The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-22
Seattle People
In Men, York.
neutrality-suspicious.
Special Correspondence

Special sY0EdSFce-
NEW YORK april gz-~There was an n
Gssratson meeting up as the F5fth Avenue
hotel re ether asterx1oca. Former TEST
denis nf The Evergreen state w@sE ire e1iy
participants. sFsi g was all about tsse Sc
lection o. Oregon pine Ter tie sssck ara
spars u the new cap defender mai + 70
re aEa.nlsx SIS Thomas Lptonz SaanrceA-
Thus spase the man ~ao caused TIE tFa0-
bic: Tn not yery sporty. bat III bet
ali I've GET tsaE There won't De q splinter
ut Oregon psgge Ia The new cup defender.
sn5 thai AeF -zsst and beam VIII - %
Douglas spruce. an rot provincial nor
q crank on state pride. hat ! DO believe
that .alngs should BE- Tiled by their proper
names. do Tot know VITO Is responsible,
hag * AL caule ABOUT. bur every paece
OK timber that grows On the Pacific eoas1
that Is not redwood or oak = Oregon
ytre. As a mater Of fact there is very
little pine in either Oregon Washing-
ton IN comparison with the amount % ar
and spruce.
Yes chinaed in an Olympia man, land
the best Douglas spruce for Enasts comes
from Mason county, rlgai there Dear my
Old home, and I'm tired % hearing Il
called out of IT'S name Old Washington
has the finest forests Of timber IN the
United States, and IL is tough 70 have
al The credit 60 10 another state OF
course, the Washington lumhernen get
pay FOR their lumber. but there Is a ire
srlendo9s loss re advertising
\ Californian who had heard the pro-
tests against ths general practice of cali
Oregon pine" cat in, but nothing that he
said VAS cousoling. You might as well
give up. boys, sl1e name will outlhst you
I'm from san jose. Cal. more famous for
It's alleged fruit scale than for al OF It's
virtues aud vices rolled up IN a haneh.
We have cussed and fought and protested.
bat the old name y more used IMAM ever.
People drnn In 10 Sau Jose from the other
end OF the world and innocaniY ask how
they may Avoid gettinF tie safe, Guess
they think thai II is skin disease or
scmetans Ike the humps"
THE West is 40 longer Wild or woolly.
bat Ruffaio BIN s;ai gees on. He and
his cowboys ard reservation Indians are
AT Madison square garden again. giving
= hair-raising show that makes the New
Yorker thank his stars that he lives in the
civilized East and not our on the frontier
among the Indians % Seattle or Portland.
Mr.. Cody st!0 portrays the West that
teemed with miners, visiiantes, scouts.
gamblers dead shots and nd Indians; the
West that was traverseI by stage coaches
that were eften held up: the West Of boots.
rad flannel shirts, and chewing tobacco.
the West that ceased 70 exist "a generation
ago Tee New Yorker Still looks with awe
upon the Indians. who anpear with their
faces coated 3ilh freproof paint and wear
blankets ~ the Uncle Sam brand. There
IS little room fer any such feeling. how
ever for the reiiskln braves are ali quite
tame and ready AZ any time 10 mingle
with the pale-face and drink his whisky.
Cody has added a great feature 20 the
Will West business in reproduction
OF the fight al San Juan hill during the
late unpifaSantness near Santiago. There
are hundreds % real soldiers, real gsting
guns aud plenty Of powder and for realism
the affair equals anything ever seen hero.
The Western and Northwestern troops
who are at Manila won universal praise
hv their gallant services They have
fought side nv side with the regulars. and
IL posshi exeeiied the latter In bravery
and dash The Washington regiment has
been represented In all Of the big move
ments against Aguinaido's man. and has
been conspicuous for is galiantry Speak
at Manila. Cant French of the regular
army said today. The Western voiun-
teers have surprised the world with their
faghting They have gone IL with vim
and dash and remained steady under he
heavies. firing. They have been AT dis
advantage. 100 in thas climatic conditions
were not favorable; they fought through
3ungies and marshes ard across rivers. ard
in many Instances were not we'll armed
as the enemy. ! am nor surprised per-
aonaiiy for | know the Western type. |
have no hesitancy in saying that they have
done quite as well the regulars, bat
then they have practically reached regular
army standards and have been thoroughly
seasoned"
''Zaza," with Mrs. Leslie Carter the
handmade actress, IL stii the big thing