Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-16
WASHINGTON 6REvITIeS.
wh., Our Neishborine cities M"
Counties Are Doing

Bear party IL W
services.
About l. 700, 90 eggs are in the hatch
o-v ,,ouehs at the fish hatchery az
chinook, and the first lot Is promising
we'll.
Cov,itz county's tax levy for 1897
will have TO be sufficient to raise 'he
sum of $79.72s for state, county anu
school purposes
The controller OF the currency mas
declared a dividend OF Is per cent IN
favor If the creditors OF the rlrs' va
tioual bank Of Cheney.
Many Of the farmers around water
Vile are hauling their grain IRON tile
6aIas where i, has been covered with
s,,av ~ the shelter OF buildings.
Fishing for steelhead salmon is just
commencing around Skamokaws' ana
several BUYERS are around offering from
2 ,o3ls cents per pound. The usher
mon are no, satisfied with tEelr prices.
The city council of Spokane passed a
resolution RENTING all penalty ana
interest on delinquent taxes assessed
nrjor TO 1891. provided the original
amount Of the tax is paid before Janu-
AIRY /, 1898.
Among the single mills that have
closed down for the winter Is the Ray
Tor & Ferguson mill at Blaine. ms
mill has a stock of 3.00o.0 900 shingles
on hand, which will be held until
erices advance.
The pending suit with the
Northern Pacific railroad in reference
TO the title OF some land near Fort
Spokane has been decided against the
company. This involved the title to
the property Of the Pacific Coast Gran
lite Company.
Monday the Great Northern railroad
sent through Spokane its first train IN
many days In the evening its over
land train from the East arrived, and
was forwarded Immediately 70 the
West. the break at Index station and
beyond, having been repaired.
+ The Tacoma iron works has con-
,rac, to construct 10 steam sleis, to De
used on the lakes and the upper Yukon
river. and one. called steam cable
sled, to be used on the Chilkoot pass.
to haul the other sleds over and also
for taking freight over the pass.
A letter received in Port Townsend
from Jackson, O.. states that 65 fam
lies will come TO Washington from
that place in the spring. They desire
TO locate in some section OF Western
Washington, where fruit and vege-
table. can be successfully produced
and marketed.
There are not to exceed % persons
left in Monte Cristo, and this mum Der
will be materially reduced with the
mex. few DAYS. The mines have been
closed, and but two watchmen are EN-
ployed az the mill. No mails have
been received there since the railroad
WAS washed out.
II is reported that State Fish Com
missioner Little is likely to 90 upon
the trail of mllmen and logge-s who
use the streams OF the state as a dump
ing ground for sswdust He deems
the enforcement OF the law absolutely
necessary for the preservation OF Wash
ington's food fish supply.
The Stimson Land Company has los,
the great suit that it brought in the
federal court in Seattle several wears
ago. by which it sought 10 recover pos.
session OF tim Der land in the vicinity
Of Lake Whatcom. valued AT $3.50, 600.
Judge Hanford rendered decision
ayaipSr .ha No,I.-
The direct European export Of salm.
on from the Pacific Northwest exports
since October has been 6S5. 27s cases.
valued a, s2.979,2 200. OF the total
shipments. British Columbia has con
tributed all but go 45 cases. valued at
slo+, go, representing the major por
ton OF the pack OF the Island Packing
Company, Friday Harbor.
Deputy Collector ]. T. Mcdonald. Of
British Columbia. has demanded a
cash bond Of So. 600 from Tom Ellis be-
fore his bunch OF IS head OF cattle will
be liberated from custody. This bond
will be held pending the decision Of
the department at Washington in the
matter. These cattle were seized
some weeks ago at Orc. Wash. by Ne.
Donald as they were being driven
across the reservation without a con.
voy.
The Everett Land Company Tues.
day. in Everett. paid the taxes on all
OF the improved property. amounting
to over $1,000. II also rendered 10
Treasurer York about SEQ. 900 for taxes
on its unimproved property. This was
not accepted. the total amount OF the
taxes on both classes OF property being
over 500, 900. The land company then
nled papers in suit TO restrain the
county treasurer IRON selling anv al
the property upon which tender had
been made.
Ten thousand dollars has gone Eas.
from Spokane this fall to purcbss,
poultry and eggs, and i. is estimated
that $50. 900 more will be taken from
this city before the summer to buv such
products from the East. Every cen, az
this sum could have been retained had
the farmers OF the Inland Empire given
the poultry business more attention.
says the Spokesman Review. The i'm.
portations Of these products are in.
creasing rather than diminishing the
dealers say.
A lot Of flooring and spruce was
washed up on the beach at wes,port.
IN Chehalis county. recently. Two
RATS OF flooring We're washed up in one
place They contained abou, son