Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-05-29
Territorial Items.


The population n Lewis eoauty
south OF tbs Cowliis river 10 Sl5.
H. Y. Thompson. Of Puyailup. |.
purchasing hops ., ~ cents per
pound.
The present Indebtedness ol What.
CON county, after settling up with
Skag,t. 10 shsat ~ 900.
Machinery has been ordered from
the East for the jevslopmsat of the
Puyallup valley oil wells.
There is q steady stream of .n,ml.
grants OF the most dssirabls class
pouring Into the Snohomish valley.
Nine carloads of horses we're late.
ly shipped from umssiila, their oh.
iec,ise point being either Kansas
CITY or ~. Louis
The assessment, of Clarke esunty
for 1855 amounts 10 about "a. 600.
ono, an Increase ol about ~ per
cent. over last yesr.
The total valaatien ~ property IN
Chsbsl,s county amounts 10 ti5O,0O0
more than last year, and The total
population is !. .tD2,
Daring the recent forest ars. st
Nooksaok. q house which wss over q
mile distant was lsnltsd by the ashes
carried through the sis,
Seven "prsiris sshecners'' from
Central kansas en route 10 Wssh.
ington Territory. passsd through
isoagmcns. Colorado. ons day Last
week.
John NJ. Poyns is In Jail ai Taso.
ma To answer q charge of incest,
The complaining witness is the pris-
onsr's daughter. Who is osiy four.
teen years old.
Skagit county has an sven 600
NAMES upon hes assessment roll, and
the total valuation oi property 10
$3.50. T:i0. The ssssus returns show
2,sid population.
Wages is the logging eamps OF
the snohomlsh aud tributaries are
lower THE year than ever before,
ranging from go 10 es0 pss moalh
against tao 10 sias lee, ssases.
The cowboys st wsllala made
the town lively Saturday nisht with
their pistols and lungs. There hsing
no police there, they had their Own
way. earsing The people sad dsriag
any one 10 eat. shoot or Asht.
A COMMITTEES Of Esssra capitalists
10 expected at spoksss Falls shortly
10 buy The wstsr-powes. II is ua.
isrsiood that they made Q VERY Low
bid. which wss accepted. Will rum.
water she's like god sssss. u OPP
porsaniiy oifsrsf
There are aiissn logging esmps In
operation upoa the Sksai, river, near
the Sound. which. combsnsd, put
200 600 Zee, of logs Ia the water
daily. The largss. camp will put
ia,o the water 30 900 fsst per dsy
after u gets fairly sssst cd.
A number Of the saloons I'm Pa.
eliie county are suaning wilhout n.
csnse. They sell anything bus
whisky. but u . msn wants drist
OF whisky he hslpe himsslf from q
bottle which is always sonvsais ntly
located. aud pays tef glass of ws.
ter.
The Valley saesr Cempany hes
been incorporated st Ssatils by A..
Mssksr. I. N. Alvord. Peter Scar. q.
NJ. Davis aud NJ. J. Msskss, o. ieeof
porstors, w,th s250 900 capital
stock. The intention 10 20 sulsivsts
sugar bssss aud maize beet sugar In
the valley of sts White river.
Trouble with The Kias ssassy tas
roll of 1854 still costumes. Erross
are found almost daily. An immsass
unknown owner" list 10 bsias cut
down from day 10 day by the dis.
co,ery that the property therein dss-
eribsd was doubiy sssssssd. The
biundsrs made have cost the county
dsarly--thousands OF dollars---snd
have besa . vesstion 10 property
owners and officials.
J. N. Rambo. Of Company @, Bee.
ond lnfanty. . tsamstsr named ~.
Clair. and . PACKER named Boyle.
we're dtownsd while sttsmptinG 70
GROSS the COLUMBIA river q Fort
SPOKANE. Twelve men cad sishS
pack mules were On the ferry. when
about midstrsan the cable broke
aud The Terry wss carried dews sad
broke % lNo on The ranida. All =.