Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-24
Territorial GleaHi,ics.

Hmli.p"N - prevailing at Nilsson
la, ini HE citizens are di,iuitctiu"
the town by Turning the cid shah
ties.
\ chunk of magnetic iron-ort
from the Sncqnallme pass region
was brought mo Seattle Il few day.
az" containing 81 per cent. pure
non.
Na.la Vain, having outslown
her cItN char cr, wants the iImItl,ion
of her Indrhtht,S extended TO S1D
600, otherwise the rate OF taxation
will have to be Increased.
\ car bnilling is under construc-
ton at Wallula Jan, ton. In the
building Will he lad II double track
where extra Coaches can he run sor
Repairs, cleaning and shelter.
The body Of il man named Chas
Cnr'I~ was found fl ailnc in he BAY
at Port Townsend on Frillv last.
Deceased was about - wears Of are
and lately from Machla,, Maine.
The travel on the Columbia aud Pu-
get Sound railroad is increasing SO
much that tue company is obliged
to send two cars instead of one, as
before. Trade las more than
doubled within the last few months.
Track on the main line of the
Northern Pacific is now laid to
Merrill, Montana, % miles west
ward from the late terminus at Park
City, and 9G3 miles from st. Paul.
Work on this end of the line is AL.
vanclng steadily.
Mr.. Nanbibber has SOLD his home
stead claim i'll Puyalup valley to Il
Portland firm for SD 900, with the
understanding that he is receive a
royalty of - cents Oh every barrel
of oil taken from the we'll, that are
soon to be sunk.
The three leading towns in Spo.
kane county are Sprayue, Cheney
and Spokane Falls, but which is the
biggest Is hard to tell. At the
election last week Spokane Falls
and Spra9ue has cast 3s3 votes.
while 23l We're cast i'll Cheney.
Spokane county on the 9TH inst.
cast the largest vote of any county
of Washington Territory. The to-
tai was 1882. Walla Walla conn.
ty came next with Isis, and King
made Il good third with l SOB. The
star of empire is evidently taking
its way eastward at this writing.
There is an increase in passenger
uailic to and from the Snohomish
river country ana points tributary
to 1t. All tue steamers arriving and
at Seattle do LARGE
business for that country. At the
present time the logging industry
there is about the only one to EN-
p!oy men.
The contract for grading the rail.
road III Hing county from the June
ton Oh Black river to the White
llvei has been sub-let to J. J. Cum
mlnSs. The contract calls for four
and IL half miles of grade and the
papers are already made out. 1t
Is the intention to put on 50 white
men and 100 Chinese.
{. o. Davis, of Dayton, has the
contract of getting out over a mil
hon feet Of logs. The logging camp
viii be on the divide between the
main fork of the Touchet on the
road to the white fir pole patch.
This will give employment to quite
Il number of men for the better
portion of the winter.
The Port Madison mills are doing
Il good business. The production
of superior lumber from there is
said to be larger than ever before
and the shipments are much more
The number of men en-
ployed Is nearly twice what it was a
year ago. The business interests in
other channels also are growing and
and there is prosperity on every
hand.
The product of Hatch Il Cos saw
mill Mt Stellacoom in October was
about 5000 feet. The propri.
etors find great difficulty in obtain
ing sufficient logs to run the mill
night and day, and it is thousL,
night work will have TO be suspend.
ed until large supply is received.
Their orders, principally from the
railroad company, are now largely
ahead of their ability to supply
timber.
ttsalady has now ten electric
lights which illuminate the town.
hese h2hts are arranged Oh the
wharf and distributed through the
mil so that the loading of vessels
with lumber can go on at night as
we'll as day, virtually turning night
INTO day for all practical purposes,
n the immediate vicinity OF the
lights. The illumination can be
seen quite distinctly from the La
'onner nights, a distance of about
nine miles.
a Macintosh, of Seattle, is the
1wner of 900 acres of timber land /
n Mrson county, near O4kl nd. on
>kookum bay, the timber on which /
lie intends to make available at an !
'arly day by the construction of n
allroad and its equipment with en- /
5Ine and cars. His track will have
length Of four miles, and will ex-
END almost due south, towards the
.hehallS county. 1t is prob,bIe
hat other gentlemen will be con.
lected with him in the enterprise
Last week a new barkeurine VA.
from the shipyald at Sen.
'eck. She is Il single docked vessel.
ID feet depth of hold, 80 feet
'readth OF beam and lG5 feet lenpth
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