The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
improve the road from the summit of
the Cascades to Crater lake.

improve the road from the summit of
the Cascades to Crater lake.
Citizens Of Cottage Grove have be.
gun active work on the Bohemia wagon
road.
The contract has been let for the
erection OF Presbyterian church at
Brownsville.
Walter Denny, an Ashland boy. ex.
poets to be fireman on the new bat
tle.ship Oregon.
A tie train recently took about s. 900
ties from Henderson to the creosote
works at Latham.
klamath Falls is setting good ex-
ample to more ambitious towns in
Oregon by forbidding bicycle riders to
ride on sidewalks under penalty of fine.
Lane county warrants are now in
demand. Local capitalists are paying
l per cent premium for them. This
has happened occasionally for the past
three years.
The trapdoor of an Astoria streetcar
was carelessly left open one day last
week, and Mrs. ]. P. Swenson, carry
ing little child in her arms, boarded
the car. She stepped into the opening,
injuring herself severely.
The new fiume of the Klamath Wa.
ter Ditch Company is progressing
rapidly. The ditch is being raised to
run around the foothills, and $4,000
foot 0f Inn, hor no q l,oo,, co mod N = C,,,,,
mill, to be used in the fume, of which
%, 900 feet is already on the ground.
The sewing machine company that
threatened to contest the right of the
city of Ashland to impose a peddler's
license fee on it's agent has compro-
missed by taking out license for three
months, under protest. to give it an
opportunity to fight the ordinance later
on.
R. c. Kiger, Benton county's stock
inspector. is urging upon sheepraisers
the necessity Of clipping sheep in Or
der to eradicate scab. There are sew
eral bands in Benton yet afflicted with
the scab, and these Mr.. Kiger wants
dipped few times Immediately after
shearing. If this matter is given
proper attention now, he says the dis
ease can be entirely wiped out.
Thoams g. Keene has petitioned the
Marion county court to refund the
taxes paid by him in the years 1898
and 1894, on the southeast quarter of
section %, township 10 south. range 3
east. 1t appears that laboring under a
misapprehension he paid taxes to the
sheriff of Marion county instead of
Linn county, in which the land lies.
Meanwhile the land has been sold for
taxes.
The Prineville Review says the city
fathers are very economical, judging
by the furniture in the city hall. A
Review man was in attendance at
case before the recorder one day last
week. The only articles in the room
were two benches, one table, two pine
boxes and goods box with shelves in
it, used for secretary, and good
stove, SO that person can keep warm
if the marshal succeeds in capturing
enough old sidewalk boards for fuel.
Umatilla county is to follow Multi
nomah county in making test of the
salary law. Action has been brought
which will bring decision on direct
issue as to whether the sheriff is en-
titled under it to draw from the coun-
ty treasury mileage and fees in excess
of the So, 500 salary allowed him by
law. Suit has been commenced in the
circuit court, injunction being prayed
for to stop the county court from allow
ing, and the clerk from issuing scrip
for such pay. Charles Brownfield has
sued out the injunction.
Idaho.
Star mail service has been estab-
lished from Bruneau Valley to Wicka-
honey, thirty-one miles and back once
q week, by q schedule Of not to exceed
ten hours running time each way.
This is operative from July next to
June 80, 1900.
The miners employed in the De La
mar mine are out on strike. and ask
that their wages be restored to the
paid them before the cut two
years ago. No Insurance is anticipat-
ed, and the Miner union says that none
will be tolerated by them.
The Idaho Mining Journal says that
the mining outlook in the various
camps tributary to Boise is very en-
although on account of the
rains and cold weather, work is several
weeks behind. Those mines that are
being developed are reporting their ore
veins wider, richer and better defined as
work progresses To hear of a rich
strike in this mine or that mine is ar
every day occurrence.
The old Nicola mining camp which
has lain comparatively idle for the past
seven years, will make quite respect
able output of ore. The original Viola
mine, owing to its being in litigation,
will probably remain idle, but there
are other mines in that vicinity which
have produced sufficient ore during the
past winter to justify the letting of
contracts to freight the output to Do
bois, where it will be shipped to Dem
yer.
Montana.
The recent rich strike in the Helena
mining district in the Overland mine
has to q great extent arousedssome Of
the old-time spirit of enterprise. Hell
ena will yet be q mining camp in all
its glory.
The Rossland Miner says that it is
now definitely decided that the G. P.
r. will build directly into Rossland