Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-06-11
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.
Items OF Interest From Every Nook aud
Corner.

,ludson Murray has 200 acres in peas
near Waterville this season.
Wslla Walla has easily raised its
quota of the immigration boards fund.
Thirty timber claims have been
taken up about Brooklyn, in Pacific
county, recently.
The city of Indianapolis has ordered
nearly 200 cars of cedar blocks for paw.
ing purposes from the state of Wash.
ingtou.
The Steele fishtrap on Sandy point,
Lummi island, has started to satch
fish. The trap is supposed to be tho
largest in the world.
The Walla Walla council has appro.
priated $l6G to help pay expenses Of
the tiremen who are to take part in the
tournament in Pendleton.
All proceedings against original set.
tiers in township 2l-9, in Chehalis
county, have been ordered discontinued
by the land department.
There were twenty-five deaths and
thirry-,hree births in Spokane last
month. OF those born, fifteen are
males and eighteen females
A new store was opened in Garfield
last week, the second store within two
weeks The proprietor is 7. NJ. Jack.
son, who brought $1,000 stock from
Omaha.
Captain Adams, commanding the
state troops at llwaco, says that his
men are anxious to return home, and
thinks they may be soon replaced by
another company.
A. B. Alexander, fisheries expert of
the United States fish commission
steamer Albatross, is in the Sound for
the purpose of making an investiga-
tion of the fisheries.
Mrs Mary E, Bent has begun suit
against the city of Walla Walla for the
sum of $l2, ,000 as damages for injuries
sustained by her in falling on defec.
tive sidewalk last December.
Miss Lulu Abernethy, a Spokane
girl, has been chosen as one of the ora
tors who will compete for the Kirk or
atorical prize at the Northwestern uni
yersity. She will have four competi
tors, all males.
Treasurer Mish, of Snohomish couu
ty, has fled a new bond in the sum o
800, 900, which is satisfactory to tn,
commissioners Snohomish county
will now receive the $23, 900 on deposi
in the Bank of Everett probably b!
July /.
Over 500 head Of cattle were sold on
day last week from the ranges i'll Asotil
county, and over So, 900 were disburseC
among farmers and cattle men. Las
month $ sales ran up into the thousand
of dollars. and another shipment will
be made this month.
Major Sears has dug up from tn
musty documents in the office of TIN
city clerk of Walla Walla the paten
to the original site of Walla Walla
comprising eighty acres The OLE
paper. which bears date of July 90
1869, is signed by President U. S
Grant
w. H Babcock and George Struther
sold to William Jones 65, 900 bushels o
bluestem wheat. almost all of tn
wheat remaining on Eureka Flat. say
the Walla Walla Union The consid
GRAFTON is not made public, but it i
rumored that the price paid was 5
cents per bushel.
Judge Hanford, of the federal court
sitting in Seattle, recently rendered
decision. which in effect releases tn
city of Seattle from all liability to pa
outstanding street grade warrants il
cases where the city has lost the powe
to collect the amount from delinquen
property ty-owners.
Newton and Barnes, Fraser rive
fishermen, are making cannery q
Chuckanut The capacity of the car
merry will be $4,000 cases, but it is nc
the intention of the promoters to pu
up large quantity of fish this season
as preliminary preparations can hardl
be completed in time.
Orders have been issued to the Ii
dian police on the Colville reservatio
to permit no cattle or horses, not use
for transportation, to remain on tn
reservation, without special PERM
from the Indian agent This is to pr
vent stockmen from grazing their an
mails at large on the range.
! The amount of hogs shipped frol
, Garfield during the past six months
enormous for country not rated as
hog country. says the Enterprise. Sinc
last fall 900 head of hogs were shil
ped from there, to say nothing Of ii
: large quantity of dressed meat al
, bacon. Duling Bros. have a record
their shipments, so that it is not mer
; ly a guess This firm has paid out +
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