Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-04-28
BRIEF MENTION.


Sound last Monday.
Carpenters and other mechanics are do
ing we'll at Laconner.
Some Seattle men are talking CT build
ing hotel at Lynden.
The Tacoma Weekly Ledger has been
enlarged and improved.
Mr.. G. W. Bowen returned from his
Nooksack farm last Tuesday.
Bright summer seems to have come ut
last. Gentle spring is here anyway.
improvements in the Nooksack Valley
are retarded by the scarcity Of lumber.
The Ladies' Missionary meeting will be
held at the residence of Mrs. Gray, to-day.
The sum of $45,639 was collected by
the customs department in victoria in
March.
Israel Katz, the San Juan merchant
will soon erect wharf, warehouse and
store at Friday Harbor.
Among the many in provements contem-
plated at Ferndale is a new hotel, which
will be built by Mr.. D. Rogers.
1t is stated that sswmill will be erect
ed and in running order, on Bertrand
Creek, near Lynden, within three months.
Capt. Blackenton has recently made a
large addition to his orchard. The Caps
tain has one OF the finest orchards in this
country.
Mr.. Hawley, the live merchant Of Lyn-
den, is laying out town on his claim, ad
isning the town site of Mr. Judson, the
Postmaster.
Mine Host McGlinn of the Maryland
House. Laconner, is tearing down his old
hotel and preparing to erect first-class
two and half story building.
Mr.. NJ. d. Merkel of Espersnce, New
York friend Of our friend Will Blood
Of Guemes Island, has arrived among us
and pitched his tent. To him a cordial
welcome is extended.
We regret to- chronicle the i'll health of
Mr.. Henry Edens, who has been quite
sick for week or ten days. Mr.. Edens
left last Tuesday for California, hoping to
be benefited by change of climate.
Mrs. Poor of Seattle, who has been Wis
ting Mrs. T. B. Mangan of Guemes ISL
and, returned home by the steamer Idaho
yesterday. Mrs. Poor made many friends
during her brief stay on Ship Harbor.
Mr.. N. B. Lewis, late of Lin county,
Kansas, near Pleasanton, has located on
Guemes Island, having rented Mr.. T. B.
Jenkins place for one year. mr.. Lewis
brought his wife and two children with
him and came to stay.
The prices for lumber at all the saw
mills on the Sound are now uniform, ow-
ing to recent arrangement entered into
by the mill men of Tacoma, Seattle, Port
Townsend, or wherever the buyer may
order. The prices range from $3.50 to
SIS, Sic, $lS and $50, according to
quality.-Taccma Ledger.
Mr.. F. S. Thorp. of the law firm OF
Reavis, Pruyn & Therp, Elensburg. Yaki-
ina county, was married recently to Miss
Eva ]. Yocom of the same place. The
ENTERPRISE wishes the newly welded
pleasant voyage on the sea OF life. Mr..
Thorp is former resident OF this island,
and is warm friend of Mr.. Wm. Allard,
who is in receipt of cards.
The Washington Railway & Naviga-
ton Company has been organized at Be-
attic, to construct, main tain and operate
a line of railway from Bellingham Bay to
British Columbia. and from Bellingham
Bay across the Cascade Mountains, via
Skaget River, and to intersect the Column
bia River. Capital stock, 81, 900, 900, di-
vided into 10000 shares of 800 each.
The steamer Fannie Lake, Capt. Hill,
loaded with hay and produce, sank in
nve feet of water on the Sksget River, on
Thursday, the 10Th inst. In passing over
Dead Mans Rifle, abouttwo miles above
the coal mines, she swung on a rock.
crushing hole IN her bottom sufficiently
large to sink her in few moments. Con-
siderable difficulty will be experienced in
raising her, owing to the fact that it is
aext to impossible to get scows that far
up the river, and Capt. Hill will lose
heavily by the accident.
Eleven residents of New Tacoma have
recently located homestead claims near
Semiahmoo, Whatcom county, in town.
snip 40, range east. and six have located
Claims in township 40 range 2 east, in the
same county. Ten of these settlers are
mechanics and the remainder laboring
men and farmers. They are all enter
prlsng and thrifty, and will make splen-
did addition to the population of What
rom county, bein: mostly men of fam.
mes. Six of them have already removed
70 their new homes and the remainder
VIII leave here at an early day.-Tacoma
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