The Seattle Republican., 1900-04-06


United States, Seattle and Puget
Sound.
The university people feel
highly elated over this valuable
gift and no one more SO than the
librarian, W. H. G. Coffman, whose
ambition it is to secure as many
as possible Of works of this kind.
The Thurston county Republi-
can convention, which met in
Olympia in the Unitarian church,
according to the Washington
Standard. "was a circus in a
church" The Standard is uncom-
promisingly Democratic and that
may have had something to do
with prompting it to make such an
elaborate statement, and yet, a
circus in a church is not half SO
bad as a circus in three ringed
tent.
Senator George Turner threat
ems to carry the state Of Washing
ton for Bryan by 10000 majority.
He may be able to do that thing,
but most persons thought that the
Senator was no longer connected
with the LIE Roi mine, and he was
never known to carry anything
until he came in possession of that
vote producer.
The great Ben E. Snipes con-
cern, which went to the wall some
years ago, is about to close it's last
chapter. The receiver thereof has
about $4,000 on hand to be divided
among the hundreds of hungry
creditors and that done nothing
more will remain. About the
only persons that have reaped
anything out of the concern since
it went to the wall were it's various
receivers.
The South Bend Journal is re-
penting that it printed "the big
tree story" some time ago. It
read just like prevarication when
1t first came out, but since news
paper men never tell such things.
it was passed around the circle
and it's authenticity vouched for.
Repentance for wrong committed
is better late than never.
Washington state at present has
LOG creameries and 81 cheese
factories. fit had five times that
many more of each, it could use all
Of their products. The state is
compelled to send outside for too
much of the necessities that it's
citizens do consume. There are
numerous Klondikes to be found
in this state and not in gold mines
at that, if one would only turn his
energies thereto.
1t is thought that the prospects
fol fine fruit crop in this state
were never more promising than at
present. 1t was feared for while
that the cold weather would seri-
ously hurt the budding trees, but
that danger has quite passed now
and big fruit crop is expected.
"Old time activity is beginning
to come to this camp, and inside
OF thirty days things will be boom
ing, writes the Index Miner. The
reason for this declaration is that
strangers are arriving there daily
and looking out for business loca-
tions and that the mines which
have been running slowly all
winter are now getting ready to
greatly increase the size Of their
crews.
Quite a number Of immigrants
are daily landing at Wenatchee,
writes the Chelan Leader, and they
are said to be settling in Chelan,
Douglas and Okanogan counties.
A little over a million feet of
lumber, was last week shipped
from Grays Harbor to San Fran
cisco. This was the largest cargo
ever sent out from Grays Harbor.
There is to be a summer school
OF science at the State Agricul-
tural college at Pullman this year.
1t will begin June Goth and con
tlDue six weeks. Young scientists,
teachers, and specialists along the
line of chemistry and geology will
receive valuable instr u C tions.
Eighteen dollars pays for the terms
board and rent.
The business outlook was never
better for Grays Harbor than now.
Every mill is crowded with orders
and most Of them are running
overtime. Both the mills at
Hoquiam are running IL and IL
hours day, with more orders
than they can fill, and the big mill
at Cosmopolis, is reported to be