The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-01-10
.5ICIFIC NORTHWEST.
,..dsosed Geographic Re.
oor+s of Late Events.
,.,rr SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

0u'' rarts Of the States of WASH
oregon and Idaho-Items of
~ ...t to Pacific Coast People.
,.no bnjjt 400 houses in 1894 at a
>'. GGa,onTr.ning ike $75O,OOo.
'i' r.,-.b p Nedford orr tailor,
j, IA I'm a lottery last week.
CIV u,,ford OF Patha is experiment.
f,r+ ,b "s new current wheel, for which
Ing @''l 1Iorn'ed a patent. 1t is for irriga-
! ton purposes, ...,,. o;,,o,,,ot;n,
lH..o and referendum petition
81 r ,D,,,r county, Or; also one for a
MN State constitution.
"'' r.rr rIeasant family reunion was
a, .t ,ba residence of J. P. Humph-
'Ta !" the Waldo Hills near Macleay,
t'!' III Christmas day. There were
VI" . UI seven children and twenty-slx
Grandchildren.
W.. pandIeton Wool Securing and Pro-
1. i"' Company has filed supplemental
'., .l-. showing that its capital stock
a' .5 5asn increased from $12 600 to $2O,-
aS " B Wells, T. f. Fell, f. w.
S @,rl " D. Hansiord, r. Alexander,
D p',' Jackson and II. Shutthis are di-
4 ,..+ors and inc0rDOrators.
Tan years ago the thermometer at
p.Lar div. Or. fell to 40 degrees below
4 a p,o' and 60 degrees below at North
f0r Or Weather prophets predict
r.,1lar Dakota winter during the next
e., raaks A visitor at Pendleton from
Names Or. reports 9 degrees below zero
al that place day or two ago.
Nv Horkersmith will ship six or
.;,b. ears OF cattle out of Southern Ore
,nr 10 the san Francisco markets this
r.s, Half a dozen carloads, mostly
,,,btrqd from the Applegate stockmen,
viii he loaded at Medford, Or. G. W.
Drnn OF Ashland, Or, will send one load
! oiat beef with the shipment.
Lizzie J. Anderson arrived at Lake
view with her witnesses from Bowden,
Nh last Saturday to prove up on her
I,r5 in that section. Bowden is about
4 q3) miles east of Lakeview in the ex-
IRENE southeast corner OF the State, and
As they had to travel in roundabout
WAY, they Travelled over 400 miles and
Wpe more than week on the road.
wear ago Uncle Billy Wright of
Salem attended the Congregational Sun
day School at Albany, Or, and offered
81 to every member of the school who
attended every Sunday in the year.
Last Sunday hewas present at the school
to keep his word, 1t only cost him 81.
lie has made that promise several times,
and the most it ever cost him was So.
Lane county farmers are not well
LEASED with the weather of the past
week. Four or five nights in succession
the ground lroze several times to a depth
Of two or three inches, and then next
day would thaw out. This is the worst
thing that could happen to fall-sown
wheat, and the farmers either want snow
or warmer weather. There is large
acreage Of fall wheat in the county.
The Oregon State Board Of Equaliza-
ton met recently for the purpose of
comparing the roll as prepared by the
SeTetary and Witnessing the President
and Secretary attach their signatures
thereto This completed the big table,
which was filed with the Secretary of
>la'e and soon afterward transferred to
ue >tate printing Office. The Secretary
was instructed to return to Salem No
yemoer q and begin the work of max
ny preliminary tables for the session of
lie board Of 1895.
Inltlatory arrangements have been
!eIiecIed Tor novel feature in Oregon
journalism. The Salem Statesman ten
utftd Its January % edition to the ladies
u 'Hat city, they to do all the office and
.5P9I'ihg work and take the entire pro-
'SFus mat day for charitable purposes.
meeting of the ladies was held, the
Hoslion accepted and the following
,g lam ladies' elected to carry out the
Hovtl; Mrs. Judge Bean, business
MAJ 1sna s1,;;. Mrs. Olive England, editor
p G,s' william Brown, city editor; Mrs.
tA"tfson, society editor. The remain
~ u The staff will be selected soon.
-,l aoe,Tenberg Bros. of Spokane have
;S ,aiE all their stock and property,
I "aullg the dry goods business, the
T'oSehoerg building, where the Louvre
I a'%'l, Is, and the residence of Mr.
/ euoerg to ). y. Glover as trustee Of
r,s r tisI number OF creditors, among them
lsrI ''eI I. National Bank of Port.
Prr.;l. VI winch Julius Loewenberg il
iro ,r't ttl julius Loewenberg withdrew
b4r i 4 I5o Lrm OF Loewenberg Bros. Octo.
a tbo. lo go; Ills claim against the firm
that ' fb; .li Inc was 100000. 1t is claimed
WIS mas been increased to 500, 900
BEND MILAN liam P; Simpson of the South
=, boom oIo3M handle factory, has found
istbs II- I'M. SO common in that region
broom 'I ber material yet discovered fol
been conan handles; Alder has heretofore
na5o CoGiHSldeIed the best, but handles
in Por ~ nemlock and sent to customers
prOnor ,,"llG and San Francisco have beer
K ban,j9Ul oy them superior to alder
Is T gbtu".o Is whittier, polishes better
Strong n. N I. weight ard is equally al
let i6r Oh III simpson says he has a mar.
make s~ al The broom handles he car
made of ~ ~ expects premium on thos,
C. Pu&ge 2 Hanford in the United State
Presi3onU oG[l at Tacoma has appointet
len oi II Paul Schultze, joseph s. All
North yoPP?;kane and John Donald O
lnyestmS@AAtt ia receivers of the Yakim.
eess7r of ~ company, which is the sue
and Kitti.oole Northern Pacific, Yakim.
feceiysrssih';as Irrigation Company. Tn,
ton of ISSnlp Is granted on the anplica
sentng II tbn 7, = Paxton of Portland, repre-
Trust 5,o me California Safe Deposit ant
holds oooompany of San Francisco. which
nent trustee of the Yakima Invest
TO secnrgan pany mortgage given in lS9
Vas ~ 1i Re- 100000 bond issue. which
Later the S s9 to an English syndicate
bOnds. reu syndicate failed to take tn
pany is soiS complications. The com
hess Of s s9e6 70 od have floating indebted
bonds ara foou, 600, and $45O, COO of tn
con PAWS 81 10 10 secure Indebtedness. Tn
NO to 50 G Ssse cts are valued at $1,000.
acres Of i e'OgJV:OVO. They include 81 ,OO
g-four mii lu IN the Yakima Valley, for
q the S rlnies Of mainline canal. know,
Sterals, braynsal9de canal, and $50 miles q
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