, 1884-02-21
PickingS.


upon an upturhFd tack.
In nearly all parts of the William
ettc valley there has been some snow
to protect the wheat during the freez-
ing weather. l. many places, per
haps most. the rejection has been
ample The only thing now to be
feared Is warm days and cold nights.
-OTegOnidH.
The Democratic National Com
mittee Will meet in Washington on
the 22d inst to issue call for con
vention, apportion delegates, etc
The claims Of rival cities are being
discussed Chicago is in the field for
this assembiage, having already cap
tured the prize of having the Ma
tional Republican Convention held
there next Juue.
Haper's tells of theological pro
fessor who could not attend to his
class, and one of his co-laborers
posted a notice. as follows; The
professor being i'll, requests me to
say that the seniors can keep on
through purgatory, and the middle
class continue the descent into hell,
until further notice from the profes-
sor.
Enos. Brown, of Denver, chairman
of the Colorado wool growers, has
issued a call for the wool growers of
Colorado, Nevada, Nebraska, Utah,
Wyoming, and New Mexico, to meet
in conversation in Denver to form
state organization, aud to combine to
prevent a further reduction of the
| tariff on wool.
A company has been organized at
Astoria to be called the Astorian and
Coast Transportation Company, the
object of which shall be the building
of steamers to run between Astoria
and San Francisco on the south, and
Astoria and Sitka via Gray's harbor
on the north. 1t Is the intention to
build a steamer to run from Gray's
harbor to Montesano If this com
pany succeeds in carrying out its
programme, it will probably have
some effect on the prospects of the
Olympia and Gray's Harbor railroad,
and would materially change mat
tiers as far as our intercourse with the
valley is Olympia Critic.
During the month of January Just
passed, the land department of the
Northern Pacific, under the direction
of Paul Sehulze, sold 13,474 acres of
land at a total price of $69,027, of
which $3.50 acres were in the Pend
dOreille lewiston and 4494 in the Pa
cific division. The Pend d,Oreille
sales were at an average price of $3.50
per acre and the Pacific at nearly the
same. In January, 1888, there were
sold in the Pend d'Oreill division TO-.
159 acres at q price of St4, 1927, while
for the same period the Pacific divis-
ion sold only 2249 acres. The sales
for January in these divisions were
greater than the sales of the com
pany's lands in Minnesota, Dakota
and part of Montana for the same
month, an indication that at present
the tide of emigration and invest
ment is flowing toward the Pacific
coast.
OVER THE oUNTA1Ns.-George F.
Smith arrived Sunday from east OF
the mountains with fifty head OF
stall-fed beef cattle, coming through
the Snoqualmie pass. Mr.. Smith re
ports about ten feet of snow on the
summit, but the trail is kept open by
the Wagon Road Company's men
whose headquarters is near Lake
Kichelas. He further states that he
never had band of cattle come
through in better shape. Not q head
was lost, and the stock fell off very
little by the long drive. He met
three men on foot, on their way into
the Kittitas valley. The farmers ovel
there have large surplus of wheat
bacon and other products. Floul
sells at four dollars per barrel, wheat
40 cents per bushel, and bacon al
from 10 to 12d cents per pound. An
other band of about fifty head OF
cattle will arrive here in about ter
days-P.-L
New SAwMILL.-Tacoma Ledger
'Messrs. Chapman & Leavenworth
who lately arrived In this city, have
purchased from Mr. Metzler six acres
OF land in section q, for $3.50, upor
which they intend to build sawmil
with cutting capacity of 10000 feet
per day. They have already pur
chased large amount of timber con
tiguous to the mill. Mr.. Leaven
worth leaves on the next steamer fol
San Francisco to purchase the neces
sary machinery. The mill site, which
is about one and as half miles soutt
of the machine shops, will be con
nected with the city by narrow
gauge railroad. Both the gentlemen
are men of push and energy, pos
sessing good business qualifications
and will undoubtedly make success:
of the venture. An abundance oi
good timber can be found right on tht
mill site, SO that the expense of haul
ing the logs will be done away with
to large extent"
Work PRoGREssING.-Wo on the
west end of the Canadian Pacific
railroad is being pushed ahead. The
Westminster (B. CO. Guardian says
The progress of the work on this
western section is not generally
known. All the defects and Unequal
tiles on the line between Port Moody
and Yale are being removed. The
steam shovels are kept going night
and day, doing famous work with an
Incredible rapidity. The steel
bridge to cross Frazer at the forty
second mile post, will be on the
ground near its ultimate place in the
course of week. The first train load
of cattle came down on Wednesday
evening They were placed on the
train about mile below the suspen,
sion bridge. As soon as the steel
bridge is fixed in its place the ship
ment of rails for the line above that
point will commence, and the oper
alton of laying the track proceeded