
& are NsNSNAt except, OF course, those who
have been oGt here. Some Of them imagine
that We hve in a region with snow up to
oar neeks mere than SIX months OF the
I year. Gradually. however. they will come
5 10 know as as We are. There is no ques-
ton but that Washington, and the Puget
sound country NOW occupy the center II
the stage In tie East
/ There is g parry o Twelve ex-emDloves
! of TIRE Great Northern railway fnc5yn4fnrr
! conductors. engineers. bridge raruenters
shop ne haascT, bjacksnfshs and in fact
! nearly all The d. pagtments q building and
/ running railroad trans. 81 present IN Sc
! attic, at the Northwest hotel. en- raute "a
/ the Copper river country The uartv is
/ headed by J. A. Scott, President Hi.rs ia
/ foTite conductor. who has aiNuvs had
j charge Of the private train OF tnt Great
! Northern ruagaa1e whenever that Glent-
/ taTy has visited the Coast. Besides Mr.
/ SCOTT. the personnel 4 IN. party consists
of H. . smith = NJ Lancaster. Fl -
+ smart. Louis Lace Cantter. John ktttar
/ joan ShA2L John nelahaye. : II S!ta0i-