The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-13

1AaAAS against those
VINO mad. OF late there has been a
Drisk demand for salmon, and all the
lall pack has been sold and Skinned
ana there are only few small lots of
CHINOOK left on the river. It is stated
on good authority that more salmon
mas been shipped from this section dur.
ing the present month than during
January OF the five previous wears.
Inc demand is principally from the
East, where many new markets have
oeen opened up. 1t will be remem.
pered that the pack of fall salmon was
very Large, and it has found favor and
mas been sold for a good price.
At a recent meeting of the state board
OF labor commissioners of California
IN San Francisco reports from Professor
Hllgard of the state university. who
was appointed to test the relative
merits of building stone from different
sections. were received and discussed.
Ihls report was secured for the pur-
pose OF selecting the best material for
the new depot building, at the foot of
Market street. Samples from the state
OF Nevada, California, and from Pho
neer quarry at Yaqaina were sub
mltted, and the Oregon stone was
found far superior to either of it's com.
petltors. If the stone for San Fran
cisco's big depot, which will require
10000 tons, is selected upon its merits
it will be taken from the Pioneer
quarry in this state. This stone is the
same that was used in the building of
the famous Parrot block on Market
street in San Francisco, which is pro-
nounced the finest of it's kind in the
United States.
Idaho.
The late Goddard murder case cost
the county of Nez Perez 81, 1874.
A shipment of 70, 900 fruit trees was
recently made from Moscow to Camas
Prairie.
A suowslide carried away the mill
at the Vanderbilt mine, two miles
south of HALEY.
Another payment is due the Nez
Perces in February of &1En &C" Tt
might be very mandy these dull days to
be an Indian.
Development work on the Black HOr
net has suspended for the present.
The owners will put up ten stamp
mill for reducing and saving the gold.
The machinery for the new packing
company at Idaho Falls has arrived
and is being placed in position. Con-
tracts have been made for large num-
Der of hogs, so that slaughtering may
commence at once.
The Boise mining exchange is start
ing off in a business like manner. The
members seem to be in earnest in the
matter, and filled with a determination
to score a success. The exchange
promises to be a great benefit to the
mining industry of the state.
Some Indiana citizens desiring to
come West have written for offers and
inducements as bonus for their start
ing a wood pulp mill. 1t would re-
quire considerable soft wood, such as
cottonwood, linn, buckeye. etc. All
things being favorable another desir-
able industry will be started In Idaho.
Montana.
! The diptheria epidemic has died out
at Belt and the public schools have re-
opened.
Billings latest enterprise is to con-
struct a 10000 opera house with
capacity for 600 persons
A recent fire at Helena destroyed
$40. 900 milling plant of the Montana
Laundering & Manufacturing Com
pany.
a brewing concern has Just finished
a fine cold-storage house and are pre-
pairing to put in bottling works in con-
nection with their establishment at
Belt.
The assessed valuation of Montana
is s124, 076, $50. 80, while its indebted
ness is only $2,798, 030 so. For
state that is only six years old, Mon.
tana is doing remarkably well.
The business of the Anaconda post
office is too large for its present ac-
| commodations and as there is no suit
able building, it probably means the
| construction of new block. The
postoffce inspectors are IN the city
looking the matter up.
The municipal authorities OF Helena
under authority of popular vote to
that effect, tried to dispose OF about
$500 600 worth of bonds recently, bear
ing interest at per cent. Ihere was
only one bidder. and the matter was
postponed for thirty days.
British Columbia.
IT is likely that the War Eagle Will
mt M a milling plant OF its own at
Rossland.
A new brewery will soon be erected
az Sannington. It will have colo
storage plant in the same building.
The present air compressor at the LIE
Do; mine having proven too small, a
new twenty drill one will be pu. IN.
This company is q steady diVioenu
payer. -
a nrivate bill will be introduced at
.ha annroaching session OF the iegisia-
tnra for the purpose of incorporating
; &c company to build . railway from
pantieton to Cascade City. Inc pio-
nosed line will run from Okanogan
lake TO Midway, thence to the rol'a
~ r., If Kettle river and to Grano
Eo-rs thence east to Cascade City.
The people of Rossland are now con. con,
Aho H. ,,ronosition of munlclpal