Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-04-01

mail contract expires, touching at all the
islands.
Mr.. William Sharp has commenced
building large and fine residence ad
jacent to Alden Academy, Anacortes.
The lumber and $4,000 shingles have
been procured.
The bid of Langdon, Shepherd 6 Co.,
of St. Paul, Mimi. for the grading of
nearly 500 miles of the Canadian Pacific
railroad, from Brandon, Manitoba, to the
Rocky Mountains, has been accepted.
"A new school house 20x30 .eet in
dimensions is to be built for Anacortes
School District No. Is, this tall, or as
soon as the taxes levied for that purpose
can be made available. 1t will be located
at the northeast corner of VIM. Sharp's
land adjoining the Academy grounds,
where the district owns an acre of land
donated by Mr.. Sharp.
The schooner Ruby, Capt. VIM.
Martin owner and master, came into port
last week on her return trip from up the
Nooksack. The captain has recently bad
her thoroughly overhauled and repaired
and painted. She now makes a fine ap>
pearance and is ready for the fishing sea-
SOD, which will soon begin.
The Dean brothers schooner Maggie,
of Samish Island, laden with lumber for
John Elwood, went ashore on Sandy
Point, point of mainland opposite
Lummi Island, in snow furry, March
23d; no damages. She was still ashore
last Sunday when the Dispatch passed
south.
On board the steamer Dispatch, 60
ing sonth, last Sunday night, were the
following passengers: r. Thornton, j.
Lee. Robt. Schur, G. Ingham, John Pen
Ease, 7. Carpenter, A. hartford, E. Fields,
]. J.. Shear, T. Weeks, r. Sidell, E. A.
Hartford, Mr.. Beandem, N. Anderson, r.
Sanders, J. Cooper, Miss L. M. Epson and
from Anacortes TO Towosend, w. Deutsch.
The first number of the NORTHWEST
ENTERPRISE has come to hand. 1t is
small weekly newspaper started at Ana
cortes by ALT. ID. Owen & Co. Consider
ing the small size of Anacortes and the
limited opportunity for getting up paper
Messrs. Owen & Co. have done we'll with
their first Observation-Disclosures.
Bowen instead of Owen, if you please.
Sealing at Cape Flattery is in season.
1t is tempting field for an adventurous
class. Whites in schooners and sloops
carrying five times their number of lbs
dams and canoes, go cruising between
March and June, bringing back peltries
worth thousands of dollars. This is the
school for our boys.
Patrick Mcnamara, logger, fell off
log at Samish river, on Monday last,
and was drowned. The body was picked
up afterwards so feet from the spot. His
brother, the hotel keepers at Mt. Vernon,
hearing OF the accident chartered the
Josephine, which on Thursday went to
Samish river, and took the body up
Sound for burial.
On the first of March delegate Brents
introduced bill to amend section 1874
of the United States revised statutes, re-
laiing to certain territorial courts, which
provides that said section shall have in>
serted therein, immediately after the word
''party" the Words "and all applications
for admission to citizenship under the
naturalization laws of the United States"
Brown g. McCall's new steamer Alki,
which was built at Seattle recently, made
her trial trip Saturday last. She is q
side wheeler, and is admirable adapted
for what she is intended looking after
logs in shallow water. With wood and
water on board she only draws IS inches
of water. SIZE IS intended to run on the
Snohomish river, and was built at cost
of $4,000.
Side route contracts were awarded
as follows: To Capt. Roeder, from Sea.
home to Lynden via Nooksack crossing,
twice week, $685.. Mr.. Eastlock, from
Skagit to Ruby, 80 miles, twice a week,
1864. Mr.. Lewiston, .Laconner to
Skagit, twice week, $210. Mr.. Warner,
Edison to Samish, 1924. Mr.. Eastlock,
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