The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-27
NORTHWESTBREVlTlES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
49, From Our Sister States Epitom-
ized-The Leading Topics Dis
cussed-W Washington.

Of school, the term ending the latter
part of this month.
permanent county immigration
convention was organized in Tacoma
for Pierce county last week.
There will, it is esI1amted, be from
coo to $4,000 bushels of apples
Skinned from Orcas island this year.
The winter school for farmers at
Pullman is proving popular. Farmers
from all parts of the state are in at
tendance.
Mrs Caroline E. Hartman, who is
- wears old, has taken up claim six
miles above Granite Falls, in Snoho-
mish county.
Ex-Sheriff DeRackin, of Lincoln
county, has purchased the Populist pa
per at Davenport, the Peoples Banner,
from G. H. Scott.
There will be no ice famine in Spo-
kane, Notwithstanding the mild win
ter. There is plenty of ice in Silver
lake. Medical lake and other lakes near
the city.
Asa reward for hard work on the
mart of the women, Snohomish now has
a large reading-room, we'll lighted and
amply spilled with papers and other
reading matter.
A buyer of horses has been in North
Yakima Oh the lookout for small ami
mails to ship to Alaska. He has been
paying from S. to $40, and has bought
up fourteen horses.
jeff Letton, a former resident of
Pennington, is in trouble at Wallace,
Idaho. He is accused of poisoning his
l8-months' old child in order to obtain
a legacy to which the child was sup
posed to be heir.
Turner & Williams, of Spokane, re-
Gently sent large shipment of ore
from the LIE Roi mine to the Everett
smelter, from which they got $13, 600.
The ore averaged over 500 ton.
The analysis of a deposit from a lake
in Adams county has been made by the
chief of the mineral division of the
geological survey. He found that the
deposit consisted of a mixture of chic
ride sulphate and carbonate of sodium.
The public school of Weston is to
be conducted for the remainder OF the
year by the normal school as train
ing department., an agreeemnt to that
effect having been recently arrived at
by the directors with the school man.
ayers.
The star mail service between Chelan
and Stehekin, has been ordered in
creased to three times a week from
June 1 to September 80 of each year.
The postoffice department has for
warded commission as postmaster to
William D. Stark, at Seguin.
Colonel George Hunter, who is over
70 years of age, was married In Wash
ington, D. c., to woman of "a, about
week ago, his first wife having been
dead only six months. Colonel Hunter
is one of the pioneer Indian fighters of
this region, and is known all over
Eastern Washington.
c. N. Byles, assignee of the Wake
field State bank, has filed his second re-
port. Claims aggregating $40, 900
have been filed with him by 70 credit
Ors. He has collected $289.3S, and
paid out $103.80. The assets are IN
such a condition that it will be long
time before the affairs can be closed up.
The state mining bureau has ap-
pointed Harry Landes as state geolo-
gist. The new appointee is professor
to geology in the state university, and
has accepted the new position with
fhe understanding that he will receive
no compensation except that paid by
the university.
During services in an Ilwaco church
the other day two or three dogs kept
up continual yelping not far from
the building. On going out to ascer-
tain the cause, it was found that they
had fine eight-point elk at bay, In
the timber a few yards back OF the
church. The animal escaped capture,
however.
David Spoor, ex-street commissioner
and city councilman of Port Town
send, died in that city, aged IS years.
He was native of New York, and left
that state when the rush to the Cali
fornia gold fields took place in 1849.
Then he drifted to the Sound country,
and for the past thirty years made his
home in Port Townsend. He was a
prominent mason.
Oregon.
Wheat at Salem jumped fom So to
90 cents one day last week.
The city council of Hillsboro has
levied a tax of mills to raise revenue
Tor the coming year.
DR.. Inman, of Umatilla county, has
been bound over in the sum of 81 500
to answer to the grand jury the charge
OF manslaughter.
Eugene horsemen are making ar
engagements to secure Eugene pla,e
IN the racing circuit, and to have a
three days meet there in May.
Coos county farmers have agreed to
furnish the Myrtle Point creamery the
milk of 200 cows, and the creamery
Will begin operations in the spring.
Railroad officials at LaGrande re-
port that the new fange machine sor
clearing the track of snow and ice il q
success. The machine in use was c,n.
structed at Albina.
treasurer Kern. of Uamtilla county.
aas received $4,000, money collected
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