Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-01
WASHINGTON.
Land Commission in a
Perplexity.
THE SPOKANE BOND CASE.
Some Showers From the Western
Part of the State Pass Over
the Cascades.
THE SPOKANE BOND CASE.

North Yakima has begun work on it's
sewerage system.
The new Northern Pacific depot at Ed
ison will cost $1,000. s
The contract has been let for the cree
ticn Of postoilice building At South
Bend.
A log Jam of three years duration ON
the Skagit river was broken by the re-
cent floods.
J. D. McDougall has presented six
large American flags TO the Seattle School
Board TO float over the city schoolhouses'
Tacoma has an agent in New York
pushing her claims for holding the Dem
ocratic National Convention next year.
Leading Democrats OF Port Town
eend are making strenuous efforts to
have the State convention at that city
next year.
Judgment has been found in Tacoma
against some OF the delinquent sub
scrihers OF the Western Washington Elk
position Company.
The output Of the Northern Pacific
coal mines at Roslyn for October was
36,l2s tone, Of which the Union Pacific
received s,2ls tons.
Some OF the best people Of Oakesda'e
aru called upon for heavy damages Tor act
ing ~ yigilantes in driving out Of town
man named Atchison
The Tacoma National Bank has SCI
cured Judgment against the Gig iiarbor
Lumber Company, and is authorized TO
sell property sufficient 10 satisfy claim
for $l2,6S8.
Exports from the collection district OF
Puget Sound during the month OF Octo-
Der amounted TO 81, 900, the largest
in the history OF the district. OF this
amount 81 ,ol3,o32 was shipped in sail
Ing craft.
The snag boat Skagit has finished its
work on the NookAack. The river IL
clear to Lynden, twenty milee. The PEG
pie are anxious to have the upper river
turned into Lummi Bay, into which II
formerly flowed.
Come OF the showers that have fallen
10 steadily in the western part OF the
State during the past month have crossed
the Cascades into Eastern Washington
Ii has made the ground tit for blowing
and farmers are happy.
DIR. g. r. Culver, the local weather OBJ
server at Tacoma, says that the records
OF the past forty years show that tn,
rainfall 40 far this nionth has been thu
heaviest in that period He predicts q
continuance OF the heavy rainfall durini
the winter,
II IL estimated that within . radius o
12b miles Of Spokane there will be mar
kpted thia wear g,1Sb 900 bushels o
wheat. 2 $4,000 bushels OF oats, 3, 1856
O1l bushsis Of barley, and $i2 ,000, 900 i
eonsideted a low estimate OF the wealtl
thatithis enormous crop will bring 3
the people.
The route OF the Great Northern
pu2zling the minds OF people III Variou
parts OF the State. A few weeks ago
was settled that the road WAS sure TO &
up the Wenatchee, but the latest repor
says IL is going through the Cowlitz Pas
and from there to Gray's Harbor as q
rect as the nature oil the country WI
admit OF its being made.
Secretary OF State Allen Weir has file
a supplemental complaint in new sui
aShlns. ti'e 49, o ~, o,aats ~ az as
Pas.iy,',it...', 400 o9o TIA 60,
anu nan t,..a ~ ar,;eesta anthori,
iaN'.s 'eson s s' 20 de- hns;nass N
lns w e M Jeienaants IN sho
ooue o.uosr a.. ..,y.;rs q, tha ca,,
-... 49,, 80 IL, xrnnp] mn
PaHy ehoo'" NV w "0N w.
Frank Young, ex-luspector OF Gu
toms. has been arrested at Seattle at I'll
instance OF United States Special Ager
Mnlkey on two charges. He hired q
madam sloop at Victoria October 8, an
came to Seattle in it without entering 1
the custom house. Then he shipped I'll
sloop oa1A " s,x" ha,a '" thnt 40 ha,
eio'e tne oo,'eu'oa ''e'J ~ 20 w char pu'
was a, .,,...,.,.'a.s s,d eor;,,rv =
WIN pot'' suiues""s CIV" P'''''
Rains have been falling in every pa
OF the Palouse country the past wee
and the farmers are all hard at wor
blowing and seeding. The soil is moi
about ten inches down from the surtac
With little more rainfall there will
better prospects for crops next seasc
than for several years past, But son
of the farmers incline to believe thet,
il gets very wet. there might be dang
OF winter killing in iall-sown grain.
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From All accounts oteEenS gou Ge
more tnah any Gun, i s', t w ';,e e ="
vava Stnca the SpOkaue halls AT