Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-07-27
Territorial Items.

Robt. A. Habersham, C. E., has
sent the crew of the snas boat over
to clear out the Chehalis, with IN
structioDs to make u complete job Of
it.
Mcpherson, one of the Cummings
murder, rs, has given notice Of an
appeal to to the Supreme Court IN
his case. This will delay the hang
ing for one year.
The Skasit river is very low, ow-
ing to the light fall Of snow in the
noun aims last winter, and the con-
,inued dry weather. The stream is
lower Than at any similar period Tor
several years past.
Superintendent Pinkerton, of the
Carbonate coal G,ines, ". T., re-
ports Il good eady output. The
hew machinery is working we'll, and
shipments are regular. Some 800
men in all are employed.
Grading was commenced last week
with a force of about ii ty men ut
Renton, GU the Cedar, or Greer.
RIVER read. Two hundred China.
lieu are daily expected from Port.
land to work ON the grade.
A two-year old son of J. H. Hol-
brook of Skookum Chuck, w. T.
while playing with swing last Mon
day, got the rope twisted about his
deck and hanged himself. He had
been dead seven hours when found.
The Spiague Herald has inform
alton from the Big Bend coun-
try that the prairie is on fire aud the
grass burned for miles around.
Feed and hay grounds are entirely
destroyed for this season, which is a
serious loss to the settlers. It is
thought by some that the Indians
set the fire for revenge.
As the railroad on entering Pal
ouse City crosses the North Palouse
twice, there is some talk among the
engineers of cne nging the channel,
thereby necessita.ins new one.
nearly half mile in length. BY
thus Strengthening out the creek n
number Of acres of land will be re-
claimed aud the building of the road
made easier.
During the month of June there
were entered at the Yakima land
Office, under the timber culture law,
8, 400 acres; under the presumption
law, 1910 acres; under the desert
law, IA, 800 acres, and under the
homestead law, 2,037 acres. The
greater part of the land included III
the desert entries lies In the vicinity
of the Lower Columbia.
A gentleman who has recently re.
turned from the Snoqualmie hop
yards, the large yards, embracing at
present 280 acres of new hops, aud
belonging to the Seattle company,
reports that the hop yield will be q
total failure. A large proportion of
the vines are. owing to the extreme
dry weather and late planting, not
over three feet high, and the out
lovk is not f1stterIng.
Vancouver is to have curled hair
indu try. The Independent says:
Mr.. A. F. Toussaint has erected
building short distance beyond the
sawmili on B street, and will com.
mence the manufacture of this ar.
ticle for upholstering purposes about
the first of August. He has now
alb ,ut 300 pounds Of the raw mater
i.l on hand, most of which he pro.
cures frOm tanneries abroad.
A hop king of the Puyallup val
valley reports that the hop season
mis- year is good deal earlier than
last. All the hops are now in full
bloom, and picking, be says, will
begin the last week in August. The
picking season will last until Oc-
tober LIST, and may CONTINUE longer.
From 5000 to 1000 Indians, repre-
sentatives of the various tribes, will
be employed III this years picking of
the the Puyallup product.
The wooden mills at Dayton, w.
T., are low running Oh full time aud
turning out some OF the best work
IN their line TO be found ON the coast.
They now give employ ment to
twenty-five hands and are turning
out from twenty five to thirty pairs
Of blankets and sixty yards Of a ,nnel
per day. Mr.. Bonnet WAS the de-
signer and superintendent of the
Oregon City mills for fourteen years
and is thoI Tough master of his bus
mess.
The Waterman editor Gays twenty
eight bu shells to the acre will be the
average yield Of wheat 10 Wslls