The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-29

requirements that are necessary for set
Element Upon the same. The district to
be opened comprises 800 900 acres. The
character OF the land Is mountainous, In
terspersed with small fertile valleys and
rolling hills. Fine timber Is abundant.
According to the proclamation Of the
president. the new tract will be subject
to the general land laws and land may
be taken up in the following manner:
BY homestead entry, which may be
commuted after fourteen months perma-
$50 per acre: by the timber and stone
act a person may take up 100 acres, pro-
vided the land is unit for agricultural
purposes when cleared of timber, and the
payment Of $3.50 per acre; the desert law
also applies. Settlement upon the land
proclamation. OctoberH1o il forbidden.
The tract TO be opens embraces rich
mineral belt.
The long-litigated suit Of the Spokane
Falls Caslirht Company against the Spo-
kane Street Railway Company, known to
fame as the "electroiysis case" has gone
up to the state supreme court for decis-
ion. The action Is one In which the
pIaintjfY sues the street car company for
damages for injury TO its gas mains. due
to escaping underground electric currents.
caused. as alleged. by imperfect appli-
ances.
me records of the case wers 20 volumi-
nous as to necessttate sending them TO
Olympia by freight The deciaon Of the
superior court was in the nature of COM
promise and was satisfactory to neither
plds. a. bo4h appealed. Tho action . said
to be the frst Of the kind in tho courts.
and its outcome 10 being watched all over
tho United StateA
-he Big BufrAao mine. on Bufraio Hump
Idaho 10 now the sole property OF Charles
Sweeney, OF sflis CITY, and his assos fatss
he this week. having purchased the we
malning interest from the original locak-
ors for tho sum OF t125.0oo making to-
tai Of $4,000 that the present owners
have paid for the property. The Big Buff
nalo has been In constant litigation ever
since hs iocators discovered the great
value of the property, some three years
aeo Tho mine will now b developed on
an extensive scale. as there Is plenty OF
capital behind the deal just closed.
Tho iocsa Red cross Society has COM
pletsd arrangements for the meeting OF
the State society. which oonvenes In this
city May q. The programme contem-
plates busy three days session of the
society In the way OF buaness and pleas
urA
The AIcatrax PAVING Company started in
Thursday morning on its contracts for the
rAving OF four OF the downtown CROSS
streets with asphalt Tho company has
part in a complete plant ana Is prepared
to rtfsh the work to an carly completion.
Before winter ssts In II 10 proposed to
have the entire business district paved
with this material. Sidewalks IN most of
tho residence districts are now being laid
with aauhalt
Spokane will soon be a. we'll provided
with bicycle paths an are her sister cities
on the Sound. Tho bicycle commission
this, week authorized the immediate con-
strWtion OF three moro paths. making
six all told. Nearly s30oo has been collect
ed from bicycle licenses since April l.
r, C. Behrend and Riley Kinxen two
fur dealers of this city. were convicted In
court Thursday for buying deer skins.
This Is the first prosecution instituted by
the game warden for this violation Of the
game laws. Thousands of deer are an
nnaliy slaughtered around this vicinity
out of season for their hides alone. aifd the
game warden 10 determined to put a stop
to the practice. In this he has the hearty
cooperation. of every local sportsman
After a trial before Judge Tianford In
the federal court. lasting two days. the
jury in the case Of Mrs Jay II. Adams
against the Northern Pacific Railway
Company. after being out thirty-six hours.
failed 10 agree and were discharged The
action was for 100000 damages for the
death Of Jay IL Adams. a leading member
Of the local bar. who was killed about
a year ago by falling from tho platform
OF a passenger train near Hope. Idaho
The railway company was sought to be
held liable because OF the fact that tho
train was net vestibulsd
The Protestant Epis opal church has
just Incorporated under its auspices a new
St. Luke's hospital. which viii he erected
in this city. ct a cost OF 10000 The
institution viii be built on the cottage
plan-a large central executive building,
surrounded by numerous oottases John
A. Finch. tho millionaire mining man. has
donated a site valued al 10000.
As an Indication OF she rapid growth Of
Spokane. the report Of thu city schools
for this month ending April rs shows an
Increase In enrolment OF go over the
previous month. The total enrolment
now SHOWS s ~ pupils.