Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-08-26

together, raise the requisite amount and away
with it, The o. S. N. Co. and our Valley
Railroad Co. are not such great enemies To
our grangers and business mel as some
would suppose. On the contrary they mr..
men who recognize the potent facet, that 10
further the interests of that company is 10
further their own also. Such are our views
and after careful consideration on the por,
of those who are chiefly interested we Arc
confident they will coincide with us on this
point, but now is not the time for lengthy
arguments, but prompt action. Ship to As.
toria by al! means if possible. After the
month Of August very few foreign vessels will
come up To Portland for a full cargo. but
Astoria is always accessible. Permit us to
press these facts upon your mind, for they
are highly important and productive of good,
if properly embraced.
WRITING to the Portland Bee from Phila>
delpha, f. w. Ryan says: In going through
the government building came across col.
lection of Indian relics from Puge, Sound
and Alaska which greatly rescmblcd some
| specimens l had seen somewhere in the
| main building, and resolved TO discover
them and compare. After wandering through,
Chill, Peru, and Mexico without success,
tc ok a flying visit to China and japan with
the same result. though in the latter found
slight similarity in the carving and pottery.
At last I came to templc-likc enclosure,
upon which these words were inscribed:
"Egypt-SOodan. The Oldest people in the
world serds its morning greeting to the
Youngest nation" 1t was here found what
sought-a striking and remarkable rcscm-
blancc among the relics of thousands of years
ago to those of the Puget Sound and Alaska
Indians In the past. scholars and antiqua>
rians have devoted their learning in the vain
effort to prove the American Indians descend
ants of the Chinese and Japanese Let me
give then, an other subject for thought: Did
Egypt people America, or did American pco>
pie Egypt?'
SMALLpox-So far, this year, we have en-
tirely escaped a visit from this lOathsome
disease, and it is to be hoped that our immu.
nifty will continue; but with it prevailing at
Seattle, Tacoma, on the line Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, it is hardly to be expected
that we shall escape entirely. We have i'm.
migrants coming in every day, both white
men and Chinese. The latter are very liable
to be affected, and as they live in families
and do the washing for at least haf'the
community, it could be spread from them in
all directions. Now would it not be we'll for
our City Council to take this matter inns
mediately into consideration, have thorough
inspection of all quarters liable to he MUIR
sery for the contagion, repeating the cxamin
alton from week to week or Oftener, and
ompelling the Chinese, and urging others
| to he thoroughly vaccinated. 1t would be
also we'll to provide, in advance, some con-
venient place to which any of the afflicted
could be removed and properly cared for.
As an ounce representative is worth apound
of cure, these few hints are thrown out to call
the attention of our City Fathers to the situ-
alton.
The peace officers in Olympia having OBJ
jected to Indian Bob being allowed to re-
main at Puyallup, word was sent for him to
be returned. The officer in charge of the
Reservation not having any one to take
charge of Bob, made that worthy his own
guard and sent him up here. Bob came &C.
cording 10 orders, and will be confined to
await the action of the next grand jury. The
idea of q man who was under arrest for Mur.
der being depended upon to report himself
| fer confinement ut the risk of having his
neck inserted in halter seems quite odd to
the average mind. -
TIE Salt Lake Herald publishes the fol.
lowing: The Dayton Southeastern narrow.
gauge railroad is now being constructed un-
der a grading contract for only $1,000
per mile, including grading. ties, iron rail
and laying the track. The rolling stock, it is
said, can be added for $4,000 per mile,
placing the total cost of the road and equip.
ments at the remarkably low figure per mile
of $12. 500. The line will be of three feet
guage, and no miles long.
Court convened in Seattle last Monday
with a very long docket. The Tribune says
the Judge charged the Grand Jury very
strongly, creating by his plain, distinct, un-
mistakable utterances on the subject of lot
terles and the like very marked sensation.
There are the full number of officers of the
court and attorneys at present. The Petit
Jury have been notified to be in Court for
impeachment on Wednesday morning.
ROBERT Kennedy, wholesale farmer of
Walla Walla put in about 400 acres Of wheat
| on what is known as Bakers Bluff, land
hitherto considered perfectly worthless UNI
less for country roads, and realized from the
same land thirty two bushels Of wheat to the
acre. Even at IS cents bushel he will re.
alize handsome sum as the result of his
laboTs.
ELDRIDaE MORSE, Esq, editor of the Sno.
homish Star, has been in town for a couple
OF days past. We acknowledge friendly
Call from him during his stay. He has met
with gratifying success in business matters
connected with the Star and is very hopeful
for the future, all of which we arc well
pleased to note
MEssRs. Littlejohn s. French are now con-
structing the slip for the Aida to lie at on
the north side of Percival's wharf. These
gentlemen have taken the contract for re-
pairing heach's wharf at Steilacoom and
will take the piledriver down for that Dur.
pose the first part of the coming week. IS
PRosPEcTs for deputy SURVEYORS in this
territory and Oregon, this season are not
natterlng, as there has been no official mott.
ncation received that any moneys will he
applied for surveying purposes In case
there Is, the surveying season will be nearly
closed before the funds will be available.
WOMENs rights Was recognized th;s wear
fret