B. H. MORGAN.
GEORGE WASHINGTON STETSON.
Originator of An Invention Through
Which Sawmill Work Has Been
Revolutionized.
"Stetson and success" are regarded
as synonymous terms in the business
life of Seattle when there is a great
task to be accomplished in this city.
George W. Stetson is always found in
the fore and his name inspires other
nren to greater effort. Locating in Se
attle in 1875, he formed a partnership
with J. J. Post, when they established
a sash and door factory which ap
pears in the accompanying cut. From
that meager beginning they gradually
increased their plant until fifteen years
ago they increased their establish
ment to its present size, and then be
gan the manufacturing of all kinds of
ltimber. The output of their estab
lishment at this time is 600,000 feet
of lumber per day. Of this company
Mr. George W. Stetson is the presi
dent. He is also president of the Puget
Sound Lumber Company. Mr. Stetson
was the first to manufacture cedar
doors at Seattle, the first to construct
wharves and improve tide lands, and
also the pioneer in the sash and door
business. He is the inventor and pat
entee of one of the greatest and most
valuable inventions discovered for
years pertaining to sawmill business,
flf has been aptly named a "ready
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is said to be worth $400,000, which
sum he accumulated from a police
man's salary. William Murray is the
name of another policeman who has
laid up $500,000 out of his salary. In
spector Alexander Williams, who is
now accredited a millionaire, succeed
ed in laying up his wealth while he
was on the police force. If these New
Tork officers are such successful sav
ers as policemen, why not our own
industrious mayor, who gets even a
better salary than does the ordinary
policeman?
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j"The Tivoli Opera Company of San
Francisco, at the Grand all next week,
tx>«take the road for their annual sum
mer tour of the coast and interior
Cifies, and will present three of the
biggest favorites in the whole Tivoli
repertoire, "The Toy Maker," "The
Serenade," and "The Idol's Eye."
B. H. MORGAN,
Republican Candidate for Forty-ninth
Legislative District, Sno
homish County.
It is always a pleasure to meet with
a man who has won well-deserved dis
tinction as a business man and citizen
by force of character and good judg
ment, or, as familiarly termed, "good
horse sense." We therefore take the
liberty of presenting our readers in
this issue a lifelike portrait of such a
man in the person of B. H. Morgan,
Esq., or "Our Ben." as he is more
fami iarly spoken of in the community
of Snohomish, where he has been one
of its leading business citizens for
twenty years or more past. He is the
senior member of tne prosperous busi
ness of Morgan Bros., lumber, sash and
door manufacturers, oi Snohomish.
Mr. Morgan is emphatically a Wash
ington boy, a "capital fellow," being
born in the city of Olympia in the year
1861. It speaks volumes to the credit
of this firm that such a thing as a
strike has never occurred with it, their
"fair and square" methods giving no
provocation for resort to strikes; while
many of its employes have been with
them almost continuously from eight
to fourteen years. It is seldom that
we find blended in one man so many
characteristics that commend him to
the cordial support of both the busi
ness and labor interests of his locality;
hence it is not surprising that he has
so early taken such a hold of the
masses as the fittest man to represent
1875
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Three more meritorious or popular
operas could not have been selected,
and the producing company is all that
could be desired. Ferris Hartman,
whose name is a household word in
San Francisco, is again the star com
edian. Annie Myers, the brilliant sou
brette, and Francis Graham, the beau
tiful contralto, have the principal fe
male roles in the operas. Arthur Cun
ningham, the great baritone, is includ
ed in the company, and the others are
Edward Webb, Karl Formes, Jr., Jo
seph Fogarty, Oscar Lee and Aimee
Leicester. With this list of good peo
ple and sterling operas, everything
points to a most enjoyable musical
season. The original scenery will be
used, and the costuming is to be most
elaborate and costly.
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Capt. Cunningham, the assistant fire
marshal in this city, tested a new fire
apparatus last Saturday evening. The
volume of the liquid discharged, it is
hinted, was not entirely satisfactory.
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This caption feebly describes what is in store for the sightseer
who enjoys a trip over the Monte Cristo Railway, which runs from
Everett to the foot of Wilman's peak, a distance of sixty-two miles.
When one is told that in this distance you are carried to an alti
tude of seven thousand feet, the cost of building such an enterprise
would stagger the average person. Seattle, Tacoma and Everett
will no doubt be the Mecca for tourists now for years to come. No
tourist or traveler should be ignorant of this scenic panorama
which Nature has provided practically at "our very door." The
scenery on the line of the Monte Cristo after leaving Everett can
not be described in the space allotted this article. In fact the trip
must be taken to give one even a vague description of it. The
route of the railway along the Stilliguamish River is indeed one of
grandeur. On leaving Granite Falls, which is three hundred feet
above the sea level, the train runs through several miles of dense
forest until it suddenly emerges by the canyon of Stillaguamish,
which dashes down its channel hundreds of feet below the track.
Until the train passes l>arlow Pass, which is near Monte Cristo,
it is one succession of grand views, here a horseshoe curve, a cat
aract, now a beautiful waterfall, all of these scenes blending in one
harmonious whole to make the trip one never to be forgotten. The
rolling stock employed on the Monte Cristo is of the latest and
most improved style, and will compare with any stock used on the
transcontinental lines. The employees of this road are gentle
manly and polite and seem to take a pride in designating to the
iraveler the points of interest. While it must become monotonous
to them, one would really imagine that the conductor and train
men were making their second trip over the route.
In presenting the name of the above to the Republican state
convention for congressional honors, Snohomish county is practi
cally a unit for his candidacy. While the county recognizes the
efforts put forth in its behalf by the present Congressman, it also
feels that with the added Congressman allotted this state that
Snohomish county has increased in wealth, population, and her
varietd interests of timber, agricultural and mineral, it behooves
this county to have some one at the seat of government ; in other
words, a friend at court. The mill men bordering on the banks of
the Snohomish river are crying for appropriations to dredge the
river at several points between Everett and Marysville. To the
south the farmers contiguous to Everett and Snohomish wish to
have the same stream navigable to the extent that the mosquito
fleet plying the same may be able to navigate the river up to and
beyond Snohomish. With these and other improvements which
the Snohomishites are insisting upon, that the delegation will use
all means to nominate their man goes without saying.
To prove that this county is thoroughly in earnest in this fight,
the six members of the legislative district can be bartered by
Brownell wherever his candidacy can be enhanced by such an ex
change, and as Harold Preston, Levi Ankeny and John L. Wilson
are looking for votes to lay in cold storage, there will evidently
be "something doing" in Tacoma on the ioth. Frank Brownell is
a well known citizen of Snohomish county; was born April 21, 1867,
at Little Compton, Rhode Island. His father was a farmer. At
the age of fourteen he left home and worked his way through the
Friends' school of Providence, Rhode Island, graduating in 1884.
He then entered Brown University, graduating- in 1888. After at
tending Columbia law school, of New York City, he was admitted
to the bar in 1890, coming to Tacoma, Wash., the same year, taking
up the practice of law, moving to Everett in 1892, where he has
since resided. In 1894 he married Miss Josephine Noble, of Seattle,
Wash. He has always taken an active interest in Republican poli
tics, and in 1894-96-98 and 1900 was found espousing the cause of
the Republican candidates and their policy.
STETSON & POST MILL CO.
G. W. STETSON, President
A. G. Mcßride has moved his law
office to rooms 77-80 Sullivan building,
on First avenue, with Judge Winsor.
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The word "graft" was freely used
in connection with the carnival for
the two weeks of its continuance, and
"fake" was the term applied to the
recent pugilistic event that took place
in this city, but somehow the lace
track managers have conducted the
racing that the words "fake" and
"graft" have not. been applied to it. A
great many people were happily dis
appointed in this, and future meetings,
if conducted honestly, will bring a
greatly increased attendance. By all
means keep grafting and faking out
of the racing association.
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An ideal place for real, genuine
Prohibitionists is Fremont, for there
is not a saloon in the pace. The
councilman for that ward is such a
rank teetotaler that he will not per
mit any liquor to be sold in that hand
some little suburb. Fremont has the
only Democrat in the city council.
From the Level
of the Sea
To the Home of the
American Eagle
FRANK H. BROWNELL *
GREAT NORTHERN-
The only thing the Seattle Dem
ocrats are really fighting for is the
chairmanship of the county conven
tion. At this time there are seventeen
candidates, and, would you believe it,
James Hamilton Lewis is among the
aspirants for this empty honor. If suc
cesslul he may be able to advan
tageously use when he goes to Chi
cago a few days from now.
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McMahon, a little sawed-off Dem
ocrat, who is practicing law yith Judge
Winsor, wants to be chairman of the
county convention. Let him have it —
let him have it!
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The show at the Seattle theater last
week by the Juvenile Specialty com
pany was a most pleasing entertain
ment. The "kids" have had a splendid
training and entertained those attend
ing in a very satisfactory manner.
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Rufe Turner did not actually kill
Perry Queenan last Friday night in
their "manly art" bout, and that per
haps fully explains why the referee
TIME TABLE OF THE-- - Station foot of Pacific Avenue, Everett, Wash.
Everett 6c Monte Cristo Railway
Trains will run through to Monte Cristo and return Service between Everett and Granite Falls
Daily except Sundays. Daily except Sunday
i-cave— Arrive-- Letfve— Arrive-
Everett .9:30 a.m. Monte Cristo 1:00 p.m. I Everett 8:20 a.m. I Granite Fulls 11:30 a.m.
Aloute Cristo2:2op.m. | Kverett .1:20 pm. | Granite Falls 2:15 p.m. | Everett 4:45 p.m.
J. O. Wiiitmaßsh, Supt.
them in the legislature from this dis
trict at its next session. He is em
phatically a strong man and a citizen
whom the people will delight to thus
honor, and in thus honoring him will
honor both themselves and the state.
NELSON J. CRAIGUE,
Republican Candidate for Forty-eighth
Legislative District, Sno
homish County.
The above cut is a good likeness of
a man who was nominated in deference
to organized abor. Mr. Craigue is
indeed in sympathy with the workers,
being a member of the Painters' Union
of the city of Everett.
COUN . i TICKET.
The Snohomish county ticket is as
follows:
For congressman, Frank H. Brow
nell; for sheriff, Frank P. Brewer; for
auditor, W. M. Ross; for county clerk,
George Adamson; for county treasurer,
Charles Lawry; for county attorney,
H. D. Cooley; for assessor, E. M. Al
len; county superintendent, F. A.
Steg'er; county surveyor, J. F. Birney;
county coroner, C. H. Bakeman.
The legislative ticket is as follows.
S. T. Smith, state senator, Forty
eighth district; A. E. Nickerson, N. J.
Craigue, B. H. Morgan, Joseph Fergu
son.
W. Q. STETSON, Secretary
refused to give him the decision. You
may be arresied for murder if you
Kill ycur man next time, but that seems
to be Turner's only way of getting a
{'avGiable decision in Seattle.
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An unexpected fire in a storeroom
at 1221 First avenue last Saturday
saved a number of local firms occupy
ing the rccm the worry and expense
of moving with no suitable pace to
move to, and yet each concern got
value received for his entire stock of
goods on account of being heavily
insured. A move may be as bad as a
burn, but one burn beats one move in
this particular instance. "Fires" are
al right if you only know how to
handle them.
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LAID AT REST.
Mrs. Martha A. Sampson died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. L.
Presto, 1818 Thirtieth avenue, last
Friday after a long illness of typhoid
fever. Mrs. Sampson was the widow
of Franklin Sampson, of Cambridge,
1902
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Mass., and leaves six children, three
sons and three daughters, as well as
a sister and brother and a host of
other near relatives and friends to
mourn her loss. Her remains were in
terred in Mount Pleasant cemetery
for the present. Mrs. Presto wishes
to express her gratitude to the citi
zens and friends of Seattle for the
kindness shown her in her deep af
fliction and is firm in the faith that
God will bless them for their kindness.
The following verse, from Mr. R. W.
Butler, was recited at the funeral:
Mrs. Martha A. Sampson, mother dear,
Fell asleep in her fiftieth year.
Calling on Him whom she loved so
dear,
And He gave her grace and removed
her fears,
But left her dear ones sighing in tears.
They are pilgrims and strangers, or-
phans bereaved,
But Jesus has promised to remove their
.ears and wipe their tears
And bring back Mrs. Martha A. Samp
son, their mother dear.
NELSON J. CRAIGUE.
sizer." In a test of this machine's
powers and efficiency and working on
two-inch stock, an average of 12,500
feet per hour was maintained with
ease while making stock from 2x3 to
2x14 inches. As any lumberman will
understand from this statement that
this is a remarkable record and stamps
the machine as one of the wonders of
this century. Sawmill men all over
the northwest recognize in thib ma
chine a big saving of time and money,
two of the elements that must nec
essarily enter largely in the success
of a thorough sawmill man. Mr. Stet
son comes of good old English stock,
his ancestors migrating to America
in 1643. While Mr. Stetson is demo
cratic in his domestic life, it can be
seen that he is eligible to the "Sons
of American Revolution." There is
cne feature abcut the conducting of
the enormcus business of the Stetson-
Post Mill Company that other large
corporations cculd follow to an advan
tage and that is cf civility. Mr. Brad
ley, the manager and superintendent,
with his retinue o bookkeepers, clerks,
accountants, stenographers and stock
men seem to vie with each other as
to which can excel in the treatment
cf the many patrons of this concern,
in fact they seem to have this motto at
all times in their mind, viz: "No in-
stitution is tco important to ignore the
iaws of courtesy."
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