Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-23
WASHINGTON BREvlTiES.
What Our NcighbOring Cities and
Counties Are rOinU.

IIS tucIu.
The treasurer of Spokane county
collected delinquent tax money during
November, not counting the last two
days, to the amount of $106,6l3.
Municipal Judge Miller, of Spokane,
has declared valid the city ordinance
Of Spokane regulating vagrancy, under
which ordinance dancehalls girls had
been arrested.
The steamer Edith arrived in Tacoma
Sunday from Alaskan waters with
2, 100 halbut, weighing rs, 900 pounds
They will be sent to New York and Bos-
ton in refrigerator oars.
The commissioners of Whitman
county have compromised with the
Northern Pacific Railway Company on
a 80 per cent basis, for $l8,226 delin-
quent taxes due the county.
The high water has been of great adj
vantage to the loggers on the Neuskah
river, in Chehalis county, as large
quantity of spruce, fir and cedar logs
have been taken to the mouth of the
river.
Tacoma is enjoying small boom in
building and repair work. The building
inspector reports 20 permits in Novem-
Der, representing work aggregating $l6,-
600. A large portion of the permits
were for repairs.
The treasurer of Chehalis county
says that during the quarter just closed
tkoro ,,,oc bort H1OO OOO /, %ovoo nm ia
in, about one-half Of the amount being
for delinquent taxes, and that nearly
all of the 100000 was paid last
month.
Spokane is importing Is carloads of
pork products monthly, and sending
East $22, 500 each month in return.
During the winter from $40, 600 to $50,
900 is also sent East from that city for
eggs and poultry, not counting butter
and cheese.
Louis G.. Haywood, of Omaha, Neb.
has arrived in Everett, and will be-
come the superintendent of the Puget
Sound Reduction Company. 1t is
said that this company is now making
improvements at Everett that will cost
5000, 900.
The governor has received an evil
dence Of the good credit Of this state
abroad in letter from New York
capitalist, who offered to fund the
bonded Indebtedness of the state for a
less rate of interest than "a per cent,
which is now paid.
g. X. Hiatt g. Co., of Edgecomb,
are preparing to erect new 1O-block
shingle mill on the Pilchuck, one mile
north of Bryant, where they have Sc
cured large body of fine timber. A
spur will be built to the mill from the
line of the Seattle g. International rail.
way.
The boom in Olequa creek in Cowlitz
county broke last Saturday, letting out
large number of bolts before it could
be repaired. Tuesday it broke again,
letting all the bolts it contained &C
out. in all about 300 cords. OF these
about 200 cords were caught in the
Robin boom at Castle Rock, the re.
mainder going to the big boom at the
mouth of the Cowlitz.
Prosecuting Attorney Magill, in
Cowlitz county, is holding up the set.
Element made between the commission
ers and the Northern Pacific Railway
Company for delinquent taxes. The
prosecuting attorney is holding out fol-
at least $35. 900, instead of settling at
$50, 900, the price agreed upon. There
is some question as to the county's
right to collect the tax.
Governor Rogers received a letter
from President Bryan, of the agricul
tural college, inclosing communica
tion from the state veterinarian regard
ing the existence of CHAMBERS among
horses at the international boundar,
line, about Grand Forks and Marcus
The operations of the veterinarian are
somewhat hampered on account of theil
being no appropriations for this work
Several of the owners of properties ir
the vicinity of the strikes made in the
eastern end of Whatcom county roac
from Loops ferry to the mines. The
temporary bridges having been swept
away by the last floods, an order ha!
been made by the county commission
ers, granting Messrs. Dahl and Barber
of Blaine, the right to put in a toll
bridge across the Nooksack, six miles
above Glacier creek.
The Cooperative Commonwealth
colony, which has purchased and 10
Gated upon 300 acres of land near Edi.
son, Skagit county, is being recruited
to considerable proportions at rapiC
rate, and although the pioneers of the
colony, who arrived three weeks ago
numbered only scant two dozen, the
present population of the colony in
cludes over over 40 men and as many
women and children.
A statement OF the cash transaction.
of Pierce county for November shows
the receipts amounted to 1928, 1886
against $16l, sos for the same months
last year. County warrants, dateC
July. 1895, to the amount Of $50, 600
have been called in by the treasurer
and interest on these will cease after
this week. All the special schoo
warrants of the Tacoma district have
also been called for cancellation.
The month of November witnesse,
the transaction Of business in thu
Olympia district land Office aggregat
ing $1,474.60. Four hundred an(
forty acres of land were sold, at 81, 900
The fees on 10 homesteads netted $50
Commissions on same, 343.S1 acres
$79.7S. Commissions on ~ fina
homesteads, 3,37l.48 acres, $22l.35
Fees for reducing testimony to writing