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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-10
FISHERMEN ON A STRIKE.
They Organize . Union and Demand
Higher Prices-The Dealsrs' Views.

xhey organize y Union ana Dem1n0
Higher Prices-The Dealers Views.
The Seattle fishermen are on strike, and re.
fuse to sell silver or jack salmon for
less than "a cents a poand. and fall
salmon 10 cents apiece. They claim
that these are only reasonable prices and unless
the fish dealers sgree to pay shem, they will
sell their own fish on the market at whatever
they can get Tor them. The propri-
etors OF the eannery and the
fish dealers insist On buying at
whatever the supply and demand fixes, and no
more. Otherwise they say they cannot afford
to buy at all Tho fishermen ssy an effort is
being made to run the price dawn lower than
ever before.
Tho fishermen held a meetisg at Western
Central Labor Union hall yesterday afternoon
and 223 OF them were organized into a union by
Organizer ]. l. Murphy, assisted by W. G. Arm
strong. The union was attached TO the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor The following officers
were elected:
President, Martin Banich; Yice president,
Frank Baiocchi; secretary. Mason; treasurer,
NJ. Matson; executive committee, A. Sodich, A.
Jine, L. Larson; sergeant-at-arnss, John Beban.
The following price list was adopted for the
ensuing year:
For canneries, where fishermen furnish their
own gear-Jack salmon. % cents ser fish: silver
salmon, 10 cents per fish; fall salmon, cents
per fish.
For canneries furnishing gear5-Jack salmon.
IS cents per fish: silver salmon. scents clear per
fish; fail sail salmon, cents cletF per fish.
For wholesale trsde-Not less Elan 2,S cents
per pound for jack and silver ssImon, and IL.
cents per pound for fall salmon
The members of the union have signifed thei,
willingness TO affiliate with the Western Central
Labor Union ard to take out Il csarter from the
American Federation of Labor, which will be
secured for them by General Organizer Murphy.
Another meeting will be hels sunday eft.
ernoon in tho Western Central La
Dor Union hall, when Mr. Murphy
will address the members of thv union on the
OBJECTS and purposes of the Au.srican Fedora.
ton OF Labor and the benefits of unionism.
Some OF the fishermen say they VIII have 400 or
800 members IN the union in a vesy short time
Speaking of the demands o; Che fishermen
yesterday E. Z. Ainsworth, of the firm of Aims
worth & Dunn, said:
At This season of the year fish age cheap in ths
East. and II We are compelled to pay such high
prices for them here il will Simply shut Us o1it
Of the market At these rates The round 6sh
would cost Us 20 to Is cents apiece. Then We
have 10 clean Them and pack t:1em in ice for
shipment There Is only one Way to do and
that is TO buy the fish at the rrices fixed by
the supply and demand. Il: is only
few days since thes9 fishermen
had LOT of salmois we had
no use for at all. Sometimes tbs. cannery does
not need them, and ii they are not willing to sell
for what IS offered, wha. are tnez going to do
with them?
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-10
Irrigation in Lincoln County.
From a Census Bulletin.

Lincoln county is in Eastern Washing
ton. north Of Adams county. and forms
part of the great plains of the Columbia.
1t is bounded on the north by the Spokane
and Columbia rivers and on the other
three sides by the rectangular lines of
townships and ranges. The drainage sys-
TENS of the county consist of small creeks,
few of which flow northerly into the
Spokane or the Columbia. The greater
number. however, run in general south
westerly course, finally uniting to form
Crab creek, q stream flowing in a westerly
direction through q series of lakes into
Douglas county. where the waters finally
disappear by evaporation from the surface
of Alkali lake. These streams have cut
deeply into the surface Of the county and
How in canyons or gorges from 100 to 600
feet deep. or even more. On the high,
part of the county is composed nearly
all crops of the temperate zone are
successfully raised. The soil is very
rich, and ifi many years the
yield is exceedingly large. The drought
of 1889, so disastrous in other parts of the
country, diminished the yield, but did not
impoverish the farmers. There is usually
melting. saturates the ground to a great
depth. Apparently the structure Of the
soil is such that as the dry season comes
on some of this moisture returns toward
the surface and reaches the roots of the
plants. On the low lands along the
streams, as, for example, in the narrow
valley or gorge of the Columbia river and
of Crab creek, crops usually require irrl-
CATION. The soil there is somewhat sandy,
not retaining water for any great length
of time. Springs issue from the walls of
these gorges, usually at depth OF from
100 to 200 feet below the general level of
the high prairie, and this water can be
easily led out to irrigate the small patches
of low ground. From the character of the
country and the fact that crops are sue
cesstul without irrigation, it appears
doubtful if any large system of water sup
ply will ever be introduced. The greater
part of the water flows too far
below the surface of the ground to
be brought out upon the land, and the
country is so rolling and broken by cam
yonS that canal construction would be
very expensive. The development of irri-
CATION in a small way, however, will doubt
less continue, AS the benefits derived from
this method of agriculture are such as in
some places to warrant the expenditure of
considerable sums for watering alfalfa,
timothy and other forage crops, as we'll as
fruits and vegetables. At present large
part of the forage is made by cutting wheat
and oats, since without irrigation alfalfa
Is not uniformly successful and frequently
does not thrive through the droughts of
summer. The water supply for domestic
use is good. Wells usually reach water at
a depth of from ten to thirty feet although
IN some places it is necessary to drill or
bore to depth of from 100 to 200 feet. So
far as can be ascertained, however. none
OF this water rises and overlows.
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The Sturgeon Season.
Cathlamet Gazette, September

Odt HIdfhtI Uazotse, september
The sturgeon season IL to commence ear lier
this year than usual Active preparations will
be commenced about the 18th of the month,
There will be an attempt made this year to
form sturgeon fishermen's union to raise the
price of fish. The scale that Is proposed is as
follows: Rough sturgeon, ~ cents a pound:
dressed, cents; caviare, cents per pound, and
bladders, cents. The move emana:ed from
Kalama, and there is likelihood that a strike
may be in order to adjust the terms 1t is
claimed that the Kalama packers can pay more
for their fish and make a profit, owing to their
superior facilities for shipment
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floor. and keep it burning during the
whole process. Weigh out pound OF
sulphur to box of hons, and arrange
your sulphur burning pans three feet from
the ground and entirely removed from the
stove. Sulphur should not be burned at
high heat. We frequently burn hun.
dred pounds Of sulphur to flooring OF
hops of eighty boxes.
Fifth-Increase the depth Of your floor
ings as the season advances. We ire
quentiy lay foorings three feet deep, when
thoroughly ripe. Such floors will take
from twentv.four to thirty hours to cure,
hut make the most even colored hops.
Sixth-Discharge promptly the first fire.
man who runs the heat up above the max
imum temperature you have established.
Try to cure them at q temperature OF 13O
degrees Farenheit, but not over 40 de-
grees. Above that, especially with early
picked hops, the heat will show on them.
Seventh-We would almost say, never
stir flooring of hops; you may have to go
higher than a blind horse-and scatter out
the green punches if any are left, and
don't turn them off the floor until certain
there are none such lett, and, in fact, until
the hops are thoroughly cured.
Eighth-We practice carrying the hops
them off and breaking them up. All our
hops from the twenty-five hop kilns we
run are carried of the door in large wheel
scoops that will hold nearly a third of a
bale, and taken straight to the baler and
baled at once and We advise you to do the
same.
Ninth-To lay floor Of hops well is
half the battle. We ''fork over" every box
of hops as fast as brought into the kiln,
and load tho kiln as quickly as possible
after beginning. This is quite important,
else the first laid will settle down and be
harder to cure.
We see nothing in the outlook of the
hop business in Oregon and Washington
that should discourage the growers.
To Our customers with whom We have
had pleasant dealings in years past, that
has helped us build up this great export
rade-from seven bales the first year to
over eleven thousand last year-that has
made it possible to establish q direct
trade in the aggregate of more than
forty thousand bales, that has enabled
US to establish a distinctive name and
fame for our home growth (Oregons and
Washington, We send this greeting
upon the beginning of q new season,
hoping that with renewed confidence
and diligence We may prosper together
in the future as in the past, and likewise
60 farther and attain new achievements,
not only in volume of trade, but particu-
larry in the character of our product, and
regain that prestige which has been par
tlaily lost
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An Econ omical Manger.

The food which most horses waste is a
factor that adds largely to the cost OF keep
ing them. Horses that are bad about
wasting their feed should have manger
especially arranged for economy. The
New England Homestead gives a cut of
manager for preventing waste, of which the
one who planned it says:
The animal accustomed to take
mouthiul and then turn his head will
rarely turn tar if he has to back before
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-10

Tie Northern Pacific Railroad COMPANY run
through Fuilfnan cars from seattle 10 Chicago
without chsDge, making best time of any trsns
continental line. It's dining service is nnsx
ce.ied sud altogether affords the mott comfort.
ao4e roate Tor passengers tieketed to points in
tas fSSf, south OF Southwest See YOUR f~sat.
sead 1F2c thks AQe. For tickets. Pullman reser-
Vsi+oas and full information write l. A. Ssdeau
genera! agent. seattle: or cal. at city sics
oaiee. olympic block. corner Iesier avenue and
frli1t street, of depot ticket Office, ioc, d.
columbia street
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Small Consolation for Mr.. Bennett.


The Tacoma Ledger is anxious to know how
the people of this section feel about "the Seattle
ditch" and also what effect the Peoples party
will have on the campaign, and writes the
Leader to that effect In the first place. SO far as
we have been able to ascertain, the people are
not worrying much over the ditch but are more
concerned about the completion OF the Cascade
locks than they are about canal being dug on
the Sound. Concerning the effect the Peoples'
party Will have on the cam paign, that is a
conundrum we have been unable to solve up TO
the present time,
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doing it. With the manger boarded. rs in
Fig. 1, leaving just room enough for his
easy access TO the feed, what grain is
dropped he will find again. The upright
boards should be nailed To the manger on
its inner side. If the horse merely roots
the cut food around q guard will prevent
waste. This consists of an S-inch board
nailed 10 the manger, as ia Fig. 2 at A.
1t will catch anything that is thrown up
under Il, and food dropped on it will roll
ha~l- ~
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CERES. Cal, November II, 1891

DR.. J. Eugene Jordan, Seattle, Wash.
Dear Doctor-It has been long time
since I addressed you; nevertheless I
have not been unmindful of the benefits
have received from your hands. am
happy to say my eyes are well. The in
flammation has all left them and I can sec
to do my work and sow or read. think
your medicines are wonderful and feel
am indebted to your remedies and skill
for my sight today.
MRS. MARY +. HUDELSON.
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board that tho states now made
BY his company are equal in every way to those
produced By the Pennsylvania quarries. He
offers 70 lay them down here at s. 70 per square,
which is about q cheaper than the price paid to
Pennsylvania quarries. Mr.. Jones has left a
sample Of his slate at the PosT-INTILLIGENCER
ONCE for inspection
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WORLDS FAIR CEREMONIES.

Programme Of Dedication of she Emo.
sEtion Baiidingsr October ao-es
When tfe congress Of the United States
anthorlze3 the eomfaemogatlon Of the
Sooth anniversary Of the discovery Of
America by an international exposition 10
~ held in Chicago during thc summer of
ISIS. IL also provided that tie exposition
buildings should he dei,ca.sd on shc !2;h
cay OF October. is3s. with appropriate
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Island County Wheat.
Coupeville Times


Mr.. F. 4. lie Sourd threshed four acres
Of wheat last Saturday, from which he got
G2e bushels. which makes yield of s)lI
bushels 10 the acre. This Is the banner
crop of The island, reported so far. ana
samples Of the same should be collected
for an exhibit both NJ Tacoma and the
Worlds fair. Mr.. lie Sourd also brought
INTO town stalk of timothy which
head OF which measured 1917 inches.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-10

Tickets over all transatlantic steamship ines
for sale at Northern Pacific city ticket once.
corner Iesler avenue and Front street, Seattle,
Wash
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Great Preparations are being made at San
Diego, Cal, for the celebration of the 35Oth
anniversary of the discovery OF the harbor, on
the 18th and 18th OF this month.
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FArRHAvRN. Wash. March q. 1892.

FArRHAvEN, Wash, March q, 1892
J. Eugene Jordan, NJ. d.. Seattle, Wash.
Dear SRI am very happy to write you
that U. P. and G. has accomplished in ono
week what quantities of other medicine
taken for months has failed to do. This
rapid cure has far exceeded my most SAN
guine expectations, and beg you will &C.
cept my heartfelt thanks.
am very gratefully yours.
LILLIAN GRIFFITH.
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INVESTIGATE THE
HHtogenetie System
TREATMENT.

WoopsrDE. Mont, JUS n, 1894
DR.. Jordan. Seattle, Wash.
Dear Sir-Shall not need any moro med
icine, as / am now well and my color has
returned. The disease is out of my sys.
tenn at last Yours truly,
MRS. J. p. WOOD.
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-08-18
A CARD.


TO THE EDITOR OF The ARGUS:
see by the last issue of Your pa
per that the Peoples party, in con-
vention at Tunnelton, honored me
with the nomination for Prosecu-
ting Attorney for this county. A
correspondent, whose name is un
known to me, has, in the same issue.
complimented me by asking the
voters to support me at the Novem-
Ter election.
All this, together with the fact
that l have been solicited by kind
friends without regard to party affil-
iations, to become q candidate for
the office above named, renders it
proper, in my opinion, that 1 should
III this public manner place at rest
the question Of my acceptance or
declination Of the proffered honor.
In taking the position / do, |
want to be unders TODD. fully APP
preciate the kindness Of those who
have urged me to accept, and | am
Tar from belittling the office, the
elevation to which by the voters of
this county / would regard az a
very high honor.
- Yet | must decline to become a
candidate. / cannot permit nv
name to be used by any party. |
make this known thus early IN the
campaign, while other conventions
are yet to be held, SO that it NAV be
fully understood by all, that my
name will not be on any ticket at
the coming election.
Again acknowledging my appre-
citation and gratefulness to those
who thus sought to honor me, with,
out solicitation on my part, am
content in the sphere / occupy, as
one OF the common people, without
solitary bee buzzing in my bonnet.
Very respectfully,
p. j. CRoGAN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-08-18
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
The Good Work fopTarifY Reform and
Victory Keeps Marching On.

TERRA ALTA. Aug. 10, 1892.
EDITOR ARGUS In response to
the call of the Executive Committee,
quite number of citizens assem-
bled in the X. of l.. Hall, Thursday
night, August IL. 1892, and organ
lied "Cleveland, Stevenson and
Wilson Club"
The following officers were cleo.
ted by acclamation J. ID. Benson,
President; q. r. Crawford, Sec'y;
L. j. Pickins aud z. A. Fox, Vice
Presidents; John j. Fox, Cor. Sec
rotary; Joseph Adair, Treasurer; j +.
T.Skinncr, Sergeant-at-Arms. Com
mittee to draft Bylaws appointed
by the Chair as follows G.. A..
Mayer, DIR. S. NJ. Scott and George
A. OFT. Committee appointed in
connection with the County Com.
mittec, viz A.: Il. j. Piokins, G.. A..
Mayer and G.. II. Crawford.
On a collection being taken up,
the Club was placed on a sound
financial basis in few minutes.
Great enthusiasm was manifested.
To see how the boys went to work
it was evident that they meant bust
ness. A prominent member of the
Republican party came forward and
contributed to our fund.
On motion, the Secretary was or
derod to have the proceedings pub
lished i'll the WEST VA. ARGUS.
Regular meetings Thursday eve
ming of each week.
JOHN j. Fox, Cor. Sec'y.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-08-18
Il. j. CROGAN

The Supreme Lodge, knights of
Pythias, will be held this year at
Kansas City. Mo-, commencing
Aug. 20, (next Tuesday,. 1t will
be the biggest session yet and the
Uniform Rank parade will be i'm
mense. A special X. of p. Train
Will leave Baltimore, running
through to st. Louis as second
section of fast train No. 3, and
arriving at Tunnelton at 7:1O a. m. ,
Sunday, Aug. 21st. The rate from
Tunnelton will be S15 for the round
trip to Kansas City and return via.
either st. Louis or Chicago or any
regular train, and tickets good till
Sept. IL. Furnished tents will be
provided free during the encamp.
ment to all Knights and their fam
lies. This special low rate is only
good going OIL the Special K. of p.
train. The route is over the b. g.
.. II. Il. to Parkersburg, and over
the b. & o. Southwestern from
there to Cincinnati. Then over
the o. & NJ. to st. Louis, and from
there to Kansas City over the
Chicago & Alton.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-08-18

The editor of the ARGUS IS not
asking the people of the county or
State for public office like some
other people we know, not thou
sand miles from Kingwood. Why
should the people of this county or
State support set of loafers who
have not the ability to earn an hon
est living by the profession they
have adopted: Lawyers, did you
say ?
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-08-18
NOTICE.

Bids will be received by the
County Court at a Special Session
TO be held Monday, August bend
1892, up to 2 p. NJ. Of that day.
for the rendering Of medical aid for
inmates Of the County Infrmary
and persons at Jail INCLUDING mis-
demeanors and felons) for Que year
commencing August 90, 1892.
Ls2oY SHAW,
President Co. Court.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-08-18

1t is not our intention to make
life a burden to the Journal and
drive them to suicide, but we must
be pardoned when we ask them to
point out to the workmen where
their wages have been increased
under the Mckinley Tariff Bill and
where the new industries have been
built in Preston county. This is u
modest request, and one which our
brethren should cAeerfully comply
with, since the Mckinley Tariff Bill
was passed for the sole purpose of
increasing wages and creating new
industries. The only thing it has
Increased" and created" is an
extra lot Of Republican campaign
tariff liars, which is anything but
satisfactory to the American work.
ingmen.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-08-18
POLITICIAN AND PREACHER.
TIVE Preston County Boys Who Have
Made a Reputation in Widely
Different Fields OF Labor.

Rev. Robert Deliver, or (" Bob"
Doiliver, as he is Familiarity called,
was IN Kingwood during the past
week, visiting the scenes of his
youth. lie Is son of Rev. j. j.
Dolllver, who was well known to
our people, and brother TO
Prent " Dolliver, who now repre-
sents the 10th Iowa District i'm
Congress. Both of the boys were
unusually bright and orators of
great natural ability, and both
wanted to be lawyers, with natural
tendency towards the political arena
1t is related of them that their father
was very anxious for one of them to
succeed him in the ministry, but as
both preferred law and politics
to being a Methodist preacher, it
was hard to decide which should
take up the work of the father.
The boys finally agreed to toss up,
heads and tails, which should be
the lawyer and which the preacher.
Chance sent Prent" to the bar
and " Bob" to the pulpit. The
former is now a member of Congress
and has national reputation the
latter is minister in the M. 4.
church, and located in Chicago.
lie is very eloquent divine, but
would have succeeded better i'm law
and politics. In fact he can't keep
out anyhow, and made u regular
stump speech at the Republican
Congressional Convention at Terra
Alta, Wednesday, of last week.
lie said if he had longer vacation
he would like to take the stump
from this out till after the election,
but added that il he could not be
with his political brethren in the
body, he would be with them in
the spirit and they would have his
prayers for success, etc. While
here this week he drove out to the
old Dolliver farm, about two mil, s
from town, to visit scenes of his
bovhood days. lie looks like Sam
Jones. His brother Prent, when
when he ran for Congress the first
time out In Iowa, made statement
in his speeches that caused him lots
OF trouble after the election. Iowa
had always been a sCromg hold of
publicanism and Prent was so
sure that it would still hold out
that way that he said In all his
stump speeches, that when Iowa
went Democratic Hell would go
Methodist" When the returns
came in and it was found that a
Democratic tidal wave had swept
over the countay and the State hal
gone Democratic, life was made u
burden for the reckless orator, for
some time, receiving letters and dis
patches from all parts of the
country asking ''what was the
returns from down below p"
"What was the Methodist majority
II h-"' etc. etc. He wa g
elected however himself, and has
been re nominated again this year.