The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-24

a cash for every voter
In the city. This IS
ar Indication os
| Remarkable wonderful prosper
p.~..>..~ .sy. the greatest
thar the city has en-
joved for years.
The authority for this statement Is
Capt. p. B. johnson. known in the North
west as pioneer Of waiia Waila. and
editor OF the Union. There are few better
known men in this state. Capt Johnson
Was at the Hotel Seattle yesterday. leav-
ing for home during ,hs afternoon
We are very prosperous, said he
There In q yaH amount of money N the
city and among the farmers Of the coun-
try. Mortgages no longer harass them,
and the town reflects the splendid conti-
ton Of the country. ] believe that sbout
held either by farmers or warehoussmen-
They DO not have to sell IL, SO they can
AFFORD 10 wait fer an advance OF price,
There viii be just about as much wheat
the TACT that about - par cent. of the
fall wheat was destroyed by frost The
damage has been repaired by reseetiing
this spring, 80 that half of our crop vii
De spring and half Of Ii fall wheat. walia
W AHA Is fall wheat country. Just about
the same area has been planted "a was
covered by the former crop so that the
production will be- about the same.
One OF our farmers was so prosperous
that he was robbed OF s5,eae by confidence
men some days ago. Thar ought u be a
pretty COED showing for the country Mrs
oNel, formerly Miss Eleanor Frlax re-
Gently sold an interest In Eouer d Aiene
mine for ss.se0oe in cash But there are
many other indications OF our property
You can't fnd a residence or store
sor rent and there are now TOD or more
Residences la varying stages of conssfue-
ton. Bids have Keen invited for the con-
struction Of the dormitory of the Whit
man college. 10 cost si0uosa. II will be a
magnificent brick building Mayor Jacob
Be'z is building $2s.eo3 addition to the
star brewery and the ruins OF the old
Stone house viii be removed TO make
place for two-story brick block
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
Sharpstein school house, TO cost s300oo II
viii be a three-s;ory brick building with
the latest improvements A Congresa tienal
church. to cost slo.o0n. will be erected this
summer.
As the penitentiarv has quit making
PRICK We have been short OF IL and build
from Weston Or. twenty miles away.
w. c. Tormy. OF 81. Paul confidential
man OF President James j. Hin. of the
Great Northern. and his wife are here on
their bridal tour. They came West in Mr..
HIS private car, aud Will go south to
make tour through California Mrs
Iormy was formerly Miss Forester. of
New York, and she is very wen known in
society of that city. Saturday afternoon
MT and Mrs. Tcrmy, who have been al
the Hotel Butler during their stay here.
were the guests OF Mrs. Stuart Robson at
the Robson matinee az the Seattle the
alter.
Mrs. George w. De Succa. wife OF the
Is here 10 arrange for the purchase OF a
linotype machine for use on the pauer The
business of the paper is growing so rapidly
that machine cannot only be AFFORDED
but II has become necessity.
Mrs. De Succa is a firm believer In the
future OF Skagway. and says the p,aut OF
the Daily Alaskan will ne constantly i'm
proved 10 keep pace with the city's growth.
s. S. Bailey. proprietor OF the Hotel
Northern, has returned from Spokane,
where he has been several days on bust
ness. He viii go 10 Alaska about the first
OF the month
and jefferson counties Is n: the Hotel Sc
attic from Port Townsend.
John S. McMilin, president of the Roche
Harbor and Tacoma Lime Company. Is at
the Hotel Seattle.
.. c. 0ReiIly. vice president OF the Co
iumhia Southern railroad IL AZ the Hotel
Rainier-Grand.
Seneca e. Ketchxm. editor OF the Skagit
County Times. at Sedro-W ooiley, is at the
Hotel Seattle.
Ex-State Senator G.. w Jorry and wife
of New Whatcom, are AZ the Hotel Seattle
Or. u r. Riggs. state senator OF What
com county. is at the Hotel Butler.
r. Fl. Milford and Joseph Irving. OF Ev-
erett. are al the Rainer-Grand hotel.
William Walker and Wife OF Port Gam
BILE are a. the BANNER Grand.
G. n Fratt. banker. OF Everett, is at
the RalDier-tirana.
d. c. Lewis. OF Portland. is al The Raj
rler-Grand hotel.