Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-01-24
NORTHWESTBREVITI
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST

From All Parts Of Oregon, Washington
Idaho, Montana and British Co
Iumbia-washingto
Adams county claims not to have
had sheriffs' sale advertised for two
months.
The large log jam in the Coweeman.
in Cowlitz county, was recently broken
with dynamite.
Waitsburg is discussing the matter
Of putting in pumping station during
the dry season.
Z. P. Brinnon, a pioneer Of Jefferson
county, is dead. The town Of Brin-
non was named after him.
Snohomish expects to add an import
ant industry this year to her resources,
namely: beet sugar factory.
The teachers Of Walla Walla county
have decided to have permanent or
ganization to hold monthly meeting
at Walla Walla, Waitsburg, Prescott
and Dixie.
The Whatcom board Of trade has
appointed committee to look up site
for the Lynden creamery on Belling-
ham bay where good shipping facili-
ties can be had.
The merchants and ship owners OF
San Francisco Land Puget sound con-
template telegraph line from Tatoosh
island to Gray's Harbor. This stretch
of country is totally uncovered.
Tacoma exported last year 337,210
tons Of coal, valued at $1,630,177;
wheat valued at $2,013, ,939, and 273,-
934 barrels of -four, valued at $672, 1875,
making total Of nearly "a, 500, 600.
The executive committee Of the
Northwest Mining Association have
decided to call convention on Febru-
airy 20, at Spokane. Invitations will
be extended to the state officials OF
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon.
tana.
The Everett school board has de-
, termined to bond the outstanding in
debtedness Of the district, and then tt
put expenses on a cash basis. Tit
,, board is not inclined to issue any more
, warrants. The problem it has to solv'
is to run the school without going IL
debt
) The Great Northern contemplate
increasing largely the working force'
at the big shops at Hillyard. 1t il
proposed to do all the repairing OF thu
Western division at this town. A
present there are about ninety men II
s the shops, this number will be IN
2 creased to about 800.
The Northern Pacific railroad Com
pany have notified the county audlto
: that they will work out their propert
road tax in this county, instead of pay
I, ing the cash, as provided by law. Thi
d is an innovation and the probabilitie
are that the company will contrac
II with gang of men to work out thei
n road taxes in each county.
= . The salmon pack statistics for th
. Columbia river for 1895 show: Sprin
pack-Chinook salmon, 4S7, $40 cases
total value, 81, III, ,S5S. 20; amount pal
u for fish, $1,776,547. Allowing ont
70 half Of the catch to Washington fishel
l men makes the amount received by th
fishermen of Washington for sprin
he salmon delivered to canneries, $SSS
s. 273. so. Fall pack-92, ,0S6 cases
I'd silverside; $1,000 cases of Chinool
b, 8, 500 steel head. Total 1877 ,0S6 case
valued at $456, 500. 60.
nt The report of Fish Commission
o Crawford for the year 1895 shov
: many points of interest in the develo
ne ment of one of Washington's leadir
III industries. In this document he say
The sum of $4,000 was appropriate
,r- by the recent legislature from the fl
On commission fund. for the purpose
10, erecting and operating artificial salm'
II. hatcheries. A hatchery with a cap
re city of turning out 100000 you
salmon annually has been erected on t
Kalama river, tributary of the Colui
~ y, bia, and is now beng operated. The
=. !: are now in this hatchery over 4,000,0
" " young Chinook salmon in vario
"a stages of development. A station
ns taking and cycling salmon spawn b
ns been built on the Chinok river, in F
cific county. The total amount {
lat pended from the appropriation
Ior $7,077.
of Oregon.