The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-23
NORTHWEST REVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All Parts of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana and British Co.
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from All Parts OF Oregon, Washington
Idaho, Montana and British Co.
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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 a pumping station during
the dry season.
E. P. Brinnon, 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 a permanent Or
ganization to hold a monthly meeting
at Walla Walla, Waitsburg, Prescott
and Dixie.
The Whatcom board of trade has
appointed a 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 sand Puget sound con-
template telegraph line from Tatoosh
island to Gray's Harbor. This stretch
of country is totally uncovered.
Tacoma exported last year 1920
tons of coal, valued at $1,000, TIT;
wheat valued at $2,O13,939, and 273,-
934 barrels of flour, valued at $672, 1876,
making total of nearly 81, 500, 600.
The executive committee of the
Northwest Mining Association have
decided to call convention ON Febru-
airy %, 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 to
put expenses on cash basis. The
board is not inclined to issue any more
warrants. The problem it has to solve
is to run the school without going in
debt.
The Great Northern contemplates
increasing largely the working forces
at the big shops at Hillyard. 1t is
proposed to do all the repairing of the
Western division at this town. At
present there are about ninety men in
the shops, this number will be in
creased to about 800.
The Northern Pacific railroad Com
pany have notified the county auditor
that they will work out their property
road tax in this county, instead of pay
ing the cash, as provided by law. This
is an innovation and the probabilities
are that the company will contract
with a gang of men to work out their
road taxes in each county.
The salmon pack statistics for the
Columbia river for 1895 show: Spring
pack-Chinook salmon, 437 $40 cases;
total value, So, I'll, 1858. rs; amount paid
for fish, $1,776, DAT. Allowing one
half of the catch to Washington fisher
men makes the amount received by the
fishermen of Washington for spring
salmon delivered to canneries, $685.
273 80. Fall pack-92, O86 cases of
silverside; $1,000 cases of Chinook;
$500 steel head. Total 1877 ,086 cases,
valued at $456, 500. 60.
The report of Fish Commissioner
Crawford for the year 1895 shows
many points of interest in the develop
ment of one of Washington's leading
industries. In this document he says:
The sum of $4,000 was appropriated
by the recent legislature from the fish
commission fund. for the purpose Of
erecting and operating artificial salmon
hatcheries. A hatchery with capa-
city of turning out 100000 young
salmon annually has been erected on the
Kalama river, a tributary of the Colum-
bia, and is now beng operated. There
are now in thiQ hatchery over 1000, 900
young Chinook salmon in various
stages of development. A station for
taking and cycling salmon spawn has
been built on the Chinok river, in Pa
cific county. The total amount ex-
pended from the appropriation is
$7,077.
There are five stamp mills now in
Jackson county.
The Columbia river is now lower
than it has been for many years.
Of forty three vessels examined by
the health offers at Astoria, during
the last quarter, no contagious diseases
were found.
A cargo of lumber is strewn along
Elk Beach for miles, which is supposed
to have been 1oated off the decks of
lumber schooners during the late
storm.
The Southern Miners Association has
formed a permanent organization at
Grants Pass. About 900 miners were
present and genuine enthusiasm pre-
vailed.
Sturgeon fishing has become quite an
industry around The Dalles. Several
large catches are reported in that dis
trict, a recent one weighing 425
pounds.
Fourteen additional machines fo1
making small nails have just been
added to the Everett nail works. The
works have been run overtime for some
weeks to keep even with orders.
| The Polk county census returns show
2, 440 legal voters The entire popula.
ton is 9,193. Over 1900, 900 pounds