, 1889-01-10


dence at The Dalles and pract;cad
law. From there he moved to Cali.
fornia few months ago.
j. Furth, cashier of the Pupet
Sound National bank, has been an
pointed agent to negotiate the sale
OF bonds to pay off the Indebtedness
OF hing county prior to January /,
1888, authorized by the last leg gisla-
ture. The amount is 100000.
The population of Snohomish has
doubled in the last twelve months, it
now being within the corporate lin
its, 1,2O0; within mile of the busi-
ness centre, 1,500. During the same
period property has doubled and in
many places quadrupled in value.
A schoolma'am at Colville asked
her class of infants the other day
what was necessary to the admission
of Washington. This was sumner,
and silence prevailed for a time,
when little urchin at the top of the
class shouted, "a republican major
ity."
Blackman Bros. logging camp. near
Marysville, has closed down perma.
nently. The firm of Michigan Ium-
bermen who recently purchased their
timber will probably open the camp
on an extensive scale next season,
providing suitable mill site can be
obtained on deep water near tine
mouth of the river.
The long stage ride from Montesa
no to Olympia is to be considerably
shortened. A four horse stage will
leave Montesano daily and Will con-
meet with the railroad Is miles dis
TAFT, for Kamilchie, on the sound,
and from there by boat to Olympia.
It will require from 6 a. m. to 4 p. m.
to make the journey.
The Oregon board of immigration
proposes to raise by subscription
from $4,000 to 100000 to advertise
that state next year, and will ask the
Legislature to appropriate hall as
much more to be expended by the
board. The board is advertising
largely in the Portland papers that
issue special editions.
The Secretary of the Interior in
his recent report to Congress says
that the forests Of Washington Ter
ritory furnished 32O,000,00O feet of
lumber, 69,000,000 lath and 50,0O0,00O
shingles during the last fiscal year OF
which over two-thirds was shipped
for foreign consumption. The ca
pacity of the saw mills of the Terri
tory he placed at 1,043, 500, 900.
Real estate is booming over at An
acortes. 1t is said that investments
are running riot over in that yicini-
ty. There seems to be absolutely no
accommodations for travellers, and in
some instances they have been COM
PEELED to camp on the beach until the
steamer came along. There is moth
ing in sight at present to justify the
fabulous prices charged for property
over at the would be-city.-Mt. Yer
non Neics.
Work at the Puget Sound Creo-
sote works at Salmon Bay is being
pushed ra apidly, says the Seattle
Journal. The grading has been
com pleted, and foundations finished
for retorts. engines and machinery
The Richmond Locomotive Works
will commence delivering the $780,
600 worth of machinery ordered
within the next thirty days. This
will be the largest works of this kind
in the United States.
Capt. Roeder has purchased $1,000
worth Of the most modern and im>
proved stone cutting machinery for
the Chuchanut, and Mr.. trust, from
the famous Amhurst quarries of Ohio
has been engaged to superintend the
Ohuchanut quarry. 1t is probable
that some of the first dimension stone
cut by the new machinery will be
used in the erection of a grand five
story building at the foot of Broad
way to be known as the "Roeder Ho.
tel."-ReUeille.
A KiLsap county farmer last week
finished digging the second crop Of
potatoes and .urnips raised on one
piece of ground this year. The first
crop was planted on April l6, and
brought a yield of lat sacks potatoes
to the acre, and 145 sacks of turnips.
The second planting was made
July 3, and resulted in much larger
yield-the potatoes reaching 166
sacks to the acre and the turnip crop
1856 sacks. This gives an annual
yield per acre of $50 sacks of turnips
and 313 sacks of potatoes. or about
440 bushels of potatoes. and 500
bushels of turnips to the acre. He
raised beets that weighed IA pounds
each, and rutabagas that tipped the
scales at "a pounds.
Supreme court begins Monday at
Olympia. There is said to be large
number of cases on the docket. An
exchange notes the following: Among
the important cases that will come
up is that of Angus McClain, under
sentence of death for the murder of
Conners at Shelton on the 10th of
1887. His case was taken
up on a writ of error Should a new
trial be granted. which is probable,
his council, g. G. Israel, ESQ.,, of
Olympia, expects to be able to intro
duce new and startling evidence in
the case. The condemned man is
very cheerful and hopeful, and bears
his long Imprisonment bravely. His
wife procured divorce some time
ago, on the ground that he was con-
victed of felony.
There is no country where the |
cherry attains the perfection that it
does here in Washington territory,
in the western portion of |
1.-THE amount produced on a tree, /
when stated, would appear ineredi-
BILE to those who have never witness
ed the cherry growing here. The
cherries grow in such clusters as to !
weigh down the limbs SO that the
look like ropes of cherries.
And what can be said of the pr oduc-
ion of cherries can also be said of
pears, prunes, plums and apples. and
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