Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-01
Territorial Gleanings.

One thousand pounds of Medical
lake powder, is soon to be shipped
to Gu 'c,go.
B. F. Preston, long a resident of
Vancouver, died on the 25th inst,
aged 65 years.
Twenty-Five car loads, or about
$50 tons of wheat leave Walla Walla
for market daily.
The public schools of Seattle will
be re-opened on tbs 4th of Septem-
Der, with total of II teachers.
There is a total of SO acres of hops
in Yakima county. The yield this
year will be about 116, 800 pounds.
The Yakima County Commissioners
have fixed upon the sum of 81 900 as
the price of a license to retail liquor
in Yakima City.
The Medical Luxe Press, the initial
number of which was issued August
%, makes the sixth paper published
in Spokane county.
A tie-drive is soon to be started
down the upper Yakima. Some co.
600 ties, it is said, yet remain
banked upon the headwaters of the
river.
There were so odd buildings de-
stroyed in Colfax during the recent
fire, and 81 are being replaced as
fast as human hand can put them
to ether.
James Knox of Puyallup has pur-
chased 80 head of cows for ship
ment to japan. The stock will be
sent to Port Townsend and put
aboard O lumber vessel for Yoka-
hama.
The contract for opening the
county road from Quilcedar river to
Snohomish city has been let by
Sheriff Whitfield to Robert Parker
at the rate of $12 mile. The road
is to be cut to the width of twelve
feet.
The Puyallup river is lower at
present than it has been known to
be before at this time of the year.
caused probably by removing the
jam on White river just below the
head of Stuck, taking a great deal
of water down in that channel which
formerly came that way.
Report regarding the excellent /
condition OF the hop fields in the
White river valley are confirmed. =
The crop has never before given 5
promise of more abundant yields
and rich returns to the growers than
it does this season. Even hops
planted on new ground are yielding
prodigiously.
The recent school census shows
that there are 2,645 children of
school age in Whitman county.
Sixty-three districts have had schools
during the year, IL more than last
year. Six school houses have been
built during the year. The sum Of
s2,172 90 has just been apportioned
out VI Iuo ScHcIoI SCuOOl luuu W tuo
several districts.
On the 22d ult, the mail carrier
from Summer to Puyallup had the
misfortune to lose the mail and
wagon box off in the Puyallup river
from the new pontoon bridge. The
wagon, which hung over the edge
of the bridge, the team and also the
wagon box, which had lodged in o
drift, were saved. but the mail sack
sunk and very likely went under the
drift, and up to the present has
been found.
The following post routes have
been established in Eastern Wash
ineton Territory: From Spokane
Falls, via Peone Prairie, Little Spo-
kane and Loon Lake, to Colville;
from Sprague, via Crab Greek, Cot
tonwood. Miles and Long Prairie, to !
Colville; from Crab Creek to Sedalia
from Ellensberg to Peshastin; from
Colfax to Pennington; from Pom.
eroy' to Peola; from Bicklston to +
Glade; from Battle Ground to Etna;
from Miles to Spokane Falls; from
Columbus to Willard, Oregon; fron
Cottonwood to Brents; from CheneyN
to Great Bend, y