The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-11
NORTHWEST BREVITlES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Towns Of
the Thriving Sister States
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INC arriving sister St0t0o
-washington.
Offers OF from IL to 12k cents were
made for hops in Chehalis, Lewis coun-
ty, last week, but no sales were made.
Puyallup shipped this year to Mon
tana and mining regions tributary to
Spokane over $4,000 worth of fresh
berries.
Coyotes are becoming 80 plentiful in
the country between Garfield and the
mountains az to be q menace to the
poultry business and q general nui-
sance.
Whitman county won the Dods0n
cup at the Spokane fruit fair for the
best general district display. Lewis
ton, Idaho, was awarded second place,
and Walla Walla third.
The treasurer of Adams county re-
ports that farmers are paying delin-
quent taxes as far back as 1899. 1t 10
expected that the county will be able
to pay of her entire debt.
There is larger crop of potatoes in
Yakima county than last year, but so
far the market has shown no vitality.
Quotations Of s5.5O@$6 per ton are
made, but the demand is light.
The farmers north of Stanwood have
started to build dixie to protect them
selves from the winter food. 1t starts
at the railroad and runs west to the
skagit slough. Each farmer is as
sessed certain amount by the COM
mittee.
A number u farmers and business
men in the Walla Walla valley have
conceived the generous idea OF loading
several cars with potatoes and other
products of the rich soil of that valley
for transmission to Ireland, where the
potato crop is failure, and fears are
entertained of a famine among the
poorer people.
The King County Horticultural So
ciety met in Seattle, and spent an at
ternoon in discussion of the fruit in
dustry in the state OF Washington, dur.
ing the course of which w. H. Brown,
inspector of insect pests for King coun-
ty, exhibited tree branches and fruits
covered with various forms of insect
life, and explained the best methods
for destroying the pests.
The tax levy of the city Of Colfax
has been fixed at / 5 mills, all of which
is to be used for the purpose of paying
interest and reducing the indebtedness.
The total indebtedness of the city on
October / was $3I, 300. 16, and the cash
on hand at that time was 81, 4535.79.
Since January l, 1897, the receipts Of
the city have been SIT, 400. 10. of which
Sic, 895.45 has been expended.
A decree has been entered in the su.
perior court of Thurston county, ex-
tending the time for filing claims with
the state treasurer against the defunct
State Insurance Company, of Salem,
Or, until the 18th of November, next.
This decree was made on showing of
some of the parties in interest, who
claimed that they were unable to file
their claims with the former limit.
]. F. Cass, formerly secretary of the
Washington state board Of horticul-
ture, now of Skagit City, reports that
from three acres of orchard he has har-
vested and just completed drying 30
tons Of Italian prunes. Mr.. Cass thinks
he has found an early prune that will
Just fill the wants Of Northwest grow
ers. It is small, yellow in color, OF
fine quality and reaches the proper
stage for drying six weeks before the
Italian.