Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-06-19
Territorial Items.

Governor Squire mas agreed to
make an address at the WaIla Waliu
county fair.
Snohomish county property il
assessed this year at $G79, TAG,
against $GO4 1862 in 1884.
The East Portland paper is stir
ring up the project for . railroad
flom that place to Vancouver.
Walla Walla county has llO, ,OOC
acres in wheat and the average yield
is expected to DO over thirty bushsl.
per acre.
Kitssp county statistics show q
population of 2. .648, A. 'sssd valustior
Of $l.098, ,720, and 993 acres OF i'm.
proved land.
The Tacoma Ners finds that $50
men are employed in the Puget
Sound logging camps and the dali }
output is l ,lG7 900 feet.
General II. II. Milroy delivered
the memorial address at Ellensbure
May 3Otb. There were sixty old sol
dlers in line and very respectable
procession.
Tho Northern Pacific tunnel
through the Stampede pass has ~
elevation of z, 800 feet above the see
and is ! ,O5O feet below the summit
of the pass.
The Assessor Of Whitman county
finds 58,G33 acres in cultivation on,
Of "a total of 1871, $50 acres. The
assessed valuation is over 81. 900,
600, and the population .. $50.
A splendid tract OF good bottom
land was recently discovered abont
II or 4miles from North Bay. on
Osstt lake. There is enough land
for at least one hundred settlers.
Vice. President Oakss, OF tho
Northern Pacific Railroad Co. says
that there is marked improve
ment in the earnings OF the road
aud that they will have q surplus Of
$500, 900.
The Spokane Falls Reriew claims
that the wheat acreage Of Spokane
county is 12O, 600 acres, and that Of
Lincoln county over 100 900 acres
an increase of 60, 900 acres ON pro-
vious estimates.
The Columbia and Puget Sound
Railroad Company is now running
five trains per day over its road;
three from Newcastle. one from
Black Diamond, and one from the
Cedar mountain mine.
The petition OF the Snohomish
people for daily mail from Seattle
has received the endorsement Of
Delegate Voorhees,, and the matter
is now being Investigated by the
Postoflice Department.
Hugh c. Wallace, recently ap.
pointed Receiver OF Public Moneys
in the Salt Lake land Office, 10 o
brother of T. B. Wallace OF Tacoma,
and was delegate TO the Democra tic
National Convention from Idaho.
The Pacific Bridge Company
opened the Satsop bridge to the pub.
lie on Monday. Tho bridge is ono
span, some 230 feet in length. reach
ing from bank to bank. and 10 said TO
be the longest single span in the
Territory.
A council Of war was held by the
Indians in Kittitas county to deter
mine on course to pursue regarding
tho action of Indian Agent Milroy
in endeavoring to compel the OF.
spring Of the aborigines to attend
the Government school.
A new town site on the Duwamish
river, about two miles south Of Seat.
tie. has been laid out. II is called
Sumsrville, and contains about $40
acres, divided into sixty-two lots Of
i've acres each, ten acres being ded.
icatsd to street purposes. Lots arc
selling from 5000 to $3.50 each.
There are in Washington Territory
742 Knights of Pythias. apportionsd
10 membership among fifteen lodges.
Three Of these lodges-Dslphis.
Hammond and Queen City, are in
King county, and here is also to be
found the largest membership. the
three lodges having 40 aggregate Of
200 members
MIR. Phillip Ritz. the wsll.known
says he has been through
! great part of i've counties in East
srn Washington. and he is OF tho
opinion that the wheat yield will be
about one-third greater 10 amount
his year than ever before. In soms
places the fields look spotted, but
IS q y hole they look finely.
Hight's cove, near Balch's cove.
in the Henderson bay country. has
Iwenty.one tributary children. &C.
to the county enumeration.
and a public school will soon be
there. Efforts are being
made for the establishment Of a
Postoffice at the point, to be served
rom Olympia, with which Hights
cove has steamboat communication.
The welcome tidings are noted by
The Cheney Sentinel, that the Chinese
section hands have been discharged
IN one of the divisions OF the North
srn Pacific railroad, and white men
have been employed to take their
place. This is very commendabls
action on the part Of the railroad.
md it ia sincerly hOped that it NAV