, 1889-03-14
NoRrnwksT NEWS AND NO

Wallula wants bank.
Peach trees are In bloom In Walls wslia
county.
Idaho county, In Idaho territory. 10 only
one and one.half times a. big a. che stais
OF Massachusetts. ~ IL stands. but IL It
were spread out fiat II would be nearly ~
large "a Texas.
According to the Free Press q great
deal Of snow has fallen In the Bitter Root
and Salmon river mountains in the last
three weeks. The placer miners are hop.
ing for q prosperous mining season with
plenty Of water after all.
Mr.. John G. Justice to-day handed in
his resignation "a warden of the Wash.
ington penitentiary, which the board Of
commissioners accepted with regret. Since
Mr.. Justice took charge of the peniten-
tiary not single prisoner has escaped.
His viligance In regard to their care never
relaxed. But other business demands his
attention and he leaves the penitentiary
In other hands.-Walla Walla States
man.
The assessment roll Of the city of Colfax
for 1888 presented total assessed valu-
alton, on q basis OF 80 per cent o. actual
on the same basis, is $648, ,932, an increase
of e25, ,202. II is estimated that the as
sessed value does not reach more than ono
third the actual cash value Of the property,
hence the actual increase In the city valu.
alton amounts to about $75. 900 over that
OF last year.
The tunnel being driven into the hill BY
DR.. Pocock, back Of his residence at Col
fax. for the purpose OF obtaining an ads-
quate water supply, IL proving success.
At depth OF forty feet flow of water
was obtained which is estimated to yield
twenty barrels Der diem. A cross section
is now being cut In the hope OF making
the flow still more abundant. The water
is about twenty feet above his house and
can he conveyed through pipes to any
tunnel workmen exhunied good sized
stump which is In az advanced state OF
petrifcation. II may be seen at Suther.
land's drug store.
We hear nothing else but dissatisfac.
tion expressed in regard to the work Mr..
Samuel undertook to do for Pomeroy In
The illustrations of the buildings are pro-
nounced miserable failures. All refuse to
accept the work. We are uuadvised what
settlement. IL any, will be made. The
clearest way is for Brother Samuel TO do
his work over according to previous ar
rangement. He cannot afford to antago-
nize his influential patrons at this place.
and we are certain that some such COM
promise can be effected. The moral Of
this is for our business men to make up
5000, 900 and this paper will get out an
extra illustrated edition that will please
all and greatly aid in attracting people
and capital to our county. -Washington
Independent.
The matter of connecting C0lfax by
rail with some point on the Spokane 4
Palouse railroad. not as yet definitely de-
termined upon, is being much agitated by
citizens Of this place. Considerable has
been said regarding the construction OF
this line from Colfax TO Palouss City. IL
butt to any point, IL is to be entirely indie
pendent Of the o. X. Il N, at least that 10
all that is being talked Of at the present
time. IL is probable that subscription pa
pers will be circulated soon to see what
encouragement can be secured toward in
ducing stock company to take hold Of
the matter and construct the road, and it
is TO be hoped they will be filed up with
good round figures. 1t ia useless for the
Ccmmoner to add further, at this time, to
its already exhaustive arguments concern
ing the great advantages of such road
to our thriving city and It's energetic peo-
pie; 1t is apparent at glance to all, and
should he activsly rustled for.-Colfax
CommOner.