The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-02
locks within two weeks, so that boats
may pass.

locks within two weeks, so that boat,
may pass.
S. Merton, of st. Paul, Marion
county, has contracted 10, 900 pounds
of hops at s cents per pound, for five
years.
An ordinance forbidding women in
saloons and providing punishment TO,
its infraction has gone into effect al
Astoria.
1t is proposed in Pendleton to or.
ganize an "artesian water" club, te
raise funds to bore for artesian waite,
in that vicinity.
Harvey county sheepmen will drive
a great many bands OF their sheep tc
the railroad before shearing, and thu,
save freight money on the wool.
The steamer T. M. Richardson has
taken the place Of the steamer Volanta,
destroyed by fire last week, and is car.
rying passengers, mail, ETC.. between
Newport and Yaquina City.
The Oregon Central & Eastern il
making arrangements to run a mixed
train from Yaquina to Detroit, in one
day. and back the next, one of the
trains now on being dispensed with.
A lot of salt marsh lands in Warner
valley, Lake county, was sold recently,
under the saline act, and purchased by
a man who will erect q refinery and
manufacture salt of first-class quality.
Several counterfeit $5 pieces that
have been in circulation in Baker City
have been turned over to the deputy
United States marshal by the business
men who took them in the course of
trade.
Pendleton bicyclists have started a
good-roads campaign, their first object
of attack being the highway to the
Uamtilla agency, which it is desired
to put into permanently good con.
dition.
Hops are very slow in Washington
county. There are several lots scat
tered through the county whose own
ers are holding for a higher price.
Two cents were advanced ON two car
loads recently sold.
The sawmill of the Oregon Lumber
Company at Baker City has resumed
operations. A large supply Of logs is
on hand, and there will be nothing to
prevent continuous operation Of the
mill for many months.
About $11, 900 has been paid into
the county treasury, at Grants Pass,
as taxes thus far. The total amount to
be collected from taxayers of Josephine
county for all purposes is $4,000. Of
this the o. & G. railroad is down for
$7,601.18.
Gillian county farmers do not be-
lieve fall grain was injured by the late
freeze. The ground was covered with
snow, which protected the grain from
the cold. Everything indicates that
that county will produce an immense
yield of wheat this season.
One hundred and eighty-seven of the
1,700 taxpayers in Benton county have
so far paid their taxes for 1895. 1t is
asserted by officials that penalty is to
be added after April 1, and that after
that date county warrants will not be
accepted in payment of taxes.
The Astoria & Goble Railroad Com
pany put twelve men to work grading
through the marshes below Bureaus
mill, near Clatskanie. recently. This
is an experiment which the company is
trying, in order to know if the road
can be put across the fiat at that place
Some years ago Mr.. John Reece,
now of East Marshfield, lost his wife,
leaving behind little girl which the
father was lily prepared to care for.
AS he determined to leave the country,
after due dedication the child was
given to a well.to-do couple who were
childless. A short time ago the foster
mother died, leaving the daughter
$40, 900, and now the death of the hus.
band is reported, and the young girl is
heir to an estate estimated at over
81 ,00O,0 900.
The powder house of the Sandres'
mine, near Burke. was blown up last
week, and not vestige Of it remains.
All the windows on one side Of the con-
centrator were shattered, but FORUM
ately no one was injured.
Charles Wells, living across the river
from Fort Sherman, has instituted suit
for damages against Colonel Hall, the
commander, and Lieutenant Brown,
the uuartermaster. In harvesting ice
for the post the military teams cross a
narrow neck of Wells land, and he
wants $500 from the government for
the passage of the teamrs.
The work Of constructing the irri-
eating bitches on the fats across the
Snake river from Lewiston is the most
important factor in the develoment OF
this city and immediate section, says
the Lewiston Tribune. All Of the pre-
liminaries have been arranged and the
contract let. The Western Lumber
Company, of Portland, with whom ne
gotiations have been carried on for sew.
eral weeks, has been given the contract
for the lumber Oregon yellow dr) to
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