Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-06-16
gisEEF MENTION.

McCurdy's new lime kiln, on the west
side OF San Juan Island, is now completed
and ready to burn.
An invitation party met at the resi-
dence of Mrs Bowman, at Anacortes, last
Saturday evening, and very enjoyable
time was bad.
Sheriff O'Laughlln shipped two fine
COWS from Fidalgo to Laconner last Tues
day. being the same he bought from Judge
Siblcy last spring.
Judge C. P. Woodcock and daughter,
Mrs. r. b. Mangan, and family, of Cue
mes, arrived in Vancouver, W. T., last
week on visit to relatives.
Mr.. William Hewitt, of Laconner, has
taken the Marietta House restaurant, and
will run first-class establishment. See
his advertisement next week.
Paul Oakley, son of Dir. and Mrs. Oak
ley, OF Anacortes, arrived Thursday frem
San Francisco. Paul will remain with
his parents during the summer.
The Libby came up last week to tow a
boom of logs from jennings camp, on
Padilla Bay. to Ship Harbor, to be taken
by the tug MastIc to Port Discovery. The
boom contains about 100000 feet.
Hon. E. l.. Shannon, of Fidalgo Island,
arrived at Anacortes by the steamer
Washington last Thursday. Mr.. Shannon
looks better than usual, bis travels around
Sound having improved his health.
The steamer Libby. Captain Monroe,
brought up 100000 feet of lumber from
Port Madison for San Juan county and
about $1,000 feet for T. B. Mangan. the
latter consisting of planking for Dir. Man
gan's new wharf.
While the steamer Washington was
lying at Anacortes. on Friday of last
week, the mail agent fell overheard and
only escaped drowning by the timely as
sstance Of Occur de Lion" Quinn was
not hurt, but got painfully wet.
At school election held at the NORTH.
WEST ENTERPRISE office for school district
No. 1s, on Saturday last, for the purpose
of voting special tax of 10 mills on tho
dollar, the proposition was almost unsri-
mously carried. The money raised by
such tax Will be applied to the erection OF
school house.
John G. Sullivan completed the Ana
cortes wharf last Thursday, with the ex-
ccption of the planking. The wharf is
one hundred feet long, with runway
about the same length, and is a good
structure, such as Sullivan generally turns
out. There will be fifteen feet OF water at
low tide at the outer side.
J.J. Browne, of Spokane Falls, paid
flying visit to the Sound country last
week. Mr.. Browne is real estate dealer
in the coming metropolis OF Eastern
Washington, and reports the town grow
ing rapidly. There are some twenty brick
buildings in course of construction and
under contract at Spokane Falls.
The steamer Libby brought to Recbe
Habor, last week, the lumber for the new
customs house to be erected at that place.
The building will be first.clas in every
particular. Roche Harbor has been se>
lected as the nearest to the line, the best
adapted to customs purposes, and the ex-
cellence Of the harbor. Good for Roche
Barbor.
press dispatch from New York says
that Henry Ward Beecher's family and
friends are planning to make his seven~
tieth birthday. ON the Gath inst, memoir
able. On the 9th of July next he leaves
for the Pacific coast. He will lecture in
California, Oregon and Washington Ter
rltsry, and visit his son, Herbert Foote
Beecher, the gentlemanly purser of the
Idaho, who has residence in Seattle
There is little gran ddaughter there
whom Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Beecher have
never seen.
Atlanta is the pane of the new town
site surveyed and plated by ex-6her fl
Allen at his place on Samlsh Bay, about
three miles from Edison. The lay If the
land is good for building purposes, and
from its lecation on Samisli peninsula. Is
peculiarly accessible TO the Samish river
valley, and destined to become the seaport
ior that remarkably rich country. Tie
barbor is good, the town site has deep
water frontage, and Mr.. Allen is preparing
To erect " harf 500 feet in length. II
msy not be very long before a railway will
De necessity to Transport the timber and
produce of the Samish valley to the sea,
and 1t is not unlikely that Atlanta will be
The terminus OF such road.
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