Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-06-18
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.
Items of Interest From Every Nook and
Corner.

1aklma is reJolclng In the the pros
pect of new depot.
Sixty-nine cases of measles were re.
ported in Seattle last month.
Lewis county's hop acreage this year
is about 400 acres, as against 1000
last year.
Waitsburg has passed an ordinance
prohibiting the use of bicycles on the
sidewalks.
John McFall, one of the early set
tiers in Garfield county, died last week
at his home on the Alpowa.
The price of potstoes at Castle Rock
has advanced within few weeks
from 90 cents to 90 cents a sack.
Treasurer Mish, of Snohomish coun-
ty, has filed new bond in the sum of
800, 900, which is satisfactory to the
commissioners.
A number of loads. of baled hay left
Waterville last week for the northern
mining country. Up there hay is
worth $40 per ton.
There are over 200 children in Asotin
school district OF school age, a gain OF
over forty since the enumeration was
made last year by the clerk.
Governor McGraw has pardoned A.
l.. Fuller, who was serving term for
larceny in Everett. The petition for
the pardon was strong one.
An academy of science is proposed by
Professor Hill, of the state university
at Seattle, and Professor Piper of the
state agricultural college at Pullman.
Catholic priests in Spokane are now
warning against Lawrence, the bogus
bishop of Honolulu, who seems to have
reached there, bound for the mines,
further north.
The old Frank Taylor property, on
the Washington side of the Columbia,
opposite The Dalles, was sold at sher-
itf' sale, the plaintiffs bidding in the
property for $4,000.
There are about 100 warrants in
Whatcom county, in the hands of the
treasurer, that have been issued for
small amounts, and for which the own
ers have failed to call.
Wool is rolling into Yakima these
days for baling. Although the price
is low, nevertheless it will leave a
large sum of money in the country in
the aggregate, says the Times.
W. J. Richardson brought to Pa
louse dozen gold nuggets, averaging
about 81 each. He says he found then
between Jerome creek and the HoodoC
mine, after four hours digging.
Of the fifty shingle mills in What
com county, almost every one is il
operation, and the output is nearly A,
100000 per day, realizing abou
$1,000 for the product per month.
John Quincy Adams, prominent
membetr of the g. A. R., died in Por
Townsend at an advanced age. He hat
lived in Port Townsend about twelve
years, and at the time of his death wa
in the fruit business.
Deputy Sheriff W. A. Grant, of Lin
coin county, has been relieved b,
Sheriff CARRIER. The sheriff thinks HI
can perform all the duties incumben
upon his office hereafter without reg
ular deputy and jailer.
One of the Hudson boys, formerly O
Asotin, is preparing to start from the
Walla Walla valley with his family
for Florida The trip will be mad,
with wagon and is expected to consum,
about nine months time.
The Coyle brothers are building ,
small steamboat at Wallula, 40 fee
long and IT, feet wide, with three-foo
depth of hold. 800 horsepower engine
to be run up Snake river, thence up tn
Salmon to the mines, where the en-
gine will be used in hydraulic min
ing.
M. j. Browns shingle mill, nea
Wickersham, in Whatcom county
burned last week; also boxcar loade'
with shingles, and 1000, 900 shingle
stored in the dryhouse. The fire j
supposed to have been started from
spark from Seattle, Lake Shore &
Eastern engine. The entire loss i
about 80,
The run of salmon in the Yakim
river has largely increased since tn
water has risen. The Gle Elum fisher.
is the objective point at this time 70
the resident Indians. There will be
high old time with them while tn
fishing season lasts. The smaller trib
utaries Of the Yakima will also 500
be alive with salmon.
The stockmen Of the Big Bend coun
try are now in the midst Of their an
nual roundup. They are now roundin
up in the Grand Coulee. Stock win
tered in excellent condition, and tn