The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-13
tYIlIFIC NORTHWEST
..o,s OF General Interest
From All Sections.
EMPLOYMENT AND PROGRESS

~. Cities and Towns of the Pacific
states and Territories
Washington.
cannfv immigration conventions are
tbe RAGE in the Evergreen state this
Mouth.
1 resumption of the operations of
L.. n3per mills at Everett is matter
n considerable Importance to that
4nrn.
Il consignment of Kaffir corn will
/ ANN arrive from Kansas and an effort
4 r,lI he made to induce Adams county
4 farmers to give it a thorough trial.
specimen photographs of Whatcom
4 ,nntv timber have been forwarded to
H. Eastern polytechnic institution, to
i bq used il the regular course of study.
/ The PEOPLE of Puyallup are rejoicing
in the mildness of it's climate, which
fact is evidenced by the presence of
4hooming roses and chrysanthemums.
4 Another large batch of land has been
nltented by the Northern Pacific rail-
&wsv. Itconsists of 595, 318 acres lying
H. Yakima, Walla Walla and Frank
Hin counties.
To this state has been secured sep
arate district for river aud harbor i'm
movements by the authorities at Wash
smgton. An engineering Office will be
1 established at Seattle.
The RitzviIle farmers and business
men are very joyful on account of the
bright prospects for good year. Sum-
mer iallowed ground is permeated
three or four feet with moisture and a
good crop is almost assured.
A good suggestion has been made to
build hatboats with capacity of ten
Or fifteen tons, to be loaded with ore
at or near Fairview mining camp, B.
C., in the Oseoyoos division upon the
Okanogan river, and float them down
To WenatChee.
The Pacific County Bar Association
has taken steps to prevent Oregon law
yers from practicing in the superior
court in the district which comprises
Pacific, Wahkiakum and Lewis coun-
ties The last legislature passed law
allowing only those lawyers from
other states to practice in Washington
courts whose states granted the same
privileges to Washington lawyers. 1t
appears that Oregon laws do not per-
init lawyers residing in this state to
practice there.
Two carloads of machinery have ar
rived from the East for the Seattle
firm that successfully bid for two of
the new warships. The buildings are
now all in readiness, including the
building ways, which are covered by
a rooted shed 200x75 feet, giving am
pie room to build both the torpedo boat
and the revenue tug. Not the least
significant of the recent extensions is
the shop for steel ship building which
Is now completed and ready to receive
Is machinery and tools.
Real estate agents of Spokane are
jubilapt over the increase of their stock
In de of alluring Inducements
The baiak clearances for the week end
ing JanAa %, exceeded those of Seat
IL T.oo,,~sa and Helena. sit may also
be noted that the railroad traffic shows
a remarkable increase, and the hotels
and restaurants are filed with more
strangers than at any time for three
years previous. This inscrease, to-
gether with ten big mines working in
the Occur d'Alenes and frightening
list Of shippers in the SLOGAN and Trail
Creek districts; with wheat advancing
until it is worth about 90. cents per
bushel more than last year; with new
enterprises guaranteed for this city,
and with the other signs OF new pros
perlty, Spokane has no complaint to
register at this date.
Oregon.
A new steamer for the coal trade is
soon to be put on between San Fran
cisco and Coquille City.
A mining and coal-shipping CORPORA