The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-22

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ater md . Ksre Track.
SxoHoxIsH. May H.--On SATURDAY, last
the Snohomish county commissioners lss
the contract for the new courthouse 10
Thomas Mann. OF Portland. Tor the sum Of
$s2.lSa Three other bads we're received. a.
follows: Madden & Standing. $2s.67o; Nc
Eachren 4 Tomlinson. $500: Daniel
Warner, IS, 30. The building win be q
fine one and will. in every way, meet the
requirements OF the county.
A theaser building. to cost SIS, 900. Is one
of the buildings to he erected this summer.
The Agricultural Society and Turf Club
have made = call for bids for clearing one
mile race track. An excellent site has
been secured near Lake Rlackman, where
one Of the best tracks on the Sound viii b
constructed.
The knights Of Pythias baseball club de-
feated the Odd Fellows club on Sunday by
. score Of II to Ia
Superior court closed here yesterday
evening. and Judge Winn Immediately left
for whatcom. where he will convene court
at that place. He stated 10 the Posr-IH-
rEIIIeEScKR representative that = very
large docket awaited him there.
Steps are being taken for the organization
Of Congregational church in this town.
Two New steamers For the sound.
Posr TOWNSEND. May 2i.-Thc steam
schooner Mischief and the tug Favorite ar
rived in port yesterday morning from
Yaquina bay. Oregon These vessels came
up in company and viii both make Port
Townsend their homo port and engage In
the Sound trade. Stops were made At
Astoria and Gray's harbor. and the trip up
was made in six days. The Mischief was
commanded by Captain Winant and is .
trim looking craft of f25 tons register. She
is eighty feet in length. nineteen-foot beam
and seven-foot depth Of hold. She was
built in 1856. at 0neatta. Oregon, and has
been engaged in the coasting trade. The
Favorite is a very pretty little vessel and
will in all probability engage in the island
trade. She Is eighty-four feet in length.
twenty-two-foot beam and seven
and four-one-hundredth foot depth
Of hold. Her engines are Of le5
horse power and she 10 Of "a. Is tons regis
ter. She has been engaged in towing on
Yaquina bay and river. and was built at
San Francisco in 1875. Captain N. g.
Buckley commands her.
senator stanford's state Socialism.
WAsHlSsros CIrY. May 2i.-stanford's
bin introduced in the Senate yesterday for
loans on land provides for the establish
mdnt Of land loan bureau in the treasury
department The secretary OF the treasury
Is authorized to prepare United States cir
culating legal tender notes. to be placed to
the credit OF the land loan bureau as
needed. Any citizen owning unencum-
bered agricultural land may apply to the
bureau for . loan, 10 Be secured by lien
on the land, tho loan not to exceed half Of
the assessed land value. No loan shall BE-
made on land under 500 in value. nor in
sums Of less than $3.50. nor for the longer
time than twenty years. Loans shall bear
interest 1T the rata Of 2per cent. per an
mum. payable annually. and may BE- paid
at any time in sums Of not less<hat Is per
cent Of the whole amount. The secretary
of the treasury shall cancel equal TO the
payments made on the loans. In case OF
default OF payment Of the interest or prin-
cipal the chief Of the bureau may order
foreclosure in the United States circuit
court
Destruction Of Forests Causes Cyclones.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. May 2l.--In the ma
tionA conference OF the state board OF
health DR.. p. H. Bryce. Of Canada, read .
paper on the preservation Of our forests ~
a national sanitary measure. Resolutions
were adopted that. recognising the we'll
known evils resulting from the recent dis
sstrous floods and destructive cyclones. duo
in . great measure 70 the cutting down Of
forest trees. this conference desires most
earnestly TO bring these evils 70 the atten-
ton Of the federal government and urging
such measures rs win prevent further de-
struction and also plant trees on the waste
lands. TO b gradually re-forested. DIR.
Benjamin Lee offered the following. which
was adopted: "Resolred, That all state and
territorial boards OF health should keep all
cases of leprosy existing in their respective
districts under surveillance ard should re-
quire ply sicians to report all cases which
come to their notice."