Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-27

Very neat and tasty invitation cards
were sent out last week. Several halls
have been offered lie the committee with
the NJ. Z. church for the reception OF Wis,
itors. The Woman's Relief corps will
open their doors at the q. A. r. hall and
desire all persons Of that order TO call
and register. The same can be said OF
the following: Postmaster Mcdowell has
| established headquarters at Mayor David
sons office for all Indiana comrades.
The Wisconsin headquarters will be at
a. Il. Cady Il Sons shoe store, which will
be presided over by Messrs. Cady and
Clayton The Pennsylvania and Michi-
gan headquarters, by ;. L. Sterling and
| a. T. Mason. will he in the two rooms at
the Elliott block Other headquarters
have also been established. Among the
distinguished personages who Will he
present from distance will be General
Commanding Chief Alger of Michigan
and staff. and Mrs. j. A. Logan of Illinois.
The address Of welcome on behalf OF the
citizens Of Ellensburg will be given by
Mayor Davidson and responded TO by
Gen. Alger; in behalf of the Parson post
of Ellensburg by Sheriff Brown. The
citizens are making every arrangement TO
make the stay of all strangers pleasant.
There are 80 posts in Washington and
one in Alaska all of which will have from
one to ten delegates present according to
| the apportiOnment.
Following are the officers of the depart
ment, all of whom will be presents: ;: {.
COsgrove. commander, Pomeroy: William
Me Micken, ). V. c., Olympia: w. A.. In
man. jr.. j. V. c., ColfaX. DR.. ii. &. l'ost-
wick. medical director. Tacoma: j; III.
Macomber, deputy chaplain. Fort Sher-
/ iutant general. Pomeroy: II. {. Thomp-
son, assistant quartermaster general,
! Pomeroy; ). c. Hyde. judge advocate,
/ spokane Falls: i. 7. Carroll. chief must
ering officer. Seattle; {. NJ. Barton, IN
spector general. Tacoma. Following are
! the names of the council OF admlnlstfa-
ton; o. Il. johnson, Seattle; James X.
| Hayden. Olympia; J. ID. tieohegan, Van
/ couVer: William Lind. Nalla Nalla: j.
/ l.. Brown. Ellensburg.
The department headquarters have
been established at the Horton house. and
rates fixed al $50 to 500 per day. The
council of administration will meet at the
! Horton at 10 o'clock am. April ~th. Tor
/ the purpose of auditing accounts and
/ transacting such business OF the encamp-
ment as may come before IL.
The afternoon will be- devoted to organ
| izatiOn, presentation OF Official reports
| and reference of same To committees.
Nav LIST the election and installation OF
officers for the ensuing tenn will he the
/ order of business.
The Northern Pacific railroad will sell
/ tickets for all points On its line where
posts are located. Round trip tickets. for
| one and one-hfth fare. will be placed ON
sale April 18th. good up 10 and including
MAY 5th.
The %. r. * N.Co. will sell tickets from
/ all points on its line Ia Nallula for one
/ full fare. and ON presentation of eertit-
cate from the adjuiant general or secre-
/ tary of the W. X. {. in attendance al THIS
encampment. to the agent at Wallula, a
return ticket will h. issued for one-ffth
I regular rate.
The above tcrms are open Ia friends a.
well as members of the cncampment.
\ dispatch from san Francisco says that
/ General Algcr in speaking OF his present
tour IN attendance upon the department
encampnents OF numerous states SAID
/ this previous to his departure from san
Jose. where he has been attending the
California encampment: Il have just
/ been Ia attendance az the Iowa encamp-
mcnt at Dies Moines aud one IN Missouri,
at jefferson city. The one AT Dies Moines
was attended by over 500 soldiers. The
California encampmcnt will be the
tWenty-Second ! have been present at
since | began my tour In January. !
started with the New England states and
made my way west. and my tour makes
me firm ia my belief that the Grand Army
Is in most hourishing condition today.
We have now on the rolls in good stand
ing 10000 old soldiers. aud are increasing
in membership al the rate of i5.0OOa year.
During the last quarter OF 1ss9 the in
crease was little over ll,0oO. aud this
actual increase over the losses by death
and the dropping off of members Tor the
non payment of dues.
II intend Ia leave for Oregon Friday
night. the 25th inst. going direct To Ell
ensburg to attend the Washington en-
campment. ! am interested In the Fort
Bragg and NoyO lumber companies,
which are to hold their annual meetings
the last of the week.
The future lumber supply of the conn
try is on this coast and In the South
1 Much of the timber in the southern states
Is not good for finishing purposes, hut
makes good building lumber. The red
wood and fir on this coast i good for both
purposes. The market for both is at
] present small in the east. Some redwood
has found its way into the Chicago
market. but the railroad rates are unfa-
yorable to large shipments To the east.
However. | am in hopes of getting favor
able rates some of these days. The time
cannot be distant when the coasts ship
ments of lumber to the eastern market
will assume very large proportions. The
lumber supply of Michigan and the sur
rounding country is failing rapidly. The
large tracts owned by some OF the syndi-
Gates are almost cleared. and many more
will be exhausted in four or five years.
In eight years from now there will not
be- any Supply at all from that section.