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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
NORTHWEST REVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Towns OF the
Thriving Sister States
Oregon,

Oregon.
Wood is being sold in Athena at
So. 80 cord, and is scarce at that.
A number of proprietors of stores IN
Astoria have begun closing their places
of business at o'clock 2. M.
Captain Krause, of Company 9, Pen
dleton, says that the members of the
company will soon qualify as sharp
shooters. This will give the company
a good showing at the encampment,
should there be one next June.
The irrigating canal on the west side
of Hood river valley is nearing compile
ton, and will furnish water for irrl-
eating that entire section. The canal
will carry 2,000 inches of water, and
was constructed at an expense of $40,
900.
The First National bank of Heppner
sold $4,000 pounds of wool last Satur-
day for cents a pound. One hundred
and sixty thousand pounds is all of the
wool that has been sold in Heppner
since the wool blockade began last
June.
A party of hunters on the Nehalem
are reported to have killed four elk the
other day. When they returned to
haul the elk out of the woods, they
found two large black bears after the
carcasses. In order to get the elk
meat they had to kill the bears, which
they did.
The Weston mills have completed
the I0O-ton order of -four for China,
and shipment of five carloads was
made last week A car of -four and
car of feed were shipped to Portland.
The latter was the largest Car ever
loaded there, and held $50 barrels. An
order has recently been received from
San Francisco for two carloads.
A party of government engineers has
arrived in Salem and began a survey
of the Willamette river there, prepare
tory to the work of building wing
dams above the city, which are to pro-
tect the point at the Polk county side,
opposite the city, and to keep the river
in the old channel. 1t will also be de-
tcrmined what bars in the river are to
he removed in order to keep the chan
mel clear and protect the river banks.
Fish continue to run moderately,
though there was noticeable improve
ment the first of the week over the
catch during the closing days of last
week, says the Historian. The run Of
silversides has not yet commenced, but
it is looked for within few days, un-
til which time the Gamers will not
make any particular efforts to increase
their daily packing.
The civil engineer who has been in
the Blue river mine surveying route
for wagon road reports having select
ed a splendid route for a road up
Quartz creek to the Lucky Boy mine,
and that the grade will be an easy one.
He is in the employ of the London Ex-
ploration Company, which has recently
purchased that property. This road
will not be of benefit to Gold Hill
claims.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
american Money Boycotted,

Toronto. Sept 80.-Following the
example by McGill university of Mon
treal, the Toronto university authori-
ties decided to not accept American
money at par from the students across
the border in payment of their dues.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
w ashington.

The Pierce county fair mas ended.
The association will be nearly $4,000
ahead after all expenses are paid.
Citizens of Oakesdale have succeeded
in esta blishing a free reading-room in
that city for the use of workingmen.
1t is reported that some sort of worm
is eating the grasshoppers that have
been so numerous in the vicinity of
Wilbur.
The lumber shipments of Washing.
ton this year are slightly over 20, OOO,-
600 feet larger than for like period
in 1895.
Most of the prospectors are being
driven out of the mountains of the
Okanogan reservation by the approach
of cold weather.
J. W. Foster and Martin Becker, the
two men reported to have been drowned
in the Spokane river while on fishing
trip, have turned up safe in Spokane
The people of Yakima are complain
ing of the hebo nuisance, and are call
ing for its abatement They advocate
putting them to work on the streets.
Helen M. Henroth, president of the
general association of women's clubs,
is on the way from Chicago to Taco
ma, where she will attend the meeting
OF the state associations. On her re-
turn he will stop in Spokane, and be
rendered reception by the Sorosis.
) The Northern Pacific railway will
erect at Spokane, on the site of the old
carshops, a new water tank, with a
capacity of $4,000 gallons. 1t will
stand fortytwo feet above the tracks,
the top of it reaching height of sixty
feet.
Bold sneakthieves are Systematically
at work in the residence districts of
Spokane. When they approach a
house and find some one at home thew
ask for something to eat. If the door
bell is not answered they go in and
ransack the premises for money and
valuables.
E. f. Benson, special land examiner
of the Northern Pacific railway, has
been busy comforting with sheepmen
regarding the leasing of the company's
lands for grazing purposes. Two
hundred thousand acres have already
been leased to sheepmen and cattle.
men. The latter have all the land be-
tween Cow creek and the Palouse be.
low the mouth of Rock creek. The
sheepmen have all the territory north.
except few sections that have not vet
been rented. 1t is expected the the
balance will soon be occupied.
Lawyers are finding the cost of liti.
CATION in the federal court much less
than formerly. The failure of the gov.
eminent to tack on the usual rider to
the appropriations bill allowing the
clerks of the federal courts of Washing.
ton, Idaho and Montana double fees.
as in Oregon, California, Nevada. is
the cause of the change The same de.
posit fee Of $40 is still required, but
when the suit is ended instead of find.
Ing this insufficient to cover the costs
OF court, there will be difference in
favor Of the itigant to be returned as
unexpended fees The schools of Will
bur opened with So pupils enrolled.
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! SINGULAR FORK OF YOKOHAMA.

There 10 class Of people. retlonai e3ouge II
ether respects, who are certainly Aonemsniacs
in dosing themselves. They are constantly
trying experiments upon thei! stomachs. theif
trashy nostrums. When these organs are
really out of order, II they would only ua9
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, they would, II not
hopelessly insane, perceive it, superiority.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

The offensive weapon of the ostrich
is his leg. He can kick as hard as a
mule, and it is remarkable fact that
his kick is forward, never backward
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

Professor Mstericht, the Paris me-
teroloigst, calculates that hot, bright
day in midsummer sees not less than
$3.50, 000,00 tons of water evaporated
from the surface Of the Mediterranean
saa
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
An Artist Cremated.

London, Sept. 3O.-Fred Arnold, an
artist of Black and White, was burned
to death last night. 1t is supposed his
bedclothing caught fire while he was
smoking.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

The humming bird. in prote citing it's
nest, always flies at and pecks the eyes
OF its adversary. Crows have been
found totally blind from che humming
birds bill.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

A wood pulp mill in Christiana,
Norway, has been making roofing tiles
out of wood pulp. chemically treated.
They are light, strong and cheap.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

Plso's Cure for Consumption has been .
family medicine with us since 1885. X.
Madison, 24O9 Add ave., Chicago, Ill.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

The annual number of births is essi.
mated at S6,792, 000-an average
number Of 100. 800 u day. 1900 an
hour and seventy a minute.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
SURE CURE FOR PILES

aua BIeedIns Protruding Weld - onee
~ :p.sSS AM.k0S PILE REMEDY. Stops
~ druggists Or mail DR.. RCsANEO, Pkila. Re-,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-02-17

default was made in the PAYMENT OF $3.50 In.
terest due January 1s,. 1895 and $3.50 interest
due January 1st,r 1895. Whereas, the whole
amount OF principal aud interest has become due
by reason Of such default; and whereas, the
amount claimed To be due upon said mortgage,
at date OF this notice, IL the sum OF seven hundred
and seventy six dollars and forty ceDts, tS.16.4O)
to-wit; $3.50 principal, aD0 $l26.t0 interest and
ten dollar legal attorneys fees. Now, therefore
notice is hereby given that by virtue OF the
power OF sale contained in said mortgage, and
duly recorded a. aforesaid, and in pursuance OF
the statutes in such case made and provided,
the said mortgage will he forrclosed by a sale of
the mnrtgaged premises therein described, at
public auction by N. A. Fox, rhrrff OF Lake
county, South Dakota, or his deputy, at the front
door OF the court house in the city of Madison
and county of Lake and state OF south Dakota,
10Th day OF February A. ID. 1886, at one
o clock in the afternoon OF that day. The mort
gagged premises are situated In the county Of
Lake in the state OF South Dakota, and are de.
scribed as follows to. wit: The northwest quar-
ter nwA) of section twenty six (a6) ia township
one hundred and eight O0S( north Of range fifty-
four (5i) wet OF the 9Th Z. NJ , containing one
hundred and sixty ACRES Of land more or less
to the government survey thereof.
Dated ut Madison, South Dak ota, this 10Th day
OF January A. ID. 1896.
JOHN OGDEN,
d. d. HOLrRIDGE & son, Mortgage.
Attorneys for Mortgaeec.
N. FOX, Sheriff.
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Notice of Mortgage Sale.

whereas, default Las been made In the pay
ment OF the money secured by q mortgage dated
October n, 1889, due November /. 1894, given
and executed by T. Costlow and Mary j Cost
low. husband and wife, mortgagors, Of Lake
county, South Dakota, to John Ogden Of Fern
Bank, Ohio, mortgageP, which mortgage was
duly fled for record in the office OF the register
OF deeds of Lake county, South Dakota, on the
corded in book "X' of mortgages, on page 15i
whereas, it was stipulated in saidmortgat Z that
should default be made in the payment of the
said sum OF money or any part thereof when
due, then the whole principal and interest
should become due aud payable, and said mort
gage might be foreclosed by a sale of the mort
gagged premises; whereas, default consists in the
failure OF said mortgagors to pay the principal
thereon. to wit, sl57 go, now due; whereas, the
whole amount claimed 10 be due on said mort
gage is $3.50 principal nd $l51.6s interest, and
an attorneys fee of $40 as provided by law
been instituted to recover the debt secured by
said mortgage, or any part thereof, now, there
fore, notice is hereby given that by virtue OF the
power contained in said mortgage, aud in pur-
suance of the statutes IN sucn cases made and
provided. the said mortgage will be fOreclosed
by II sale of the murtcaged premises therein de-
scribed, at public auction, at the front door OF
the court house, in the city OF Madison, LAX
county, South Dakota, by the sheriff OF said
county, or his deputy, on the 18th day OF Febru
airy, 1896. at one o clock p. IN. SAID mortgaged
premises are situated in the county OF Lake,
state of South Dakota, and are described "a fol
lows, to wit: The northwest quarter (nw4) OF
section seven (O, township one hundred and
five tlG5). range %ffty-one (5l), containing one
hundred ffty.eight and 7l-lOO acres according to
government survey thereof.
Dated at Madison, ). D., December 81, 1898.
JOHN OGDEN,
D. D. HOLDRIDGE SON, Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgage.
n. A. FOX, Sheriff OF Lake Co., : ID.
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Whereas, default has been made in the pay
ment OF the interest on the money secured by a
1899, acknowledged June 20, 1899, executed by
Nilber r. Smith and Della A. smith husband
and wife of the county OF Lake and state Of south
Dakota mortgagors To Marion '. Dudley OF The
state of Wisconsin mortgagec and which mort
gage WAS recorded in the office Of the register OF
decca OF the county OF Lake, state OF South DakO-
Ia in book \ OF mortgages, oa page iO7 on the
26th day Of June, 1852, at AIS O'Clock p. M; and
whereas, 10 action nor proceedings at law or
otherwise have been instituted to recover the
debt secured by said mortgage, or any part
mortgage that If default would be made in the
payment Of any portion of the principal or inter
est promptly at the time the same should become
due, or if default be made in the pay ment Of the
taxes assessed or to be assessed on said premises
before the same shall become de linquent, then
the whole cum, both principal and interest, at
made in the payment OF $4,000 principal due
June ~. 1894 and $50. AZ interest due Jane 10th,
1894. Whereas, the whole amount OF principal
and interest has become due by reason OF such
gage that should default be made In the condi-
tons OF said mortgage and In case OF foreclosure
or commencement Of foreclosure Of the same, the
one hundred dollars should be allowed as attor-
Dey's fees; whereas, default has been made IN
the payment Of the taxes assessed on SAID real
property as agreed by the said mor,gsEGr
has been made in keeping the
buildings on said mortgaged premises insured IS
stipulated for In said mSrtgsRe; ana whereas,
the amount claimed to be due upon said mort
gage, at the date Of this notice, is the sum of
two thousand three hund' ed ana twenty.one
dollars and four cents, (s2,321.O D to-wit. $1,000
principal, and S321.l interest besides one hun
bred dollars attorneys ices stipulated
for In card mortgage. Now, therefore,
notice is hereby given that by virtue
OF the pc er OF sale Contained in said mortgage,
and duly recorded as aforesaid. and in pursuance
Of the statutes In such case made and provided,
the said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale OF
The mortgage premises the rein described, q,
public anction by tae sheriff OF Lake county
South Dakota or his deputy At the front door OF
the court house in the city OF Madison and coun'
ty OF Lake and rtate OF south Dakota, on the 18th
day OF March, 1896, at one O'Clock In the after
noon Of tn lat day. The mortgsged premises are
situated In the county Of Lake in the state co
South Dakota, and are described as follows, to
wit: Lots numbers one az and two (2) Of BLOCK
number eleven "a Of the original plat OF thu
town, now city, Of adison, Lake county. Dako
ia Territory (now South Dakots) 10 accordance
with the recorded plat and survey thereof.
Dated at Madison, south Dakota, this 22nd dal
Of j auuary A.. d. 1896.
d. D. HoLDRIDGR q SON, Mortgage
"~--l N. A. FOX, sheriff,
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Notice of Tax Deed.

To the LaBelle Rancho Horse Importing Com
pany, and Geo. L.. Wright, Assignee, The Dakota
Investment Company, }. +. Clifford, J. J. Lowry.
and Gea. l.. Wright: You\ are hereby notified
that on the 9Th day of November, 1892, the fol
lowing described real property, to wit; The
southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of
section nineteen go, township one hundred and
seven 1O7l, north of range fifty four lAl, west of
the 5h p. NJ in Lake county, South Dakota, was
sola for the delinquent taxes Of the year 1891,
thereon, by the treasurer of the county of Lake,
in the state of South Dakota, to +. ID. Fits; that
duly issued by the treasurer to said +. ID. Fits;
that said certificate of tax sale has since been
duly assigned To J. }. Lowry, and that said j. J.
Lowry is now the lawful owner and holder Of
said certificate of sale; that the right of redemp-
ton of said property will expire and a deed to
said premises will be made at the expiration of
sixty days from the completed service Of this
notice.
Dated at Madison, Lake county, $. d., this 10th
day of February, 1895.
j. J. LOWRY.
By J. II. WILLIAMSON, Attorney.
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UNLIKE ANY KNOWN RACE.
Inhnbitsnts OF T huron Island Are Pc
euliar People.

AnhADftnnts OF Il DurOn Island Are re-
culiar People.
Los ANGELES, CAL, Feb. lis. G.
Willard, who acted as guide and inter-
prefer for Professor MCGEE and his
party in their exploration Of Tiburon
islnnd, in the Gulf of California, has
returned from the expedition with an
OVERLOOKING supply OF interesting things
to relate. He says the island is about
Is by 30 miles in size, and rises about
1000 feet above the cirCling waves of
the Gulf of California. The land is
barren and rocky, and is inhabited by
about 500 Ceres Indians, who
are unlike any other known race
in appearance and language. They
wear very few clothes and scamper
barefooted up and down the cliffs like
wild goats. They never plant crops.
but subsist OF game, which is found in
abundance on the island, and the wat
ers furnish them with any quantity of
fish, CLAIMS and oysters. The popular
belief that the natives are cannibals
has not been strengthened by the visit
of the explorers There have been wild
tales of mines of fabulous wealth upon
this island, of lodges of silver and cop
per ores of wonderful width and thick
ness, but Mr.. Milla d is inclined to dis
credit these stories. In the half of the
island which was visited, he saw plenty
of rugged mountains. plenty of fertile
valleys, many springs Of delicious
water. but of mineral wealth he saw
no trace.
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Want Meat Ipspectors.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-The United
States civil service commission will
hold examinations March 10 in Boston,
New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Gin
c%innati, Kansas City, Chicago, Los
Angeles and San Francisco for the pc.
sitions of meat inspector, stock exam
liner and tagger. For all of these po-
sitions the supply of eligibles is not
equal to the demand. The application
blanks and information in regard to the
examination will be furnished on re-
quest by the commission.
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BY J. II. WILLIAMSON, Attorney.
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, default has been made In the pay
ment OF the interest on the money secured by u
mortgage dated ~ 3Oth day Of December A. ID.
1891, executed bEEdwin A.. Knight, q single
man OF the county ofshake and state OF South
Dakota. to John Ogden of the state Of Ohio, and
which mortgage WAS recorded in the Office OF the
register Of deeds Of the county Of Lake, state Of
south Dakota In book 3 Of mortgages on page
II, on the 31st day OF December, 1891, AT 80
o'clocs p. m. and whereas, DO action or proceed
ipgs at law or otherwise have been instituted to
recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or
any part thereof. Whereas, 1t WAS stipulated in
said mortgage that II defauls would be made In
the payment Of any portion of the principal or
interest promptly at the time the same should
become due, therthe whole cum, both principal
and intsTsst, ct oncs become due, ara whereas,
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Sale NOtice.a

once Of Commissioner Of School and Public
Lands: Notice lie hereby given, that on the 1si
day OF April, 1896, Ali of the uns0ld and Unbiased
School Lands in the county OF Lake will be offer
ed for sale at pubic auction, to the highest bid
der ut the front door of the court house IN said
county. Said sale VIII be held between the
hours of ten O'Clock a. M. and 1--WE O'Clock D. m.
each day until all the tracts Of School Lands
have been offered for sale.
Pierre, \. d., January II, 1896.
J. L.. LOCKHART,
COMMISSIONS OF School and Public Lands.
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CAN BE FOCUSED.
Another Important Discovery Regarding
CAthode Rays.

AhOIHFT IHpoTIHht DIsc0Very ReHArdFDR
Cathode Rays.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. lit has been DEM
onstrated by two St. Louis physicians
that the cathode or Y rays used by DR..
Roentgen to produce photographs of
the interior portions of the human body
and to photograph ordinary objects
through opaque substances, can be
focused. This is the most important
discovery thus far made i'll connection
with these wonderful scientific expert.
ments, and IT Will make 1t more vaIua-
bic i'll every manner By being able to
focus the rays. any particular organ OF
the body may he photographed without
the surrounding tissues being shown
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Republican League Convention.

JAMESTOWN, n. d., Feb. l7.-Presi-
dent John knauf of the Young Mems
Republican leagu, of North Dakota.
has ISSUED 4 call for the second biennial
convention to he he'd III this city May
.. The basis of representation is large
and 400 delegates Will be entitled to
seats
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Lease Notice.

Office of Commissioner OF School and Public
Lands: Notice II hereby given that on the End
OF April, 1896, all the unsold and Unbiased
school Lands in the county Of Lake will be offer
ed for lease to the highest bidder, at public auc-
ton at the front door OF the court house In said
county. said leasing will be held between the
hours Of ten O'Clock u. m. and~fve o'clock D. N.
OF each day. until all the tracts Of School Lands
have been offered for lease.
Pierre, s. D., January IA, 1896:
,. l.. LOCKHART,7
Commissioner of School and Public Lands,
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This Would Please RuskiD.

Stonecutters among the students at
Parkville college are getting out the ma
terial during their leisure time this win
ter for the new observatory building
which is ~ be erected there in the
spring. kansas City Star.
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thirty years Of practice. 1t is healing,
soothing, strengthening. !. Is perfectly
natural in its operation and cH>ct.
By its use, thousands Of weak women
have been made strong and healthy-havc
been mad the mothers OF strong and
healthy chil]""n. Taken during CESSATION,
it make cE. firth easy and almost pain
less and iuaugvs TIC we'll being Of both
mother and child.
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Notice of Application for Probate of VIII.

State of South Dakota, So. In County Cont.
County Of LAX "'' Jul
In the matter Of the estate Of Charles b. Shell
don, deceased. Notice of time appointed Tor
proving will, etc.
The state of South Dakota sends greeting to
May l.. ST. Clair, Martha A. sheldon, CharlesH II.
Sheldon, Chruncey ). Sheldon, Frank =. Shell
don, Alice Dixie, George Dixie. Gideon W. Pitts,
Matte sheldon, Clinton sheldon, Etie sheldon,
Hazel sheldon, and - Sheldon an infant not
named, heirs next of kin of Charles b. sheldon,
deceased. Pursuant to an order Of said conrt,
made on the 22nd day OF January, A. ID. 1891,
notice is hereby given that Monday the 3rd day OF
February A. d. 1896, at l o'clock p. m. OF said
day, at the office Of the county judge at Madison
in tae county OF Lake, South Dakota, have been
appointed as the time and place for proving the
viii of said Charles B.. Sheldon deceased, aud for
hearing the application Of Frank 5. Sheldon for
the issuaut e to him of letters testamentary when
and where any person interested may appear and
cont. ct the same.
Witness the Hon J.. II. williamson judge Of
the county court and seal Of said CONT, this 22nd
day Of January A. ID. 1896, at his Office In the city
Of Madison, county OF Lake, state of South Da-
kota. j. ii. ILL
(Seal.) Judge OF the County Court.
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Amnesty Den ed Irish Prisoners.

LONDON, Feb. lin the house Of
commons Sir Matthew White Ridley,
secretary Of state for the home depart
ment, replying to Timothy Harrington
and Michael Davitt, said he had care
fully considered the cases of the Irish
prisoners and had decided that he could
no grant them amnesty.