Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-26
News BreyetieS.

The tax OF kinI county for 1882
g higher than that of any other coun.
ty in the Territory yet renortel.
The fo''owin, is the list of gradu-
ates of the Territorial University: L,
L. Anderson. G.. 4 Gilman, G. H.
Juison, H. o. Chapman, and Misses
Leila A. Shpry, l. 2ze 5. Anderson
aud AIIie j. P.ummer.
\ list giving the tonnage movement
on Puget >ouHd for April shows that
there were seven arrivals at Port
Townsend from foreign potts, and
zen Ships :aiiei for foreign potts
with lumber valued, at about S75. GOO.
A fir log was hauled at B;ackman
Bros. camp, near Snt homish City,
one day last week, whicn con- ain, d
over COO feet OF lumber. 1t was
butt Ioc. twtnty-four feet in length,
and scaled seventy inches at the
small enh. The stump of the tree
from which this bog was cut, was
about eight feet i'll diameter.
/ Catholics OF k!ttitas valley are
now building IA little chapel about
mile west OF Elensburg, and upon
.aId al )iuii'G the firm If Jacob
Il cker. 1t /, being bull, under the
supervisory care of Father Grassi.
Father Parodi, who is new located
there, will otficiate. This is the first
church erected in the valley of the
klttltas.
Lust Friday an emisrant train,
'''ni .ri.s- Ms "Ji,".'~ ,''rdi'' tv
we've men aud wum-u, p. ssyI I
through Waila Wall. Ell route 20
Trx,s, This party las been living
hear MOSCOW, /. L., Tor ten Yeas,
aid having ma,;e fortunes. ere go
ing back to their Old hom' to en-
joy them. They had fine ou'ft of
stock aud wagons.
The lumber and logging business
of Puget Sound is very active.
Logs have advanced from SIS SO to
81 Ter thousand. and are scarce at
these prices, some of the mills being
Obliged to shut down for want of
them. Hanson & Co.'S mill, ut Ia
coma, is better off in this respect
than any Other on the Sound, hav-
ing a supply for some months on
hand. Lumber is SO much in de-
maud for immediate use at Tacoma
that numerous orders will be sent
to Port B!akeiy 10 be filled. There
are about 81, 900 feet of logs in Skagit
river, but they cannot be brought
out until the river rises, q couple Of
months hence.
According to the !ntelligencer, the
Seattle liquor saloon keepers set up
ii claim for damages. They say that
in accordance with the law of the
Territory they took out aud paid for
license TO keep open for one year.
meaning seven days a week and 365
days year, and they so did BUSH
ness until the new Sunday law came
into effect. That law, as they un-
derstood it, is intended TO deprive
them of one seventh of the time they
have paid for. and they think that
one of three things should be done
either that the implied terms Of
their licence be complied with, that
the period of their licences be
continued so as to make good the
loss, or that restitution be made
them of the money overpaid. -
A sub-irrigation pipe ms chine is !
now being tested in Klickitat coun-
ty for garden and orchard purposes.
The manner of working 1t is very
simple. as the following will illus
trate: A trench two feet deep is dug,
the pipe moulding apparatus placed
in position. the resei voir attached to
the machine filled with mortar of
lime, sand or cement, and a lever,
upon the principle of a pump-bandie
put in motion, and the pipe is laid
ut the Jate of four inches to every
stroke. If subiriisation alone is.
desired, small holes pierced at inter-
5als through which the water rises,
keeping the ground moist and
springy. but if watering by means
of hose is intended, perpendicular
iron pipes with hydrunts are attached
10 the pipe at any distance thought
proper. The trench is then retiiied
and the work completed. A small
spring can be used as the reservoir
containing the supply Of water nee
essary TO fill the pipes, and very
small amount of it will thoroughly ir-
riuats. unita a loroo oordou