The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04

More than the usual number of people |
came over from Portland on Sunday
We hear that Rounds mill, near Union
Ridge, is about to change proprietors.
The river falls very slowly, and it is not |
near as low as at this season of last year.
The tri-weekly mail for Kalama started
out bright and early on Monday morning.
A hunting party from Portland has been
ransacking the Washougal country this week
Charles Lee found watch on the street
a few days ago, but has not yet found its
owner
Rev. J.. F. Devore has been in Vancouver
this week, revisiting the scenes of his former
labors.
Rain fell on seven different days in Au-
gust but the whole rainfall was less than
an inch.
Harvest work has progressed rapidly this
week, under the improved state of the
weather.
The potato crop of Clarke county shows
up well, and will be excellent in quality and
quantity.
Studies were resumed at Holy Angels
College on Monday, with the usual full at
tendance.
st. Lukes church arrived from st. Helens
on Tuesday.
Mr. j. NJ. Patterson is erecting larger
hotel at kalama than the one recently de-
stroyed by fire.
Another Chinese wash-house has been es-
tablished in town, doubling the number of
Chinese houses
Some new bridges and other good road
work have been put i'll on the La Center
road this season.
j. J. Whittier has been confined to his
bed for more than week, by sickness, but
is now getting better.
Arthur Dillon this week moved his house
hold down to the ranch, where he will get
his work in for a time.
Capt. Treat, of the ship Herbert Black,
has been in the city this week, and his fam
lily is still visiting here.
Jerry Slocum caught mountain trout in
Salmon creek few days ago as long as a yard
stick-folded up in three pieces
The ''oldest inhabitant" says flies were
thicker this season than any since "A, when
typhoid took such fearful run.
A deserter by the name of Collins, now
under guard at the barracks, is wanted in
Portland for larceny or burglary.
Ed. +. Eddines is on the sick list this
week, wrestling with his old enemy, the
rheumatism. He is getting better.
The band of the 2lst Infantry serenaaed
General Morrow, the new Colonel of the
regiment, on the night OF his arrival
The steamer Toleio brought up big load
OF lumber from Rainier and st. Helens on
Tuesday, for various persons in Vancouver.
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cleared up in a way not to damage the
standing grain last week, to any great ex-
tent.
The leaves are falling, and they are look
ing for frost in the Walla Walla country
but that don't stop the big yield of wheat
this year.
Lost-on Wednesday of last week, in Van
couver, boys small overcoat; and if the
finder will leave it at this Office due reward
will be made.
Patterson went out to rustcate last week
in the wild woods of Salmon creek, and he
did look just little rusty when he came
back on Saturday.
Mr.. NJ c. Aldrich, new conner from
Iowa, wants to find home in Clarke county
for his and several other families, and is now
looking the county over
Z. j. Ricketts, has given us samples of
quartz and rock brought in by Bolen from
the Lewis river ledge Some of them are
said to assay $40 to the ton.
The recent rains will not iniure the grain
as much as first thought, and little will be
lost, providing the present fine weather
continues few weeks longer.
J. 0. Smith has been rigging up three
seated wagon, which on Monday he put on
the Portland hack line, that for easy riding
beats anything in this country.
Both the Wide West and s. G. Reed went
up to the Cascades on Monday, and both
will run on the route while the wheat comes
down the river in large quantities.
There was baptism Sunday afternoon at
Wilson's mill on Salmon creek where two
persons were immersed. About twenty per-
sons from Vancouver We're present at the
ceremony.
Among the strangers in the city this week
stopping at the Pacific hotel We're Moses a. |
Riddle and wife, of Astoria; W. &. l.. |
Goodwin, st. Louis; ID. II. Murphy and
family, Portland.
Tom Padden is having the roof over his
saloon shingled before the rains commence,
~ he prefers to personally superintend both |
the quantity and quality of the water that
is run into his drinks.
Hundreds of the young dogwood trees in |
the woods are in blossom. many of them
with ripe seed bolls on the same tree. The |
Indians say it is a sign of ''ne-wat-i-hi-ho,"
or words to that effect.
Gridley l. Whitney are completing sub |
stantial shed near their furniture store, UNI
der which to store wagons, agricultural i'm |
,,l~s,n>rxs lu,nl.ar and othar thinua 70 ha |