| Show Tho Seattle Times claims the census I will show that Seattle has a population of 83000 Commenting on it the Ore gonlan says We have no certain Information In-formation yet as to the census of Portland Port-land but we know there arc 20lSO chool children in Portland and 11507 in Seattle Also that registered vote of Portland Is 16000 that of Seattle 1090J If therefore on her ratio of voters and school population Seattle has a total population of 85000 Portland Port-land on a like ratio should have a population of fully J25000 I atlll thinks however that the returns will be under S3000 The truth wo OO lrth presume pre-sume is that Seattle has for several months had n floating population of perhaps 20000 men who wont there togo to-go to the northern mines and men who wore returning from the northern mines lhif who were really not residents resi-dents of Seattle |