Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-26
Territorial Items.

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The average daily Attendance at
the schools in Walla Walla is 433.
The business portion OF the town
of Weston, IN Eastern Oregon, was
burned on the night of the 18th,
occa>loning a loss of $l50,000.
The dog salmon are running in
astonishing numbers. Every creek
putting into the Sound is AS full of
the worthless fish as the water will
hold.
Samuel Dean. an employee ON the
Northern Pacific extension. ten
miles from Seattle, fell from ii tres
tie fifteen feet high and broke his
left leg.
". d. B. Newman of Chehalis
county, since March 20 has made
from nine COWS l.SO0 pounds of but
fer, being 200 pounds to the COW for
the season thus far.
The residence of Henry Wolf of
Sharon, Chehalis county. with all it's
contents. was destroyed by fire a
few nights since, the occupants
barely escaping with their lives.
Loss, 81 600.
The Pacific Journal says: Jones
Point has been selected as the ocean
terminus of the Puget Sound and
Gray's Harbor railroad, near which
point the channel is tweaty-six feet
deep at low tide.
a large amount of excellent sor-
ghum has been manufactured in
jackson and Josephine counties,
Oregon, this year, and the industry
seems to be growing rapidly.
The steamer Evangel. the gospel
ship, having completed her repairs,
is again on the route from Seattle
and Port Townsend to the San
Juan islands Semiahmo.
The funny man of the Benton
Leader has had Il Spasm. He says:
THE bass and soprano singers in
one of the church choirS in this
city expect soon to duet"
WaSco county. Oregon. is con-
structing canal to supply water
to 10000 acres, which is now disti-
tute of water tor farming purposes,
although the soil is of excellent
quality.
There are now thirteen engines
at work on the kalama and Puyal-
lup divisions of the Northern Paci.
fic Railroad. and work is increasing
so rapidly that a greater number
will soon be required.
The longshorcmen are on a stike
at Seattle. They demand fifty
cents an hour, an increase of TWEEN
ty cents, and refuse to comprise at
forty cents. Ships are compelled
to unload with their own men.
John Watson, prominent miller
from Iowa, who has been in this
country looking for a suitable loca-
ton for a Touring mill, has hit upon
Tacoma. and will soon erect mill
there which will turn out 100 bar.
rels daily, by the new roller pro-
cess.
Assessor William Hardness, of
Walla Walla county, has commenced
an action in the district court
against the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company, Gen. Sprague, Z.
II. Morrison, and Surveyor-Gene-
raj McMicken, for an accounting
in equity for $4,000.
Mr.. d. Butler, conductor on the
N. p. r. II. construction train be-
tween Portland and Kalama, was
thrown under the train and killed,
last Saturday, by the train being
ditched. He was an old railroad
man, having recently left the en-
ploy of the Denver and Rio Grande
road to come out to this coast.
An oyster bed in the Willapa
channel, opposite North river, in the
Pacific county, that has not been
worked for eighteen or twenty years,
has been attracting the attention of
oystermen for the past week or more.
The little Clark boys took forty eight
baskets in one tide and sold til EN-
for $40. There are about twenty
men working there at present.
During last spring ard summer
the Northern Pacific railroad lands
north of Snake river and particu-
larly along the line of the Palouse
branch railroad were withdrawn
from pending examination of the
same. Examinations are now COM
pleted, appraisements made, and
the lands are again restored to
market.
James Delauci, who owns a farm
some two and half miles south of
Tacoma, has just raised the third
crop of Strawberries this year. The
specimens brought to the Ledger
office were Of good quaily and pos
sessed the correct flavor. Mr.. De-
lauci says that he will have about
fifty pounds ready for market in
about two weeks. The vrriety of
Strawberries raised are called the
= Monarchs of the West"
The government snag boatrto he
used on Puget Sound and the in
flowing rivers will be ready for
service soon. All of the woodwork
is finished and the greater part of
the machinery has been fitted in
position. The boat will not be (
likely to begin her work of dredg. |
ing until Congress assemblies, as
no appropriation has yet been
made for the support of her officers
and crew.
Morn,on cott1aront; =, O:l