, 1877-03-31

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night the following items of inter-
est: The store and Office have beer
raised and all the old rotten rook-
cries torn down and hauled to the
fire-pit, under the superintendent
of Capt. Noyes. Peter de Jorup
has overhauled the hotel and .put
everything in apple-pie order; he
keeps q good house and is very
obliging gentleman. :. Stock rails
ing is becoming AN important fea.
ture Of this section as grass will
grow on all these hills wherever it
is sown; hence it is liable to become
a good dairy country. Parties
have gone out in search of coal and
minerals on the head waters of the
Skagit river and expect to find gold
in the spot where man found it in
1857. He camped here on account
of rough weather and was murder
ed by the Indians (Northern) who
were on their way home to Bella
Bella :. The recent bursting of
more than half of the upper Skagit
Jam. has swept down an immense
number of logs into the head of
the North fork so as to completely
block off navigation >. DIR. Mackey
has located at Utsalady and will
shortly enter upon the work of build
ing himself a residence. He is des-
tined to become very popular in this
section. :. Poor old dog "Prin ,e, >"
the pet of Utsalady, went crazy on
Tuesday and was shot by one of the
citizens; he was about sixteen years
old.
In THE BoNEYARD.-The old stern
wheel steamer Wenat is laid up in
ordinary at Mechanics Square. be-
side Carkeek's stone yard. She was
built eleven years ago on the Tuala
tin river in Oregon but did not pay
expenses; so she was brought over.
the rapids at high water as far as
Oregon City, where she had her en-
gines taken out and her hull was
lowered down the inclined plane in
the P. T. warehouse. After this her
engines were replaced and she ran
to the Cowlitz river. Then the o.
S. N. Co. bought her and ran her
between Monticello and Humphreys
Landing. now called Oleqna, though
she frequently ascended the river as
far as Cowlitz Prairie. During the
years 1871 and 1872, while the
Northern Pacific Railroad was in
process of construction, the Wenat
made cord of money for the Com
pany under the able pilotage Of
Capt. Billy Smith. She was brought
here two years ago and has done
good service. Next week her ma
chinery will be taken out and her
dismantled hull used for hay barge
or something of that sort. We
would like to have one per cent. per
annum on the money she has made
from first to last.
LOGGING MArrERs.--L. L. Jewell's
camp at Holmes Harbor is in fnll
operation and there are three more
just started. q. . ID. W. Crooks, the
most energetic and successful man
of his inches. has a camp in opera
ton on Camano Island. about three
miles from Utsalady. He will be
ready to begin hauling logs in about
ten days and then the fir will fly -.
Darlington & Douglass. Jas. Long
& Co., Runnells & Co., Finlayson
and James Fornsby, are all at work
on the Stilaguamish or at Port Su-
san. On the Skagit, in addition to
the Jam Company, there are Moore
Il Dinsmore, W. B. Moore, Keyton:
and Gage & Co., all of them getting
out the finest timber on Puget
Sound.
The FoUNDRIEs AGAIN.-In addi-
tion to the work mentioned by us on
Wednesday, as going on in Wilson's
foundry and Bullene's machine shop,
We would state that John Nation,
long and favorably known in Port
land, has a foundry and machine
shop here in which he has three en-
gines under way, one of which is for
Hall & Paulson's new furniture
works on Mechanics square; also a
new cylinder for the steamer Teaser.
now laid up in Duwamish river,
Furthermore, we learn that q Mr..
Williams from Portland and a gen.
tleman of this city have leased a
piece of wharf property at the foot
of Marion street, belonging to John
Leary, where they propose to estab-
liSh q boiler shOp.
STEAMBOAT RACE Tha Ann;a