Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30

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ont of its banks Three spans OF tie
BuIingame bridge have been washed
ont. Dangeness has been flooded.
Superintendent George Simpson, OF
the logging camp at MatlocS, Mason
county, SAYS his road will have haule'i
this wear, ending January, 100. 600, GOO
feet OF logs.
over half a mile of the St. Paul &
Tacoma Lumbe Colnlany's logging
railroad south OF Orting W. under
mined during the late flood, which
com PEELED a temporary closing Of the
camp near Wilkeson. .....i i...,.-;.
The Minister'S Union, in Walla
Walla, last Sunday, listened to a re-
port made by Mrs. IIoxter, OF Portland,
of work done in Portland for fallen
women. The union in Walla Walla l.
interesting itself in the subject.
The recent storm has cause1 consider
able damage to ranches in the low
lands, and especially III the Lower
Humptulips country, IN Chehalis coun-
.ty, where all logging camps were com
PEELED to stop work.
Thirteen heads of families have been
brought before the superior court, in
Whatcom county, to show cause why
they do not send their children, be-
tween and Is years of age. to school
three months of the year,.
Squaw island, in Cowlitz river, is
rapidly disappearing. The floods have
washed the bank away until the old
Nelson house will soon be floating
down the Cowltz The east end of
the building is now without support,
and tits expected to fall into the river
at any time.
Coyotes lately have been annoying
the sheep of William Cook, of Smoothe
Iron prairie, SO that he decided to put
out poison. Small bits of bait were
distributed about the feeding ground
OF the tiocks, and, from all accounts, it
had a decided effect. The next morn
ing Mr.. Cook counted 10 dead coyotes
and three of his best dogs, that were
victims OF the poison. --...-
Solomon Marie, who has small but
well-tilled farm in the Chapman cove.
III Mason county, raised this year upon
piece of ground little less than one
acre in area $50 bushels of potatoes.
six tons of carrots, two tons of ruta-
bages, two tons OF white turnips. seven
sacks OF squashes, two bushels of on
ions, two bushels OF beets, besides a
small bed of parsley. Two of the car.
rots weighed Is pounds.
OF the 207 single mills in the state
OF Washington, no fewer than lS5 are
shut down. and will make no OUTPUT
until after February l. The daily
product of the 2O7 mills when in opera
ton is II, $50, 900 shingles. The mills
now in operation have only an OUTPUT
of 100000. By reduction of the
output it Is expected to raise the price
OF A shingles from 90 cents to $l.25.
At meeting held last week the land
commissioners appraised the land APP
piled for by the city of Seattle at $50
per acre, and improvements thereon.
consisting OF city pesthouse, at SIS.
900. The appraisefnent of the local
board, was increased 100 pert cen on tide
lands, owing to difference IN values
III Seattle and other cities. The board
| has extended the time for filing annli.
cations to lease harbor areas from Jan.
uary l, 1898, to February 80. 1895.
Rental must be paid on the date OF the
approval of the application to lease
and annually thereafter on February
/, beginning in 1899. ......,
The construction forces of the Seattle
d Northern railway have advanced to
near Hamilton, and trains will soon
again be running through to that
point. The line was badly wrecked
during the late flood, particularly be-
tween Woolley and Hamilton, and a
rumor once gained circulation that the
road beyond Wooley would be aban.
uoheo. The construction force has
been at work ever since the waters sub.
sided, with the result that the entire
system will soon be in as good condi.
tion as ever
Lord Lister has sent to the uniyer-
sity of Wash figton series Of tyne.
specimens covering &c genera Of mvce..
tozoa, the slime molds, and also copy
OF his treatise on this subject. Lord
Lister stated that no WORK has been
done op the Pacific coast forms OF these
plants. lii therefore an inviting field
for original investigation. John
Jackol, B. s., class Of '96, who is now
pursuing postgraduate work. has taken
up this original work with an energy
that PROMISES series of important dis
coyeries '-'-s I'D ss7l,'-,l rs'sT
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A Spoakne'man has gone to Wilbur
to break iliSa0 horses for the. Alaska
Mining, Milling & Development Com.
dany. The horses are to be used nv
the prospecting parties which this
company will send into the rich gold
fields OF the north. The titst 81 these
parties is fully organized will start
north from Spokane late in February.
Other parties will follow later in the
season, the object of the company be
ing to cover the several districts so 90