Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-05-21

Two bears were killed near Sealsnd
last week.
Work is to begin at once upon
speed track for Port Townsend.
Waitsburg expects the largest straw
berry crop this year in its history.
Hog cholera in mild form is preva
lent in the west side of the Kittitas
valley.
E. g. Grindrod, of Kittitas county,
is experimenting in the cultivation of
the Australian salt bush plant.
Mandamus proceedings have been
begun against the city treasurer of
Port Townsend to compel him to use
the cash on hand to pay old warrants
outstanding.
The Auburn Argus says it is safe to
say that not one-quarter of the hop
acreage will be cultivated this year in
the Green river district. as compared
with former years.
Mrs. Dulcinea Ridgeway died in
Buckley May ~, at the age of rs. She
came to Oregon with her husband in
1859, and settled near Lebanon, where
most of her life was spent.
c. Stasor, chairman Of the Adams
County immigration Association, has
opened correspondence with a view
to securing for that county colony of
Dunkards, who contemplate coming to
Washington from Indiana.
The case of leprosy that has been
discovered in Seattle is puzzling one.
1t is hard to know whether the expense
attendant upon the matter should be
borne by the state or the county, and
not very easy to decide what shall be
done with the man. There is lazar-
etto in British Columbia, maintained
by the Dominion government. Pos.
sibly the institution would receive the
unfortunate man if application were
made. In that event Washington state
would have to stand the expense.
The Boundary Mining and Invest
ment Company has been incorporated,
with headquarters at Spokane. The
capital stock is $4,000, and the pur.
pose is to operate mining properties in
the United States and British Colum-
bia.
The American Lake road was sold
last week in Tacoma to Robert Wingate
by Receiver Ellis for $S,4O0 The road
was originally built as the terminus of
the Union Pacific line in Tacoma. 1t
will be equipped electrically, and run
as suburban line.
The deposit of the Whatcom county
treasurer in the defunct Bellingham
Bay National bank was secured by a
$25, 900 bond, and by first mortgage
on the bank building, valued at $780,
900, which. by the way, is the amount
of the capital stock of the bank.
1t is expected, if present arrange
ments are carried out, that the cannery
at Blaine will be we'll under construc-
ton, if not completed, by the 1st day
of June next. The cannery will have
a capacity of at least 500 cases per
day, utilizing two retorts and other
paraphernalia for cannery of this Ca
pacity.
The Hugh Gillighan will case, set
for hearing before Judge Arthur at
Spokane, was continued until June s.
Gillighan was the miner who died at
Medical Lake and left $500 in the
Cheney bank, with a memorandum for
will, dividing the money among
friends. His relatives resist the pro-
bate of the document as a will.
Near Lacroses, Whitman county,
jackrabbits are causing great deal of
annoyance to the farmers, and great
rabbit drive is expected to take place
this week. Some difficulty will be ex-
perienced in finding suitable rendez.
vous for the final bunch-up, but several
old hunters express the belief that the
bunnies can be successfully cornered on
some of the large bluffs bordering the
Palouse.
1t has been discovered at Port Town,
send that the reported prohibition Of
liquors on revenue cutters was incor.
rect. The order referred to allows
what is known as a "wine mess" fol-
the wardroom officers of the revenue
cutters. The liquors may consist Of
wines, ales and beer, but whisky,
brandy and such hard liquors are pro.
hibited, and membership in the mess
is optional.
A farmer living near Lacrosse sta
tion has hit on a novel method of exter'
minating squirrels. He has deer
furrow running around his field, and
has several deep pits in the furrow, in
which he has placed large barrels about
half full of water. The result is tina,
the squirrels are drowned by the whole
sale, and all he has to do is to keer
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