Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-11-11
BRIEF MENTION.

Two threstiing machines are employed
on the N0oksack river.
A tine Mason s Hamlin organ arrived
last week for F. A. Graham.
The County Commissioners met at
Whatcom this wetk.
The revenue cutter Wolcott passed
north Thursday.
DR.. Thnrnton will build his store at
Ferndale as soon as lumber can be had.
Charles Keesling, formerly of Indisna.
moved to Ferndslc recently, TO take charge.
of the public school at that place.
Mr.. Goodell, a store-kccpcr ut Lynden,
will shortly build large store building,
on the site Of the old one.
Twenty five thousand dollars is the
price supposed tn have been paid by the
N. P. II. &. Co. for the coal property at
WhatcOm.
Tom Delaughtry has started logging on
the Samish on McElroy's slough, near
McElroy's camp.
Henry Eiens has sold his inter est in
the logging camp to- his brothers. lie
talks OF going East ON IA visit.
The farmers on the Swinomish flats
have finished threshing Tor this season.
But little grain was damaged owing to
wet weather.
At the teachers examination. held at
Whatcom last week, only two Of the five
that were examined were awarded GER
tiHcates. s+~A.s
Fully ten thousand acres Of land have
been taken up in the northern part 81
the county during the past month by
actual settlers.
F. E. Gilkey is running freight team
from Edison to the logging camps of
Storrs g. ca. and McRea & Co., on the
Samish river. He hauls about five miles.
Last week the first shipment of shin>
giles, 1900, was made from the Whatcom
mill. They were consigned TO +. w.
Wustboff, Seattle. A further shipment of
10000 has since been made.
Large quantities of tlog-tish oil is be-
ing brought in by the Indians and Others
engaged IN that pursuit, which seems TO
lie in great demand. Bowman q Oakley
made a shipment of about 200 gallons
to Seattle this week.
A party ofelevcn Cinnamon went south
on the Hope last Sunday morning from
Semiahm0o, having been at work IN the
fish cannery n, that place. The steamer
also took on 25 barrels of salmon for the
upper Sound.
J. ]. Nagley raised specimen of WIN
ter pair this season, that In point of its
equal any We have seen in this country.
A few days ago he sent one East that
measured III inches in circumference.
A prty Of travelling showmen, who
have been doing tho Sound for the past
month, came down to Friday Harbor last
week and entertained the inhabitants of
San Juan Island by one OF their perfurm
ances.
DR.. A. A. Dohcrty. dentist of Seattle.
has located at Whstcom tor the present.
He will visit all placrs in the coupty, in
Guiding Anncortes, within the next few
weeks. People in need of work IN his
line should bear this in mind.
w. L. Sicinweg & Co., Of Whatcom.
wish to call the attention OF the people,
and particularly If new corners coming
in and around Whatcom to settle. that
supplies can I've purchased OF them as
reasonable as they can be had in Seattle.
They carry full.line of everything.
A recent act of Congress, which went
into effect on the LIST inst, makes it m
oiTtnse tor = master Of vessel to allow
expres. men or hotel runners to board any
vessel before all the passengers have gone
. .ure. A violation of the law renders
the shipmaster Liable to fine of $1,000.
So great was the freight ON the Daisy
last week for the Nooksack, that two
trips had to he made from Whatcom to
the river, the boat not being large enough
to carry all at ore load. Surely, that
country 10 growing rapidly. Not great
while ago steamboat In those parts was
rarity. and freight conveyed to and
from was carried chiefly by canoe or
wagon from Whatcom.
Several parties from Olympia ard
Seattle are engaged in oyster fishing on
the Samish. Several schocners are en-
ployed in the business. II these oyster
bcds are not allowed to be destroyed like
the beds near Olympia, no doubt quite an
industry 10 that limo will grow up in that
section, aud add much to the source of
revenue in this county.
The steamer Gazellc, recently purchase
ed by d. Rogers, of FerndAle, and which
has leen anxiously looked for by the in
habitants OF tho Nooksack for the pest
two weeks, has been lying at Astoria for
month waiting for favorable weather to
make the passage to the Sound. The
captain, becoming tired Of waiting, gave
up the ship. aud Captain Messegee from
the Sound has gone down to take charge.
and will try his luck. The Hayward
made the trip around in safety few
weeks ago.