The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
REPAIRS FOR THE DIXIE.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE COIuMBiA
RIVER NEAR VANCOUVER.
Work Continues Under the Contract
Let i'm September. Ise--land Of
flee Decisions Chans~s An
noenced tn National Baak ofticcrs

Special Dispatch 10 the Pest -tn;elhsenser
WASHINGTON. March i4~-Th,- present
/ contract Tor the Improvement Of the Co.
lomoia river between The mouth Of the
! Willamette ana the c.ty 81 Vancouver
/ which was entered into wsth John HiH es
portland. III November last. provides Tor
fepaiEins and extending the existing dixie,
! the constructing 81 cross d:kes from the
( extension OF the existing dixie. &ad ;he
/ constructing Of about NJ feet % shore. re-
( vetmeut ~ the head OF Hayden island
I No report has been received by the chef
/ of engineers since the Isl q: February.
{ but at that date a double rev ~ piles rad
/ been driven from the lower cvoss dixie eX~
tending up The stream to- feet. Along 80
feet OF this distance "A brush mat WAS
! placed ard sunk with stone. From the
! outer end 81 the old dixie uyi the Oregon
/ shore the double row, of plies was driven
| across the slough between the Oregon
| shore and Hayden island for 2i0 feet. M
/ brush or stone was placed IN iais portion.
/ The piles fer the cross bikes nave also
/ been placed. together with brush mat,
which has been partially loaded with stone.
1 The river bank above water for a distance
/ OF about SEQ feet has been protected with
/ iascines well wired together ia ne form
| Of "a mat and secured 10 the bank with
| wooden stakes and weighted with stone.
| Al the foot Of this reve,nsefgt about TWEEN
| ty-tve feet from the shore, piles have
|
depth OF fourteen feet of water. The work
/ Is still continuing. There was available. at
| the time the last report from the local en-
| Gineers made. se5 ,9i 10 do the work:
! S00vd OF this Will be expended under the
! present contract.
| Secretary Bliss has affirmed the land Of
flee decision in the case of Marie Perrin -
! al VS.. Northern Pacific. from the Occur
dAlene district Idaho. The plaintiffs
| entry is held for cancellation III event that
! the company fails 10 Tile a relinqt,. shmen,
! OF its right 10 the land.
| Secretary Bliss has modified the land Of
| fee decision in the case o. Charles y. Par
| rot, from the Lewiston district. idaho a
| prior entryman named Tipple is allowed
| twenty days In which to show caus, why
! his entry should not ae cancelled. In case
| OF insufficient answer PARROTS entry Is 10
/ be allowed.
! Dexter W. Grunow. Of Washington. has
| been appointed an observer in the wealth
- bureau at $40 per annum.
/ Charles w Buckley OF Boise Idaho. has
| been appointed railway mail clerk
! Charles a. Reynolds OF Oregon, has been
| appointed an additional farmer at the tn
lalip Indian agency. Washington. at $50
! per month.
! Patents have been granted 10 Arnold ].
/ West, of Aberdeen. for a machine Tor tru-
/ ing or facing hand wheels: Betsy Sher-
man, IF Toledo, Wash. for Il combined
| bockrcst and fan: Stephen u. Carpenter
! SPOKANE. bicycle, Octave GraVcile. Spo-
| kane. automatic checkrein holder. Elisha
| l.. Weed, assignor. 10 +. G. Fleming, Eli
| lensburg, apparatus for recovering fine
| gold.
| Comptroller of the Currency Dawes has
| announced the following changes I'm Ma
| :ional bank officers In the state OF Wash
| ington:
/ The First National hank of Chenai.s II
| y. Millett cashier: no assistant cashier
In place of Arthur 6. 81 70
| The Seattle National bank. Seattle-John
| Il. Agen. sics preSiden,
The Columbia National bank Of Dayton
| q. Nj. Rice. cashier n place OF T. w
| Guernsey. +. ". Guernsey assistant:
ca hier
The Boston National hank OF Scaitle-F.
| X. strive assistant cashier i'll place OF J.
| A. jackson.
The First National bank OF Vancouver
l.. NJ. Hidden, vice president III place OF
David Wall.
| The National Bank of Commerce Of Ia
coma-Henry Longstre;h vice president in
place Of Edward Huggtns.
The Baker BoyersNational hank II Wal
| Ii Waiia-Mlies &. Moore. president in
| place of w W Baker w W Baker. vice
| The comptroller has approved the fol-
| lowing selections OF Eastern national banks
| rs reserve agents for banks in the state
| OF Washington: America National bank
| OF Chicago for the Old National hank OF
| Spokane; the First National bank OF San
| Francisco for the First National bank Of
| Pullman. The approval Of the National
| bank fer the Republic OF Chicago ard Of
| the Commercial National bank Of Chicago
| rs reserve agents Of the Pacific National
| hank of Tacoma has been revok 4.
| Mai Alien Smith First cavalry has been
! ordered to remain nn duty at Fort VaIla
| Wala until Juiy |. ise
| Capt. Edward T. Glenn. Twenty nth In
| fantry. has been ordered 20 Vancouver
| barracks for duty IN Alaska.
Lieut. col I.ous F. Morris Fourth cav
| airy. has been detailed as "A member Of an
| army retiring board al san Francisco.
Private Martin Melvin, Company u.
| Sixteenth infantry. Fort Sherman. has
been placed on the r'tired ~.
Private Fred " Booth. Company :.
Fourteenth infantry. Vancouver barracks.
has hecn discharged fsom the service.
J T.. Tucker has been appointed poet
master AT Friday Harhor. San Juan coun-
- vice j g. Clinton removed. 'fanry ".
irquhaTf has been appointed Al NapAviue.
IN place % Joseph f. Linhart removed
Sarah r Shannon succeeds Mrs. &. A
! Cisa Tslye;}in as pDstrnistress ~ Arizona.
Stevens county: Charles T.. Horton has
resigned as postmaster q: Hagble. Stevens
/ county and August Armstrong hss been
! appointed 4 lis SUccseaur.
Bonds have been accented and Coufn.s-
e!uns ias led 10 the following recently APP
/ pointed posfynasters, ANA nds X Snelrz
+ Fallon Jacob II Smith. Sherlock. Walsam
\. Buckley SpraGue. Lawrence +. Ink
ster Davenport: Ieoreu H. sperry. North
Yakima Fdwin l.. Prunton. Walk Walta.
Edgar T. Hiif. Seq atD. Daniel NJ Foster.
/ lockwood. Annie NJ. Dunr. Parker. FTank
/ 2 Ci0osison Silver, Slammed +. Tapping
/ F'a4Yhayen. Obadiah r. Hayden. Tacoma
Albert =. Gray. MaHny.
/ A postoTfice tsas been established az E3-
ia Whatcon county. haIf Way between
Goshen and Laurel. with Sllas " Jones
as postmaster. special uetD VIII be de-
g l!vered from Ev@rsou. An Office has alxo
he@n established at Republic. Stevens
county. xHth 4 special serviee from Nelson
rh.rty-six miles north, an4 John Stack sp-
"a