The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-05-20
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.

Evidence OF Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Town. Of
the Thriving Sister States
Oregon.
Stages have begun to run again be-
tween Eugene and Foley Springs.
Strawberries along South Myrtle
creek. in Douglas county, are ripening.
The school fund apportioned in Coos
county during April amounted to
e7,114.
A Pendleton man shipped twelve car
loads Of cattle to Council Bluffs, Ia,
last week.
The wooden mill, broom handle fac
tory and sawmill in Bandon are all run
ming full time.
The Klamath county Sunday school
convention will be held this year in
Klamath Falls. June IL and Is.
The street lamps no longer burn in
Tho Dslles at night. The contract ex-
pired and the council has had the lamps
taken down.
Business for the month Of April at
the Astoria custom house footed up
as. 900, being the largest months re-
ceipts in the history Of the Office.
Bob Human, who was captured in
Yuma, Ariz., and who is wanted in
Roseburg, was working in a mine in
Arizona under the name of Robert
Hanks.
Stockmen in Harvey county have
been busy moving their cattle to the
open ranges, to get them of the fiat
lands subject to overflow, and to save
the expense of longer feeding hay.
The telephone line being built from
Heppner to Long Greek has been COM
pleted to Hardman, and it is expected
that the line will reach Monument in
about week. and Long Creek by the
SOth OF May.
There is great activity in the hop
yards in this vicinity, and also further
north, says the Roseburg Plaindesler.
The vines are being carefully trained,
and the yards cultivated, and the out
look Is very favorable
The Baker City Democrat says that
it is reported on what seems to be relia-
BILE authority the o. R. & N. will soon
put on line Of steamboats, to ply be-
tween the Huntington bridge and Bal
lard landing. These boats, it is ex-
.pected, will transport ores from the
Seven Devils mines to the railroads.
Two men named Casey and OFT had
thrilling experience in the Umatilla
river near the Mission one day last
week. OFT attempted to ford the river
with a four horse team, hitched to
load Of hay. He miscalculsted the
ford and was carried down stream about
100 yards, when Mr.. Casey swan out
and cut the harness and rescued the
horses; then swan around the rack and
cut Mr.. OFT loose. Tho wagon and
load of hay were lost.
Washington.
The citizens of Snohomish have
secured the Dorrance academy build
ing, and fitted 1t up as hospital.
The stockmen around Pasco have
been gathering up saddle horses for the
last week, and making preparations fof
the spring roundup.
The eighth annual state convention
Of tho Washington State Union of
Cristian Endeavor, will be held in
Tacoma, July to 4 inclusive.
The school fund apportioned in Walla
Walla during April, amounted to 3d.
017, and the number of days. attend
ance in all Of the districts was S67, OF.
There are five sawmills In the neigh
borhood of Napavine, Lewis county,
and all of them are running full time.
Common laborers there are paid $3.50
. day.
A petition has been signed and for
warded to the Chehalis county commits
sioners requesting them to take steps to
repair the South Bay roadway and
bridge between Ocosta and Laidlaw.
The horticultural commissioner for
Asotin county, says that the fruit crop
in the Asotin creek valley will be some
thing enormous. In fact, this is the
report that comes from every fruit Sec
ton in the county. In some orchards.
it is said the winter apple crop will be
short, but this complaint is not general.
Gardens are thriving nicely.
Luke, who fought under the famous
Nisqually Indian chief, Leschi, and
who was one of the last Of the follow
ers of the old warrior, died on the Mis-
qually river last week. He was 80
wears old. In his earlier days Luke
was > great fighter, skillful marks
man and good tillicum generally. Tho
remains Of the old brave we're inferred
beside Leschi's bones, on the Nisqually
prairie.
Spruce logs on Gray's harbor arc
scarce, and the demand for them 10
greater than the output. The logs are
worth about Is Per 1000. The supply
Of cedar logs on the harbor ID also much
less than will be consumed in filing
present orders on hand. The price OF
cedar logs is arm ct Z.6o. The fir
logger has very little to brighten his
outlook. Most Of the loggers nay they
will cut no more ar than necessary at
3. 30.
go
Tho city Of Tacoma has Issued 1 ,07<
bicycle licenses Last month ], 066
licenses were taken ont A comparison
with last years record shows that ON
May /, 1895, there wore but 7s6 licensed
issued.