, 1886-07-22
With Our Exchanges

| II uN aItlD mop grower Has EEttSel -
cents pound for his crop.
Chief Justice Waite and daughter art
on their way Alaska.
Maxwell. the murder Of F-e:!e-, Las a
last been sentenced to / hung, OF
August 9th.
The Los Angeles cannery whicl
formerly employed Chinese, has started
up with 150 white hands.
Gov. Swineford, of Alaska, was mar
ried al Marquette lMich.l on the l3tt
inst, to Mrs. NJ. E. Smith.
Whitman and Garfield counties have
elected Voorhees, delegates 10 the demo
cratic territorial convention.
Rev. ID. \. Utter. formerly a Unitarian
minister ut Olympia. Is now making {
tour OF Europe with d bicycle.
The Seattle Times wants republicans
to rut young, new blood to the front
this year, and give the old staGc-s rest
A move is on foot at Tacoma to re,
claim the Fats by building an eight foo:
dyke from the railroad to the head oi
the bay.
Large shipments of canned salmon
are being made to the east from Astoria
Seventeen carloads were sent from that
city recently.
Work has begun on tn removal of
Buildings from the block recently pur-
chased in Seattle by Capt l.. NJ Starr
from IL. l.. Yesier.
The Tacoma Commerce thinks Meeker
would have at least 5000 majority over
Voorhees, should they be opposing can
didats for Delegate.
The Canadian Pacific railroad rrnposes
! In make the time between I'verronl and
Shanghai three weeks instead OF - days
as now via the SueZ canal.
| The Northern terminus or the Puget
! Sound and Gray's Harbor railroad. at
Skookum Bay IN Mason county, has Il
town started called CIaytonvIlle.
| Protests are being heard from various
! quarters against the action of the n. p
K. Il. Co in shutting the Wells Fargo
express line out of the business over its
lines.
| Chestnut, the mau arrested al Walla
Walla, supposed to be the murderer
Saunders, Of Salem, OgU., has been
released after IN exciting investigation
as to identity.
The salmon pack OF tho Pacific coast
will probably be deficient some 100000
cases from that of last year. 1t May be
a good time to utilize the salmon product
ot Puget Sound.
EIlensburg is to have one of tie finest
| depots on the Northern Pacific lire, the
main building being 120 feet long and
80 feet wide, with division headquarters
IN the upper story
4 dispatch from Yokohama announces
| the sailing of second tea laden ship
| " hnGp 70 IN h.a -, bn
| Canadian Pacific railroad, for couv vance
across the continent.
| The tOwage rates for inward bound
| vessels over the Columbia river bar
range from $50 for 500 ton vessels to
1925 for 1000 ton vessels; outward bound,
loaded, from $50 to S400.
| At the last meeting of the Portland
| board of trade member reported an
! interview with president Harris ia u hich
the latter stated that bridge and depot
would doubtless soon be furnished at
| Portland.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
company have concluded to huill Il
hotel at Wallula Junction to replace the
one destroyed by fire some time since
y portion of the lumber is already on the
ground and laborers are digging fer the
| foundation.
Tacoma NeWs: The promised excur-
sion per steamer Emma Hayward to
Port Townsend on July 29th, under the
auspices OF the NJ. L. church, will be
fue affair. Prices OF tickets are very
low, and only orderly people viii be
admitted on board. Tickets can be
obtained at many of the stores on Pacific
avenue.
k., H.
in the COliax region declare their inten-
ton OF building temporary granaries,
because of the present price OF sacks,
| and the heavy freight charge To Portland
Freight, sacks and handling bring the
cost If wheat up to 35 CENTS, and the new
crop will move slowly unless charges are
reduced or pr.ces improve
There are two tunnels between E!iens-
burg and the big one; one Is $50 feet,
and the other 226 feet. On the west side
of the mountain there are two tunnels
built, one Is 400 feet, the other is 299
feet and three more TO build; one 200
feet, one 400 feet and the other $50 feet.
There are in all eight tunnels between
Ellensburg and Tacoma, including the
Cascade tunnel.
AT the recent meeting OF the Board Of
Trustees of the Hospital for the Insane
at Fort Steilacoom several contracts for
supplies for the next three months were
awarded. The dry goods contract was
awarded to the London and Liverpool
Clothing House, the flour contract to
Watson & Co, the supply of groceries
and provisions was divided between J.
s. Baker md Schwabacher Bros of
Seattle The contract for drugs was
awarded to Seattle druggists. md that
for boots and shoes was let TO Il Vincent.
of Olympia.
The contract for the construction OF
the new brick block, 10 be erected by Mr..
l.. NJ. Starr. between the Yesiar-Leary
block and w. p. Boyd & Co.'S store, was
let today to Mr.. Otto Ranke. The
building is to be completed in ninety
days. The store rooms are TO be ready
for occupancy in sixty days after the
ground is cleared of the buildings now
on the same. The building will he two
stories high with n basement. 1t will
contain three store-rooms. The largest
will he 9Ox2l feet and will adjoin the
Boyd store. 1t has already been engaged
by Mr.. A. 3. Stewart. who will move his
drug store into the same as soon as
completed.-Ssattle Times.
Post -InteLigencer indians have al
ready commenced to arrive to engage iii
hop picking. T.G. Wilson. representing
the Seattle Hop Growers association, has
gone to British Columbia to engage pick
ers for their crop. The association has
300 acres in hops, and will require at
least 2000 pickers to secure THAR crop.
| Last year they employed 1900 Indians
and 800 whites. This year IL will be
difficult to secure white pIckers, and
more Indians will have to be omplOyed
1t is thought the advance of % cents per
box Will induce enough Indians to come
TO the Sound to gather the crop Pick
ing does not commence until September,
and generally lasts about four weeks.