The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-07-19
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Oregon.

Supreme Court last week affirming the
famous case of Raymond VS.. Flavel, de-
cided by the lower court in favor of the
defendant some time ago. This case in
wolves the title to large tract of land
now included within the city limits of
Flavel, and the opinion of the Supreme
! Court confirms the title of the Flavel es-
tate, which was attacked by the plaintiff,
| RAYMOND. G. w. Fulton represented
the Flavel heirs, and both he and his
clients are being congratulated on the
| favorable termination of the case.
The State Improvements of the public
mineral springs at Sodaville are now in
course of construction. The State owns
an acre of land surrounding and includ-
ing the mineral springs. and the last
Legislature appropriated $500 to improve
this ground. Those who have charge of
the work have planned great deal more
than the $500 will do, and the next Legis-
lature will be asked to appropriate more
money. The work already begun con-
sists of large summer-house covering
the springs. 1t is to have cement floors
on the lower story and, is to be hand
some structure when completed.
| Washington.
An order for 100000 matches has
been received from the East at Tacoma
match factory.
Several carloads of cattle blockaded
at Ritzville were unloaded and driven
across country to the Great Northern.
Skagit county School Commissioners
have bought 100000 feet of three-inch
planks for planking roads on the Samish
| flats.
An effort is being made to stop the
wanton slaughter of elk in the Olympia
| Mountains. The Indians kill them
| simply for the hides and tallow.
A handsome travelling saleswoman is
| doing the Sound towns for a San Fran
cisco grocery house, and even Washing
| ton chivalry does not prevent the local
trade journal from laughing her to scorn.
The Puyallup Commerce is occupying
itself mostly with an unlicensed saloon,
which it has found there working on the
back door principle. The license is $3.50,
and the Commerce wants it collected.
Chief Mah-sa-lah of tribe of the
| Kalispel Indians is in jail at Colville on
the charge of burglary. Mah-sa-lah
! stole some provisions from farmers
| pretended for the offense. The Chief
tian says he feels very bad about going
| to Jail, for the reason that his father and
| men and he himself is a good man, and
| he fears that some of his near kin will
com nit suicide on account of the dis
grace they feel over the unfortunate az
| fair.
Receiver F. D. Barto of the Bank of
Puvallup has sued the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Trust Company of Kansas
CITY for SIS 900 upon bond guarantee
ing creditors of the institution against
loss by any criminal negligence on the
part OF Cashier S. B. Dusenberre, now
serving term in the Walla Walla peni
Tertiary.
A year ago the State had Isl Christian
Endeavor Societies. Now there are 1888.
There are nearly 5000 members. Pierce
county has % societies to 10 in King and
13 in Spokane. OF those reported Con-
gregational Churches have 43 societies,
Presbyterian 35, Christian 10, Methodist
6, Baptist and Episcopal 2, the rest be-
ing union societies in small places.
The total valuation of assessable prop
erty in Walla Walla is shown by the AS
SCISSORS return for the year 1894 to be
Sc, 4O2, 526, as follows: Value of real es-
tate, 81 ,448, 1865; value of Improvements,
1872, 500; value of personal property, ST.,
ISL ,O41. The assessed valuation of real
estate and improvements in the city eX-
empt from taxation is $4,000, as fol-
lows: Walla Walla county, $12O, 900;
Walla Walla city, $4,000; School Dis
trict No. l, $4,000; Whitman College,
$4,000; State of Washington, $52, 900;
church property, $44, 900. The city owes
$4,000.
Secretary A. G. Van Doren of the Sc
attic Chamber of Commerce has kept
record of the receipts and forwardings OF
merchandise from that city for year,
ending June l, showing receipts of 251,-
213 tons of general merchandise and 49,
552 tons of coal. The record shows that
1875 steamers with 205, 412 registered ton
mage and eighty-nine sailing vessels with
tonnage of 3,643 visited that port dur
ing the year. The shipments Of general
merchandise were 14O,4S7 tons; coal,
153, 666 tons; lumber shipments by wa
ter, 6,445, 900 feet; rail, 100000 feet.
Seattle's rail shipments of shingles were
SO, $780, 900.