The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-20
NORTHWESTERN NEWS NOTES.

Rev Father J. p DUBBED. formerly in
charge at the Tuladp Indian mission, is
now a resident OF Portland, Or.
g. n. Welty. rep-esentatiye-elect for The
legislature. has resigned his position as
game warden Trr Stevens county.
The government telegraph ttsice at
Pysht VIII sse moved next month TO Twin
rivers and there located permanently.
Daring November there were twenty
deaths and forty eight births IL Tacoma.
OF 1he births twen,y-four were males and
twenty females.
The report Of the Oregon fis1 commits
ssoner shows that for the fscl year i1f7
and lss there were a total of l6.s.t.it ~ OF
Chinook salmon fry planted In the waters
Of the state. For the year ISIS d total %
l7.s-5.@c eggs We're taken or supplied for
tae various hatCheries-
Another trial VIII De made this year 10
have a state wagon road established and
constructed from Lyle ia kIick!.At coun-
~, 20 some point in Clarke county. viz
Stevenson. A oni orasriEg tbs road coz
structsd vas passed al the last session ~
the legislature, but was vetce. by Gov.
Rogers.
EveTson. the other day. as the result o: a
fail from ii load OF bark, MS head having
struck the hUb of the wagon wheel Mr..
DUR was 63 years old al the time " his
death. ana he mad been a resident OF What
com county for twenty years.
question that is engaging the attention
Of Colf4X people IL the organization Of a
new county, - include the territory lying
on the Colyiie reservation north OF the
COLUMBIA and west Of the Kettle river
This Is comparatively a new country. and
just entering upon basis of prosperity
ard wealth that Is ~ a permanent clar-
acteF
The house of George Hull. who lives near
Laurel, six mics south Of Hillsboro. or,
burned with nearly all its contents Thurs
day evening al about O'Clock. Mrs, Hull.
al sEaHrnr I.7~ 70.
was seriously burned. She is badly
bruised as result OF jumping from the up
per story window. and may not recover.
The fire originated from a defective fue,
Park Commissioner Louis Levy of Ia
coma, is the first man arrested charged
with violation OF the ordinance regulating
the business of auctioneers. Alfred Bal
com claims 10 have purchased watch of
Levy at auction in which he was swim
died. Mr.. Levy claims the arrest is the
result of a conspiracy 10 ruin his bust
ness.
An explosion OF fifty pounds Of gunpow-
der, kept in stock, demolished the store of
nay u Son. at Dusty, twenty miles south
east OF Corvallis. Or, Friday afternoon.
Portions OF the walls We're blown out, the
roof fell and much damage was done the
persons We're in the building. but all es-
caped. The cause Of the explosion is I'M
known.
Joseph Hill, the Coweeman logger and
hSlSp merchant, Is receiving a good price
for his logs, ana has over lo.eoo10 feet
standing in one body. He IS considering
the adVlsablIliy OF putting In logging
railroad instead OF skid roads. The land
IS so located that Il train load OF logs would
run TO the river by gravitaiion. and the
empty cars could be hauled back with
teams
The controversy as TO who is the right
fui owner of Protection island. and who
has the right 70 collect the taxes from
property owners thereon, Is E0H being
heard at Port Townsend. ProtecJ on ISL
and is situated IN the straIt j.st of
the line dividing jefferson and Iial!am
counties, and The residents tavs for some
years back refused 10 pay axes 10 either
county. on the ground tnat il was not
known which could legally collect
The various creeks Throughout the coun-
~ tributary to the Nooksrck river ere
beginning to swarm with red salmon, or
what IL generally termed hook bits"
These fish mako annual runs up the vari-
Gus streams TO spawn. Some years the
creeks are literally alive With Sa,mcr.
being 50 thick that d man can stand IN
the bank of the creek ana .siUn Pitch
fork throw them out by the hundred
Steamer Manauense has been seized TO
satisfy claims of her several mortgages,
and she is now lying in EsquiTnalt harbor
in possession OF "A marshal. The claims
against the vessel amount u S91G10. The
bin presented by the Albion iron work of
Victoria amounts 20 $500, that OF the
y - ( ' &
incton. Observation-Disclosures with several
smaller claims IS for so 90 and that of
the marine railway amounts 10 S5,on
Gnu,
Z week A. Kettle Fails. looking over The
Lower Columbia river valley A. FAR as Fort
Spokane. with a view OF removing one OF
their X ogtenai river boats for use IN th.
spring They say a large trade can be fur
niShel from the surrounding farming
country and the new mines down the river
All these products are now hauled bv
team from x to loo miles In order TO get
TO market. ard the expense more than eats
up the profits.
V-para,s au1 oo,.o+as ara ...,1rc ,ha
ranrhe~s IN the vicinity ~ NV |to,,eidsr-
ahla trnf,hia ANA are r,jdine hsr fotsss
and killing sheep. List Sunday night a
cougar visited G. X. Frazier's chicken
house and Kill, q twenty three Of his fowls,
and also "A big tom cat which slept there.
Mr.. Frazier shouldered MS gun and start
rd on its trai towards the hills and soon
saw the animal crouchei OF the limb OF
large tree and brought the beast down, shot
through the head. II weighed thirtS-four
pounds.