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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
1880 O'Clock, p. II,

S9It A'oV y SAOSAS ~ As
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Com'rs Gaines, Stewart and
Louehland.
Board called to order by Chairman
Gaines.
The board proceeded to examine the
auditors books.
On motion, the following bills were
allowed:
Sebatian Wetro. one wolf skin, s 2 90
Ora Maderson, 3 coyote skins, 6 90
Louis Larson, wolf skins, IL 90
&c. Field, changing combina.
ton on safe, $50; stamps.
$l.00; express, 40c. 3 80
Board continued to examine the al
ditor's books.
On motion. board adjourned till 8
o'clock, q. M. March 8, 1889.
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March 10. 9 O'Clock. A. m

MARCH IL, 3 O'CLOCK, q. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Com'rs Gaines. Stewart and
Loughland.
Board called to order by Chairman
Gaines.
The board proceeded to examine
plans and specifications of the new court
house. as
On motion the following bill was
allowed.
II. E. Field, recording Joe Par
rett's bond, -; 5 10
On motion. the county auditor was in
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17

1:30 o'clock, p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Com'rs Gaines, Stewart and
Longi,land.
Board called TO order by Chairman
Gaines.
The board continued to examine the
auditors books. .l
On motion. the following bill was
allowed:
1 Geo. Norby, l coyote skin, J. s 200
F. R. Zshl .pFesented-his resignation
o : msmbef Of the board of auditors,
which had'been named to audit the &C.
-cauaasb 81 tile board of county commits,
siners III connection with the construc-
ton Of Z courthouse and Jail, which on
motion was accepted, and on motion,
GA. Bryant was appointed to fill the
vacancy caused in said auditing board
BY Mr.. Zahl's resignation.
On motion. board adjourned till 9
o'clok. y. M. March 8, 1899.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-17
OFFICIAL PRO EED1NGs
q TN
beard of Co. Commissioners
WILLIAMS COUNTY. N. D.
.ADJoURNED SESSION.

March. 1899. 8 O'Clock a. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
Preesnt: Com'rs Gaines. Stewart and
Loushland. Fl ~
Board Called to order by Chairman
Gaines.
Board proceeded to check up the audi
tors warrant books with the treasurer's
register.
The following bills were allowed:
John Deshanley, one coyote skin. ' 2 90
Louie Mayo. five wolf skins...... 10 90
On motion the board adjourned to
$50 p. m.
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March s, 1899, 9 o'clock, a m

n. March 3, 1899, 8 O'clock, m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Com'rs Gaines, Stewart and
Loughland.
Board called to order by Chairman
Gaines.
The board proceeded to check up the
auditors books.
On motion. the following bills were
SLOWED: .s .4 ..
Ora Maderson, : coyote skins, s 16 90
Frank Siewert, one coyote skin, zoo
On motion, board adjourned till 1:3O
o'clock. p. m.
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Sealed Proposals Wanted.

= - II X. II. CUT EIANO,
Clerk of Board of Education
Dated Williston, N D., March 9, 1899.
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March 3, 1888, ., O'Clock, q. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: .Com'r Gaines, Stewart and
Loughland.
Board called to order by Chairman
Gaines. T.
The board continued to examine the
auditors books.
On motion, the following bills were
allowed:
Bismarck Tribune Co., adyertis-
ing sealed proposales. 5 9 Is
I C. E. Astrop. one cord of wood, 800
AL. Martin, witness fees, 3 10
Sadie Ray, 30
Florence Moore, 3 10
\ John Pagan, 3 10
III. Roehr, balance on salary in
full, -. 20 40
/. G. Stewart, one cord of wood
for Mrs. Chandler, county
poor, : -. 3 so
Moved by Com'r Stewart. seconded
by Com'r Gaines. that Com'r Gaines
superintend the construction of the
Little Muddy bridge.
Board adjourned till p. M, to receive
and consider the plans and specifica.
tions Of the new courthouse.
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o'clock, p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Com'rs Gaines, Stewart and
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Hofflund. N. D.. Feb. 1st. 1898.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09
TRAFFIC WITH alaska.
Mae Thousand People Have Gone TO
the North This Year.

Trade with Alaska forms one Of the most
important branches OF Seattle commerce.
and IL !. generally admitted that this port
Is the natural and chief point II departure
fer that division OF the United States. So
great was the rush and 50 lttie the ac-
quaiutance Of geographical and commercial
rsc0rnme ndations OF the rtarioas ports striv-
Ing for the north~ara trade that last year
Francisco and up 20 N.etora. had a con-
siderable share of the business although
Seattle all the time maintained a great
lead.
Hut this year there Is no recognition OF
any por, bat Seattle by people travelling
or having business relations with Alaska
Portland for a time n fsas had fcur Ses~
sells plying - the north, but these have all
dropped out. Tacoma WAS the terminus Of
some of the steamers and a few of them
call there now "a get s,ch freight NJ comes
from the Fast over tae Northern Pacific
and for the accommodation % such people
as may live In that city. Victoria and
Vancouver u e. maintain something OF
their Importance in t8e trade each city
having few vessels engaged in Il, San
Francisco IS TIE terminus Of only two or
thfpe steamers that go 81 the aor5h
Fer the first six uionths Of 1919 the PEG
pie leaving Seattle for various points in
Alaska numbered g S4a and the freight
carried % northern consumers ainounsss. 10
- S4 tons, All told TIE number ~ do
psTgnFes for Alaska this year frcTu this
R2rt. aAs been - vessels OF s2 log net reg
istesesi toas. The nGTubsr 81 passengers
and tens az freight taken 90 Alaska and
brought from there fer the Erss six nsonl rs
et this year have been ss follows:
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shoe and leather dealers, 1O6.
Twenty miles of bicycle paths.
Expended ON city parks. s.7OO.
Cost Of public schools. s5OO,OOO.
Annual death rate, 8.5 per 1000.
Builders Of torpedo boat Rowan.
Stationery and book stores, II.
Postonice receipts. Is9s, e135,OOO.
Building permits, 1893. 5000. 900.
Gain In imports, 1s9S-90, 81, 36O, 600.
CPockery and glassware houses, 8.
Carriage and wagon factories, II.
Three transcontinental railroads.
Dry goods and clothing dealers,
$50.
Bank clearances, 1s8s-88, S7O,OOO,-
900.
Annual foreign commerce, $780,
600.
Secret and benevolent societies,
II5.
Annual coal shipments. 10000
tons.
Annual foreign beer shipments,
500. 900
Annual wheat shipments, $500. 900
bushels.
Annual wheat receipts, 2.1oO,oo0
bushels.
Annual Hour shipments, 800. 900
barrels.
Tobacco dealers and manufactur-
ers. 1871
steamers regularly stopping 1T this
port. 100.
stove and plumbing establish
ments. SO.
Monthly exports 60 San Francisco,
2.0o0 tons.
Twenty-one schools, employing
EOS teachers.
FREIGHT taken to 81. Michael In
June, $500 tons.
Monthly imports from San Fran
cisco. 4.SOc tons
Departures for Alaska. nrst half Of
1920. 1873 vessels.
Expended on street improvements
in fsss, s2O5.0oO.
seven hundred people sailed for
ST. Michael In june.
Passenger. departing for Alaska.
frat halt Of 1899. $3.50.
Tons 81 freight taken 20 Alaska,
ar.t half of 1890. $4,000.
Passenger arriving from Alaska,
Arst half of 1sf9. $500.
rree employment bureau furnished
work for $4,000 persons In 1888.
Local trade ef fsns. a3O, OOo. 900. IN
Increase over 1897 OF si0.Oo0. 600
Oniy 9overnmcnt assay emee In
Oregon. WashtDgtsn, Dsittsh CSIua.
Biz and Alaska.
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IN the foothills coal has been found u
opened up 20 commerce Me- only are there
sufifcient mines already 90 supply the
home market. bot large quantities are
shipped aewa the caast The extent of cop
per a-3 tron deposits IL eniy becoming ar
prvSiatei. within the past two er three
years aueh nrogre>s has necn made in
opening ap mines. ard as tae Gre Is heisg
taken cat railroads are beiag CLAIMED 10
reach them
Eastern Washington Is equally ficA ia
AGRICULTURAL p-ssiactivenesS. There IS very
istsie timber. ssG thai Ia mostly eail pine
VITA some spruce and .Anaarsck although
cottonwood, alder sra willow grew Alcns
E tAe bottoms. The valley lands ard pragvles
are productive ana the climate conditions
favorable 10 fruit cgitgTe, While the aids
and tahie LANDS srer1 eScsisn; naS,uTags
Tor stc,S- In sfs way il Ia re marvellous as
wessera Washington. As trees are often
found four feet In diameter - IN average
Of taissy~E9vs bushels 81 wheat per are
makes Eastern Washington without an
equal. except Isl Resstaga. where Tie same
rcsaiss have eeRH Sad only WITH TIE rseSt
careful tslisnx. harvesting vita the sickle
and cleaning n.y. hand. a yQia-tse~ s-Ysr
OF twenty-five 20 thirty bushels per aere Ia
consmosa iast. srsiadsw. ehinsh asg or
grasshoarers are unknesn here. Alfalfa
the cuttings sre twe 20 gear crars Blue
grass Crews as ~cli as IN Kentucky ana
fax without cultivation may es seen grew
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The possible output Of these mines -
the average number Of men emp3o5Q4
the mines. is given In the foltowiao:


Thus. there are I.s45 men giyen -
nent employment. besides 60 or ~ 81
who remain at the mines and have
work. This means 10000 men, wonse u
children directly dependent upon -
mines In this county for livelihee L..
say nothing OF the other thousAn1 -
pioyed at the bunkers, an steved0e
the Golfers. and here ard elseWRe q III
handle the product after ~ II seft q g. q
ket. A conservative estimate placo ~
money left In Seattle by the coaHne
at $1,000 every north. not inciu0s
70 ton paid for the coal. the d;
wages OF the employees IL r. 70 0aH 11..!s
ing total annual pay roll At fne
Of nearly 81. 5oo.Doe. all OF which
directly or Indirectly In Seattle. 81
The six principal mines--the Sss
Black Diamond. Newcastle. LAwSeA ~
man and Renton--required an o0t S.s
s.. 900. 600 10 open them. and they are n ss.:
s. go 90 more. making total cap ss
these six In this county OF 8,
In the line OF developments. the Se.s
Coast Company viii have the
mines producing it.oO1 tons ne
next March: the Coal Creek mia "A,
be turning out 3e.asa tons moe
February. an increase Of 1000
than a year: the Gibbons properly RI ~
up 20 500 or $3.50 tons a month S5@;
time, and then there Will be the ~
month from, the Ieary mines. -
total possible output year hence e y -
ioe 900 tons a month. or l.21a@ - -.
year. Y
Califovnis . Heavy Consua sssa
The consumers Of this coal are
In San Francisco and other parts - ~ -;
ern Central California. an nvera9e
go tons a month having been fAke- <sS7&I
In the last year: the Great
Seattle h international. N0rthefn
and Columbia q Puget Sound
use $500 tons Q month from soec
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sEATTLE's FOREIGN COMMERCE..
Last Fiscal Year shows q Gain Of
e2.3OO, 600.

A statement Of the imports and exports
OF Seattle for the fiscal year which ended
June % shows that this city has a total
foreign commerce amounting to s. 49, 2s5,
about evenly divided between imports ard
exports. gain over the fiscal year 1897
rs of s2435s0O5. The exports for the two
years have remained about even, but there
is gain of 81. 33I. 237 In imports showing
the growth this port Is attaining as
market and entrepot for Oriental prod
ucts
The imports OF the las, two fiscal years
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hay and roots Per acre combine to make
this the hone Of the datrynan baycnd
comparison. Quite q number Of small
farmers make their entire living from
chickens. which do exceptionally well
here. and which win average them In the
Seattle market II cents pound alive, ana
% ceats q dosen for ezra
Fishinx and Tlhbering.
Another great and growing resource OF
the citizen is found IN the snsheTaes. THESE
consist Of the fur seal. the cod. halibut,
sturgeon, salmon. herring. smelt, clam,
oyster. crab. shrimp and others. The uaen
employed in the fisheries of Seattle never
number less than 100. and range upward
In various seasons to double and treble
that number The fish not sold in the
local market are prepared for the Eastern
states. for Europe. Asia and AUSTRALIA.
by canning. curing. picking. and sent
f-esh after refrigeration. The extraction
OF oil from fish and the use OF hsh IN the
making OF fertilixers are also considerable
and growing branches OF trade. While the
whole state Is interested in dsh, the main
business is on Puget sound. Of which Sc
attic is the center. The salmon canneries
on the Sound number twelve: they employ
in the season nearly 1000 men. and they
pay over $4,000 in wages. their product
being valued at 81 10000 per annum.
ent, and promises so to continue for years.
other lines are also extending and ex-
panding. and in the aggregate add greatly
TO the figures. illustrating the importance
of tho trade. The hsh products OF the
state are worth $s50o,Oo0 per annum The
fish OF the Pacific are more abundant than
ever were tho FISH of the Atlantic, and
In time their taking and marketing will
be proportionately more extensive. The
coast Of the State of Washington will be
the location for the largest fisheries In
the world. and Seattle will continue to be
the headquarters of the vast traffic. that
will result.
Many Minerals.
1 The heavy timber growth OF the North
Pacific region; the vast quantity Of coal
known to be in the state deposits: the
beds of iron within reach. but az yet un-
touched; the gold. the silver and other
minerals; the agreeable. wholesome ell
mate, and the extreme healthfulness OF
the country: the abundance OF water: the
grand approach from the ocean and the
unriyaled harbor or harbors. combine with
the extraordinary productiveness Of the
soil and waters and the ingenuity and
activity Of the American people 10 insure
a future commerce Of the grandest char
acter. rivaling that of any port or part
of the world. Already the ships engaged
in the foreign trade arrive in and depart
from these waters to the number OF sew
eral thousand per apnum. and the trade
Is bulky and valuable in the extreme.
This trade in 1888 was with thirty-two
different foreign countries. OF the slx
transcontinental railroads reaching the
Pacific three terminate on Puget sound.
The opportunities are here and are being
awaited Of more and more continually.
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Totals :,

The foregoing shows a total for last year
OF Is, 500. or an increase of SSi34 500
being a gain Of A33 per cent. for that
year over 1897. The liquor traffic. with its
four breweries. ten wholesale houses and
l2S saloons. Is not estimated. Aside from
the discontinuance Of several outnttinG
houses that temporarily competed with
established firms when the rush was at its
height TO the Yukon gold fields. the segre-
cation of trades last year shows increases
In number in the several lines. with few
exceptions.
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. oAI. mining and ahipuant pa pa u

\ OAAI INNING anu UQyUl
NNN OF the leading Industries Fl r. 3
A~ Northwest and partacNans &
- this state. and mog0
because San Franchises r.
the Washington supply ~ +
tically all the fuel used there. ooan
the chief port Of this state. theslfsl0
dies the greater part Of thu ~
fully three-fourths Of The Wnan
output passing TO this city fee c.
ton and on Its way to other moskn>k
the coal handled here Il tfou ~
of King county. sss sSss
Great developments are In prQ0{n
nearly all the chief properties q e.
ton. the operators feeling ~
pulse Of increased demand and pQoC
Of their product. Shipments hov0 4
fore increased to q greater decree
the year just ended than evse he1( r.
the history Of the Northwest. Neo1>
month. for the last two years. ~ GlU(
over the same months ot ~ 49,
year has been moro or less tim III
cent. and great enough 10 ma1ntn
average growth Of nearly tint
The mines are active A. they 0axa
been before, new colliefa AoS4
brought into the trade 70 han11o IL c.
bunker owners are engaged II 10c1l
tho capacity OF their store rooUA
One of the most important 411r<
ments made In the coal induatly e.
county Is the establishment az IL IT,
& San Francisco Railway = Nm .
Company, which n backed ~ E<G
capitalists. directly managed ~ Q
enced railroad and coal men ftoQ
and apparently with suflacient caV1eo
hind Il to make Il one Of the soll6o
mercfal companies on the PAca0c e
The primary object Of To f0FUA11
this company was 70 bring out ~
product Of the famous Loary e0nJ 49,
near here, ship It 10 SeaAsls sSer &N
railroad. and through superior ben144
a fleet Of new Golfers to the Unz0Qul
California and elsewhere. Isl
It Il slow work to organise Z loFUe -
pany, develop coal mines, build ~
and get everything ready - opgeou
the capacity Of an important Co.
such as this Ii intended TO ~. -
preliminaries have nearly all hee4 0
pleted. and II II expected tAA1 ~
year from now the new c0mpa1@ l.
shipping at least 10000 teno g go
month. with developments IN pseG(e
double 1t In the soon thereafter
The Pacific Coast Company, We
the heaviest concern dealing d IT, =
ing and shipment Of coal Weot IL
Rocky mountains. IL constantly
new mining properties, and axteedea
old to meet the Increased dsulnn4
outside and interior marketa y wQAN
recently that the famous LAwsoA
were bought by this setabitno
complete Its ownership 20 The IN
fields. and give II a monopoly = IL
able variety OF the product
The most valuable mines ct tbs 60
are the following: The FreAkl1ns
castle, Lawson and Gem. owned
Pacific Coast Company; the Dlae4
mond. owned by the Black Diamoe4
Mining Company: the Renton. cwn
the Renton Cooperative Coal ce~
the Cedar Mountain. owned ~ To g.
Mountain Coal Company: thD G
owned by the Issaauah Coal Cou
formerly the Seattle Coal q Ifen
pany: the Gibbons. owned BY r. g.
Of Renton. and the Navy and Denny
Interesting statlstieG.
The possible output OF these mines -
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-rHE people of Seattle have many
resources upon which to depend.
v(0B1l While the country In Its imme-
W. date vicinity is not generally re-
garyied as adapted in the highest
degrees to the purposes OF the
farmer. it is productive beyond the con-
= ception of the agriculturist OF the Atlantic
seaboard. Every acre will not produce
fifty to seventy bushels OF wheat, but
some acres will. and most will yield thirty
and forty, which is more than double the
average OF the country at large. Occa-
sional acres Of oats have been known to
yield $50 10 $50 bushels. and the average
Yield il from seventy to eighty. which
again is double the average cat Yield
throughout the United States The average
yield of hops in Wisconsin and New York
the great Eastern hop states, is only 400 TO
zoo pounds per acre: the average yield in
Washington Is more than l.500 pounds.
while there are well authenticated records
OF 5000 pounds and 5000 is not at all I'M
common. The root crop-potatoes. turnips,
onions. carrots, beets. persnips-yieid
enormously, hundreds of bushels per acre,
and easily double the quantity from the
same area that is obtained by the Eastern
gardener Fruits also do well. quite as
we'll as grains and vegetables. and the re-
ports, IL given would be quite as mar
Vicious as in the foregoing.
Within a hundred miles OF Seattle are
grown apples, pears, plums. prunes. cher
res. ounces, peaches, apricots. nuts. figs,
melons, currants, gocseberries. blackber-
ries, raspberries. strawberries. cranberries
and numerous uncultiyated varieties indi-
genous to the country. some OF which are
very fine. These fruits are being marketed
to the north and east-in Canada, Alaska.
Minnesota and other parts where the peo-
pie are not so blessed by nature as are
the people here. The breadstuffs sent
foreign in 1898 from Seattle and other
Washington ports were valued by the gov
eminent of the United States at sos, a61.
Horses. cattle, hogs. sheep and poultry
do well In this state. The horses and
mules number 10000: the cattle, 10000:
the hogs, 100000: the sheep. 10000; the
poultry, 100000 In the past millions OF
sheep and beeves have been taken to
Easterns markets.
Farming and Dairying.
Though dairying is comparatively new
business II has already attained great
Importance, giving employment to many
persons. The products of butter and
cheese in 1885 aggregated 3.239 81 pounds,
valued at $780, Compared with the year
before there was gain of 10000 pounds
and sl00000. Before long one Of the chief
exports will be butter and cheese-to
Alaska, Japan. China and the islands Of
the Pacific ocean. The long season, last
ing practically the whole year. the mild
climate and the enormous production Of
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SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIES.

Ten Million Dollars Increase shown
In One Year.
The following table, compiled by the
Trade Register, a Seattle technical Jour-
nal, and published at the beginning Of the
year, shows the value Of the various in
dustries Of this city for the last two years.
and the itemized increase Ter 1eo6:
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.u.T@.r1 a,Gr
The following were the exports from this
port for the same period.

Army post for which the Federal
government haa made sppropria-
,tie.s smousting to sa.O00.o0O. II
will be . fsIl resimentaI post. with
an annual pay roll ~ p3IO00O and
"esthiy expenditure s.esnting 20
s30,20O.
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GROWTH f 4 GREAT
CITY FROM TIE WOODS
How Seattle Rose Out Of the
Primitive Wilds.
GREW IN FOUR DECADES.
Forty Years Ago the Present Site
Was a Dense Wilderness.

0ueea City Needs No Argument to
show That IL 10 Destined t. De
the New York 81 the Pacinc-How
Il IVES Started In the Early
Days ana steadily Grew Until
Il Passed All Cities ol the North.
west and Now IL Making 6feas
InrOads on the Commercial 81.
premacy Of the Goldea Gate City.
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Plethora Of Resources on Sea
and Over Land.
NOTHING FOUND LACKING.
Everything Is in Western Wash
ington for Everybody.

Within . Hundred Miles Of Seattle
Ara 0r~wn All the Fruits and
other Products Of = SeDi-Tropi-
cal Country and In Almost Ia
possible Abundance - HOrttcul-
ture, Agriculture, Stock-Ratsings
Any other Occupation May BE En-
gaged IN With . Certain Reward.