The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-07
BRIEF MENTION.

l.. M. Hidden of Vancouver advertises for
100 men and teams.
Mayor Sohns arrived home from San
Francisco on Monday.
Now boys, look out-old Billy Goldbeck
is City Marshal once more.
Laborers all busy in Vancouver, and the
demand greater than the supply.
Mercury So in the shade on Saturday,
respectfully warm day for April.
No more duck or grouse shooting until
Augustine game laws are in force.
The dog license brought so into the city
treasury up to and including March 81.
Cox, of the Pendleton East Oreyonian,
visited friends in Vancouver on Saturday.
Capt. John Smith, Indian Agent at Warm
Springs, was in the city Oh visit this week.
Mr.. j. Z. Goss is building a considerable
addition to the residence of d. f. Schuele.
c. w. Matson has added double covered
buggy to his livery outfit, which does HIM
credit.
Mr. H. H. Gridley is getting the material
on the ground for finishing his dwelling this
season.
The smet ran up Salmon creek to Mar
bles dam last week, rather unusual pro-
ceeding
We are indebted to Hon. Thomas II.
Brents, Delegate in Congress, for public
documents.
The Grand Lodge of l. O. o. +. of Wash
ington Territory will meet in Vancouver
next month.
l. r. Gillian departed for Astoria on
Monday, and will make that place. his home
this summer.
Henry Winzingerode was taken to the
Oregon penitentiary on Tuesday, to serve
out life sentence.
Tho plasterers are finishing up their work
in the Smith building, which will soon be
ready for its occupants.
The water in the Columbia is coming up,
and kilograms from the upper country state
that it is rising rapidly.
Edgar Bateman has removed from Port
land back to Vancouver, and will run fish
market here this season.
Surveyor J. W. Webber of East Portland
returned home yesterday, after weeks
exercise in street surveying.
The amount of $llS.4S of last years city
taxes remain unpaid, but in this is included
some erroneous assessments
Thos. O'Neill has been fixing up his soda
FOUNTAIN, from WHICH III II Silort tiillc W LII Dc
dispensed strictly orthodox drink.
Drift wood ties, saw-logs and dead cattle
are the chief products of the upper country
coming down the Columbia this week.
Trout fishing parties hove been numerous
in Clarke county for two weeks, and all the
streams have been thoroughly worked.
Moore, Stevens & Brother have moved
out the old Vaughn building that is to be
placed on their new dock for a storehouse.
Wash. Muckle, of st. Heens, has been in
the city this week, and brought his rheu-
matism along, what little there is left OF it.
Joe Burke brought over from Portland
yesterday the heaviest beef of the season
one that is expected to dress over 1900
pounds.
The workmen on Jaggy's brick building
are rushing things. The basement is al
ready finished, aud the walls of the first
story going up.
Marble and Lupro are getting out large
number of railroad ties on Salmon creek.
They have difficulty in getting workmen
enough for filling their contract.
Maxsou is using the Vaughn building,
corner of Main and First streets for his
pcnter shop, and is now getting out the
wood work for Jaggy's building.
The spring is about two weeks in advance
OF the usual tme and fruit prospects are
great Should no blasting frosts come upon
the country the fruit crop will be immense.
The Rev. j. b. Broullet, who has been
visiting the Catholic Indian missions on this
coast, has now about completed his work,
and is in Vancouver making up his reports.
The report in the papers that Delegate
Brents is or has been recently in Portland
is mistake. 1t is thought he is now on
the way to this coast but has not yet ar
rived.
Foster & Moore cannot get the Teto No. 2
down here as soon as expected, and are try
ing to make arrangements i'll Portland for
another boat to come on the ferry route tenn
porarly.
The workmen are now finishing up the
bulkhead OF the government grounds be-
tween the two wharves, and are making
job that will probably stand for some time
to come.
The answer to the inquiries of the hs,or-
ian's correspondent will be found in another
column, wherein the members of Mr..
Banks congregation strongly endorse him
and affirm that they don't know much about
him.
Rev. Lewis II. Judson, who landed in
Vancouver on the first day OF June. 1910,
died on the fourth day OF March, aged ~
years He was one OF Rev. Jason Lees
party of missionaries who sailed from New
York inlOctober, 1889, on the ship Lausanne.
The St Helers Columbian SAYS Mr. NJ