The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-19
FEW CHEHALIS DEER.
Hounds Have Driven Them Up
Into the Mountains.
TWO Willy CRIMINALS Gagged.
Thirty Acres or Hops Give Net Profit
Of Sff.2oo--New Coal
Find.

cnEHALis, Dec. Is special deputy
Siieuh Barnett returned from Walla Walla
on Sunday night, where he had been with
the two prisoners, Thompson and Watson,
convicted at this session Of court. While
IN confinement here a special guard had 10
be Kept over the jail night and day, two
attempts being made to release them. An
Ak and saw were found inside the Jail,
conveyed, it is supposed, through the win
dow
The capacity of the public school is be-
ing taxed to its utmost Ii is arranged to
seat about $50 pupils. while the average at
tendance runs mp 10 $50, and even higher.
There are over 100 scholars enrolled on the
DOCKS, aud from ten 10 twenty new ones
are beng added weekly. Some further
provision or addition to the school ill
have TO be made.
hunters and sportsiuen are complaining
OF the scarcity OF larger game through the
county. Settlers, even in the remote dis
trlsis, say that they seldom get shot at a
deer now. One man in the Big Bottom
country reports that not more than five or
SIX deer have been killed in the whole val
: ley this season. Only few years ago
there were so many deer in this section
that their tracks were as plentiful as on a
sheep run. AZ one time there were more
Indians in the valley than there are white
men now, and they spent almost their
whole time hunting. living entirely upon
deer meat. Each fall they would kill big
quantity, enough to last the winter vet by
the next winter the deer would be just as
plentiful as ever, while today scarcely one
can be seen. The reason of this change is
attributed TO the fact that settlers are in
tue habit of hunting deer with pack of
hounds, and will often run one all over the
mountains for whole day, blowing their
horns and shouting. probably never get
ting II after all. then they will leave their
dogs TO run wild until they are tired out
and return home. Once the dogs get into
the habit of running deer they viii often
go of their own accord. Chasing deer may
be good sport. but it is driving the game
out OF the country, and mountainous
county loses all its greatest attractions
when the game is all gone.
4 new Catholic church is TO be erected
al Urban, four miles from Winlock. about
500 and two acres of land having been
subscribed.
A fine vein Of coal has been discovered
in the vicinity Of Toledo that is pro-
nounced equal to any found in Penusylva-
mia. 1t is seventeen feet thick and very
extensive and easily accessible.
Some idea OF the proht on hops this year
may be gained from the yield of II. g.
Louvre, ranchman living on the Cheha-
lis river, about four miles from Chehalis.
He has hop yard of thirty acres that gave
him this year twenty-six tons of hops. OF
these he sold ten tons early in the season
for 2Dl4 cents per pound. This paid the
entire cost of production and picking, thus
leaving him sixteen tons clear pront At
the current price of 35 cents per pound this
would realize him a net profit on his thirty
acres of hops of $i1 200.
Travellers from WiIlapah and South
Bend report that the county commission
$1,000 in addition to another 81 600 that
has been raised by private subscription to
build a wagon road between South Bend
and Willapah, and that influence is being
brought to bear upon the Northern Pacific
officials to open up wagon road across
tween South Bend and Chehalis. Petitions
have already been sent in To Washington
City for the establishment of daily mail
service between these two points.