Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-07-11

OF last years supply.
TIE Columbia river turns out,
this year, over two and a-half mil
lion dollars worth of salmon.
THE sale of hayiug implements, by
our hardware dealers, would seem to
indicate an extensive crop this sea-
son.
The Oregon Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, con-
venes at Portland, on the Goth of
August, Bishop Haven presiding.
STRAWBERRIES are not quite SO far
gone as the Fourth, but they are
going fast, and those who want to
put them up in jars would do well to
work expeditiously.
BEATTY and Carter, the convicts
who escaped from Seatco were appre-
hended last week near Cowlitz Noun
tain, by Capt. Shead, and returned
to their old quarters.
Our esteemed friend William r.
Boone has assumed control of the
local department Of the Portland Bee.
He is one of the few men who knows
how to write neat paragraph.
IT is claimed that the new barrel
factory, at Seattle, will be able to
turn out two thousand barrels per
day. The company have already Sc
cured large contracts in San Fran
cisco and Australia.
SECRETARY Schurz contemplates
visiting some of the Indian agen-
cies during the Summer. Let him
come and we venture the assertion
that be will learn more wisdom by
the trip than he ever CLEANED from
Cooper's novels.
"To my dear girl in q cherry
tree" is the affecting title OF late
.'pome" by one of Oregon's gifted
bards. That young man is evi-
IDENTITY one OF the looking-up sort of
geniuses and will undoubtedly make
his mark in the world.
The editor of the Albany Democrat
wants to know where Olympia girls
stick their gum when they are done
chewing it. Some half dozen of
our most vigorous gum-chewers say
if he is not bald-headed, he could
soon find out by coming over here.
PoRr Townsend was not behind
hand in her celebration of the Fourth,
Notwithstanding a heavy rain. The
procession consisted OF a liberty car,
marines from the cutter Walcou, fire.
men and citizens. The exercises
took place at one o'clock A. NJ, in
the pavilion. Salutes were fired by
the cutter and citizens and a grand
ball closed the days doings.
The Headmaster" of q Portland
school sends us postal-card request
to advertise his institution editorially
without pay. When the paper deal
er forgets to collect his bill, when
printers work for "jaw-bone," when
it costs nothing to eat, drink, sleep,
or school the children-w when the
millennium has fairly dawned--then
O sapient Headmaster will we COM
ply with your very modest request.
MEssRs. Woodruff & Van Epps in
tend, soon, to add the making of
brooms to their already extensive
business, Mr.. Van Epps being an
adept at that trade, having followed
it several years before coming to this
coast. They have bought the tools
of Mr.. I. Chilberg, who contem-
plates farmers life on Swinomish
Flats, and will begin operations, in
the rear of their store soon as mate
rial, now on the way, arrives.
"THE Madison, Tacoma and Dis
covery mills are all running on two
thirds time. The Seabeck mills are
shut down. The new mill at Gam
BILE is shut down, while the old mill
is running night and day. The
Seattle mill is running Oh full
time. The mill at Hilton, across the
Bay from Seattle is shut down.
The Blakely mills are running on full
day time" We take the above from
the Transcript, supplying the italics
the better to exhibit Bro. Gums
consummate skill in playing upon