The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-07
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Geographic Re.
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Budget of News For Easy Digestion From
Different Parts of the States of WASH
ington, Oregon and Idaho-Items Of
Interest to Pacific Coast People.

Different Parts of the States of WASH
ington. Oregon and Idaho-Items Of
Interest to Pacific Coast People.
Joseph Dame has been appointed re-
ceiver OF the Ashland, Or, mine.
Herrick's new cannery at The Dalles,
Or, is being put in shape for work.
a Tacoma man has applied for a d.
vorce because his vile called him Q
fraud.
The bonus and easements for the Med
ical Lake, Wash, sanitarium have all
been secured.
There is movement on foot in Ia
coma to raise bonus among the fruit
men for cannery.
The fruitgrowers of Salem and vicin-
ity have formed an association to build
and operate cannery.
Albany's, Or, new charter provides for
issuing $40, 900 in bonds to pay off ac-
cumulated Indebtedness.
A New Whatcom, Wash, mill has
contracted to furnish a Chicago firm
900, 900 feet of fir wagon-tongue plank.
Everett, Wash, has taken fit OF spite
against Seattle, and will show it by join
ing Tacoma in calling Mt. Rainier Mt.
Tacoma.
Lieutenant George HI. Fortson has
been elected captain of company B at
Seattle, to succeed Captain L. 5. Booth,
resigned.
The Great Northern has assured the
Shippers Association of Seattle that
suitable terminals will be constructed
Immediately.
The Lakeview, Or, Examiner is cir
culating a petition to have United
States army post at Lakeview, as sub
stitute for re-occupying Fort Bidwell
should it be decided to restore that
abandoned post.
An unusual and peculiar disease is
spreading among the Indian ponies on
the Umstilla reservation and causing
much uneasiness to white settlers In the
vicinity. The horses afflicted reel and
stagger, hair drops off and sores break
out ali over the body.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the superior court OF Spokane
county in the case of Helen Grier, sem
fenced to ten years for poisoning her hus-
band. The case was made interesting
from the fact that the woman's own
daughter testified against her.
The Weiser FIGURING Mills Company
of Weiser, Idaho, is looking into the adj
visibility OF removing its plant to Baker
City, Or. 1t is said that the proposition
has been favorably considered, and that
the mill would be moved If the citizens
will guarantee to buy the product OF the
mill. There is no better point in the
state for the establishment of Touring
mill than this. Powder river valley pro-
iuces more than enough wheat to keep
a 100 barrel mill running night and day
'ha wear round, and the products OF the
mill will find ready sale in the adjacent
mining camps and supply points.
The board of curators of the Washing
ington State Historical Society is COM
posed of Elwood Evans, Tacoma, presl-
dent; Henry Roeder, Whatcom county
vice president; General l.. T. Bradley,
Pierce county, chairman; B. +. Barge
Kittitas county; 4. A. Denny, hlng
county: Senator F. g. Deckenbac
Chehalis; J. H. Long, Lewis county;
Miles G.. Moore, Walla Walla; W. r.
Prosser, Yakima; Allen Wier, Olympia;
Charles w. Hobart, Tacoma. At a meet
ing held in Olympia the other day Ezra
Meeker, of Puyallup, was elected
member OF the board to succeed the late
]. P. Stewart, of Puyallup.
The coast and geodetic survey steamer
Hassler is practically out OF commission,
and will be sold to the highest bidder On
or about March 20. The Hasser has
wintered at Tacoma for two seasons.
No appropriation was made by congress
to continue her in the service, and rather
than have her lay up possibly two or
three seasons in charge OF shlpkeeper
it was decided to sell her. The Hassler
was built in 1871 and cost about s7O,OOu.
She went into commission in 1877, and
has been in continual service ever since.
Her commander is Lieutenat u. ii. Har-
Der, who commanded the expedition
sent to the Arctic regions to recover TX
plorer Longs body
the cannerymen on the Washington
side of the river are interesting them
selves in an effort to secure the estao-
Ishment of hatchery on the kalama
river, in Cowlitz county, as well as one
on the Chinook river at or near the
point where Deputy Fish Commissioner
AL Houchen conducted his successful
experiments in salmon Matching last
fall. The Gamers expect that the re-
cent appropriation OF SO. 600 by the
Washington legislature will be sufficient
when economically expended TO estab-
Hsh two hatcheries at the points named
on such a scale as will prove powerful
argument in favor of more liberal ap-
preparation by the next legislature.
At recent meeting of the Tacoma
e hn foil m q
resolution was introduced by r. 6. Hud-
son and passed: BE it resolved that 1T
is the sense of the Tacoma chamber OF
commerce that it is unwlse, and VIII
necessarily result in great loss to con,
tinue the construction of the capitoi
building now in course OF erection at
OLYMPIA, and we therefore urge the
legislature to enact law which VIII
suspend the construction OF said ouild-
ing until more prosperous times than
the present and the value OF the LANDS
donated by the general government Tor
this purpose shall have been more &C
curately and fully ascertained.
A deal has been consummated under
which J. E. Jennings, of Salt Lake, ana
associates will purchase the Ridenbaugn
canal near Boise and some SOU acres OF
land belonging to the company. Inc
nriee Maid is In the neighborhood OF
$3.50 600. The canal irrigates . large
section of country below Boise, 1nclud-
inc lands in the vicinity OF Nampa: Ii
is understood that an extensive coloni-
zation project is part OF the new own
a., scheme to be followed by the erec-
t;oy of extensive beet-sugar works. MI.
Jennings is prominently identified with
The Utah Sugar Company. He has been
investigating the Boise section Tor two
raars and has said the soil and climate
y n 10 fsfaa l.