The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16


tide lands filed upon can be reclaimed and
made productive.
Parker now has a fuii-hedged amateur
athletic club. which meets regularly in
Herke's hall, where they have placed some
choice bits of athletic paraphernalia, and
expect 10 put in more in the near future
The Puget Sound Saw and Shingle Mil
Company. of Fairhaven, manufactured
l.A1oo0 feet OF clear siding and II. s5a .00o
shingles during the month OF April. The
plant is considered one Of the best on
Puget sound,
+. Morgan was killed In the kiondke
coal mine. Coos county Or. Few days
sss pss OF rak ssrseS hin H On ses
wife and three children. who live at Car
bonado. Wash.
The farmers about Zulah are going into
melon raising on big scale this year.
MIR. Girdner has in about twenty acres
and Herb Rowland about ten acres. Mr..
Rowland has also just completed setting
out ten acre apple orchard
The first cash returns from the skim
ming station at No0ksack were distrib-
uted among the patrons on Saturday
While the individual receipts were not
large, the aggregate Increased the cfrcu-
!atIng medium 10 the extent OF $iao.so.
Frank ssree.er has some fine wheat
growing on his homestead In the timber
about two miles this side of the old Cam
yar rostofYScc. m Yaklfna county. He says
that the whole country. between Canyon
ing land when cleared of timber.
list Of abou, forty names OF settlers
has been received at the Olympia land
office. all Of whom are TO be notified that
the act of July l. lsss. for the relief OF set
tiers within the limits Of the grant to the
Northern Pacific Railway Company.
III luck seems To follow the North river
settlers In regard 70 the Jam in The river.
which prevents getting logs 10 market. II
was thought that the entire Jam would be
removed TO the high, water last week.
When only about thirty feet remained tne
supply OF powder used I'm blasting gave
out. and before more could be obtained the
water had gone down, 80 that another
freshet must be awaited.
There is one school district situated two
miles north Of Alpha. in the Sinclair
ne.ghborhood. In Lewis county. In which
only two families live. But there are lots
OF lands In the district belonging to the
Tower estate. and special levy or liberal
proportions makes IL one OF the easy dis
trlcts to run school in
A boom Is being put In on the Cowiiss
river Just above Toledo. TO hold the logs
that are being cut for the Chehalis furnt.
ture factory. From this boom the logs
viii he noated 10 a place along the river
where one OF the portable mills will be
placed and there they will be cut into
lumber and brought 10 the factory.
The Sidney mill is being worked TO its
fullest capacity this week. The managers
81 the mill have been rendered an order
for N 90 feet OF lumber to be delivered in
San Francis The mill may be enlarged
and a coed wharf built 70 deep water this
summer. so that big sailing vessels may
lay alongside and load lumber destined
for foreign ports.
Mr. Mfnner Of Ahtanum had lively
experience with his bees one day last
week. While AT work among them they
suddenly swoopef down upon him BY the
hundreds. He fell to the ground. when
he was at their mercy, ard but for the
timely appearance 81 friend. who pulled
him out from their midst doubtless would
have met death at the hands OF the In.
sects.
J. T Forrest. principal OF the Chehaits
schools. seems 20 have taught longer in
Lewis county than any ether teacher nov
teaching in the county He taught school
FIVE years In Iowa. laugh. year a. Mon
sesanc. in ChehaLs county. and taught
his frat school in Lewis county 10 lsst at
Boistfor;- Since that time, with thu es.
ceptson OF couple OF years when he Vas
editor of tn@ Pee hs nas heen teaching
IN Chehalis. He has taught iSS months
of school altogether
Mr. J. G.. Lyons 81 Cosmopolis. has in
vented machine tn take the eead out OF
placer deposits without the Use of water
The Enterprise uf last week gave sxa
fsrssive account ~ the machine which. IL
appears. may revolust8nixs the art ~ min
Ing. A company has beer formed with
capital az 81 esa ga. with ]. E. Lyons pres
s3%n, The company VIII build ihe sepa-
rAtors ard pat them on the market At
once. Es eFftfs aFst6saS3 car ts@ fs1eESs
on horse ard costs but limited sum
Much ~ tire alfalfa an Yakima county,
which reported winter killed. ~
showing Up all right An AAtaBuu FAR
gzser ~ no fe-ssss5S6 SAYS ,f1at sprigs from
TIE old Feats syrass;3ng all over his
field, and similar statements are coming
in from various sections One grower.
who hiss had much experience. says the
claim that the plant ii killed when the
crown - killed - largely 'sEsoonshines''
that ths alfalfa roots have eyes Ia them
some wfst n the nature * potatoes and
whenever these eyes are Attv@ new
crown viii form
Tire Tsaarg q April WAS a record s~rak-
sr for freight receipts at Fairfield. Dur
tnE thai fsEue over City carloads ~
freight were unI0aHed faere. w'ies " gs.s1
s1aal - fetal Gs about -So.su pounds.
az this amount eighteen carloads ro1-
sisted ST material Used in gae cNfastrsse-
ssan Of the NAxersy extension II ire -.
- Il N ard sne remainder consisted ~
G4@erai sgs&vchardgse. farming implements.
bstssxslrS material ard ether goods walsh
w4n re resaIasd from fae sacAi stores
IRE months business represented III
ray4ss gxrnsnsx ar 0ver - p~- cent rsass
sAzrs zny ether month