The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23
1896. is $6S.15 larger than for the pre-.
vious year.


vious year.
Treasurer Field, of Lake county, has
sent to State Treasurer Metscham the
state taxes of Lake county, amounting
to S.. 602.91.
Jones & Miller. cattle buyers, hsve
purchased 800 head of beef cattle in
Rogue River valley, besides 100 head
in Lake county.
There is great deal of snow on the
summit of the Blue mountains. A few
persons have tried to cross the range
with teams, and have met with failure.
The Santiam LAUNDERING Company.
of Mill City, has purchased 115, 900, 900
feet at Berry, on the North Santiam.
and q. S. Berry has the contract Of
logging.
The little town of Waterville, on
the Mckenzie river, has been having a
building boom lately. The sawmill
that has been put in there will be run.
ming in about a week.
Salem's population, as estimated
from the new directory, is 1850.
The avearge number of inmates in the
state institutions added would make a
total population of $1,000.
The Lawler mines, ON the Santiam,
are running day and night, making a
cleanup every night. A number of
shipments of gold have been made to
the mint at San Francisco.
The acreage of oats ON the Siletz res
ervation will be largely increased this
year over last. There will be many
acres sown by new settlers, and the In
dams are also greatly increasing their
fields.
Taxes collected in Benton county
this year, up to April l., exceeded in
amount those for any previous year.
The number of receipts issued was ISL,
as compared with 5l6 for the same per.
iod last year.
A number of children of Lakeview
are afflicted with St. Vitus' dance.
The disease seems to have been very
sudden in its attacks, as those who
have been attacked were apparently
we'll few weeks ago.
The citizens of Prospect and vicinity
have contributed seventy-five days
work on the Crater Lake road, where
it leaves the old military road to Fort
Klamath. This will make the road
much more easy of access.
The Flanagan brothers, Frank and
Jack, have started ON their annual tour
of strengthening through Oregon and
Montana. They have 30, 900 sheep en-
gagged in Oregon to be sheared by May
1. Seven cents per head will, it is
said. be the ruling figure this season
for shearing.
The taxroll of Clatsop county for
1894 has been closed, and Sheriff Hare
has filed with the county court the de-
linquent list. The total amount of tax
levied was s11O, O39.7 ", of which $685.
335. SO has been collected. The county
tax collected amounts to $31, O62. Sc, Of
which $1O,282 60 is in warrants and
$40, 779. 96 in cash.
The attorneys for Kelsay Porter,
convicted of murder in the first degree,
for the killing of Ben Mache, in Pine
valley, last January. and sentenced to
be hanged On April 10. have perfected
their appeal to the supreme court, and
Judge Eakin, in consequence thereof,
granted stay of execution. One OF
Porter's attorneys has gone to Salem
with numerously signed petition,
asking that the death sentence be COM
muted to life imprisonment.
Postmaster Crossen, of The Dalles,
has finished estimating his receipts for
the fiscal year ending March 81, and
finds that the amount is $8,209.91, or
nearly 1910 in excess of the amount
which would entitle The Dalles to be
rated as a second class postofice. The
receipts for the year previous were
Sc, 642.46, making an increase OF
$1,567.45. But three other towns in
the state are entitled to be rated Sec
ond- class. These are Salem. Astoria
and Pendleton, the last named coming
in only year ago.
The Boise Basin, since 1862, has
shipped $3.50, 900, 900 worth of gold.
Over seventy five new postofices
have been established in Idaho during
the past three years.
The Black property at Custer has
become rich shipper of gold bullion.
The last bar shipped was valued at
$4,000.
Judge Standrod may call a special
term of court for Bingham county later
on in the season, to wind up the BUSH
ness of the docket of the last term.
The Potlatch country will raise the
largest fruit crop this year since fruit
trees were planted in the section. 1t
will be almost double that of last year.
The Golden Winnie mill is complet.
ed, and will be started up in a few
DAYS. A tramway from the mouth OF
Ekoskum tunnel is being built, which
will result in q saving of sixteen dol
lars a day in transportation charges.
The Idaho immigration congress has
adjourned after three days session.
The Idaho immigration Association
was formed, esch county being entitled
to two members. The officers are:
Eugene Buchanan, of Moscow, presi-
dent; ]. M. Haines, of Boise, secre-
tary; ]. o. Baker, of Boise, treasurer.
Montana.
Ore shipments from the Neihart dis
trict amounted to sixteen cars for the
week past
Work has been resumed on the