Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-26
WHOLE NUMBER 1919.

224 900 acres OF land. the land being
comparatively worthless, and be ex.
presses il as his opinion the reserv-
alton is unnecessary. Tue Colonel
will make an examination Of oil the
reservations before he returns to
Washington.
Saturday morning. the new tug
boat Mogui, built by the Tacoma
Steam Navigation Go. at Tacoma,
was launched. She 10 described by
the Ledger as follows: Length Of
keel, 81 feet; breadth OF beam, 10
feet 6 inches; depth Of hold, 10 feet
q inches Tho boiler to put in the
tug is a huge one, it's dimensions be-
ing 8 feet in diameter and l2 feet
long. 1t was made by the Fulton
Iron works Of San Francisco. The
boiler is multitubular, the shell OF
/ inch steel plates, and will have o
working pressure OF 100 pounds to
the square inch. The engines are
OF the most improved type Of marine
engines and are compound surface
condensing. OF coarse, it will take
some time before tho boat is fully
ready for service, but when all COM
pleted and thoroughly equipped,
with engines and running gear in
order, it will be just about the staun-
chest craft Of its size that ever plow.
cd the sea.
The Whatcom " conspiracy cases,
wherein friend Nicklin Of the Reveille
and several others " vicious, drunken,
hoodlum, vagabond foreign loafers, Z"
etc. Of the county seat were defend.
ants. resulted just as we oil expected
they would-in turning this "lawless,
irresponsible, nonresident elem ment"
loose and unrestrained on an unpro-
tected community, with the lives and
property Of good citizens and tax. pay
ers subject TO violence and depreda-
ton ut their hands. And as this cor.
ner of the Northwest Territory don't
want TO be behind tho times, there.
fore We, now, as the self. declared
Mogul Of Whatcom county, do here
by call upon His Excsllsncy to send
us troops for protection. and recog.
nizing the fact tho governor has nc
empty hotels and variety theatres to
lease to the Government. as IN in.
ducement to heed our appeal ws will
endeavor to supply an Offset by find
ing parties who will furnish the bar.
racks n Whatcom-and -" divy
up the procoeds.-Mad.
At Tacoma, about two weeks ago,
ayoung woman swore out com plain,
against the keepers Of Q house Of i'll
fame charging them with the nature
OF the house, and with OBTAINING
therein n Is year old girl whose
ruination they designed. The keep.
ers oftho house and the inmates were
arrested and fined. including the
complaining witness. though il
would seem that no long % such
things are permitted at all, under
the circumstance. sho should have
been let of. II was through hol
volunteer action that the character
OF tho house was known TO tho Off.
GERS and tho girl was saved. The
nature of her punishment is not cal.
culated TO reform her, but rather 70
dissuado her from q similar course
in future instances OF the kind. The
case Of the young girl Is a sad one.
Her parents live in tho Puyallup val.
Icy. but find it impossible 10 kssr
her at homo except by close confns'
ment. At the slightest opportunit,
she will run away from home. aftel
which she will tear her clothes into
rags and so roaming over the coun
t,y sleeping IN out Of the way places
living on what she can fud and tell
ing plausible stories at houses where
she calls-a veritable tramp. WhsI
placed in the insane asylum she con
ducts herself nationally until dis
charged. Perhaps the student o.
Psychology and human life or na,ur.
might find suggestion horo regard
ing the tramp problem. for IL there
ever was such a being this girl is Z
natural born tramp.
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