The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-10

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they loEafea claims with q view OF fasn-
beraax AID ultimately aging OK ioxn,
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wish ~ hegxf that railroad would ia
bassIt across the Continent 20 sorns paint on
ths Northern cn2st. within The ns=1s a1seen
or twsnrT years and located On the sound
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Orezoa yoUid receive large annual acess-
ssa1a 10 its population. bat "a this ne Vas
mistaken. mainly because Of the opening
OF Kansas - settlement
PfoneeR Tinea in the State.
La sh~ aprfsg Of zS2. when they were
ready 70 nsoye upon their claim. they lad
the experience Of tbs fau over again IA
building new cabins IN which 10 AVE.
After the houses were bulk. they com
for the San Francisco market. with an
oeeasi onal cargo for the Sandwich islan9al
Vessels in the humber trade al carried a
stack oS general merchandise. and nom
them they obtained tAez- supplies. The
captains sold from their vessels while taxi
ing in cargo. and upon leaving. tarnes1 ever
the remainder 10 Xx. Denny TO sell on com
mission
business until the fan Of B54 when he
entered into co-parrnesship with Dexter
Horton and David Phillips IN a sefieral
merchandise business. Under the arm name
A.
very limited It would hardly purchase
truck load Of goods row. but for the time.
in small oae-stcry frame building. on the
corner Of Commercial and Washington
sSreetx-afserwar5 occupied By tbs bank
OF Dexter Horton 4 Co--taey nd the lead
ing business OF the town When the In
dian war came on in 1855. the hrm dis
solved and Mr.. Denny went into the
volunteer service for six months. He serv-
ed as county commissioners OF Thurston
county, Oregon, when that country COW
cred all the territory forth of Lewis coun-
ty and when Pierce. King. Island and
Jefferson counties wsxe formed by the
Oregon legislature he was appointed =
commissioner OF King c5unty- In is53 be
VAS appointed postmaster. and received
the first United States r1su In Seatt.e.
August q isssl-
Political and DusiAens success.
On the or sslniza ton OF Washing ssss. ser-
ritery he was elected to the house and
continued n-erYler OF tire house os rep
ressntaiives or OF the COUNCIL fer nine
consecutive SESSIONS.
He uas speaker OF the house the third
States land offfee at Olympia from 1851
tn IstS when he was elected territorial
delegate 10 the T7sirsy-nints congress- In
tSTS his old friends and business part
ners. David Philips and Dexter Horson
founded the Esnk of Philips Horton q
Company and At the death 81 Mr. Phil
lips March G fs-2 Mr.. Horton although
alone In business. adopted the firm name