Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-07

Giant er over tho v,randahs and roof of
his house, aud scent the air with their de-
licious perlume. II was Il pleasure to see
the JUVENILES Of our company gathe r
flowers till each had collected bouquet
far cxcee cling the rarest products OF the
observatory. The party were invited
into h orchard and told to help
themselves to the cherries, which they
did with good will. After eating all
they wanted, and pleasant rambl e
through the orchard, the party were in
vited to partakc of al excellent collation.
prepared by Mrs. Crandall, after which
all returned on board for home. As the
anchor was being hoisted large box of
cherries was taken on board, the gilt OF
Mr.. Crandall to the printers of the EN-
TERPRIsE office The sail back was mag
nificent, On the left were the beetling
rocks of Cap Sante, before were the blue
and purple islands, and to the right
stretched the long panorama of the Ska
get Valley, the varied tlnts of the Cas-
cade range, and the snowy crests of Mt.
Baker, a 100000 picture, whose tints
and shadows change with every hour.
The party arrived at Ship Harbor just as
the gray shadows began to settle upon
the Guemes hills.
Victoria is feeling the evil effects of
Chinese immigration, for all that class of
Cinnamon who cone to work on railroads
are coolies, and are as much slaves in
practice as were the negroes of the South
before the war. The ship Madras, which
for long time has been quarantined ut
Honolulu, with smallpox on board, is
shortly expected ut Victoria with 450
Chinese. 1t is stated that Chinatown of
that city, notwithstanding the heavy
drains made upon it tor railroad labor, is
ovcIcrowded, and fears are expressed Of
the temperance of smallpox should the
Chinese en- route be permitted to come in
there.
Bret Harte in one of his charming
sketches tells of a school mistress who
was accustomed to take long walks in the
pire woods for the nsamic air. There
is more in this treatment than most people
will be inclined to credit. There can be
no doubt that the exercise OF climbing
the hills of the Puget Sound islands, in
haling the fragrant odors of the frs along
with the pure sea air, and the genial salu-
brity OF the climate that prevails here,
will render the beautiful islands of the
lower Sound grand sanitarium, where
| thousands of invalids from every State
will flock as soon as the sanitary merits
of this beautiful archipelago will become
known.
The LacOnner Mail wants the Indians
on the Swinomsh and Lummi reserva-
tions to select such homesteads as they
want, and throw the remainder OF these
valuable lands open to settlement, and re-
| quests the Seattleites and all others who
have taken up claims on the Oily mpia
Marsh to 60 to work and improve them
Nearly all this vast tract Of land is now
! filed on, but no effort lias been made to
reclaim it. The Mail warns claimants
that they had better club together and
set alb, ut retaining their lands before at
tempting to prove up. These are tive
sensible suggestions, and people OF What
com county should take enough interest
in the matter 10 see that they are acted
upon to the extent OF the accomplish.
ment of the results desired.