Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-04-08


Alaska, is to have % feet added to her
length. Her owners found that her
present capacity was not large enough
to accommodate the freight and passengers
on that route. Aftcy she is heightened
she will be 105 feet keel, end it is claimed
her speed will average ten kuots an hour.
j. Y. Collins, treasurer of the Wash
ington Colony, has recently built new
house and barn at Whatcom, adjacent to
NJ A. McPherson's. The barn is quite
large and substantial. The people of
the colony generally are busy fencing and
making other Improvements, as if they
intended to stay.
Capt. Dan. Rogers, auditor and agent
of the Britain steamboat company, took
the place of Capt. BrOwnfield in COM
mand of the Chehalis on her last round
trip. We found Capt. Rogers d very
agreeable person as II travelling companion
and evidently in every way qualified to
occupy his responsible position.
Mr.. G. n Rockwell, of Utsalady,
went to Whatcom on the Chehals Tues
day last bound for Nooksack in search of
work cattle. He returned On the same
boat, Learning that the prospects for buy
ing oxen was not good. Mr.. r. is rum
ming a ten>man logging camp OH Camano
Island.
THE steamer Saranac, Capt. Best,
picked up Taft of logs whic! had gone
adrift, inside of Deception Pass last Sun
day and towed it into Ben Ure's bay.
There it was anchored by the same rope
and anchor with which it had gone adrift.
aud lett. BY and bye the Susie came
along; and finding, as we are told, on the
raft no evidence of right to salvage, fast
enod on, and quietly walked away with
it. The last heard touching this case
reports a column of smoke rising in the
distance, evidently from the Saranac,
steaming Tor Utsalady,
Mr.. WILDER Hopey. lately engaged
in herding sheep at Colorado Springs,
Colorado, landed at Anacortes from the
Welcome on Tuesday, and proceeded
Wednesday, in company with Robert
Kettles to his new home on an uninhab-
tied island five miles north of here, local
ly known as Hog Island. Mr.. Hopley at
once becomes sole owner, and under the
American laws touching sovereignty at
once king of the realm. "IIopley Island"
is a better name-of which it is worthy;
possessing a sheep range and mineral
lodges containing gold, plumbago and
iron.
BY an interview with the president
and treasurer of the Washington Colony,
on the occasion Of our brief visit to the
county seat, Tuesday evening, we are
enabled to report that the prospects for
successfully carrying out the mill enters
prise in hand at Whatcom have never
been better. Rumors having been set
afloat in Seattle and elsewhere to the
effect that Mr. Roeder and the purchasers
of the water power are at loggcrheads, on
account of the non compliance of the
latter with the terms of sale, We are auth> |
0rized to state that all such are wholly
unfounded; the colonists having three
years within which to complete their part
OF the contract. In the last two or three
weeks further accessions of former menu
bers with capital have to be recorded,
placing the colony on a more solid basis.
-AIessrs. Warbass and Deycrley, the
latter for the purpose of taking the We'll
come up Sound, came in from the iron
veins of Lopez Island Monday evening
last. For two years past Mr.. Warbass
has given his attention somewhat special>
ly to the iron prospects, reported from
time to time, among the islands of this
group. Knowing of the prevalence and
extent in this quarter of the same old
rocks which contain the famous iron ore
and mountains of Texada Island, in
British Columbia, there was every reason
for encouragement and a sufficient good
ground to warrant the hope that some>
where or other our reported iron dis
coveries might justify mining. In devot-
ing his attention to such purpose Mr.. |