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Chr alortA,ru Star.
SATURDAY, APRIL I, 1915.
LOCAL l'E1sNlS.


he will complete as soon as possible
DlEp At Snehomsh City, March 20,
Sherman Walter Elwcll, youngest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tnmlin ElwrI. aged four years.
Packard Il jackson have just received a
new lot Of good, consisting Of Dry Goods,
Groceries. Clothing, &C., SC. Go and see
for yourself.
The funeral of Sherman W. EwcIl, son OF
Tamln Elwcll, took place yesterday, Mt
o'clock =. NJ, from the residence of the
Latter.
March 3Oth This is the finest spring day
we have experienced this season. The grass
is green and trees are beginning to show
signs OF warm weather. The river is quite
high
Our friend l.. Wilbur, has just completed
a very fine and Commo1irus hcnnery, and
eng provided with The necessary frathered
hcccli,s, he is low prepared to hatch eggs
at reduced rates.
Mnrch 80. The Schooner Pcnyis now at
the mouth of the river, loaded with lumler
tor the Athcneum the fhnoy Lahe went
down to-day and will tow her up in the
morning.
BoRN.- March 0, at Ebcy's Slough, to the
wife of Harry Mills, Il daughter
4. C. Ferguson is determined to keep up
with the times He rms filed his store with
new goods until it seems as though there
wns no room for more. He will find room
in few days if the rush" keeps up.
The Zephyr made her usual trip last Sum
day. She brought the mails, quite mum
her OF passengers aud II full freight. For
some reason We never received list Of either
freight or passengers.
The improved appearance Of the NoRru-
ERS STAR this week is to be attributed to
the fact that the Editsrs are both absent.
Should any errors be discovered, the devil
wants ii to Dc distinctly understood that it's
not he.
AZ an instance Of the great fertility and
richness Of the soil in SnohomiSh City and
Vtlfnity, we can site you to gentleman
who has planted the foundation posts for
atwo story dwelling, and expects to raise
an elegant guiding the following season.
Mr.. Neal McMiIen has sold out to his
partner, Mr.. Harry Mills. Mr., McNIlIen has
als, disposed of his town property in Seattle,
and is now in our town, l1oking for Il lOca
tion. We hope he will succeed He is II
liyo man and We want 10 retain all OF his
h%i among US.
MARCH 2S.-The late heavy rains have
-niscd Pill Chuck and the Skyknnish rivers.
Mr. Foss' boom AZ the mouth OF the former,
broke and let al his logs into the main
river. Il. d. Sniirh, nj Lowell was tel.
egrnphcd to, and he Immediately swung his
boon, aesoss the river, thus saving nll the
logs that would have otherwise gone to sen.
We are reliably informed that q lady, well
known here, has purchased u lot for the pur
pose of putting up building to he oc-
cupied ~ Il first clnss millinery establish
mcnt. We have not the sli ghtcst doubt but
that our information is correct anil that the
lady in question will receive cordial well
come and hearty support.
We hear from pretty good authority that
the model for a new steamer, designed ex
prcssly for this river, came M the last trip
OF the Zepkgr. Patterns for her stem and
other hull timhrrS also came. and were fur
nishch by e. G, Ferguson, and went to Stat
tie next morning That looks like business
Her owners intend to have her ready TO run
sometime in June. Go ahead gentlemen,
that is just what we want.
We have again been permitted To lock
over another number Of the organ of Che
Second Advent Srct. They base their the
oogy and belief upon that poem Of the new
Testament, They profess to see in the pres
ent aspect of the E.stern Question, the "be-
ginning of the end" There has been no
great war for the last century, ia which
they have not seen the final dissolution Of
all things Immediately Mt hand. One would
think thai they believed that the actions of
man governed not only the world, hut the
universe as well, instead of the actual fact,
that man is only an insignificant atom ot
animated life, crawling on the surface Of zone
Of the lesser planets.
Several parties are quietly preparing to
explore Thoroughly the Cascade range Of
mountains for minerals, on the head waters
OF the Sultan, the Skykomish, the Tolt and
the SnoqualnIie, above the falls. Good pros
poets have already been found, not only Of
placer gold diggings but of quartz; the lat
ter yielding favorable assays. We are glad
OF it, for we are confident that Washington
Territory is rich in mineral wealth, that will
yield her fine revenue long 'aftcr her vast
forests of valuable timber are exhausted
Many who now sneer at our resources, be-
cause of the many obstacles that hinder
their rapid devel opment, will yet regret
because they did not use little of their pres
ent means, in order to secure future inter