Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05
Willis Beatman has lately taton

Willis Beatman has lately taken 81
the Puyallup valley a thoroughbre3
Jersey bull and a heifer of the sama
breed, which were exhibited a, tbs
late Oregon State Fair, aud thers
bought by him at good round price.
Some of the crops on the Puyallun
need rain pretty badly. Hayiny is
in full blast. Hay is being held at
So per ton in the fields, but not much
will be sold AT that figure. 1t is held
thus high IN Ill ticipation of railroad
building
Hop buyers are in the Puyallun
valley Offering IL cents for the com.
ing crop. Quite lot has been con.
tracted for. at that price, and T.
Meeker has bought over so GOO
pounds for parties in San Francisco
at II! cents.
The heat all last week at Yale R
c., and points beyond is described
by passengers who came down on
the Western Slope as unbea1abla
The thermometer stood at 81 in the
shade and from III to 12O in the
sun, while not breath of air famed
the aching brows of those whose am.
ty required them to face it. AZ
Lytton on Saturday evening ths
thermometer indicated SO IN thu
shade.
Haying has commenced OF Comor
B. c., and the settlers are corres
[pondinsly busy. 1t appears that
species of caterpillar is playing sad
havoc with timothy baf This
insect devours first the tender shoots
of the hay and then ascending the
stalk deyours the head Of the limo.
thy. In some places the crop will
be total failure. The settlers saw
it is the first time they ever, saw the
caterpillars eat timothy hay in that
manner. The crops otherwise are
good throughout the district.
w. H. Mastin, who was heavy
loser by the late fire at Colfax, has
been drinking very heavily ever
since, and in consequence became
crazy. On the 21st inst, in one his
drunken fits he kept the town at bay
for about an hour with Winches-
ter repeating rifle and severa; pis.
tolls. He was finally arrested by
the City Marshal, who came up be-
hind and captured him unawares.
Fortunately no one was hurt but
there were several very narrow es-
capes. He was fined S. by the po-
lice judge and is again in his right
mind. %. .,... 81
Tacoma Ledger: A very large
amount of land is yearly being
cleared and brought under cultiys-g
ton in Puyallup valley. Last year
j. w. Ackerson slashed Ga acres on
his tract near the station, and The
present season a like quantity he
been wrested from the forest. Maj:
Alden is also clearing 40 acres. His
land, three-fourths of mile from
Puyallup station, is very choice.
He will plant ten acres in hops and
SOW the balance in timothy. The
land is so located that water from
never-failing springs on the bluf
can, at little expense, be carried I'll
over the tract, at any time he may
desire to irrigate it. This land will
produce 81 tons Of hay to the acre,
and, in favorable seasons, 2, 500
pounds Of hops. u
Mr.. Black, who is in charge of th1
Cariboo road at Yale, B. c., had q
team drawing timber last week to Z
repair bridge near the .sev0ntsen
mile post. While passing q narrow
place, going up hill, the horses were
unable to draw the load, and soon
afterwards stopping, the load COM
menced drawing the team backward,
the driver not being able to. block
the wheels. As: the hind wheels,
under the long piece of timber,
turned against the inside of the road I
the front wheels cramped toward the
edge Of the road and soon went over
the bank, drawing the horses sitter
them. The hind wheels, with the
back end Of the timber, caught ID
the roadside, so that the horses wers
hung in the collars and choked 70
death. It was necessary to cut the
harness to let the carcasses drop
upon the rocks, seventy feet below. I
The horses belonged to the govern
ment and were not considered x
any great value. .-.,2.
r. Msssrs. Blsckman 4 Howard are
making p ,>arations to log OMAN
extensive ecals ct Mukelteo. They
have had constructed for their zee
by the North Pacific iron works,
road, engine Of six tons weight.
which will be the FIRST Of this kind !
ever run on Puget Sound. The /
boiler is upright, with two cylinders
Zone on each side) securely .fa1tened
to the boiler. These cylinders.
which have Q bore of six and
stroke of ten inches each, are It,
tached to a shafts upon which ~
cogs, and this cog shaft is conneo
ed by cogs with the driving wheel
The gauge of the engine is seven feek
Six inches. It is calculated to run
on a sawed rail track. The mapis
Tor this track was cant up : few days
ago, since which time it has been
sawed and reloaded on . large barge
and towed to Mukeltso. Z Mcssrs.
Blackman & Howard are said to-
have a very fine body Of timber st
this latter point, which they pro-
pose to log BY a railroad.
, Davis, the man who reached Seat-
tie by the Dakota last wesk suaer-
ing with smallpox, died "a ne 18TH
uit. He was sick when ~ vent
aboard OF the steamer and could ~
60 about when he reached Seattle
His destination was Nswcastls. a
that Dlac0 ha had rolok;v>o "A fn&o,ssz