The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-01-24
2lCIFIC NORTHWEST.
.5aosed Geographic Re-
oorts of Late Events.
nDrrF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

....-act Parts of the states OF Wash
o-.ron and Idaho-Items of
,.,sre.t to Pacific Coast People.
Seattle pickle and vinegar works
--5 lss..trorei by fire the other night.
'',' Cation Wash) man whipped an
4 N [a.onsa he called him a Populist.
'-,' T Rsr.ows hotel and six lots at
al Hl. Or, have been SOLD 10 "
Stacker for $50"
,r,risr Eoseburg will vote on the
A'- =; Dew schOolhOuse In the
5 ,-,1rrn portion Of the city.
r,ro,oa Poultry Associations first
I-' Show Hegau in that city Tuesday,
slD', mare than 500 birds on exhibition.
nv e. BlaIock, retiring fire chief of
NH. WarIa. was presented with cane
/" ana .bs MEMBERS of Tiger Engine Com
u. i renorted that the Weyerhauser
- has purchased 5000 acres of
i -5srI land in the Nasel country, W ash
There Is active opposition in Astoria
ga ,ro;ect hv Portland men to convert
w. "" l.rrtz Thpater into d beer hall and
concert garden.
Thomas OLeary has secured a judg-
la+ t,r \ 600 against the Puget Sound
.r5 Alaska steamship Company for
damages at Seattle.
sa,ord county division scheme has
canned ont in Linn county, this time
srtipcrpation OF Santiam county with
oas the county seat.
A. West. Superintendent OF the
lrmr,qr Valley railroad, was severely
;rirrrd recently by a velocipede car, on
/ Tiirb he was riding, jumping the track.
The Newsbovs' Union of Spokane has
harrortei the Chronicle because it will
no, take back unsold papers at cost price.
Everybody who buys one is to be listed
as scab."
News has been received in Tacoma
nom the East that Paul Schultze has
succeeded in placing 81 ,000, 900 bonds of
4 thp>uunvsije ditch in the Yakima coun-
try. Washington.
Hlda Johnson, a girl Is years of age,
living at 0alla, kjtsap county, WASH,
took strychnine and died in two hours in
great agony. She wanted to live in Sc
a1leif she staid on earth at all.
4 President Penrose has raised half of
the $50 600 necessary to secure the en-
iowment Of $4,000 offered upon that
condition by Dr. Pearson of Chicago for
Whitman College He has gone East to
secure the remainder.
The result of the election held at Ba-
ker City, Or, for levying 1900 tax for
i the support OF the public schools was
complete yindication Of the management
& Of the schools. The vote stood PIG for
the tax and 81 against.
The railway company has put in tel
egraph Office at Steinman, Or, 10 faclll-
tate the handling OF trains over the Sis
SFous during tie winter storms. Here
toiore there has been no telegraph station
between Ashland and Siskiyou.
The peculiarities OF the Chinook wind
are shown in the ree.on south of The
Ia-Ies, Or. All the snow on the high
ground from Tvgh Ridge to the Blue
Mountains has disappeared, while win
'sfsCi-- relsns in the lower attitudes.
j Apetiton IS being circulated asking
j Ug oregon legislature to appropriate
y-VlVV Tor a STATE wagon road into the
BOHEMIA mining district, the road to run
non >ha'ps creek at Frank Bassford's
70 t@tueg Gap, It now has 200 sigma
tures
Two carloads OF provisions will be sent
rom spokane to the Nebraska sufferers.
iA7 mayor and prominent citizens are
a "oIh. tits expected to send five or
~ carloads from that city. The sur
Ments.
= Inc survey Tor the extension of the
va'hsohUAe branch railroad was sus-
4 Ev-lvI alter the surveyors had reached
SH-Ial folnt, Or, and a plat of the
--e 0v'"een that point and Jacksonville
Graham. - '-
NJ an me logging camps will start up in
GsN-QSlon anu British Column bia within
-. K" Jays There are only AZ 600, 900
L., Of logs on hand in Washington,
o. enough Tor a months run. Prices
60. a5-Iea1y surienIng, and dealers are
- over The prospects of upward
demand. ''~'' anu An inoie"S0o
a. II Pe9ndletoH Jddge Fee has granted
t-s 2.1er lor tae return of execution in
i H. lyon Doid Mining Company's case.
4 The l3Sc1 VII. he to postpone the sale OF
j ias.-' '.--5s' valued at $500, 900, which had
-;,r. s5I Tor January 10. Some condi-
i No. n were imposed protecting the for
$500 lees. - VIC 'oiiec'ion Vi over
tl, "V,o , has been received at Tacoma
! l-s,.r-'e [L'trett shelter has closed down,
! in or- NE Tacoma smelter the only one
vast f, -; " north of San Francisco and
with :, i-F'ena. Lack of ores to mix
Cans 'nte Cristo ores, it is said,
vaa.s we shutdown at Everett. Six
ior -. ago the smelter there was started
'"o Years ago. - was Nn''''e'
DEM Spondent of the Albany (Or.)
hiss, says: The Railroad Com
tedrc l@;l cams to have brought about a
tlsf s94 IN freight. Let us see about
We nj: I3- lore the time of the commission
nom D. D.. ~ cents per hundred for freight
the sa aoF'iand TO Brownsville. Now for
hqnjr,a'II e iITe'ght We pay so cents pc,
An..sI =, How is that for reduction
eyrrro,blUle Railroad Commission am
Tolls ~ S', ls useless parasite from the paw
Oa " S'ate and county"
ric cts olsen and Joseph McConlev. con.
itentis escaped f-om the WalIa WalIa pen.
have SS by The other night. Both mer
Woke; peen TRUSTEES since last sumner
Works II. N the engine and electric-light
the pcan The lights were turned off and
ing ove s,i made made dash for liberty. climb.
Vas knon Tue SStockade. Their departure
thew D wow about twenty minutes afte1
loakincT r. gone. Fifteen are now oni
Pierce. aa LOT them. Olsen was sent from
and has comfy unit for seven years for forgery
NcCo6Ias, lll fourteen months to serve
for five a'T Ts Is from Spokane, and was II
tuo Years Tor grand lor,oa