The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-24
WASHINGTON NEWS
Fractional Fight in Port
Angeles Municipality.
THE sroRs or a MURDER.
censraiss ana rts Prospects The
Naval cemznsssioners as Taeo
naa-oiysnpia Incidents.
THE srons or 4 MURDER.

PaEv TowssEsp, Feb. 22.-IAe town Q.
Pert Angeles. the Leading bsssEnesx eous-
Euzity OF CIzzszr7 county, i having a
Lively eonErss 0ve- fae matter OF Eneo<rs-
ration IS . manscl palEsr. There a-s swo
factions. eerh wanting control. viz she
east-srksers xn1 sha zess-ensserS. re
west end ls TIE old gove-nnsnf town,
founded In tss2. az6 q part Of Smiths
addition, and ghe eAxr end Il owre4 zraa
inhabited by the Puget SoEn1 colony A
part of Smiths addition i also IA the east
end Practically the row2 IS csc. azs1 the
entire district il Ect too large for cue city.
even AZ the present exrly stage of develop
menf-
Application was uasse 20 Chief Jsstiee
Burke about swo weeks ago 10 have the
whBlE surveyed ~orrfam Of Ire town iur0~-
porAsssi. about SO acres Il all Notice was
published faz meeting 20 select eve
trustees. v DO should he appointed % serve
until the arss regular election shosIiG take
pisae- nH neesing wx< he1d. and the
rxezzse H1s fp&s three lze2 wefs selected
frczn the east erfs afsG twa lSoTn the west.
so.ss nS rs wesg enzevs. dissatisfied
vita tEe result. gur u7& rev pststion 20
Judge Burke. asking that Port Angeles be
incorporated. IN this petition trey cut CT
the east end, which IL one half Of the
town geographically and about three
fouzsas OF Isse residents. The east euders
Immediately held meeting aud alOpted
protest, asking thai the town be inecr-
porateG ~ a whsle. according 10 the sur
gey, OF have no incorporation as all And
here the matter rests Toe the time being
IL - thought that Judge Burke viii allow
the residents 10 settle Ii between them
selves before he takes action.
NitAln fSe past three DAYS efforts have
been made locking toward com promise
on this basis. Each end 10 have fwo trss-
tees and the fifth 10 be chosen from ngHfral
gruund. The east endeEs. who have ma
jorisy OF votes. are willing TO aceede 20
this, but the west eaders say. I'VE want
three trustees, or no incorporation. We
we're here frst and ought 70 hare the say
An @oysyERs' WAR
Some days ago several residents of the
old town "iurnpeeH section of water
front which the colony claimed UReer
riparian rights. The Jumpers pat up :
row OF buildings and the colony applied 10
Judge Burke for an Injunction decis-
ion Is expected within few days.
Sorae more wcsf-end raen started 10 pile
IN the whole water front of the govern
naeEt town Last Friday +. :. Lewis fled
an c!ste- claim in fro1t Of the government
townsite. On Monday more claims were
fled on top of his, some of the claims be-
ing ieiegraphed at considerable expense
Monday afternoon George Bash of Seattle
and W. T.. Smith of Port Angeles fsled on
the remainder of the water front from the
end OF thH government townsIfe to the
head OF the hay. iael1sing the lagoon
Every .-jnmper has put Up notices. and by
mutual consent further work on driving
piles has been stopped until Judge Barke's
decision shall have been made.
Between the contest over the incorpora-
ton and the jumping Of the water front
Port Angeles hss been Kept under unwont-
ed excisefnenIN