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ALONG THE COAST. Items of General Interest Gleaned From the Thriving Pacific States. The ministers of Spokane are generally of the opinion that there should be but one legal ground for divorce. new sawmill of the Equality near Edison. Colony, The Wash., is completed and paid for. Its daily capacity is 10,000 feet. The shipments from Coulee City, last week to of containing nearly 1,500 head, Wash., cattle, amounted 52 cars and representing $42,000. The Indians who have been causing trouble are getting out of Grant county, Oregon, as fast as possible, and no further trouble is expected. According to the financial statement of Coos county, Oregon, the 2 per cent reduction in the legal rate of interest will mean a yearly saving of something over $1,800. G. Gunerson, of Melbourne, and one of the largest timber importers of Australia, is viisiting the Northwest arranging for the purchase of several cargoes of fir lumber. Isaac W. Garrett, ex-secretary of state of Idaho, and a pioneer of Oregon, died at Boise. Mr. Garrett had suffered from a complication of troubles for about a year. The Grand Ronde Lumber Company, of La Grande, has just closed large conwith different southern California fruit for very quantitracts associations fruit large boxes. ties of orange and other receiver of the Bank of The panic, Everett, has which failed early in the made his final report to the court, and an has been made assets to be sold at remaining order directing auction. the sheet metal The Pacific worksat last week New Whatcom started up again a crew, after having been for about a the of means with shut down half employment month. about 50 This or 60 persons, and is welcome news to a large number of people. The discovery has been made that some miscreant has defaced the two 54ton guns that are waiting to be placed in position at Marrowstone point, in Puget sound, by cutting names on Sus- the eteel barrels with soap and acid. picion reste on discharged workmen. The Imperial Paste Company has been at Great for the purpose of organized manufacturing Falls, of Mont., that macaroni to supply the trade and adjonining etates. The output of the factory is 500 pounds daily. They have orders ahead for three months product. The receiver of the defunct Spokane Savings bank has been authorized by the court to pay a dividend of 7 per cent the the outstanding claims against of on institution. This will make a total The 52 cent paid by the bank. total per indebtedness of the bank amounts to $100,409.54. The Golden Giant dredger, now be rapidly pushed to completion at of ing Lannan's spur. below the mouth Burnt river, will be ready to operate 2,000 December 1. Its capacity is be on cubic yards per day, and it is to operated on 160 acres which are report. ed good for 50 cents per cubic yard. The Republic Mining Company declared of Eastern Washington has just $30,another dividend amounting to which is at the rate of 3 cents per share. 000, This is the second monthly like dividend paid by the company assurance of amount, and there is every this the dividends will continue mill at is rate that every month, although the not running at its full capacity. Never before was grass 80 scarce now. on Gilliam county range as bunchthe in pastures where the old so devoid Even is abundant, the grass is grass nutriment from long-continued flesh on of that stock are losing Several sheepmen have hay already, and wise flocks are reducing their just while the pirce and drought it. feeding cattlemen now, is commenced good. sheepmen contract to cut 5,000,000 feet been of The and 175,000 ties has Stout, secured lumber by McPherson Bros. contract & is Brooklyn, B. C. This of the Columbia & Western railway, Rob with will use the lumber on its conwhich inson-Penticon branch. This firm Glad. removing their mill to timber stone, templates where a fine body of exists. Holmes. of Wellington, New John was recently in Vancouver, the gov. Zealand, a commissioner from mission to C., as of the island on a trade of ernment new fields for the hemp profind Zealand, which last year says duced this country offers a fine opening New 22,000 tons. Mr. Holmes for