, 1877-08-24
Territorial Items.

The new census gives IA as the
population of Klickitat County
number Of families, 239.
HELENA, (Montana) "Herald:"
1t is a deplorable situation to have
grasshoppers from the east and In
dams from the west raiding us at the
same time.
Gen. Sherman writes he has but
few soldiers from Bozeman to Yel-
lowstone Park, and says he shall not
attempt a campaign aga'ns. the Nez
Perces with that force.
A few days ago cloud Of grass
hoppers, flying from an easterly d.
rection, lit down in the Prickly Pear
valley, Montana. Wheat fields in a
few hours were stripped Of leaves,
leaving the headed stalks bare.
The total valuation Of property in
Kitsap county this year is $SS9,7O7,
an increase Of about $4,000 during
the year. Nearly all of this property
is owned by the four milling com.
panies of Seabeck, Port Gamble, Port
Madison and Port Blakely.
The total value ofproperty in King
County, as returned by the several
assessors, 81 ,995,S2 against 50, 1885,
O28 in the year 1876. This shows a
sbrinksge Of 1872 7,2O1during the past
year. If true, this is an alarming
depreciation, but it looks as if some
of the heaAy taxpayers had been on
atarget excursion and indulged them
selves by swearing at mark
Helena, (Montana) Herald: We
have noticed that it usually cost the
lives of three white men and All
average of about $4,000 for every
Indian killed in battle. Peace is
much more fatal to Indians than the
war. A good season Of measles or
smallpox will accomplish more than
all our troops under the best leader.
ship, and in their most successful ca.
reer. 1t is cheaper to gorge the In
dians into dyspepsia at the agencies
than to hunt for them in lava beds or
bad lands. So we are sincere in hop.
ing that peace may come as soon as
possible on almostany terms offered
Vancouver "Independont" says:
Twelve hundred grains Of wheat from
one kernel of wheat is a pretty large
yield. But it is true. Mr.. Gay Hay
den brought into our Office the other
day a bundle of wheat stalks which
grew from one grain Of seed wheat.
There was twenty-five stalks in the
bunch; twenty of these were perfect
stalks, with full, well developed
heads Of wheat. An estimate Of the
number of wheat grains shows 1000
as the aggregate of the 20 stalks.
Another bundle Of 10 0perfect heads,
from one grain, produced seven hun
dred grains. This wheat was grown
on the Columbia bottom, and speaks
volumes for the wonderful produc-
tive capacity of this country.
Seattle Tribune: We are in
formed by man just down from the
upper Puyallup that the vein of coal
into which Mr.. Fallows was boring
for the N. p. II. II. CO., has suddenly
given out, and the men there i'm
ployed had come upon solid rock
at distance in of about l,5 feet.
The coal encountered had so far been
Of the finest quality for most pur-
poses vet mined on the coast, and it
would be a real injury to the whole
Pacific slope were this report to prove
true-unless other and more lasting
veins of as good coal can be discov-
cred. Mr.. Blake and other mining
engineers who have been up there
have pronounced the region one Of
the most broken in the world, with
the certainty OF just such mishaps in
its mining as the one above recorded.
The n. p. h. r. Co., will undoubted
ly prosecute the enterprise to the
end, and will overcome every obsta-
cle possible; but if accidents like
this are to happen continually, the
attempted operation Of the mines
cannot long be continued
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