The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-09
of the 800, 900 fund created by the
sale Of the Oregon Pacific.

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sale of the Oregon Pacific.
George Kykstra recently brough,
into Dallas ia pounds of mohai,
sheared from forty goats, and sold it al
80 cents pound. The coating Of each
animal brought him So cents.
The Milling & Mining Company a,
Elgin has sold all of it's ties in the
Elgin yard, $4,000, to the Oregon
Lumber Company, Of Baker City. The
ties will be shipped East and used on
the Union Pacific system.
The contracting firm of Butler, Bar.
ret & Stewart, has about completed ar.
rangements for opening up brickyard
on his ten-acre tract of land in North.
west Medford. He will commence
making brick in a short time, and will
put up kiln of 100, 600 brick.
The Astoria Box Company has pur.
chased from Thomas Boyle all the re.
naming timber at its camp on Young s
river. There is about 1,OOO,O 900 feet
in the lot, and it is arriving daily at
the mills.
The silver-tipped gray squirrels are
occasionally seen once more on the oak
trees IN Hood River. If these beauti.
full animals could be protected from
vandal hunters, they would soon be-
come numerous again on the handsome
shade trees of that town, says the
Glacier.
The moral wave has struck Prime
vile. An effort will be made by the
W. G. T. U. to enforce the Sunday law
and see that the saloons are closed on
Sunday. There is a difference of
opinion as to whether or not such a
law can be enforced in incorporated
towns.
Grandma" Follett, who lives at
Willow Ranch, in Lake county, is re.
ported by the Lakeview Examiner to
have fallen heir to So, 900, 900 worth of
property in the heart of New York
city, a 99-year lease which was given
by her father having expired. She is
80 years old.
A gentleman living about four miles
out on The Dalles road from Hood
River, says there were three matches of
the California quail in his neighbor-
hood last summer and about twenty
five in each hatch. He recently saw
flock of them numbering about forty.
These quail are from the ones imported
by Captain Coe.
, Mrs. Laurinda W. Reeves died at
North Powder, Union county, March
10, 1896, at the age of 68. She was
born in the state of New York, and re-
moved to Illinois in 1888, and to Ore
gon in 1876, going to Union county in
1879. She left three children, Robert
Lloyd of Union and Mrs. J. E. Carroll
and T. J. Lloyd of North Powder.
The beautiful country residence of
Thomas Tanner, about seven miles
west of North Powder, in Union coun-
ty, was totally destroyed by fire last
week. The fire originated in a defec-
tive flue. An old house and some
sheds standing near were also destroyed.
The loss will probably aggregate not
less than $4,000. There was no in
surance.
A whole mountain of asbestos has
been found on Beach creek, about four
miles north of Mount Vernon, near
Adam Gordon's residence The ma
terial varies from a half inch to two
inches in thickness and is of excellent
quality. A band of sheep had been
1n Tod hn foi nd
their hoof had beaten the rock the
threads of the mineral could be gath
cred up like so much wool.
A postoffice has been established at
Swanlake, Bannock county, Idaho,
with Floyd F. Whit as postmaster.
This office is four miles north of Ok
ford.
The Northern Pacific steamer Georgia
Cakes will commence regular trips be-
tween Occur d'Alene and Mission
April /. This boat connects the mar
row-guage railroad to the Occur
d'Alene mines, and the Northen Pa
cific train from Spokane.
Captain s. G.. Fisher, Indian agent
at Lapwai, was in Lewiston recently,
accompanied by Robert Stanton, who
is assisting in making up the Indian
pay rolls Captain Fisher says that
about May there will be another pay
ment of $500, 200 or more to the In
dams.
A mining boom has struck Moscow.
People are locating claims on the
mountains north of town. Quartz has
been found on the surface which assays
well in both gold and silver. A claim
was staked on the very summit OF
Mount Moscow, taking in 1900 feet OF
the big ledge there.
There is a town on the upper Snake
river, called New Sweden. Hans
Hansen is mayor of the town, Peter
Petersen is clerk and the common
council is composed of Peter Hansen,
Hans Petersen, Peter Hans Petersen,
Hans Peter Hansen, and Peter Hansen
Hans Petersen. No relationship exists
among these men.
Montana.
The several papers read before the
Mining and immigration convention
held at Helena last week should be
printed in book form and circulated
through the East.
For the week ending March "a there
were sold on the Chicago Mineral &
Mining Board 7S0, 800 shares of stock
at an average value Of 10 cents per
shoro There ara at nreaent twenty