The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Te1egraphic Re.
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Budget of News For Easy Digestion From
Different Parts of the States of WASH
Interest to Pacific Coast People.

Ho SalVAIlOn ARMY VIII ESTABLISH
barracks in Pendeton.
Tacoma women are organizing a Free
| kindergarten Association.
Half dozen brick buildings will soon
be under construction at WhatcOm,
Wash.
A project is on foot at Salem to estab-
fish creamery to use 5000 pounds of
milk daily.
The Tacoma News will soon get out
one of the fad woman's editions for the
Children's Home.
The Corvallis Carriage Works has
turned out its first farm wagon, and it is
all of Oregon wood.
The Indian War Veterans will meet
at McMinnville, Or, February %, and
will be addressed by Judge Caples.
Hobos were caught at Olympia, Wash,
trying to cut up and carry away huge
copper malt pan from the brewery.
The Oakesdale, WASH, Packing Com
pany has been incorporated at that
place for packing both beef and pork.
The County Commissioners of Walla
Walla are perfecting scheme for sys-
tematic poisoning of ground squirrels.
The Rosyln and Wilkeson mines have
each rendered the required thirty tons
of coal to the Mohican for an official
test.
Ferndale, Wash, has been compelled
as matter of economy to substitute
small gas jets for its thirty-eight arc
lights.
A townsite will be laid out at the Roy
IL
Twenty buildings now form the nucleus
of town.
A car of provisions for the Nebraska
sufferers was gathered, loaded and
shipped at Creston within forty-eight
hours this week.
Ben Swan, one of the Oldest miners OF
the Pacific Coast, making his headquar-
tiers at Spokane, Wash, has been miss
ing for three months.
1t is estimated that the damage done
by the Quilcene, WASH, floods in Jam
uarv to the railroad, personal property
and the county roads and bridges reaches
$4,000.
One hundred carloads of ore have ar
rived at the Everett, WASH, smelter
from Montana within the past ten days,
and arrangements have been made for
regular supply.
Selections OF 1900 acres of land by
Puyallup Indians have been sent to
Washington for approval, and as much
more has been selected, but the papers
are not yet ready.
w. Dougherty of Clackamas county
Susan Littlefeld of Coos, A. NJ. Peak OF
Benton and Delphine Clark of Portland
were received at the Oregon Insane Asy-
lum the other day. The total number
now in that institution is ,OOl. This Is
the first time in the history of the asy-
lum that number has been reached.
Loggers on the Nehalem for fully sew
enty-five miles from its mouth are pre-
pairing to open up new camps when the
mills at Nehalem City commence oper-
atoms. 1t is said by mill-owners that
logs can easily be foated for ninety
miles down the Nehalem river, and logs
from the finest timber belt on the coast
are directly alongside the banks of this
stream.
A Justice of the Peace at Port Town
send, Wash, has rendered a Supreme
Court for that State unnecessary by
passing upon the constitutionality OF
CITY ordinance. Ten Cinnamon were
arrested for opium smoking, but the
Justice decided the ordinance to be un-
+ constitutional, dismissed the defendants
and returned them their captured pipes
and layout.
The dairy interests of Washington re-
ceived some attention IN the Senate IN
the report of the committee recommend
ing the passage of Senate bill No: 70,
creating State Board OF Dairy Com
missioners to consist OF five members.
The bill was re-referred to the Judiciary
Committee, as was also bill OF SINH
lar measure by yesterday to prevent
fraud in the sale of dairy products.
The extensive stock shipments from
the valleys of Burnt river, Powder river
and Grande Ronde have compelled the
O. R. & N. to increase its facilities Tor
taking care of this branch OF its trafflc.
1t has been decided to build stockyards
at Baker City and Durkee, Or, OF tWen-
tv cars capacity and to double the ca
pacity of the yards at Union, which are
now of about eight cars capacity.
The Northern Pacific has put a time
schedule into effect, shortening up the
time between the Coast and st. Paul
and reducing the actual cunning time
between Tacoma and New York to Ill
hours. It is claimed this is the fastest
regular service yet established between
a Pacific Coast port and New York.
The eastbound overland leaves Tacoma
at 8 instead of IL: 80 P. NJ, thereby
changing the time of connection with
the Burlington road at Billings, Mont.
To facilitate the work of the Revenue
Committee. which is one OF the most
important before the Washington Legls-
lAture, a new departure has been
created At joint meeting OF the House
and Senate Committees subcommittee
was appointed to segregate and report
on the work of the main body. This Is
rendered necessary because OF the large
membership of the two bodies, the
House Committee having fifteen mem
beers and the Senate Committee nine
mem bers.
Among the bills of interest introduced
in the Oregon Legislature the past week
is one by Representative Gates, designed
to replace the existing laws on the SUP.
iect of unwholesome foods, drinks and
medicines. It makes it unlawful to sell
or exchange any adulterated foods,
drinks. medicines and fertilizers. The
bill was adopted by the Oregon Dairy
Association. The main feature is in the
protection of dairy interests and con-
sumers of their products, especial at.
tention being paid to the protection OF
milk from impurities by reason OF I'M
cleanliness in care of and milking COWS
and the substitute Of oleomargarlne Tor
butter.