The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-27
the United States have been received for
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applications are photographs.
The Grays Harbor Commercial Company
has three band saws In It's mill ono OF
Northwest. being sixty feet in length. When
the last one was put In It cut 15.o0o feet
the first days run.
The colony OF Dunkards who have pur-
chased lands just east OF sunnydale. IN
ments. and that section OF country VIII
reap many benefits from the presence there
Of the thrifty and progressive people.
II the plans OF the city council arc car
ried out. and there are no apparent rea-
sons why they should not bc. the residents
OF Davenport will. on July !. vote upon the
question OF bonding the city for the pur-
pose Of putting In System OF water works.
Eisweed Pomeroy, national president OF
the Direct Legislation league and one OF
the most ardent workers for the move.
ment will visit Puget sound early next
month His dates are az follows: olympia.
June Is: Tacoma, June II and Seattle. June
BY request and recommendation OF Hon
J. e. Baker. state comniFsioncr OF horti-
culture. the member OF the Whatcom Coun :
~ Horticultural Society and all Others In
terested In fruit growing will meet In New
Whatcom. on Wednesday. May 81, At i:30
p. m. at which time and place the state
comm esioner OF horticulture Will Ia pres
ent and the matter OF fruit inspection de-
termined In conformity TO law and the
win Of the fruit growers
The ChehaI.s frh hatchery. Ave miles
above Montesano, has closed for the season.
The hatchery has hal = : . :i,n run .s
period from September 10 the sth OF May
Different varieties Of salmon have been
hatched-the Chinook. Sacramento ana
black. for which tho eggs were obtained
from the nationsi government hatchery at
Battle Creek, Cal. but the majority OF the
fry were s4lversidee. The hatchery r. now
closed for tho summer season, 70 open
again In September.
A sad drowning occurred At wickershafn
Tuesday evening. Myrtle Demar: II
year-od girl. was on q raft Of shinxle bolts
on the mill pond. when suddenly the raft
parted and the girl was prscipisased into
the water. Her father. Gus Deuar, see
Ing her predicamens rushed TO her assist
save his daughter. Both were drowned IN
SIGHT OF some men on shore who could not
lend assistance Ths scene occurred near
Anderson a. Nelson's mill. The bo1iss were
sent 20 Lowell, WASH. where the family
formerly resided.
G. w Plat. a p-orD.nen. rancher OF
Jefferson county. has just discovered that
he WAS defrauded by the ofiicers Of the
aefunct Commercial bank Of Port Town
send. He had left q large number OF Ee-
curities locked up IN a tin box IN the bank
for safe keeping Owing 90 the failure cf
the bank and the legal complications foi-
lowing. hs only recently recovered powsss
son Of the box and on opening II found tie
securities missing He subsequently found
that eth. county warrants he had 81 the
box had been presented and cached Jatiss .
e.. Saunders. ex-coSleefar OF customs, was
the president OF the bank
Miss Ethel Iae IN the name OF a typical
Western girl Of Independence and vim. the
daughter Of Postmaster George Ice. % Out
lock. Miss Ethel carries the mail between
sunnyr sde and Zslian. IN All sorts Of wealth
err ss fsariessiy aud chsssfsily as the hest
Of the esernsr Sex. Sae Is also capable %
caring for herself tn ether ways. and can
master the widest cf hors*s She enjoys
horseback riding. being equipped with a
mans saddle. Astrsse OF whIca shss would
defy the most unsamsb.e 81 caysassss AssA
Ide ls handsrrae girl % perhaps IL. ~ n
refined and gentle disposition. hsi, who i'm
proves n tie sree3yr1 of the plains and
One purs air seaEsky ard ro5ssss frame