, 1889-03-21
NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES

NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES
Dan McGrath has leased his Monta
bar claim and has commenced work on /
placer property In Fancy guch.
d'Alene Record.
A gentleman IS in town this week wi
view OF organizing stock company, /
purpose OF whose creation would be
supply the town OF Medical Lake wi
water from Silver lake. IL would be q
thing for our growing town to have wat,
works. Medical Lake Ledger.
The corner lot lying south of the Ledp
Office was sold on Tuesday to John
Cochran, of Spokane Falls. for $500 Th
property was bought ten days ago by Chs
Bloomer for $3.50, and 100 per cent a,
vance is not bad for the time. Proper
all along Lake street 10 rapidly beii
recognized as the choicest property in 81
Lake city Medical Lake Ledger.
Mr.. Graham. of Spokane, and Ere
Graham, of this county, have about GO
cluded to build u town hall in Rathdrut
large enough for public gatherings of
kinds. This will be profitable schem
and should be encouraged by our busine
men and property holders. Next 70
ro0my and attractive hotel, q public hall
needed. .-kootenaj Courier.
Speaking of the Panhandle mine;tt
Wallace Free Press says: Reports fro
this Nine Mile property are most encou
aging. Cons, derable gaena is being take
out and the vein grows stronger dali
Two men are kept at work and ii is e:
pected within a short distance they wi
reach body of good ore, when Messr
| Black, Cameron, Sullivan and others wi
| be made happy.
Mr.. Joseph Grief arrived home
| Thursday evening from mis- two month
visit to his relatives and friends in Mich
igan and Kansas, looking hale and heart,
| He reports having he'd u pleasant time AN
succeeded in finding all his kins folks we
and prosperiDg, and that he came across
great people who would like to immi2rat
to Washington If they could only sell. Mi
Grief returned with his wife, formerl
Caroline Aur.-Wa ashington journal.
At the special election held las
Saturday to elect u justice of the peace 8
votes we're caet, of which L. w. Hender
son received seventy.twO. The monoton
of the affair was broken by little issa
introduced by the element believing in th
strict enforcement of the Sunday law bu
it seems that CON paratively few voters o
the town are in favor of any movement il
that direction. MIR. Henderson, we be
lieve will make good justice.-Medica
Lake Ledger.
William GauRhan, whom everybody
knows. came in from Chloride Tuesday
and returned Wednesday morning. II,
had with him specimens of ore from thre,
claims in which he is interested, and b,
says they will run from 200 to 400 ouncei
in silver. His claims are about mil,
from Grays landing. The mountain upor
which they are located rises abruptly from
the lake. 1t development work fultills hi
atltt h. TIL 80 ksat
can be worked remarkably cheap. Boat,
can land at the foot of the mountain. from
which the ore can be passed down through
chutes. Mr.. Gaughan feels very much en-
Unused over the general outlook of tn,
Chloride camp, and his own prospects il
particular. and we trust he will not be dis
ppointed.-Wallace Free Press.
Washington territory Is pre-eminentll
a country free from poverty. 1t has M
poor people; it has wealth Of land, water
mineral resources and forests that is no
equaled by any other in the Union. ThI
| timber you will find west of the CascadJ
range, the farm lands east Of the noun
tains. These lands are by no mean
equally fertile and productive, and henc
il is that the tourist passing over tn
| Northern Pacific railroad forms an unfa
| vorable opinion OF the country. The rail
road for the most part traverses an ole
couee or river bed To see farm land visi
the Palo Ise country Garfield Enter
prise.
The governor of Idaho has appointed tn
following set Of officers of the new count,
OF Sherman, to serve until the regular Jun,
election in 1890; County Judge, Jane
Fulton; clerk, V. q. Brock; sheriff, +,
NJ. Leslie; treasurer. Levi Armswor,hy
su erintendebt of schools, j C.. Bright
commissioners, John Medler and Daytol
Elliott; coroner, J. b. Hoss; assessor. c
G. Myers. Wasoo is the county seat
The whistle of the new steam planip,
mill will be heard for the first time mex
Monday morning, when it is expected tn
plant will be ready for operation. Nov
for steam Touring mill to be erected il
the same locality Herald.
The government snag boat Corvallis will
be started to work at once in the uppe
Willamette il is announced. She will be
gin at Harrisburg and come down, clear
ing out the sndgs. in the course of
month the snag boat Willamette will b.
put to work towing stone for the revet
ment work at Corvallis. Then the inten
tion is to keep these two boats upon tn
upper river, and by scraping and whateve
else IL necessary, endeavor to keep tn
channel open to Corvallis at least, ant
further up If possible, for the whole sum
mer season. For This work, includins
the Corvallis revetment, some $3.50, 90,
available funds are yet remsininR frou
the last Appropriation Ga
zette,