Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-03-06

0r the mills, rs Vi tHt CUuully "ulCu
produces trees 80 to 800 feet high
and from I to S feet in diameter,
with a gradual taper to the first
limb-which may be $50 feet above
the ground. The cedar likewise
grows to great size.
Have YOU good schools:
Very good for new country. We
have Territorial University at Seat
tie and the Whitman institute at
Walla Wa,la, both institutions OF
high grade. These cities and Olym-
pia have graded schools, and the
common school system will compare
fayurably with that Of any new coun-
try and some Of the older States.
There are likewise excellent schools,
conducted by :ho SISTERS of Charity,
at Seattle, Olympia, Vancouver and
Walla Walla. The Annie Wright
Seminary and Chcn', hl'h school
are worthy of men,l>n III this con-
ncctlon.
What i, the pay of teachers:
The principal Of our graded school
receives 500 per month, and his as
si,t1ntS from $50 TO SO. In the
country" districts tie pay ranges
irual $3u t. 500 ;ud h-atd. The
wares of vnmcu teachers is about
one third less tuau that Of mel, not
withsianding women are voters and
possess equal property rights?
What is the length of terms?
From three to nine months.
Will it make any difference for Il man TO
hail from the South and he Il Democrat,
not because he has lent IL helping hand TO
the South, but because he loves the Jciler
Sonian principle of Equal rights To all
and special privileges To- nonc:'
Not in the least. In fact Il re-
markable love of Jeifersonian princi-
pies has been developed since the
Presidential election, and it don't
hurt one ut all to be able to " date
back" few years for q beginning to
his political creed.
What inducements can Won offer Il man
of sober and industrious habits and not Il
st. John man?
Fair pay for honest work
How is your county politically:
Mixed; with a Slight Republican
tendency. BY adopting Napoleonic
tactics, we have generally been able
to Divide and Conquer, securing
part OF the offices, which is a great
desideratum with many people.
Docs the practice of law pay anything
to the old lawyers: and. il So, how much
Il year:
After careful inquiry among the
cold lawyers" we can assure our
correspondent that there is very lit
tie money in the practice of law, our
citizens generally being law-abiding
Occasionally Keinapple develops a
spirit Of enterprise which calls forth
peculiar kind Of "legal' talent
which enables the client to skip with
a few thousand dollars after ,chacl'
ing up with his counsel, but these in
stances are raro. The state of so
ciety may be inferred from the fact
that we have no statutory provision
for Furnishing embezzlement, when
the amount involved is large.
What are the prospects of Il young law
yer in your Territory?
AS remarked by grand old julist
"There is always room, young man,
at the top
How long before he can make any
money?
That is problem which has puz-
zled our Oldest practitioners TO solve
many long and weary years.
Do you practice under the code system
Yes; our code is based upon the Sc
of California, Ohio and New York.
What are the principal elementary
works: and how does Drake on Attach
ment' and Parsons on Contracts" stand
with the legal fraternity?
Washington Territory being an il
teeral part Of the United States, aud
peopled 10y men of ordinary intelli-
gence, it is safe to say that the
practice does not differ materially
from that of other divisions OF the
Union. Our correspondent must
no. imagine that we are "out of the
world" or that we are under domin-
ion of the king of the Cannibal Isles.
At the conclusion of this letter of
inquiry, its writer affirms that he is
DESTROYS OF coming to the Territory
to make an honest living in the prac-
tice of the law" This matter being
submitted to the candid considera-
ton of a majority of our lar associa-
ton, they UNANIMOUSLY declare, II
cannot be did; but it may be that
they ere adverse to the importation
of Texas talent to compete with their
own legal skill. We simply state
the facts and leave our correspond
ent to draw his own conclusions.
A VISIT the other day, in company
with Judge Henry, to Arcadia, dis
closed those old-time patriots, Gen.
Wilson and Robert Watkinson,
ESQ. happy in the belief that the