The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-15
PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP
THE PASSING THRONG.


% the Lynn canal towns has anything 70
Deass o. in the way Of business. Since the
- Machae8 trade has opened everything
has gone that way. bat Il vii only b.
snort time when business vii have rA
F.Fai. The railroad i being pushed rap,a
~ 10 TIE summit. and when tf.at COM
pleted II viii De great thing Before I
"a me down took trip over 10 the fsk~s
ana met few Of the Seattle boys The
camps along the lakes are fast breaking
up, ard the k4ondikers are pushing down
the streams for their Mecca, Dawson. II
- surprising the number OF people wno
have passed through Skagway and Dyea
one mas no idea Of the numbers who have
gone 10 the gold fields. Al one time sav-
srai months ago there was line Of people
stretching over the trails for ten miles In
length. and the sight brought 90 mind the
subject Of great snake winding slowly
along path. Skagway has been ana win
De one OF the great towns OF Alaska
Hector Mccailun. Of Aibyn. is registered
al the DiIler hotel. He has been in the
snoquaImie valley for ten years, and has a
ranch Of 100 acres. twenty Of which are
under cultivation. This summer his broth
ers have been working the ranch and he
mas been employed on the Great Northern
tunnel at Wellington. Yesterday he said:
Il had my thumb smashed three weeks
work tomorrow. When I left. the tunnel
was In about SD feet at both ends Work
Is being pushed as fast as three shifts can
do IL. and about Ito men are employed
Wages range from 40 10 1915 day. and
the board Is 81 a week. Some trouble has
been experienced In getting men. and IL all
rests with the wages. For instance the
men vino get 30 a day have very little
after they have paid the board and have
arranged for the little necessities Of life"
c. f Murray, formerly OF the fire de-
partment and TOW one OF the regular
drivers Of the police patrol is taking his
vacation. Yesterday he hunted up all his.
old clothes. a pair Of hip rubber boots and
a few cooking utensils and a fish pole.
Then he visited the stores where fishing
ers. hooks and "a rope. II am going up To
Lake Sammamisf," said Murray. "and
take q godl rest. There Is good fishing
there and / guess with this lire nt
would hold whale II viii be abie 10
land any thing that comes my way. The
man who misses q trip out into the coun-
fry where he can shake OF city life for a
week or so misses half his life
REGISTERED AT the fremont Is NJ II. Vn-
son. a retired rancher. residing at Blaine
He is one OF the sons OF toll who has
made a snug little sum derived from the
cultivatiug Of some of Washingtons ricn
ground Al present he has large ranch
near Blaine. but has long since ceased to
work II himself. He says that business
Is exceedingly bright at Blaine. Crops ars
in the best condition. and the salmon in
dustry Is rushing From a practical point
OF view ne estimates the business improve
ment "oue-thlrd per cent. better than last
year" and this talliss exactly with state
.rfxs ~ Af rpan OF hat
county.
Rev. and Mrs. William Brown, Of North
Bend, ware visitors In the city yesterday.
and registered AT the DlIer. Mr. Brown
Ia pastor of the Methodist church at North
BEND. For some time there has been Il
debt on the church and in spite OF all
efforts To raise the debt. there has always
been a shortage. Wednesday an excursion
was made to Snoqualmie Falls. on the
Seattle & International. and about 300 peo-
pie took advantage of II. The proceeds
were turned over 10 Mr.. Brown. and the
debt has been paid. to the supreme salts
faction Of the pastor and his little noCk.
Michael Fitzpatrick. OF Nanaimo. was
the champion professional short distance
runner Of British Columbia for many years
He Is a strappIng big fellow and will weigh
nowadays about 80. It IL said that In
his palmy days ne tipped the scales near
2S and yet he could come pretty near
FEELING on a hundred yards In ten sec
onds. Fitzpatrick has Just returned from
trip East and stopped of in Seattle %
renew old acquaintance. It Is probable
that he will make a match between ~ u
Frue. who won the loe-yart. dash (pvofes-
sional here Fourth OF July and a fast
British Columbia man.
G II. Yale. claim agent of the Great
Northern, IA I'm Seattle spending his vaca-
tfon. THE West appears 10 he wonder
fully prosperous" he said last night as
the Rainier Grand The crops in Min
n-sota, North Dakota and Washington are
about maturcG and nothing short OF the
miraculous can spoil them, Seattle seems
20 he lively and progressive" Mr. Vale
ia accompanied bv his wife and J. Frank
Gordon. his assistant.
Mrs. r. w Holmes 81 Detroit. Mich
arrived In Seattle yesterday afternoon "a
visit her sister. Mrs Frank T. Bryant
Mrs. Holmes has been staying for short
,ine with hsr relatives who Nva AT San
Juan. MIR ard Mrs. Holmes lived in Scat
tie for several years commencing n short
time before the Are. Mr. Holmes was in
the cigar business He also handed real
estate A. presep; he Is in the telephone
business al Detroit.
Mrs. l.. poaey. wife ~ the clerk cf
Justice Aus.infs court Will nc absent from,
The city for about two months. during
which she viii visit relatives and friends
in Oregon aud California. Al preseat she
is 81 Portland visiting Rev. ana Mrs
William Powell When Mr.. Doney MAS a
boy 10 went 20 school 20 Mr. Powell ard
the friendship that sprung up has never
Sled cat Mrs Daney viii also visit IN
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