Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-18

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woodsman has not yet reached them On
recent trip he saw giants of the forest
25O feet high, stl aighl as an arrow and
without spot or wrinkle, and some were
so tall that four of them, he thinks, would
enclose an acre and a half of land. Think
Of that! And on one section which he in
spected he estimates that there are
SOOOO,OO0 feet of logs. Truly the lumber
industry OF Puget sound is yet in It's
infancy.
NJ. j. McElroy, the logging man of
Desmond, is in town. He has IA raft of
logs now ready To be towed Tacoma,
and his will be followed by raft of
timber To be used Tor car sills by the
southern Pacific. MIR. McElrOy is en-
thusiastic over the lumber outlook. He
employs seventeen men at his camp and
has no trouble in placing orders at a fair
profit. The Pacific Pine Lumber Asso-
citation, San francisco lumber trust,
which has practically controlled the
Puget sound lumber output for some
years, is about dead, and tins fact alone,
says Mr.. McElroY, Is good news for the
logger and the lumber manufacturer. 1t
means an increased output of logs,
activity in the mills, as good or even
better prices, and more and steadier work
for the labOring man. And these things
ought to count.
Friends Of Henry Horn, the man shot by
George Schmidt on Saturday, Indignantly
deny the statement made that the chick
ems on Horn IL Schmidt's chicken ranch,
were stolen from Eliza island. j. w.
Westfall, who lives in South Fairhaven,
says that the chickens were bought all
over. the county, wherever a coop could
be got, and that the men had been adding
to the number, "a few at q time, as they
were able To buy them.
Horn, it is said, however, left Germany
some years ago under cloud. He be-
came involved in a quarrel over woman,
and used an axe on his rival or antagO-
mist, but he did not kill him. Horn owned
a ranch between Chuckanut and Lake
Samish, and IL is said mortgaged il TO
Henry Peissner, OF Hartford, Conn, the
man OF whom he spoke in his dying mo-
ments, saying he wanted $3.50 sent him
for $500, with which TO engage In the
chicken business. The whole affair, with
out doubt, was the result OF a row over
the division Of property, the chief bone Of
contention being a scurvy yearling calf,
which. while one partner Law dead and
the other dying, bruwsed the heritage
almost at the dead mems feet.
G.. A. Mcintosh. hardware man Of
AnacOrtes, will open hardware store In a
few days in the Mason block. Mr.. Mcln-
tosh looked over Everett before locating
haven's future vas vastly more promising
than any other point on Puget sound, so
he decided on casting his lot here. And
he has chosen wisely.
"In 1s73,' said Captain Rogers the boat
builder, yesterday, Il was in Duluth, and
| IL was u deserted city. | remember one
! big stone building which had been occu-
| pied by u bank; it was empty then. ana
| the boys had stoned every window out OF
1t. What do you think Of that? But Du-
| luth is fine city today. aud my confidence
In tairhayen IS uushaken. IL is bound
! TO forge ahead
g. +, Brand, who is interested in the
Mount Vernon, Bay View a. Northern
railroad, went up to Mount Vernon yes
terday afternoon. The building Of this
railroad Is an assured fact The company
is busily engaged In securing the right OF
way, aud no opposition Is being met. The
road will run IRON Mount Vernon 10 Bay
| View. and thence to Edison. The former
section will be built this year, aud the
road will ultimately reach Fairhaven,
either as a local enterprise or as "A part of
some transcOntinenta system. Speaking
of the shinRle industry Mr.. Brand said
the Mount Vernon manufacturers are still
holding up prices. He favors organizing
a clearing house, composed OF shingle
manufacturers and bankers. The banks
] can lnHptCb INC shingles anu give WndL
credit Is desirable TO the manufactures.
This would creale confidence and steady
prices. With this object In view a meet
! ing will be held on Bellingham bay the
latter part of this week or the first OF
next. when the subject viii be considered.
Albert Moh rmann, Of Lummi, is the in
ventOr and patentee OF an improved dam
per for stoves. IL is simple in cOnstruc-
tiun, aud one excellent feature of the in
vention Is that IL can be placed in stove
or furnace pipe without taking the pipe
apart.
The announcement Is made in yester-
| days Post lntelligencer that Bellingham
| bay would have team In the Puget
Sound Amateur Base Ball League, aud
| the dates Of the games In which the team
| would participate are also given. This
announcement seems somewhat prema-
/ ture from the fact, that no team has yet
| been organized and two meetings called
| for that purpose, have proved failure.
j. ID. Leedy, who has been foremost In
| base ball matters, said yesterday that he
knew nothing about 1t. He is willing 10
do what he can, provided the citizens
| show proper announcement OF base
| ball lie has agreed 10 handle the team
on the ground, the street railway COM
pany have offered TO contribute towards
] the expenses, and 10 will be for the citi
4
of the team will have TO be provided for
at least in order to make IL a success.
The seasons program, as announced In
the P.-I, provides for twenty four games
here, the first of which will be played be-
tween Bellingham bay and Eyerett-Sno-
homish-if Bellibgham bay, has a team.
But In the meantime, base ball affairs on
Bellingham bay are In a state Of inuocu-
Gus desuetude, and the question is not
"Where are we at?" but What are you
going TO do about it?"
The court house grounds are being put
In order for seeding and soon n green
sward will take. the place ~ clay and
mud. And speaking Of things green, that
will be about the only green thing about
the purlieus of the temple of justice,
albeit there are many things dry within.
Buff Cummings, OF the Uncle Hiram
company, which played IN Lighthouse
fbaafar last niuhf IL ~ nup