The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-29
.PlCIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re-
oorts of Late Events.
rp,FF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

.,.-,,,t Varts of the States OF Wash-
4on Oregon and Idaho-Items OF
-+ ia Pacific Coast People.
no White. on trial at Spokane for
murder, was acqu ed.
rlora Is any amount of borax IN the
H., I .IoEe beds Of Okanogan county.
49,. farmers have been protected
MAN 9,fnro floods by the diking of the
joupr Skagit river.
Committee of One Hundred is pro-
..-t.j for Spokane by the Christian En-
s',.arors having for its object good
..rernment through good citizenship"
romber of society people in Walla
u.nr, are rphearsing a drama entitled
,'Son,radps to be given holiday week
fct5a benefit OF some charitable insti-
tuition.
fow of the veterans of the Indian
-r ~ 1S56-7 in Washington met in
G W., recently for the purpose of Sc
or,rn5 npnsions from the government for
their services.
The Pendleton scOuring-mlll is wind
INN nm its seasons work on a 10000
rannd lot OF blank wool. Seven car
ioods Of lumber have arrived for build
inea new warehouse.
There are over 5000 Good Templars
and 400 Juvenile Templars in the State
ri Washington. or the largest representa-
tion in proportion to the population of
any State in the Union.
Lena the l8-months-old child of B.
Shaniro of Seattle, accidently knocked a
kettle of boiling soap over herself Sun
dav morning, terribly scalding her head,
breast and arms, and after intense suf-
fpring died at 4 O'Clock Monday morn
Ing.
Grant county, Oregon, has decided to
rpscnd all orders heretofore made allow
ing bounties on panther or cougar, wolf
or COYOTE, wildcat or catamOunt and
ground squirrels. No further bounty
will be paid on such animals after the
first Of January.
o. J. Posey, a young employee of the
W.D. Knight Printing Company, Spo-
kane, has deserted his wife and three
children and run away with pretty Maud
Murray, who was working in the COM
pauv's boolbindery. The couple are
supposed to be in Seattle.
Horse and cattle thieves have been
making frequent raids through the val
eys between Tacoma and Seattle, and
particularly in the Puyallup and White
River Valleys. At least score of cattle
and horses have been stolen in that Sec
ton during the last two months.
BY vote the citizens of Olympia have
authorized the mourning of the neces-
sarv Indebtedness for building a solid
roadway across the bay to the west side
torepIace the bridge. This will be filled
in with the material now being dredged
from the harbor under government con-
tract.
Judge George VI. Welty of Colville has
received advices from the United States
Fish Commission to the effect that he
will receive, at the proper season, 10 900
bass for the Deep Creek Lakes. The
Judge will plant his fish, secure post
Office and open a general merchandise
store at the lakes within the next four
months.
The apple crop on the Coquilleis large
again this year, but is likely to be I'M
gathered, owing to the expense of mar
ketng them. The boxes cost 10 cents
each, and as shipments to San Francisco
are found to net only 1884 cents per box
ior raising, packing and hauling, it hard
y pays. The Coquille apples are very
me, Tor no pests have ever crossed there
yet from the valley.
The Merchants National Bank of Sc
alue has sued Melville Nichols, admin
E'T3toT OF the estate of Timothy Coombs
Vi Fendleton, to enforce payment of a
valance OF $500 alleged to be due on an
assigned claim from the Cross Under
taxing Company. After Pendleton died
III Il. July, 1893, his remains were shipped
+" Hearsport, Me-, and the undertaking
gTgSulPany presented claim for 1914. so.
me charge was considered excessive,
"5l% IDe administrator cut it down to
pow fendIeton was sea captain, and
OnHeo an estate valued at $12,100.
Inc Citizens National Bank of Spo-
o".e mas gone into liquidation; re-
D oe.ier mas been appointed to pay off de-
Pm pG;nT'(3oTSsalter which the remaining assets
T Tlll oe turned over to the stockholders.
t tine assets are 1925 900, and the liabili-
n ueS only $40 600. The banks paper is
t.t;ed to be first class. This insti-
~ oi' I9ao closed its doors during the panic
H. 1919, ana atterward reopened under
Gu ~ authority of the Controller of the
to ulteHcy: At that time it obtained ex-
An Te1ls from It's depositors for $172 900.
I'LL H. VI Ihls has been paid except $12, 900.
banl, oi'y alone has taken $4,000 out oil
b.r ne Sarrs at Klamath county, Or,
fon le so oai 900 head of beef cattle this
Ta2,o 1'oVV rom Sycan and 500 from Tule
ai@Ae' Al! have been sold to San Fran.
o-Sc2 butchers except zoo head. which
the SLY Sly held on the feeding grounds Of
eynec -iaS'a valley for the rise in prices
wfo ,T leu l.. W. Carr says the parties
corr+ ~! cattle in Klamath and Lake
f6s 'i ne would prefer to winter cattle in
bav IAN ni%I9ath basin if sufficient alfalfa
tend H Iu4, be procured, SO that they IN
to co utIiulng next year big reservoir
Wbic i'i I+.1I ,59,OOO,000 gallons of water,
lands III De used for irrigating alfalfa
Portiat14Ie second time in its history the
doo 3rsah4 Savings Bank failed to open its
the ,7,.- Lack of public confidence and
are S emitting withdrawal CT deposits
banff ''en as the reasons for closing the
reoeirar0 y. n; Denny has been appointed
datjon' "a and the bank will 60 into liqui.
at n eso ne ne assets of the bank are given
closin1on' ~. liabilities, 81 ,4SO, 900. The
cinitn{s. q the bank was doubtless pre-.
the p18.3 1y the death of Frank Dekum
The bbd1eSIldeent, about one month ago
banjo IAN" M hrst closed its doors in the
this veo, 1913, but resumed in May O
denosit4sar under an agreement with thu
0n nPps5I9rs that they were to draw on
W MAJ 1e5ly 10 per cent of their denosits
der on ueposltors refused to sign off un
denos any conditions, and withdrew thei,
allPy o s;d: when the bank opened. mater