| Show TALKS WITH TRAVELERS Washington people make a mistaken in i advertising their State as a veritable El Dorado and as the place for tho poor man because it Is no such place said James Cavanaugh of Sioux City at the WhIte house yesterday 1 have lust been over the State and can say that while Washington Is asJ1nean agricultural State aa any in the Union i it Is no place l > for people desiring to take up land There Is little land to take up except land In the mountains where a man does not care to locate For Instance about the towns of Fiiirvlew and Waverly wheler stopped land was held at IS to 30 an acre Coal cost 7 per ton 350 miles from the mine and wood brought 5 to 550 per cord The railroads charge 14 cents a bushel to carry wheat to the coast and as a result the farmers cut their grain in the mHk for fodder instead in-stead of letting it mature Groceries are about double what they are In Salt Lake Two miles from the Spokane post l1Jec 10x150 lots sell from 500 to 5COO and fiveroom houses rent for 25 The water power at Spokane Is ownod by u syndicate which charges neaffj aa much as it would cost a man to setup set-up a steam plant < The aerial tramway at the Silver King mine will be completed next month said William Collins of Park City at the Wrilker yesterday It will be over 7090 feet long running from the sampler to the railroad tracks From the shaft to the ampler carriage car-riage is by car The completion of the oxrifil plant will prove n viqry handy thing for the mljne Wo havo had heavy snows up In the mountains this spring and the later snowfalls have been very weLD J o 4 D McGaughey a wealthy citizen of western Pennsylvania IB stopping at the Knulsford for a week or two for a change from Eastern climate He has noted the advent of many Pennsyl vania oil men to the Pacific slope and looks for a big oil development here He has heard of the llelds at Green River In this State and inclines to the belief that a great deal will be accom i plished there In tho near future i > The volunteer commands had too many kid oillceVs too many young fol lows from Eastern dry goods stores with a pull for the real good of the service said Private Holbert of the Thirtyfifth infantry at the White house yesterday These dapper young chaps often gave orders that were more or less I senseless and they did not seem to know how to look out for their men A large percentage of the volunteer officers especially the Lieu tenants need a couple of years In struction In the school of the soldier In speaking of the health of the troops Mr Hulhert said As long as a man keeps aloof from wine women I and song in the Philippines he need have no fears about his health break Ing down About fitly discharged soldiers of the Twentyeighth infantry and 150 of tho Tulrtynfth Infantry were in the city yesterday en route home from tho > Philippines They said that the policy of the United States toward the Ta gals has been altogether pacific Said I one man rr a soldle so much as calls I a Filipino a nigger1 hes lined a I months pay and these natives are fostered and pampered altogether be yond reason The opinion was that there would be guerrilla warfare In the islands for many a merry year yet The secret servlcq Work is done verv largelyby trained natives I |
