Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-06-03
@ encraI News

Ganadla racine halroau.
Potatoes are being shipped to the
Sound from New Westminster.
It aaid that Senator Hill of Georgia is
c: the poin: of death.
The outlook tor a profitable summers
work at the reshastin mines never looked
better.
The Democrats of California will hold
sheir State Convention on the Goth.
Decoration Day was celebrated in Seat
tie last Wednesday by the firing of minute
guns, procession, literary exercises, etc.
The Catholics of Kittitass are build
ing church-the first erected in the
valley.
Egypt is in state of revolution, and
armed bodies of men are gathering at
Deveral points.
There are, says the Pierce County
News, rumors of advancing prices, and,
in fact, real estate boom IN Steilacoom.
Gen. Anderson, chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, visited the
Sound recently, and took cruise among
the Islands.
Says the Ledger: One day last week
the Tacoma mill sawed 17O,75O feet OF
lu mber in III hours--the largest piece of
work ever performed by it.
Among those present at the funeral of
Lord Frederick Cavendsh were 5000
tenants of his father, the Duke of Devon>
shire.
Seattle will celebrate the Fourth of
July In fine style. Mt. Vernon, on the
Skagit, will also have a celebration-a
little one for a bit.
The Masonic Grand Lodge will meet
at Walla Walla on Wednesday next. A
large reduction IN fares has been made by
the railroads for delegates and their fam
lilies.
John Muir, superintendent of traffic for
the o. r. & N. and N. P. Companies, has
been appointed to similar position on
the p. s. s. Co.'S northern route, includ-
Ing the Portland, Sound and Alaska lines.
an aggregate mileage of over 1000 miles.
The dew steamer Alki, built for the
Snohomish river trade. gives entire Salts
faction. What with regularity, speed
and accommodations, she will undoubt,
eddy enjoy ane traffic, which her enter
prising owners deserve.
Capt. Britain has sold his interest in
the steamer Nellie to Capt. Low, who is
now sole owner. Rhe will run, as hereto
fore, up the Snohomish river. Capt.
Low has sold his interest in the Chehalis
to Capt. Britain.
The Transcript says that the large log
ging camp.of Amos Brown, three miles
northeast of Olympia, was sold last week
week to l. G. Ellis and the Port Blakely
Mill Co. The camp is running about fif-
ty men, and uses railway, which en-
ploys dozen horses and mules, and 40
oxen. 1t comprises several hundred acres
OF very fine timber lands, which will take
the owners several years to log. It IS
said the price paid was sec, 200.
The farmers of illusion county, says the
Olympia Transcript, have again pooled
their wool crop. and ask bids for its pur-
chase Of wool buyers. Last year, part
Of our wool growers pooled their crops
and realized high market price, and that
induced Others to enter this year, SO that
the pool will have all the wool in tie
country. The crop will not fall short OF
forty thousand pounds, and is as fine as
any ever offered in any market.
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IN the Puyallup valley, says the Taco
ma Ledger, the aggregate yield of hops
per acre, in 1sS0-8l, we are informed by
reliable hop growers, was not less than
1900, or very nearly treble the product
of the New York hop fields. If the in~
dastry is profitable in New York. it re-
qhires no argument to shew thet no other
pursuit, in this section, with hops at from
10 to is cents Per pound, will yield SO
large return.
The first freight received on Wood
river, Idaho, this season arrived at HALEY
May 10Th. It amounted to IA tons. The
teams were two weeks on the road in,