The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-07
TERRITORIAL.

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There is talk of establishing a National
bank at Walla Wala
1t is rumored that the Walla Walla Railroad
will be sold to the o. S. n. Co.
The wife of Samuel Wilks, of Colfax, recent
| ly gave birth to three daughters
A steamer will be put on the route between
Gray's Harbor and Astoria next March.
,E. McB. Timoney, the land register at Boise
City, has been found guilty of eXtortion.
Teamstears about Snake river have to feed
wheat, because barley and oats are scarce.
The canneries are all getting their boats
ana nets ready for the coming fishing season.
Five thousand persons from California have
| found homes in this Territory during the past
year.
The Territorial Treasurer gives notice that
all outstanding warrants will be paid on de.
mand.
Puget Sound ports complain of a tidal wave
last week that did considerable damage to
property.
Four hundred dollars have already been
subscribed towards building an NJ. E. Church
| at Puyallup.
The site of Billings penitentiary has been
definitely settled at Seatco and confirmed by
| the Governor.
There is considerable excitement in Boise
| City over Il reported quartz ledge about ten
miles from town.
Old Wnnemucca and his Piutes are PLAYING
| poker and eating jack rabbits on the sage
| plains near Winnemucca.
The grangers of Walla Walla have expert
mented ON canary seed and tobacco, and pro-
nOunce both a successful crop.
! Ten thousand bushels of apples pears and
| plums went to waste in King county last fall
for want of fruit drying machine.
The total amount distributed among 2524
children, in Washington Territory during
loI', as school fund.- was Sl0,5S3 30.
The Illwaco Steam Navigation Company's
steamers connect at Illwaco with Loomis'
stages for Oysterville, on Tuesdays and Sat
urdays
| The Port Townsend Argus says that a COM
pany has been Incorporated with capital of
Sl5,OOO 10 put i'll cannery at Hoko river, on
the Straits.
Seattle is in distress from fear that so many
cattle will be driven East from the upper
country there will be no beef left for tho
Sound this year.
4 firm composed of San Franciscans and
| Port Iownsenders is erecting Il cannery on
Squim Bay, for the purpose of putting up
clans and halibut
The Territories are not to have any regular
! commissioners at the Paris exposition, but
the goverement will allow them eight honor
AIRY commissioners
| c. A. Reed. Of Illwaco narrowly ESCAPED
! from death by drowning on January oath, as
he was rounding the rocks near the Sea View
| house, en- route 10 Oysteryiile with a team
and wagon, carrying the mails and freight.
Pat Shay and Dan Lynch, two of the prison.
ers who recently broke Jail at Seattle, were
captured in a cabin short distance from Port
Madison, whittier they had made their escape
in a small boat on the same night they es-
capped.
Mrs. Ben Norton, whose husband was killed
| by the NeZ Perces on Camas Prairie last sum-
mer, Is visiting her husbands relatives at
| Boston. She lately was in Washington visit
| ing the son and daughter Of Delegate Fem,
of Idaho.
The petitions asking for the annexation Of
Northern Idaho to Washington Territory,
signed by almost every voter in the counties
of Idaho, Shoshone and Nez Perce have been
forwarded to Washington, where they will be
presented to Congress.
+ ID. Stewart. Past Grand Sire of l. o. OF,
whose death was recently announced bv tee-
graph, was member of the Wilkes exploring
expedition that visited this coast in the year
l'Nfl. M SttNdIi WIS on noafu the fedcoCk
in the capacity of draughtsman.
DIR, Marion, who has succeeded Major NAL
let rs Indian Agent at the Tualip Reservation,
has a large force of Indians at work grubbing
out stumps, and will put in a large crop dur.
ing the ensuing season, making these sayages
earn a few dollars for Uncle sam.
\ ship OF fifteen hundred tons measure.
mcnt tae largest ever yet built on the sound,
will be built at Seabeck this season The
timbers are already being got out for the ves-
| sci. This with other enterprises at Seabcck.
will help make lively times on Hoods Canal
\ contract has been let by Flint, Peabody
| X Co. of San Francisco, To "a party in Seattle
| for two hundred thousand spruce slaves and
! fifty thousand fir slaves, at SIS 80 per thou
slaves are used for barrelng pickles and but
ter, while the fir slaves are made up into bar
rels for packing beef and pork.
Mr.. Jehu Switzer informs the East Orepo
nian that the spokane Chief Smokholly, Of
| the Columbia river Indians, asks all his tribe
who do not wish to go on the reservation TO
come TO him, and that great portion OF them
have already gone and others are going soon.
| Those that have gone took all their stock and
some that belonged to the whites Stock
/ himself saws he will remain on the Columbia
but his people viii mostly leave. This infor.
nation was obtained from Stock himself
Messrs. Morse and J. swtzler who were the
| losers Of the horses referred To, called on
| Major Cornoyer, who informed them that he
| had no control over those Indians and va
| apprehensiyC of trouble with them