The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-09-09
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Towns II
the Thriving Sister States
-WashiuRtOn

-Washington.
Much Of the grain around Colfax 10
yielding more than 40 bushels to the
acre.
The turfmen of Walla Walla have
arranged for race meeting in that city
for October 30, 81, ~ and %.
The shingle mill at Cosmopolis il
running night and day crew, as are
the box factory and planning mill.
The ruling price for pack horses in
Ellensburg last week was $40, and the
tendency of the market is still upwards.
It is reported that the Northern Pa
cific will at once put on six more com.
pound locomotives between Ellensburg
and Hope.
Kittitas county is advertising for bids
for building bridge across the Gle
Elum river, and also across the Yakima
at Thorp.
A runner is afloat in army circles at
Fort Walla Walla that the entire
Fourth cavalry will soon be exchanged
with either the Ninth or Tenth cavalry.
The board of state land commission
ers has completed list OF school lands
in Garfield county, which will b.
offered for sale. They amount to $500
acres.
The steam heating apparatus for the
marine hospital in Port Townsend has
arrived, and is being put in by the con-
tractor, who expects to have the work
finished on time.
The Spokane Spokesman-R Review says
that never in the history Of Spokane
has there been such demand for har-
vest hands, and that unprecedented
wages are offered. From 81 to "a per
day and board is rendered in many Sec
lions.
Lists of school land of Lincoln, Walla
Walla and Adams counties subject to
lease have been sent to the respective
county auditors by the board of land
commissioners. After these lists have
been posted 80 days, the lands will be
offered for lease.
Each of the fair associations in Ste
vens county will hold a fair this fall,
one at Kettle Falls, September 20 and
80, and October l and Q, and the other
at Myers Falls, September 30 and 80,
and October l.
From the southern part Of Thurston
county comes the gratifying report that
the hop crop of that vicinity is giving
excellent promise. The lice have not
bothered much this year. and the crop
now maturing is Of excellent quality,
and the yield promises fair.
Warden Catron, of the state peniten-
tiary, contemplates establishing
clothing factory in that institution to
provide clothing for convicts and in
mates of other public institutions OF
the state.
The Mount Baker single mill, at
Lawrence, Whatcom county, last week
broke the worlds record for hand
machine single saving, cutting 1000
16-inch and 18-inch shingles in ten
hour run. Gus Larson, the shingle
sawyer, beat his own worlds record,
made last April, by 1000 shingles,
and for four months past his daily
average cut has been $1,000 shingles.
At least three new canneries will be
built at Blaine during the coming win
ter and at least seven different COM
panies are investigating different loca-
tions in the county with view of en-
gaging in the canning business next
season. Nearly all the canneries have
closed operations for the present, owing
to the cessation Of the sockeye run,
which is expected to be resumed the
latter part of this week.
Oregon.