The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-03
FOR HARbOR IMPROVEMENT.
BOARD OF TRADE OF ABERDEEN
SEND A PETITION TO CONGRESS.
at St Michael-FaraIiou GETS an
Alaska Mail Contract Eds~n Has
Not Yet Received His Counsclshjp.

| WASHINGTON. March a memorial
u the Board OF Trade Of the city Of Aber-
neeh mas been presented TO the house
| oy representative Lewis The memorial
/ urges the improve ment OF the inner nnr-
| u0h OF Trays harbOr from CoSrnapolis
| al me mouth OF the Chehatis s.veT. 10 The
| outer entrance 70 the harbor. In this
haroor there is an abundance OF water
| except ar a few points where there are
| nars, over which at low tide the larger
| ships are unable TO pass Il Is desired
| 20 OBTAIN depth OF sixteen feet at low
tide
The memorial declares that of the COM
/ parafveiy few good harbors upop the Pa
c'fic coast, none is destined 20 he OF more
| commercial Importance thaa Grays har-
| Dor. and they point out that little more
| than one decade Of time has passed since
the primeval forests surrounding It's
| shores were unsecured by the Ak of the
woodman. ami the canoe of the pioneer
aborigine was the only vessel that trav-
ersed its tranquil waters"
Accompanying the memorial is a state
ment of the value OF exports and imports
| of the harbor The amount OF money de-
| sired for the improvement is not stated.
! The commissioner Of the general land
| Office has approved the timber land entry
| of Mary W. Goddard, for lots ) and 4.
| and the east one-half Of the southwes.
| one-quarter of section So township Is
north. range east. in the Olympic land
| district.
| The secretary az war has granted per-
| NIT 70 Geo. J.. Rice, formerly of Seattle,
now of Juneau. Alaska, to open and MAIN
tain hotel on the military reserve at
Fort st. Michael The commanding ofn-
| Ger at that point Is instructed TO stake
| out grounds. etc. necessary for the bust
| Of tho hotel and 4.
| lied TO enter upon ard use them for the
| specified purpose, and none other. pending
| the completion of the formal permit by
| the signature of the secretary of war and
| the seal of the department.
| The chief OF engineers has transmitted
| 10 congress Il report giving a full list OF
| all civilian employees in that branch of the
| army service. There are three under the
| direction of Capt. Harry Taylor. the en-
| gineer officer who is located at Seattle:
+. G. Eastwick. who is in charge OF the
| examinations and surveys at Grays har-
| Dor, Wash: w. T. Preston. who has
! charge OF the examinations and surveys
| of the Cowltz river In Washington state.
and the Clearwater In Idaho. and ]. NJ.
| Clapp, whose duties cover examinations
/ and surveys at the following points:
/ Chehalis. Clearwater. Upper Columbia
! and Snake rivers, and Wiilapa river and
| harbor and Puget Sound and its tributary
waters. The Columbia river is princi-
| pally in charge OF the officers AZ Portland.
| Or, and the civilian employees Of that
| office are G.. b. Hega.dt. J. c.. Holcombe.
/ David Il. Ogden Geo. W. Freeman Rob-
| ert Warrack, VIM. +. Morris. Olaf r.
/ Phil. The latter is I'm charge OF the prof
ected boat railway from the foot of the
| Dalles rapids TO the head of Cello fails.
| Recently Representative Lewis pre-
| ferred a request to the treasury depart
| nient for the placing of buoys on the low
| er Yukon river, In view of the fact that
| there will be n number of steamers navi-
/ eating that stream the coming season. He
| has been informed by the lighthouse
/ board. to whom the matter was referred.
| that there are no buOys available for such
use and no money with which TO buy
| any, and that a special appropriation
would be necessary before any steps could
| be taken toward X. lie was also informed
! that as that part Of the country had not
/ been properly surveyed no intelligent or
| available buoyage could be established at
| the present time. AS the coast and good
| etc survey people expect TO go 10 work
| on the lower Yukon as soon as the ice is
! out of the river. Mr.. Lewis viii endeavo-
| TO have an Appropriation for the placing
| OF buoss added 10 the sundfy civil bill IN
| order that the money may be ready as
soon as the survey has made 1t possible
TO place the buoys intelligently.
The conference committee on the Indian
appropriation bill has before them for
| their consideration a copy az the resoluA
| ton adopted by the Spokane chamber OF
commerce. urging the immediate opening
Of the south half of the Colville reeerva-
ton 20 the location OF mineral claims
Copies OF these resolutions were sent 20
the various members Of the state delcga-
ton and they are 4 unit IN the desire 20
have this accomplished. One Of the ar
cuments advanced BY the Spokane cham
Der for the opening &c considered here 20
be rather unique. II proceeds 10 say.
~ effect. that il the attractive fleld could
he presented 10 the men now feverishly
rushing 10 the Klondlke they would
be turned from that land OF possible
wealth OF certain misery. 90 become useful
citizens in n civilized community. These
are not the words ~ The preamble - ihe
resolution. but the way they We're read
BY one OF the members Of the committee.
There seems - be "A general desire on
the part OF teachers IN the Indian service
elsewhere to be transferred 10 the new
boarding school AZ Spokane. which IL not
ready for Use. Letters are being already
received by the Indian commissioner. In
many cases lnd0rsetf By members Of con-
/
desira be location. The reputation q Spo-
kane as a good place % live has evidently
beconl, widely diGusef throughout the
country. and not only those who ara al
ready In The service. but those who arc
trying 10 get in. AL express desire 20 DO
stationed at the city OF the fails
II is doubtful whether the state -
Washington VII receive any more ron
sllar plgrns. al least not any - those that
are row about ripe enough to fall. FL
uard y. Edsen. q SEATTLE, IS stiH in The
field or "a the Methodlsts would say on
the anxious seat. HIS application, on file
AZ Size state department, has ofcn in
crea sed IN range. since notice was given
IN these dispatches q bis first desire -
serve the country abroad. n now covers
the following Hst II consular locaticns- All
a which are about the same IN point -
value: Frankfort. Bremen. Cpeminfz,
prluvwlck. Cologne. Crefald Dusseldorf.
Firth and cbauchan. Mir Efsen's pref
srence is Indicated. according 20 his own