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«• • cs-c\vniaV aherXJU.op--hi-theira,l*r,e\so!iadol-sll*In-on►etcntytar.foror-udIX-11thein«lid*III-AW OLD UE81DKNTKR.1 In ths Days of Gold Ho Owned Part of^0.11 F'ranomoo.An old Kettle Full* residentor is in thooity. He la Captain WcC’or-1 micK, win* once owned coualderu-1 tie of tho townslto of the city of Sun Francisco. Ills fortune turned aeveml llmea, mid now ho is an old I mun. Jle owns connidernblo prop* erty in Kettle Fulls, uud delight* iu telling stories of pioneer days. In ' con vernation with friends ut the I’u-olflc hotel yesterday he mentioned the days when he paid fid for an axe handle, lie enumerated the incidents uiul accidents of life In those days when sixteen ounces of gold was paid the men for a day’s workin thu mines.*•1 remember,1' said he, “once we hud no tucks in this whole Northwestern country. Some follow got hold of u trunk full of ordinary carpet tauten and shipped them to the Sound country, where ho sold them for |‘A) n paper. Tacks were worth their weight iu gold iu tlmsoduys.”Cuptalu McCormick believes in a prosperous future for lvettlo Fulls, where his lute rests are.I -r 111 f ft if InL'ii vidtrt t n rloifl 111 «• «n!lt \ n
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Spokane Falls Review
Spokane, Washington, US
Thu, Dec 25, 1890
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