Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-08
Territorial Items.

The berry crops Of Western Wash
Iugton are immense.
\ new church will be built by the
Methodists at Huntsville.
The Lewis County Be- will here
after be- issued >cml-wcckly.
On circus day jewelry store at
Spokane Falls was robbed of about
$500 worth OF goods.
Mon:esano Las a sawinill and furri-
ture factory, ana is soon to have q
sash and door factory.
The Dayton state Jorrnm will
c'ange hands about August Isl:
Name of pa. chaser no; known.
The crops on the island, in Skagit
ard San Juan countries ale most tx-
cellent this year, especially in fruits
and vegetables.
1. is said that Mr.. McMullen had
81 900 coin cached on his rahch,
III Arsotlu co .nly, which tue Iecent
Hood washed away.
Nearly all the logging camps on
the Willapah have closed down for
the season, on account of no demand
existing for logs at the mills.
The Hoquiam Mill Company has
donated the town a very desirable
block for school purposes, and fin 9
building is now being erected there
on.
\ fisherman named George Brown
who has lived for many years past in
a cabin at Scow bay, was found dead
recently. Two little children were
found alone with their dead father.
The oat crop and logging indus
try OF Skaglt county amounts to
about half IA million of dollars per
year, but the closing of the logging
camps will cut these figures down
this year.
Some 300 sacks of oysters were
shipped from Bay Center Tuesday.
Two-thirds of this amount finds IL
market in Portland, the balance in
San Francisco. 81 per basket is
paid on the ground, and a very good
demand exists.
The following order was found on
the grave digger's slate last Tuesday
morning, says the Spokane Falls
Chronicle: WANTED, nineteen ready
made graves for Cinnamon, when
work is commenced by them on the
water works. Get them ready
Necktie Committee.
The hops on the Snoqualmie hop
ranch are in fine condition. This
ranch will produce a crop Of over
$50 tons. 1t contains $50 acres
planted in hops. There are at
present ninety men employed on
the ranch. Tie hops in Squak val
ley are just coming up.
Says the aStorian: The pack of
salmon on the Sacramento for "a is
reported to he 10000 cases; last
year it was 135 900. If the canneries
on the Columbia could shut down
it would be better, in every way, for
tue trade. All are running except
the one at the Cascades.
Crops in Columbia county are
yielding better than were expected.
Farms in the western portion of
the county will furnish about an
average yield, while those nearer
the mountains will produce from
% to 40 bushels per acre, and some
even as high as 80 bushels.
Since January l, 1884. 1,2l4, 975
bushels of wheat and pa G67 barrels
Of flour have crossed the Columbia
bar for England. The wheat is
worth 81 Ill, IA and the -four 81 :
OO9 ,436. Since the LIST of last month
SO, $50 cases of salmon have cleared
for England, valued at $451 ,45S.
The Seattle Hop Growers Asso-
citation expects to employ between
400 and 500 Indians at Snoqual-
mic Prairie during the hop pick
ing season. Fearing a scarcity
of pickers on this side thoy have
written over to Yakima for a lot of
Indians from the eastern side of the
mountains.
Harvesting has been in progress
for a week. Grain is very heavy as
a general thing, but the prospect for
low prices has led many farmers to
cut the bulk of crop for hay. Grain
hay has never been less than SIS per
ton heretofore. but Sc is all that is
asked now. Wheat has always been
worth from IS cents to 81 per bushel
The new crop will not bring over
80 cents.-JniOn.
Fire broke out at 10 clock this
morning, says the Sprague Herald,
of Aug. LIST, in the upper story of
Mr.. Hughes store at Harrington and
was consumed with the entire stock
The explosion of keg of powder
blew out one end Of the building,
and in less than twenty minutes
everything was in ashes. This
leaves the town without business
place of any kind.
Yesterday afternoon, says Satur-
days Dalles Mountaineer, two little
boys, aged 5 and years, named
Johnnie and Richard Geary, were
drowned in Mill creek, within few
feet of the icehouse. Tley were
first. discovered lying dead in he
water and their smaller brother
asleep on the bridge, by two girls
who were passing. The alarm was
given and Mr.. Jacob Drum, accom-
panied by a boy, went and took them
out of the water.
Says the Skagit, Mems: Haying