The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-19

this spring. Sheep are in good condi.
ton and there is general inquiry for
stock sheep.
The Sherman county court held a
special session and provided for a
bounty Of 81 per scalp on all coyotes
killed in the county from and after
February ID, until further notice.
The money has been raised for erect.
ing skimming station at Shedd and
work on the same will begin at an
early date. An effort is also being
made to establish one at Halsey, in
Linn county.
The fire which recently destroyed the
Hoxie sawmill, on Williams creek, In
Josephine county, recalls the fact that
this was the fourth time this sawmill
has been destroyed by fire within the
last sixteen years.
The Dalles Chronicle is informed
that the Day Bros. claim they have fin
ished the contract work at the locks,
and are now waiting to learn what &C.
ton will be taken by congress as re-
CARDS the new appropriation.
Captain w. A. Cox will move his
house from West Florence to Acme,
three miles, by water. The house is
200 feet from the river and it is pro-
posed to place it on scow, after it is
moved to the river, and tow it to its
| destination.
Railroad men say that the recent
sand storm along the Columbia east of
the mountains was the worst that has
been experienced since 1882. Hand
power is the only method of removing
the sand, and this requires a great deal
Of time, as shoveling sand is slow work.
A cougar and two cubs were killed
within seven miles of The Dalles last
week by M. Doyle and son, living on
Chenoweth creek. The animals had
killed several calves and sheep, and
were getting very obnoxious. The old
one measured over six feet in length.
The Jewett mine, within three miles
of Grants Pass, under the manage
ment Of w. P. Bedding, is again show
ing up we'll. Mr.. Bedding has OK.
posed some large lodes of ore; 30 large
in fact that the walls have not been
discovered. 1t is reported that within
a few months a twenty stamp mill
will be placed on the property, and i'm
proved ooncentrators.
Not day passes but what some resi-
IF MT otv ,1oS Of h0
condition of the mountain range,
caused by being overrun by outside
sheep during the summer season, rays
the Blue Mountain Eagle. Residents
are all of the same opinion, that if the
outside sheep are not kept out, it will
not be many years before most of the
stockmen will be compelled to dispose
of their bands and retire from the bus
mess.
Idaho.
A restoration and increase in pension
has been granted George F. Lyons, of
Lewiston.
The wooden mills Of Desert. Utah,
are soon to be moved to OrcRaxd. about
thirty miles from Boise.
The postoffice at Leyburn, Shoshone
county, has been discontinued, and it's
mail hereafter must be sent to Fraser.
A patent has been granted to James
B. Perkins, assignor of one-half to P.
Flannery, of Lewiston, on an animal
trap.
In Fremont and Bingham counties
recently a rabbit drive was had and
nearly 2 100 rabbits were killed in one
day.
In the Star mail service operating
from Blackfoot to Challis, Bryan post
office has been ordered to be supplied
without any change in the distance of
the route Bryan is between the Black
foot and Arco. The order became
operative March 2.
Harry B. Hall, ex-treasurer OF Sho-
shone county, has been sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary for en-
bezzling county funds. Hall was treas
urer of the county and cashier Of bank
which failed, and in which Van B. De
Lashmutt, of Portland, was one of the
principal owners. County funds were
in. the bank. All except 81, 500 was
recovered by the county. Hall was
tried for embezzlement for failing to
produce that sum.
Montana.
The smelling concerns of Colorado
find it necessary to draw on the lead
mines from Montana and British Co
lumbia for the majority of this class OF
ore and there q number of shipments
reported each week.
The hills around the Rabbit district
are full Of prospectors and number OF
very good discoveries have already
been made. The snow is fast dlsap-
pearing. Sevearl new copper discov-
cries have been made during the past
few weeks in the Nee Perez canyon.
A syndicate from Butte has taken up
200. 900 miners inches of water from
the Madison rriver three miles east
of Red Bluff which they propose to
tilize in generating electric power for
various uses in the different cities OF
Montana, and especially Butte. The
papers have all been filed with the
proper authority and it is said that
fully $4,000 will be expended this
summer in building dams and other