The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-11-28

D,vtnnSa KfrrrrAs Couxry A nat;tion
has haen nDmerouslv s;gnad and viii ba
presented 10 the Legislature askiuy for n
division Of Kittitas county and ioy The
formation Of a new county N be known
as Grant. with county seat at Gle Finn
The only opposition IN This division
comes from the merchants bankers, and
real estate men Of ElIensburOb who fear
the bnildino of n town of ;mnortance In
the nroposed countv. which. with its rich
mining interests viii rival Ellensburqb
and take tberefrom much of the trade
now reeieyed from the western portion Of
the countv. The farmers and.taxpayers
aside from the classes named are fayora.
BILE tn the division as the heavy tax
which n Iawless element AT Roslvn sad
dies ON Kittilas has become very burden
some and basoccasioned much orumblin0.
The proposed division lines commence at
APPOINT where the township line between
townships twenty-three and twenty-four
crosses the range line between eighteen
and nineteen east, Willamette meridian,
and running thence south on said line 70
the township line between townships
nineteen and twenty; thence west on
said line between townships nineteen and
twenty to range line between ranges
seventeen and eighteen; thence south on
said range line to township line between
townships sixteen and seventeen; thence
west along said township line to the
Natcheez river; thence northerly along
the main channel oil said river to the
summit Of the Cascade mountains or
southwest corner oil Pierce county thence
north along the eastern boundaries oil
Fierce King and snohomish counties to
the main channel oil the Wenatchie river
thence down said river TO where said
river crosses the township line between
townships tWenty-lhree and twenty'iour;
thence south on said township line to the
point oil beginning.
LAND DECISION AFFECTING SIXTY TuoU-
SAND AcREs.-Commissioner Croft, of the
general land Office, has instructed the
register and receiver Of the local land
office to allow the application of Charles
w, Young to make timber culture entry
of the southwest ouarter of section "a,
township IA, north range Is east. Young's
application was rejected for the reason
that the land in question was covered by
n pendiuV desert land application of Paul
w. Law. made April %. 1899. Laws ap-
plication was one Of one hundred and
three made during the great rush incident
TO the report that the sunnyslde ditch
was TO be built by company headed by
Mr. Sears oil Tacoma. AT that time the
applicants rendered as initial payment
twenty-five cents per acre, which tender
was rejected, ana hity cents per acre de-
manded on the ground that the land was
double MINIMUM being within the rail-
road limits IL was agreed among the
claimants and the local land oilcers that
the application oil Richard stropach
should be taken up on appeal and mat
the other appllcatlons shouid De heiu In
allegiance until decision should De rem
dered. Ihe action oil the local oihcers
was sustained and on september D. 1881
no further appeals having been taken, the
register and receiver were instructed 10
onnI;ca,ions voro no hor 20 ,ho allowance
81 I'M, on,r;os 90 t,,;n,s Comr,;ss;opar
G,oT III a., . .or,'soI - roOoiyo Zoos
or nrrcbose money tondered ia equivalent
No ro;oct;on If an annlication and il