The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-29

Paciac Northwest nov attract
ing favorable and Widespread
@A attention IL the Republic camp.
located IN Stevens county.
washington, just eoutn OF ne insern2iioh-
nj boundary lire. In addition TO the ke-
public. Jim Blaine, Lone Pine. ana osher
vel known properties. others are being
yaufd,y opened and development work Is
being vigorously pushed. Ali reports CON-
cur IN giving favorable sbowinx Tor the
camp and predicting q bright future tor
Al The population already amounts 20
$50 10 900 and new people are going IN
eveYy day.
Two facts that make the camp OF
spccial interest TO Seattle are thai ceattte
people are largely interested al Rspn1lie.
Ard that the trade OF the camp IL chiefly
tributary to this city. Most OF the goods
In the stores there are from seHftA
houses, and IL IL the genera opsntcn that
Seattle can easiis bod tho trade, pro-
vided an intelligent effort IN that oEee-
ton Is made
one great difficulty az Republic Is It's
comparative inaesessiblIsty. Al present II
II reached by n stage road from kass-
burg. The latter town il on the Spokane
Fails & Northern road. After ferfyfng
the Columbia at that point the Traveller
hiss = rough stage ride OF eighty isiisss-
A movement Is on foot, however. TO secure
q shorter and better road from the south
4 THRIVING CAMP.
J.. r. MeSangilf. who has recently re-
turned frossl a visit TO the Republic MIN
ting camp. said last night:
Il was In tho camp during the hosidays.
Al that time the population was about
400 TO afsG and this camp Was receisinx
about twelve new aecesssons each day.
Al present the main appro@eh 70 the camp
II from Bosshgrs On the Columbia sises
and the Spokane Falls and Northern rail-
way by a stage road, which runs by q
rather circustcus route. The distance
from Bosshurg To the camp over this road
r. about eighty miles. 1t Is raslgh ride.
aud by no means good winter road
There Il some talk Of improving tha rad.
though II now seems probable that a road
the SOUTH where more direct tine could
be- buiss4 Some money has been spent tn
constructing road from MYERS falls.
also on the 8 +. & y. road. but not with
satisfactory result. While / vas there
enc team was sent through over that
ROAD hut the sleigh waa upset. several
times and the people came back by the
other route Both these roads. however.
are good In sumner.
1.-THE railroads are preparing 10 build
in toward the Rspahlsc district. Tire
Canadian faciac Is Row doing a lot Of
grading ant by early summer wfa Prob
ably be within thirty miles OF the Repub-
Nc lamp, .a.e~,,. :. 49, ,.,~.
FPfs ue&fabie. IA GGt a sGaake Instance
has depth been obtained without showing
pay values. IL the tunnels now going into
the Butte A Boston and the Princess
Mande reach paying values taa future Of
the camp ~ assured. The Princess Mauds
pecpi. expect Ia make their strike in
about ten days. and the Butte 4 Boston
very soon. probably within two or three
weeks Every property ia she 1sstrie,
showing strong ledge Is valuable. no
matter how small the susf face Indications
may hcS Many properties are held very
high merely orr account of their close
proximity 60 Developed grofapcrtl.~ asasf
because they are on the lire Of strikes
even though not q sign ot qaarts cropping
can be found.
the mineral leads are true as = CON-
pass ~ trfe In fact that IN snany ia.
stances tsEles have sunk srusn twenty Ia
forty feet Through the wash at noInss
de*aNuafed by their engineers STRIKING the
iefge saunrely. shtsNh there was ,4st !.
crcpAng within s.ae fees, one man or
Tered 10 seli IRE a property on whseh Their,
wan ABSOLUTELY no Sign whatever ARA
guaranteed 10 strike the se9ra .nr ssA
The camp Is aoosit three Nv tvsi..s
rstie- in area. II has thsea distinct s,avsl
lca leads. and mary creas i~aets srm.
sfsie strike OF tire mAtr leads ~ slsghtfv
east OF north ard west ~ south. and a. /.
Gsr ~ invariably eastward
IN my etstftfnn thu qsrte wl3 sc e. -.