The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-12
PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP
THE PASSING THRONG.

the salmon run said. over on the fsa-
ing grounds neaF L1.Ernl Island good r55i
Of FISH was on when I left ard the traps
were catching them In an excellent maj
her. The ea1neries are running II.
force. with favorable conditions of IN.
weather the different Gamers are hopefu
Of a weeks run and Of getting sonewhere
hear the pack Of former years. The price
OF salmon has varied this year. ranging as
high as Is cents each and down 10 10 cents.
Last year they were giut At cents"
Joseph e. Bell was down from F-vere;
las, night and was registered a. the Hote
Northern. Mr.. Bells wife is in Providence
hospital being treated for rheumatism.
We are getting along spiendidiy in Ev-
erett," he said TO a Post-Inteiligencer re-
porter. The factories are running brisk
iy and pay rolls are way up. That makes
business good. of course and then they ali
pay OF promptly. which keeps a steady and
assured amount Of cash in circulation
Mr.. Bell returns 10 Everett this morning.
Among the passengers who returned
Tuesday from Alaska on the steamer Far
aIIon was f.. n. Van Slick. deputy COL
lector of customs at Mary island. lie re-
ports that place 10 be in a hourishing con-
dtion. and that a large number OF men
are doing development work on some
quartz claims which indicate well. Many
claims al Mary island have been bonded
by Eastern capitalists, who contemplate
placing q sawuaLl on the property next
season.
E T. Lawson. connected with the mines
at Black Diamond was at the Stevens last
night
TEX" Johnson, ex-driver OF the police
patrol wagon, returned yesterday from
Skagway on the steamship City Of Topeka.
He has been working there as wharfinger
for the Pacific Coast Company, and says
he has made more money there IN the last
eight months shan he had made before in
three years
A. c. Jones. president OF the Vashon coll
lege, registered al the Dilier yesterday,
and in conversation with a Post-Ineelli-
gencer reporter said: The outlook for
good college year is an assured thing. The
college is rapidly pushing itself 20 the
front. he wing an efficient corps of instruct
ors and courses TO satisfy all who desire
TO take up the higher studies. The ranch
ers on Vashon island are prospecting ana
the harvests have been bountiful"
A letter has just been received from
Alaska stating that Capt. Jack Crawford,
the pOe- scout. Hdl arrived the mouth
OF the Hootalinqua river. and was max
ing arrangements TO send the members OF
his large expedition to various parts OF
the country on prospecting tour. Capt.
Crawford upon his return to the United
States. will write book of poems touch
ing on Alaska and the people there.
Mrs James Gray. OF woolley. Wash. is
4 guest of the Dilier. Mrs. Gray came
here from Nova Scotia three months ago
and is greatly pleased with the West in
general and Seattle in particular. Mrs.
Gray is a near relative Of the lieutenant
governor of Nova Scotia. and is we'll &C
quainted in military AMI naval circles in
Halifax, her native city.
w. H. Hubert. logger operating a
camp near Granite Falls was in the city
yesterday and registered a the Diller. He
has large camp. and said: "A great
many logs are being put in the river. A
very good year for timber Is one of the
promising things. We have had no
trouble or account of forest fires. and are
very thankful for their absence"
J. W. Cruthers and wife. of Portland.
are registered at the Hotel Seattle Mr.
Cruthers is well known stock broker.
and has many friends In Seattle. He
speaks in glowing terms of the condition
city destined 10 enjoy a prolonged season
of prosperity.
r. u. Todd. r. NJ. Todd and Raymond
Robin, three Klondikers who came down
from Dawson a week ago and visited
their homes in Oakland. arrived in the
city yesterday and registered at the Raj
nier-Grand. All three of the men brought
some dust with them when they came out.
They will go north again in a few days.
Joseph Barrett. the Snohomish man who
made fortune in the klond.ke is maxi
ing arrangements TO go to Chicago, where
he expects TO dispose OF a part of his
mining property. After his return from
Chicago he will lose no time in getting
back TO Alaska to look after his interests.
p p Padden. chief deputy in the county
treasurer's Office, left Wednesday night for
Slate creek where ne Will spend ten
days vacation in looking after mining In
terests He Is interested in the Mountain
Goat mine, said 20 be a property OF con-
siderable value.
Henry Boyle. a capitalist OF San Rafael
Cal. was AZ the Rainier-Grand yesterday.
Mr.. Boyle Is on a pleasure trip and having
heard OF the great improvements made in
Seattle during the last year. spen, several
days iOohlHs AROUND the city.
W. W. SHETLAND, OF Butte. Mont, ar
rived yesterday and registered at the Raj
ilier-Grand. He left last night on the city
Of Seattle for the north, where he Is 60
ing TO inspect some property in Southeast
ern Alaska for a company which he repre-
sents.
Mrs z Rhoades and Mrs. ]. Schmid. OF
New York were registered at the Rainier
Grand yesterday. Mrs Rhoades Is a rela-
tive OF the Nanderbii,s They left last
night for points in British Columbia.
James A. lett OF Oak harbor. was reg
is;ered at the Diller last night, He oper-
atea large creamery on WILDLY island
and reports the times as very brisk on the
island
Capt J W. Troupe Of Vancouver. +. c.