The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-20
PIERCE COUNTY ITEMS.

PIERCE COUNTY ITEMS.
Especial CsssssEsadsscs Of the ISrrluosSefs
DR. Bostwick and Mrs Dickcrson are
expect ted home soon, from the East.
Tho fruit crop in che fuysllup Val
ley will be light this year.
Mr. and Nrs Osborne, OF Seattle,
were in the Valley visiting relatives and
friends last week.
Mr. L d Durgin has, a. usual, the
finest garden 70 be found any where in
tbs county.
Mrs Baker. of Stuck Valley, has Civ
On up butter-making on account Of the
low price, and gone 10 making cheese
with. success. This h the FIRST cheese
ever msde in this section.
The members of the Christian Church
have presented . new carpet - the
Sumner Presbyterian Church, which
has been laid down in their chapel and
woaAssfully improves ths appearance
Of things.
Mr. Durgin is getting . quantity Of
native forest seed. such - maple. ash.
6r, sldor. etc., which no will cell 10 for
eign markets. He has 1925 order to
fill from New York, and expects several
others from other places. He general
ly gathers four or five hundred dollars
worth ssch fall. This il an industry
which suppose not one in q hundred
would ever have thought to engage ia.
Hay harvest 10 over and farmers are
busy cutting their grain.
Mr. Chss Bradley has procured beau
tiful hesdstone for his wifes grave in
the Sumner cemetery. from Mr. Keenan,.
Of Seattle.
Ths County Commissioner have ap>
pointed Messrs ] W McCarty. b NJ
Spinning and Willis Boatman viewers,
and J v Meekcr:: surveyor. to locate
road along the Stuck Valley to the
King county line 10 connect with the
road recently laid out in King county.
They meet for that purpose Aug. 25th.
The Sumner and Puyallup schools
are now closed, but will doubtless open
early in tho fall. Prof j II Hall will
probably again take charge Of the
Puyallup school, Mr. Frank Spinning
is now teaching in the newly, organized
district on Clark's Creek. Miss GAR
felde. . daughter OF OK Delegate Gar
felde. is teaching the public school at
Elhi; Mrs Coffman, at Alderton; Miss
Emma Weller. at Orting; and Miss
Anni0 Weller. nj WilkesOu.
Tho Sunday School excursion to Viii.
keson. on tho l4th inst, came of &C.
cording to announcement aud proved q
grand success. Four Sunday Schools
participated. viz: those Of Old and New
TaOoms. Sumner and Puyallup. Mem
bers Of the schools were carried free,
Others q half fare.
Tswaitss are cheap in tho Puysllup
Valley. The city Of Franklin. with
oil its appurtenaucos. containing nine
acres, wss sold tho other day to l. d
Durgin for $50. He will use it - .
garden.
It 10 rumored that the Puyallup stavc
factory is soon 70 be torn down and
moved TO Seattle. This would be q
heavy blow to Puyallup.
Msssrs MoMillaa s. Gibbs have con
tracted part Of their coming hop crop
to Corbett i McCleay at Is cents per
pound. deliysred at Tacoma. Mr. L +
Thompson Is acting ~ agent in the
Puyallup Valley for Corbett 4 Nc
Cleay.
Late grain and root crops need rain
badly.
Mr. Sherwood has succeeded in grow
ing some fine tobacco this year in the
Puyallup Vslley, which is already ripe
1t 10 an esrly variety which be intends
to use in the manufhcturc Of cigars
He thinks there is no question but tina,
tobacco culture can be made prodta bic
in this country.
Mr. Kimball. Of kalAms. has been
visiting friends in the Valley during
the past wsek.
A meeting Of the Puya!lup hop grow
era has been called for the 23d inst. e
determine the price TO he paid fol
picking hops tbi, fall. The grower.
have not heretofore acted in concert II
this matter. each paying what he fel
inclined, or rather what the picker,
wished TO exact Consequently tn,
pickers have become arbitrary an,
cause the growers no little trouble. T,
remedy this. it is proposed to form I
growers union and be themselves ,h,
dictators.
The parties Who we're indicted an,
tried for sheep stealing. Ut the recon
term OF the court in Steilsooou, wer,
found not guilty.
The Indians have built Q tish-trs,
scross the stuck river ct Sumner. from
which TO supply themselves with thei
winter salmon.
Farmers are taking advantage Of III,
dry spell to make their hole in tn
woods" little larger.
The Valley is full OF kid. glove,
gentry hunting work and praying +
God they won't find it.
The Puyallup boys have organized
base ball club. and are jus, coucei,e,
enough 70 believe they have the "crack
eat nine in the Territory. Under tn
generslship Of Capt WIN Woolsry. the
feel amply able to cope with anything
that may be pitted against them. VIII
takes mp the gauntlet. Y.