The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-01-24
LETTER FROM s.CHAD."

- LETTER FROM .CHAD."
We left Minneapolis Tuesday, Jan.
8, fifteen of US in the Pullman. We
enjoyed our company very much and
mothers quaint remarks about the
scenery on the road were especially
amusing. The trip was .uneventful.
There. was great waste of energy
when the country was created between
the Missouri river and the Pacific
coast I wouldn't give ten cents for
the whole of it.
| saw them hauling logs west OF Spo-
kane. on eight inches of snow, just as
we did on Rum river. Everything is
covered with snow from Minneapolis
to Seattle. but it was raining hard
when we got there at midnight Thurs
day night. Will met US at the depot
with coach and saved us a lot of
trouble, for Seattle is bad place to
find>anything in. There is no system
about anything in the lower part of
the city. The depot is long cattle
shed with no signs. up. They are
ashamed of it went by it twice the
next day while hunting for it and
finally got policeman to show it to
me. -. + -.
The fog was like the Grand Banks
rained every odd minute by my watch
and I wore out Wills umbrella open
ing and shutting it the first day, so /
quit the mbrella and trusted tony
rain coat. My feet are wet all the
time. 81 - 5;3.
f. Sunday We went out to visit the
fSpurrs and .Blakneys, four families,
and were very agreeably received.
They are nicely located and doing
we'll. The lake where they live is like
wooden bowl. All around on the up
ward slope fine residences are built.
It must be elegant in SUMMERTIME
lawns are all green now, but it's muddy
at present-mud everywhere.
Monday took steamer to Everett
and Mrs. Spur came in and took
mother out with her. Mrs. Spur, nee
Blakney, is hustler and a business
woman and she will make it pleasant
for mother.
At Everett I went to the Clark
Nickerson mill. saw Ernie and other
acquaintance and finally our Dave
Clough took me in tow and trotted me
through the mill and lumber until I
was used up. Dave. knows nothing
about Minnesota politics it square
off-and he is right. They were load
ing 500,0 feet of lumber on brig for
| Mexico at their wharf. They have
a fine mill and the lumber-well it
beats the world-clear as a looking
glass. They make three grades of the
logs and pay 81, Sc and So per M for
them. The lowest grade is better than
our tops. We are using clear stuff for
frewood and it beats any wood I ever
| burned. It's pity to see such waste
of timber. -
| I had read that Jim Hill was inter-
ested in this mill but Dave says he isn't
except in the freight. He says his
brother-in-law, Robbins, of st. Paul,
owns 40, Clark Is, Ernie Is and Wal
lace 10 per. cent. of the stock:
Dave says Bat Healy is doing good
paying business, putting in 100000
to 10000, 900 year with two concerns,
numbering the year round. He says
Bat is a good, sharp close-mouthed
business man. They were saving
some of Bats logs when I was in the
mill and had one on the carriage so
feet long and five feet through, straight
| and smooth as CANDLE - p -.
| Everett is quite a hustling town but
depends mostly on milling for it's
support. It is liable to be like Anoka
some time in the future. Coming back
I took the coastline railroad to Mount
vernon. This road follows the shore
Ton the edge of the tidewater most of
1.-The way and they have landslides quite
often. I saw one where the track was
buried seven or eight feet for about
two rods. saw farms where railroad
cut off corners. They were small
clearings and half under water. Cows
were out feeding on green grass, but
there was too much water to suit me.
/ When I reached Mount Vernon I