Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-01

Inc silver ledSe lately discovered
at Orcas island is creating consider
able excitement. jerome Robinson
of Ferndale, one of the locators. sol5
out his interest to Mr.. Pinkney f.,
$500. j. d. Smith, of Seattle. has
become largely interested, and ia
materially assisting the locators ,o
test the rici..e of the ledge, and Il
everything ll,ves satisfactory. va
look for Important developments in
that sec'i'n of country ere long.
A Christian church is soon to ha
built at Yakima City. Its dimen.
sions will be 30x50 teet, with walls
Is feet high. Inside however tho
ceiling will be arched into the roof
rendering it about twenty feet in
! height. When finished, with gal.
lery, it will furnish seating room for
800 worshipers. In front, end on
the left side facing the front The
spire will be placed. This is 50 feet
in height, and will receive an or.
namental finish.
The frost and cold of May did con.
siderable damage to fruit on the
Sound. 1t lessened the strawberrv
yield perceptible. Tree fruit was
; affected in various manners. Some
growers lost all their plums, Others
half, and still others lost none at ALL
Peaches were pretty gen, rally de.
stroyed; cherries are a short crop:
apples and pears were affected about
as is said Of plums in the foregoing
The whole production will amount
to two-third ordinary crop.
After nearly two months work
A. o. Benjamin has succeeded il
getting upon the Noit'ern Pacific
track at New Tacoma, engine No. 2.
which, with its tender and one car.
were buried in the sand at the mouth
of Puyallup river. 1t was q hard
job and trying one, but he has
hung to it faithfully, and has finally
succeeded where Others have failed.
his contract calls for the recovery OF
the other cars, which, thong ID q
much easier job, will require at least
two weeks more work.
The Lewiston Teller man gives .
distinguished railroad magnate q
valuable hint as follows: If Gould
should see fit to build from some
point east of Ogden and bear north
through the Big Hole pass Of the
Rockies, and into the head of the
Bitter Root Valley, thence across to
the Clearwater ard down that stream
and the Snake to the Columbia and
thence to tidewater at the Sound, be
would have the shortest and Lest
road across the continent, and pass
ing through the best of the country
west of the Mississippi.
The New Tacoma Iron Co. wss
organized on the Goth inst. The in.
corporators are Gen. j. w. Sprague,
D. Lister and R. F. Radebaugh.
The capital stock of the company is
SIS 900, divided into 5000 shores Of
the value of $25 each. The object
of this incorporation is to engage in
the business of mining and smelling
iron ore, and in buying. holding and
selling means of transportation, In
Guiding steam and sail vessels, etc.
The company has purchased the iron
mines of J. J. Conner, in Cumber-
land Mining District, on the Skagii
river.
The Indians of the Swinomish
reservation Immediately opposits
LaConner, have nearly completed
dyke by which over 600 acres of tide
land will be reclaimed, at an ex.
pense to the Government of 500.
All of the labor was done by Indi-
ans, by direction of Mr.. O'Kans,
resident agent at Tulalip, the work
being superintendent by MIR. Bald
win, the reservation farmer. This
land-if permissible-would readily
command an annual rental of $40 %
acre, which would make the reserva.
ton q source of revenue instssd
of expense to the government.
LaConner Mail: An advance del
egation of the Kansas colony headed
by Mr.. Mcpherson, with eight Of
nine others, went up to Samish %
the steamer last Tuesday to thor
oughly investigate the advantages Of
the Olympia marsh. This section OF
country it appears drains into Sam
ish bay, through what is known =
Joe Larey's slough. Should the
colony locate there they will prob
ably make Samish island their busi-
ness point. They were accompanied
by DIR. j. S. Lewis, who, With biz
family, has taken up his residence
at Dingwalrs Landing at that plscs.
Port Townsend argus: Since the
French bark Notre Dame Auriliatrcs
was quarantined here couple Of
weeks ago, with a mild case Of
smallpox on board, everybody has
been indulging fears of the spread
ing of the dreaded contagion, and
on Wednesday, when it became
known that Mr.. Bryant. mail agent
on the Annie Stewart, had been Or
dered into quarantine by Health On
Ger Minor, on account of alarming
symptoms, there was quite an e.
element over it. It is altogethee
probable that the vigilance Of ~
health officer, together with IT,
natural healthfulnsss of our climate
will prove safeguard against ssss-
GUS consequences.
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