The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-06-09
PERSONS TALKED ABOUT

BARNEY w. MURRAY returned a few days ago
from six month travel through the South American
countries and makes no hesitancy in saying Seattle
is good enough for me, although I saw some pretty
nice places down there left Seattle with view of
investing little money down there, if found any
thing to suit me, but did not put dollar in and you
may draw your own conclusions was for six weeks
either on or camped the Ripinger farm IN Hon.
duras, but was not pleased with the outlook and
therefore pulled up stakes without taking In any OF the
golden opportunities whereabouts. The climatic con-
dtons were by no means inviting to me although |
found quite few Americans down there and dong
some business was much better pleased with Pan
ANA both from soil and climatic view point and
would much prefer to live in the canal zone than
to live in Louisiana. The canal that is being built
there by the government is the most imposing thing
that ever looked upon in fact it is simply marvellous
I saw walls being built sixty foot thick and the
machinery used in the construction of the walls and
the excavating of the canal never STOP Every eight
hours shift goes on and so far as the men en-
poyed on the work concerned it is with them one
long day. There are some splendid opportunities for
enterprisng Americans in the canal zone and l would
not be surprised to see big rush there in the very
near future Mexico offers the most inviting field for
energetic Americans and, as soon as things settle
down there will be wild rush thither by American
capitalists. At present the mining enterprise headed
by Moritz Thomson of Seattle gives evidence of being
the biggest thing owned by any American citizen in
Mexico If that company proceed with it's work 1t
will soon be one of the biggest money making things
in Mexico not too sure but that will return to
Mexico some time in the future"
ROBERT EVANS after reading the Seattle Republi-
last Saturday said in reply to the criticism OF him
therein while the article in the main was true never
the less the criticism under the circumstances was IN
lust It was not my case as the commissioners had
maid Harold Preston to prepare it for the supreme
court, which he did, and it was agreed between the
attorneys that the be submitted on the briefs,
and however unprepared may have been | had moth
ing to do with the facts and simply presented the mat
ter to the supreme court in prefunctory way, Mr..
Preston being out of the state at the time The case
doubtless would have had the same kind OF an ending
had have drawn the Briefs but it is unfair to saddle
some body else's case on my shoulders Inc man
who begun the suit ought to have finished it as no one
else was so we'll prepared to do so as himself"
GERALD LANDoN FINCH, Seattle attorney, is
nothing in his profession unless eccentric He has al
WAYS had 'tmes' in the court and once Judge Han
ford threatened dire legal calamity to him unless he
nroved some allegation he set up in an affidavit
Whether or not he made good the writer verify doeth
not know, but he is still doing business as of yore
Last Saturday after of his clients had been ar
raioned for murder in the first degree information
he asked the court to fix bond. to which the court
owing to the nature of the information, demurred
''Whie the man that shot is dead am IN doubt II
the crime ustfes the information or In fact any CRIME
at all has been committed 1t sudden that even
the court could not but suppress smile while litter
went round the room.
FRANK CLANCY, who was arralgned last Saturday
morning on grand jury indictment, met c. W. Wap-
pensten in the lobby of the court and after pass
the time of day. Clancy moved on. Court had not con-