The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-08
WERE THEY LEGAL?
Question Raised as TO the Le-
gality Of Recent Marriages.
LEGISLATORS TO THE RESCUE.
Eastern Washington Wants Railroads 20
ship Only Exanded Cattle Hs Pro-
teeficn Against Stealing.

oLyxxgA. Dee. z.-Ii mar disturb the unspeak-
ase lsiss of f4eSs lev couples who hare osen
united II she hEEDy G nQ1sis 81 Ssaloez -
5utgas cf the suYerso- courts t5Eee Washington
ssseen1e 5 STATE. 20 knas rhs; aoabt exists as -
the stsscf lseagEy Of s1sh marriages and Z may
RfsoT1 great faeaftea 70 Others whe intend 10
be- married ~ shs Superior or supreme Judges.
3 know shas 5lIl was fsllraaded thFoHgh both
heases tcsiay which arrests ia b 80 ctseleIs IL
psgssr pesesx, frosa ard after the passage Of Ihe
1ils ard its signature ~ the governor. Tie
guest On IS % fhe functions a superior judges
Is merely teehNieal enc and exssss nnsF pc
eEgtse tue constellation declares faet the bEsIEess
T.sn34Hs In the territorial cissFieg courts shell
eoxfluNe in ana &c Sissuse3 81 By superior
euurss Blt the consultation Goes nos speclf.
lea IS els, he the superior judges with the author
ity held hy district judges. That matter vii he
fuzzy covered. / o eicubt. By lzE regulating the
eonduef Of ard practice in superior courts.
The aes eII 20 iaso effect immediately bat Is
was Bot % insure tue co8tiaued tranquility ct
the honey moons 81 nRiaeky eouFlgs that the
emergency clause Has inserted. Tie emergency
exits fos s tall and handsome senator fFonl she
loser Safn6. WHO, Il Is geEeraily kun.n, IS
about 20 ba married. ard who waits the eeTe-
NOISY performed bg sapEeme Judge Hest
Unaez the present law supreme judges clearly
O. to- have authority. ErE II the governor has
q Ps1tHsF HfFssef4A skoA al t1& sstsAt41I s1N a.
fxes his signature 10 the bali before December
IS the senaiUrs anxiety viii have been entirely
and happily EedsFes.
Tie printing is stu & nooted question In beth
ioWsGs. several senators considered + neees-
savz - explain this morning that they have no
connection with me state Printing and Publish
Ing Compong; a "a tbs Horse .;sefe was an
assempt 20 seeuEe the printing Of ali bills 5eicze
they passed the third reaiIag. u failed.
Both hoasss he'd morning sessions only. The
lower hense spent grszt deal q tins disposing
% The great amount af busiEess transacted by
The senate yesterday, AMI passed two bills snd
several memorials. TIE senate WAS In session 3
Itlie over N hour and passed OF tie bill relat
isg 20 TIE folsnnixAiion Of Marriages.
The session today was almost festureless
Many Puget sound members were anxious o get
away and they finished ali necessary business
and sdiouFned as quickly as possible.
Its 70 prevent the supernatural disappear
anee OF cattle aad horses from the ranges OF
Eastern Washington that Grubs's BIZ waS passed
sSis mGruiug. X Is notorious that stock is
stolen aud shipped snrreptitiousiy 10 Montana
ansl u aao So readily and quickly that no trace
il left behind. Railroad companies, by ?
provisions of the btll, are required Ia register
the aumtef, color and brands Of al stof X
shipped. 50 that they may easily be traced.
obyeciioa was made 10 the bill because II does
answered thsi stock was not ordinarily shipped
by sleagakoasA
In our country" be sail. we have bunch
grass snd railroads only. We haven't water
enough to float steamboat"
The memorial presented .by Moultray fully
explains the object ef its pfesenfalIon:
ff,a 81
ssntatiyes OF tie CEited States, IN Congress
assembled.
Your mem0rialisss, the legislature Of the
state OF Washington, respectfully represent.
That the Sockssfk river. emptylng into Bel
lingham bay, Puget sound, has the most ex-
sensiye agricultural valiey in esteTu Washing
fou comprising twelve townships Of rieh bot
i0m land now surveyed, aud = present poFula-
.ion OF more than s,0s0 people
Thst ~ present the river is navizshle only for
distance OF twenty miles, 60 LINDEN, ana that
with extreme difficulty ana danger, b2eanse OF
obs fuctions ia the shape OF jams, snags. snort
bends, etc.
That because ot the uncertainty ard danger 20
navigation, and hsd roads. the towns of Fern
dale, Lynden, sumss city, Eooksack. Licking
and Demng. are compelled % pas from SO to
81 per toa for freight IRON Bellingham bay
30 their respective towns
That the produce of the farmer is rendered
veiaeless, transportation taking is price, ren-
6erlng to that industry ilfiIe eT no proat
Taat the foothills bordering the valley are
covered Wlta The finest ar and cedar timber,
oa.y waiting the removal Of distractions from
the RIVER to De fioslsi 70 fhe sawm iiis on tide
wate-
That the upper valley, especially TIE north
fork rersias unsettled because OF the oalstFac-
tioas to navigation and the dieiealsy Ia making
roa =
Taat ssa,oo would pat the river IN thorough
good rer&ir. maTinz & enc ot the best and
easiest o. the Soaad rivers for navigatlon, open
iag sp vast tracts OF aae timber aud agricultural
lzuas
S0w, therefore. your uiewIorlsliztS ask that
congress appropriate for the improvement az
tba Neoksa1x rsxer Ehe sum Of sa5.eG0 granted
whieh we viii ia Bnty bound ever pray.
Tae memorial received gae unanimous ir7-
tsnr<e .seat Of fae HouSs