, 1886-04-29
With Our Exchanges.

CISCO NavIt 'ir w = L. l. gave hcT a
grand fscepti.n.
Mr.. Nicholas 3nydor, OF Seattle, has
accepted position ut Neah Bay, under
Indian Agent Powell.
The saw mill at Old Tacoma cut
100000 feet OF lumber in nine hours the
other day. Lively work.
The opinion is expressed BY some that
Settle Will have another hard fought
municipal contest this year.
Judge Turncr has decided that the
Northern Pacific must maintain depot
facilities at old Yakima city.
Tacoma people are already having lots
OF fun over their approaching city elec
ton. Among multitude of counsels
there is-plenty to growl about.
The Puget Sound W. G. 7. U have
engaged space in the Seattle True Tone,
and will hereafter have department i'll
that journal, devoted TO temperance.
Fred Ward, proprietor of the Duuge-
ners hotel, has leased the Eureka hotel
Of Mr.. L. Ii. Gays. The Eureka has
been closed and this leaves but one hotel
there now.
Walla Waila has local immigration
board which IS energetically at work.
Already it has listed tWenty-one thousand
acres of land which tfsY propose to offer
settlers who may be induced to locate in
that vicinity.
Washington Territory was organized
as a territory March 2, 1858, and in 1860
had population of 1854; in 1870, 23,-
$50; 1880, 1916, and now we have 1885,
0O0, and if we get the panhandle will
have 100000.
According to a Seattle paper, TIE
Chronicle and Cal, of that city, will
cease to exist after May lst, but will lie
merged in new paper to bs called the
Tribune, to be published by Hall aid
Hill, of the True Tone and Gail respec-
lively.
O0allOli4ld 0iS OOOJ
grants arrived in San Francisco last
week This is probably about two thirds
the number arriving in the state for the
sans period. The same dispatches say
many of the new comers have gone into
Southern Oregon.
Blanchard & Son, recently from Penn
sylvania, are putting $4,000 in the
construction of Z logging road from
McElroy slough, near Samish, two miles
into the timber The road will be four
miles in length. These parties contem-
plate doing extensive logging this season.
The Blaine Journal says the mail con-
tract from Port Townsend ends at
Sehome Instead of Semiahmoo. From
this 1t would seem that the Seattle folks
who were seeking to have the northern
portion of Wkatcom county dropped
from our direct mail service had been
successful.
Tacoma papers are growing because
they say the trustees OF the insane asylum
have been letting contracts unfairly to
Seattle parties. Citizens of Tacoma and
Seattle will be quarreling over the
distribution of favor5 in the new Jerusa-
iem-should any OF them be fortunate
enough to get there.
Commencing May /, the schedule of
the Pacific Coast Steamship company, on
the northern route, will be changed as
follows: On the Victoria route, the
Mexico will take the Elders place and
III connection with the Queen of the
Pacific will make a weekly trip, leaving
here every Friday as at present
The Carson Appealsuggests that when
the county officers IN that city absent
themselves from their Offices during
business hours, they leave card an the
door indicating in what particular saloon
they can be found, and thereby save
much time and vexation in hunting
them up by those baying business with
tll5m.
The various immigration agencies OF
California have been eminently success
ful the past year, and are still doing an
Immense work in settling up that state.
Daring the month OF March 1872 letters
of inquiry were received at the headquar-
isrs of thecentral association. Thousands
of people have settled in that state
! during the past few months as the direct
result of the efforts of state and local
immigration organizations.
The mail contract for carrying the
mails from Port Townsend to Sitka. via
Loring, Wrangel, juneau and Killisnoo
TOR four years from and after July 1,
1886, has been let TO the Pacific Coast
Steamship company at $1,000 per annum
"a saving Of little over so per cent on
the present subsidy. The department
declines to order semi-moHthly service
but it is possible it may yet be allowed
at least during the summer season. The
,9ntract from Wrangel to HowcaD, via
kIawak, has been let to Jane! W. Young
al 795. ! new postofice will be estab.
( lishe,i at Slakan. and supplied from this
route.
I TIE Whacom ReUeille. IN speaking OF
! the Port Townsend d-Ssmiahmoo mai
route, says: A profitable passenger and
/ freight business can be worked up on
this route If managed properly. Beside
aiForaiug shorter route between frisco
aud Wtatcom, it will place us IN com
munication with the Islands, The new
arrangement VIII give BeIlinGham Bay
merchants an opportunity TO work busi
ness toward the islands and Semiahmoc
The route is $50 miles long and viii
compel $40 miles OF travel weekly. which
! viii rcnnira cI1.s lat boat or two inferiol