Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-08-05
FROM THE DAILY OF FRIDAY.

liz a talk with an Olympia feed man q
buy his oats in San Francisco. "Why ?"
VIC inquired. He replied that he would
rather buy at home, but had to pay the same
price in Lewis county he could buy at in San
Francisco, and while it cost him but five dol
lars and fifty cents per ton carriage from
San Francisco to deliver the oats in his store
house, it cost him nine dollars to do the
same from Lewis county; and this three dol
lars and fifty cents extra amounted to a
handsome profit. To be sure, he said, if a
person freights ten tons, a carload, at one
tlmc he gets considerable reduction; but
he seldom purchased more than from two TO
five tons at time, and this amount he could
freight as cheaply by the ton from San Fran
cisco as he could ten or twenty tons. He
sad.this was also true of wheat. That he
could procure his wheat from San Francisco
cheaper than ne could from Lewis county.
Is this not proper subject for the Lewis
county Changers, and the freightng COM
panies to inquire into? 1t is the interest of
the Railroad Company to build up the indus
tries of Lewis county, and it Is to the interest
of the Changers to keep prices down for the
home market, instead Of sending their grain
to San Francisco and have it returned here
at cheaper rate than it can be purchased at
home
THE following are the footngs of the as
scssment roll of Walla-waila county for the
present year. The total assessed value of the
real and personal property of the county is
$2,293, 100. The amount of stock assessed
in the county is as follows: Horses, 1921;
mules, 232; cattle, LII; sheep, 1928
hogs, 1923 The number of acres in limo
thy is 1,774; wheat, 81 600; this is aside from
the large amount cut for hay; Barley, $3.50;
oats, 1900; corn, 20; fruit trees, 600 Num-
her of Touring mills in operation, 5. Whole
number of persons assessed ,072. The pres
ent population of the county is estimated at
1900
THE Commercial Reporter publishes the
following result of the survey, by Govern
ment direction, of that formidable Obstruc-
ton TO navigation, the Columbia river bar
The area sounded over was thirty square
miles; AS miles were run in making sounds
ines; 2,384 angles were observed, and Il, 38l
soundings made. The work has now been
plotted; the 10 feet curves at mean low wa,
ter are 5000 feet apart, and the least depth
in the ship channel at this stage is 2OA feet;
the tides rises from 6 to feet.
GREAT preparations are being made in
British Columbia for the reception of Lord
Dullcrin, who is en- route for this Coast via
Toronto. He is accompanied by the Count
ess of Duiferin. Col. Littlcjohn, and Captains
Hamilton and Ward. They will proceed
from San Francisco to Victoria in q British
man-ofwar; and thence to the interior.
Their sojourn may results in much benefit to
our colonial neighbors.
RoUaH CRIrIcIsM.-On the wrapper Of an eX-
change received at this office, we read this
remark, 'from the looks OF this wrapper
there is lack of brains somewhere. - Union
Now we don't exactly see the point of the
above criticism" but presume it is directed
at the publisher who is so economical rs to
use such material for wrappers. while manil'
la paper is cheap and much better. II is the
first legitimate use, however. that we have
ever known to he made of the Legislative
Journals.
THOMAS AKED an employee Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company, was injured
bya blast, last Tuesday, near Corvallis Sta
ton, from the effects of which he died, on
the succeeding day He was standing on a
Platform car, near the scene of the accident,
but at what was considered safe distance,
when fragment of rock weighing several
pounds struck him in the side and knocked
him down in a senseicss condition. He was
an Englishman by birth and had been in the
service of the company several years.
An OLD LANDMARK GoNE--For several
Gays past workmen have been engaged in re-