, 1883-05-26
AROUND THE WEST.

hI'fNs
The bunch grass In Eastern Oregon
has never been better for twenty
years than now.
one thOus!nd men are at work on
the railroad line now luilding from
Tacoma tO Seattle.
Harrington i the name Of new
town in the Big Bend country, 2S
miles north Of Spdgue.
Thercare 1900 acres Of grain in on
the Yakima reservation. OF this
amount 1900 belong to the Indians.
Work on the canal to connect the
waters Of Lakes Washington and
Union at Seattle with the sound will
he commenced Immediately.
The first 500 tons Of steel rain for
the 4O-mile extension Of the Cedar
river and C;lSade branch Of the
Northern Pacific arrived at Seattle
on Saturday.
II cost Spokane county S2,596. 70 t.
care for plupers during last year, and
for roads we expended Sl,WrlGj,
while S3,7jS.j2 went into bridges
Cheney Sentinel.
Genuine soda springs have been
found at the head Of Ahtlnum val
ley, some 26 miles frOm Yakima city,
W. T. Excellent bread has becn
made by simply mixing -four with
water from the spring, using no other
ingredient but salt.
SllmOn are running somewhat bet
ter Of late at Astoria, and the can
merry men are feeling more encOur-
aged. The fear j. thlt when a good
run does come it will lie IN such
numbers that the Canneries will not
have sufficient force Of men to save
them.
The discovery Of large beds Of lime
rock near Lake Pen d'Oreille will be
Of vast benefit To the building and
brick industry In that region. There
Is an inviting field for brick manu-
facturers Throughout the whole north
west. The brick are wanted and the
market l. stlrc.
News has reached Port Townsend
from Whatc0m county Of the MUIR
dering Of seven or eight Chinaman
near Lummi by Indians from the
Lumni rrscryutiOn. The Chinaman
h1d hired the Indians to smuggle
them across the British Columbia
line into this Territory, and the In
dians finding the Celestials hal con-
siderable money about them, muir
dercd them and robbed the bodies.
II Is estimated that Washington
territory will, this year, send abroad
31j, ,CO0,0 100 feet Of lumber, 2OO, 900 tons
Of coal, 2OO,OOO pounds Of hops, 2OO,-
OO0 cans Of salmon, $1,000 0 bushels
Of wheat, 3,0ODO)D In 'hels Of oats,
10000 bushels Of potatoes, and L.
$40, 900 pounds Of wool. In cargOes
Of 800 tons each, this quantity Of
produce will load over 800 large ships,
During the past week we have
talked with a large numhcr Of farm
ers representing all parts Of Whit
man county, and without Il single
exception they informed Us that crop
prospects were never better. The
spring weather has becn in every
way favorable and the acreage Is
alsO much larger than ever before
sown. There Is every indication Of
prosperity among the farmers this
fIll, and aS prosperity among farmers
means universal prosperity, the out
look at the present time l. indeed
encOuraging.-I'i'Oasc Gdseffe.
1t is understood that Ainsworth a
Go. have men at work luilding n
wagon road, and intrnd finally tn
build u rlilruad, frpm Eirir Ia--,
point about $40 miles inl and fr,u 'A-'
| Pacific coast, on the Canadian lia.Ii,i
| railroad, south % miles into the
KOOtcnni country. Preliminary -ur-
vcys have hecn run thnnugh thew
over year agn. II. VI. Mccartney,
Chief Engineer Of the new line, i
now on the ground, preplring for an
IactiVe summers word. Neil Mcneil,
formerly at the Northern Pacific
front, iS Superintendent Of S'On-truc-
tiOn. lie has mt present near unto
200 men at wUrk.-NOrfh-lrcst Neirs.
twill he observed by the Auditors
annual report that the expenses Of
Spokane county for the year just
closed have hecn s2l ,229.G3, to which
should he added, however, 81 ,:}27.S6
Of the outstanding Notwithstanding
the actual cXpcnsC for the year So,
$50. -, while the actual revenue was
Y S23, $50. 10, leaving balance Of ST.,
LO29.Gl to hS applied on the debt Of
4 n, ,692. - which come over from 1881.
No county in the territory can show
such record. That u new county
Towering nm area Of l,I60 square
miles, should show revenue in ex
cess Of its expense3 is a glowing tri
butte to the spirit Of economy whicl
actuated itSGiiire-s. The fax levy ha
, been reduced us a consequence
Cheney Sentinel.
On Monday Of this week c. II
Conner appeared at the Auditors
office and registered filing upon 4
mining claim for himself and +. Post
The claim Is located upon the south
/ east side Of Clear lake, seven mile
, west Of Cheney. On Wednesda!
, smith Darling, A. Spence and JohI
Kaiser filed a claim upon tract oi
! the bank Of Silver lake, which the,
4 have named the "Silver Lake mine.
q COnnOr records his claim under tn
/ namn Of the "Peacock." These mel
u are satisfied from the indications tina
: ''there is something in It," and ar
I taking steps to develop their leads
4 II l. lust within the bounds Of pOs
a sibility that our sturdy young tow
may add the boom Of a mining ex
citement to her many resources
n Cheney Sentinel.
: Quite state Of excitement ,ha
r been caused In this city and vicinit
II by the assay Of some rocks from
Is reputed silver mine at SOlaville |
II this county, says the Albany Herald
- Surface rock taken from this ledg
shows an assay Of $50 to the ton, an
rocks taken out eight or ten feet h
= low the surface shows an assay of 81
to the ton. We do not wish to Great
: any excitement in this matter an
Il shall patiently await further deve
@ opments before expressing a decide
:, opinion one way or the other. III
/" assay spoken OF was made in TIL
r' city and by a party who went to th
e ledgd and secured the rock, and tn
IS gentleman's reputation for truth an
veracity is good. II the rock assaye
came from SOdaville ledge there
\. certainly paying quantities Of silv,
: in the rock, for II Is hardly possib
+ that so high an assay could be four
e. in the rock 50 near the surface, ,unle