The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11
les Of Street
and Tox,m.

+ - popuisttcn and business Of 0eat-
H increase, the question Of frafYic
IL - n streets and paaDag0 Al0ng tbs
S!s 111esaIks becomes more and more
ssa z<Sn ~ certain CLASSES Of people who
rs zSS<f 'Ius1ar or later have TO curb their pro-
M s21m u suffer the consequences. Al
~ - tbey are simply An inconveniens
40 z.-sSseuee There II the man who persists
sEs Is. srr01n9 20 the ieft when he meets peo-
!. 49,. Ho lie street or sidewalk. He viii
SIS IS sssss Avn the sidewalk for two or three
5sS5s-7S mapping carefully TO the left. and
ss II Ssl1e coming IN contact with nine
ssse1e q the people he meets
W ,sss.srs are the peopis wno insist on their
~ sa5s - promenade the streets by fours OF
4 sS.eS eaFetching . line clear across the
s 716S 1x, even during the busiest hours ct
~ -. II makes no difference to them
~ - fgaAreds OF people are trying TO pass
ssSs.n s. Zach direction. or that this cynie,
- - along On his daily grind. 10 CON-
g 2sins1 Is step into the gutter to avoid their
3 ssSs.1fsnrv formation: on taey 20. In solid
~ SSfenx. regardless OF the rights OF other
:zls r - n the reckless bicycle rider Boys
8 sS. neeeehing down Cherry street. on the
"a s. G1 Au6m 6econt 10 First avenue. 1t an
81 s. S5S1Inln9 rate, and IL II only = question Of
7So u1en there will be = serious collision
ss3 - corner.
81 - 4 the careless driver. who PUSHES
49,, 1an1a through Pioneer place with ~
= ogueiry Rad.
~ sss.e are the men who crowd the plat
- a. street cars, although there II
q $3.50 ~ room inside. There are women
s. ~. snnhe life on the street miserable WITH
-. kandjed umbrellas and cumbrous
sS 80 earriaxes. There are men who bar
.Ssssao thA doors OF Office buildings and
i s11ra9 There are restaurant walters whose
Il 49, object appears to be 10 cultivate
Y r 1ne1r patrons the virtue of patience
,ess =. Al these and 10 aosne others. two
go words tina: were much In use In Chi
8 49, 6urfnx ths time when the large
j sisess1e were attending the Worlds fair
sSern appeai with special fcrce. ~ the
& & sSdse of 0eattie's commercial and civic
~ eeets more and more quickly each day.
- uorda. ~ heard on Chicago street
& - q the buildings ana on the street
81 seerers we're. step lively"
NJ y
hat III Tacoma men are not absolutely
} Mind To the relation that that town
heass % Seattle and the other cities on
- Pacific coast was proven Friday IN
anArn Hauford's court. a Taeoma man,
sSn6ns stand In a suit for damages
1920 the Northern Pacific. Henson adj
$500 thss he lived In Tacoma and sad
80 h ms an employe OF the 81. Paul
- TsconA Lumber Company.
s1wkaf n the population OF TacomaT
aGnsd one OF the attorneys In conducting
~ examination OF Henson.
SAbout i2oeo. think: not much more
ntd Henson.
Tscema lawyers interested IN the case
afaemntsd 20 attack the credibility OF mo
vsn1sa The record, however. was allow
q 70 Sand.
y ~
4 GOOD story Ii going the rounds Illus
~ rating how business partners OF long
I association are apt to fall out on q trivial
6fseaxt. Ferdinand Schmitx and Diedrfch
: 13nn0 had been In tho hotel business In
seastle many years before they bought
Aoary farm on the outskirts of tho city. In
~ valley OF ne Duwamish. II was part
!. n the old John Burns ranch. soufh OF the
dty
= Nss lang aso ar. Hanna conceived tho
~ q starting a frog raising industry.
( ~ ~ seemed 10 be promising In the
way q frising revenue. Without inform
! ing any one * his purpose. Mr.. Hamm
rat away for three dexen young frogs OF
opprsved iice.gc. and planted them In
pond on the farm, which he had dug espc-
ehily for this purpose. On two or three
inherent Sundays Mr., Hamm toarneyed 10
- fAym TO see fer himself how his colony
= yeung crackers was getting along
Ne 0cAmhx has one failing more prom
hent than his love fer dacbshunds. ana
Aas il an admiration for fine-ercd ducks
Negiecting to inform his partner OF his
paftialisy fer these. Mr.. Schuiisx one day
purchased big coop Of fine Pekin fowls
and sent them to the farm. with instruc-
liens that they be provided with a pend
Il happened shortly after. 80 the story
epeA that the two made a visit 10 the farm
le9elher Each. without disclosing his own
hshby. made fer the pond. schsni,E 10 see
! IN hia ducks were getting on and Hamm
10 inquire into his frog industry.
What followed can better be imagined
than described The ducks locked fat and
prosperous. bus the frogs wcrc mon est.
4 b said ssat the language OF the father
lana vas strained M Hamm gave vent to
Nh feelings. and his partner sndeasoT.sf 10
{ feply. Back 10 the city they drove. neither
speaking word Some 81 their friends be-
Hsved 70: A time tha, the friendship OF
ypars' standing Was about 10 be broken,
bat me matter was settled by the digging
" another pond on the farm. and the reg
saisins Industry has snca received new
Ears
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