The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-04-25
SQUEALING
PORKERS
And Other Items OF INTEREST
About the Earbor :

There was lively SC enc az q end
ef tho Colman pier this x oinA,
while a score 81 porkefe W.. ,t.,
ainloadea from the IVY As,'
steamer. consigned 60 the : hlhese
s,rua OF Wa Chong, here. True 20
sh@Ir nature. the hogs resisted all
nttempts 10 hurry them, and II Kept
a hal{ aozen men and eeveral In
Glars very busy getting thcra ashore.
fcyna az them We're boxed and OF
course they could OFFER no resistance,
f,tt AMPLY squaAl This they did
a. Justify. that some % abe little
steamers out in the bay, thinking
shev heard the distant whistle OF an
other boat. footed their WHISTLES IN
response. When they were NIL SAFE
~ landed on the pier. an Old granger
who had reared more hroods % pigs
than he could rsccllect, peeAsad down
mt them and remarked that IL re-
rninded him OF grounding day, al
though II was little late In the
season. The porkers were raised by
abe Indians az the Port Madison res
srvation, and sold TO the Chinese
nrni They viii all be rsshipped
north alive. TO the Alaskan Gamer
fes. for tho use Of thu Chinks work
ing there. A Chinarnan loves pork
dearly, but no avoids buying PORK
killed by a CAuca asian. He prefers
90 do the killing himself. and he will
have q golden opportunity when
this consignment arrives.
The barsentiin. Ruth from ans
francisco, arrived over here last
night from Tacoma Shs Ia at the
Schwabscher pier, where she win
load a cargo OF barrels. lumber and
salt for the Pacific Cold Storage
Co.'S canheries at Bristol bay. She
Nin sail north tomorrow night.
The steamer California % the
American II Hawaiian line cleared
from the scund this morning. bound
for Honolulu direct. She carries a
fun cargo.
TIE new fishing steamer william
Mckinley was launched last night at
Crawford d Reds shipyaras. Ia
coma.
A monster Areriean baId-hsaaed
eagle was shot and killed ON Juneau
ISLAND few days ago by a couple
of prcspecsors
The Italian ship Fortunsro Faxar,
arrived this rncrning st Port Angeles
from Nasasaki. Japan.
The steamer Manusnss goes into
Morans today for slight repairs. Tha
stsansr Couemaugh. which has
been there having her windlars Ar
"a. Is expected out today or tomor-
The steam drsdzer No. 1 win On
20 Tacoma today and bring over & o0e
cases % salmon for tbs ship Roam
oxss cargo. The big vessel will not
70 10 Tacoma as originally Intended
snt VIII complete leading her cargo
Ssms City Sails
Ths first Nome sailing Of IN. 1909
SEASON was made when the stermsr
Nome City OF the Pacific Citpper lire
set sal Tor thu north at Ills thi.
morning from the Arlington do~k
une steamer carried Isi peopIa ana
q full cargo. chiefly supplies 10 rnar
camille firms now operating IN the
Tar north The dock and its an
proaches were lined with people
friends and relatives OF the Departing
Passengers and others attracted nv
curiosity. as early as . o'clock. tbs
hour scheduled for the boats de-
parture. At least = thousand people
were thsrs and the majority OF them
fingered on iii the midnight hour.
when ths Nome sailed. Among the
passengers were Thomas J. Ne-tor
!. ID. Thasood. Thomas Urquhart'
Charles Hoxie, J. c. Kannsdy u +
sonnors, William =. Hudiey, A. n
Durham, Marksy Moses. Aaron
Jaffr, William II. Emerson, william
West and G. G. Give.
The steamer has been sh~afheA
with hon bark and will be enabled
70 plow through the ice foes with
fnpsnfry.
Tbs steamer Portland, which sails
tomorrow for Nome, is going TO
MAKE hard sadeavor 10 reach Soms
first. IL viii be q nip-and- tuck race
between the two steamers FOR the
honor OF first dropping anchor in
Nome harbor.-
Many OF the tickets on the Nome
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