Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-09-30
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

A large yield OF crops is reported from
British Columbia.
The corn crop in portions of eastern
Washington was a good yield.
The steamer Alki ran on snag in the
Snohomish river and sank recently.
1t is said that Cheney is the most pros
porous town in Eastern Washington.
Governor Newell will deliver the al =
dress ut the Clarke county fair Oct. 4th.
The territorial university opened last
Wednesday with Prot. Powell in charge,
and a large number wert in attendance.
The people in Vancouver have been
losing their dogs by poison. They want
to spend 800 in arresting the dog ficnd.
The Mechanics Fair at Portland was
opened on Saturday last. 1t will con-
tinue until October 7th.
The new Providence hospital building,
at Seattle, will be completed in about five
weeks. 1t will be the finest structure In
Seattle.
Last Wednesday the two year daugh
ter of T. 8. Adams, telegraph operator
at Pert Susan, fell into well and was
drowned before she could be recovered.
A company of artillery has been re-
moved from Fl. Candy to Vancouver
At the latter place they will be mounted,
making battery OF light instead OF
heavy artillery.
John Burns has picked $4,000 pounds
of hops from four and half acres Of
land on tie Duwamish this season, from
which, at so cents pound he will real
ize the snug little sum Of $1,000.
A rather mysterious Hines has broken
out in one of the railroad camps in
British Columbia. and many hands and
officers are Frustrated. The complaint
resembles typhoid fever, but physicians
say that drinking bad tea is the cause of
it. Some OF the cases are serious.
The following salaries are paid to tho
postmasters of the eight principal offices
in tins territory: Seattle, $1,000; Colfax,
$1,000; Dayton, $140O; New Tacoma,
$l4OO; Vancouver, $1,000; Walla Walln,
$4,000; Olympia, $1,000; Spokane Falls,
x1400. A i
Medical Lake is booming. What, with
the fine watering place, or summer resort.
and large farming section directly trib-
utary to that place, town of consider
able importance will undoubtedly grow
up that viii rank first among the lead
ing ones Of eastern Washington.
The railroad company at Tacoma is
short on it's lumber acquisitions to the
amount of two million feet. Their shorts
age on orders for car lumber alone in
New Tacoma is now about 100000. The
coal bunkers and large new machine shop
will together require about 1900, 900 feet.
Last week Blackman Bros, on the Sno-
homish, hauled out stick 100 feet in
length and 81 inches in diameter ut the
small end. The stick contained 77OO feet
board measure. This firm has q contract
to furnish the Port Blakely Mill Company
with eleven of these sticks from 80 to 100
feet in length, each OF which must square
"a inches. They are to he shipped for
cign. to be used in bridge building.
Lieut.. Schstwa, aide dc camp to Gen.
Miles ct tancouysr, has been the victim
OF pecunisry misfortune. Some time
ago, on coming west, he gave power OF
attorney to Willism p. Hanscom, to COLI
lect $2226 from the Paymaster General
Failing to get An account from Hanscom.
Schwstka had him arrested, when he dis
gorged $1,000. It was found that by the
statutes in force in the district no crim>
inAl suit against Hanscom will hold, and
that his only remedy Is by civil suit. The
money was the sum appropriated by Con-
gress ~ make up Schwatka's full army
pay during the time he was absent on the
Franklin search expedition in the Arctic.
A hop-grower from the Puyallup valley
assures US. says the Olympia Transcript,
that the farmers will have to rely upon
white Fuckers IN the future. He thinks
the Indians are bound to decrease in
number or Mt least will find work nearer