Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-04-23
Territorial Items.


Some twenty ministers attended
the Puget Sound PIssbytery, which
met in Snohomish City on the 18th
inst.
Captain Wells, of Port Townsond
has been appointed keeper Of ths
light house at Yaquina Bay. Ore
gon.
/ It is rumored that the steamer
Olympsan 10 10 b put 90 the rout.
between Portland ana fiwaco thi,
Summer.
The acreage sown to grain in tha
Yakima valley this season will ex
coed that of any previous year by
one.third.
The Yakima Farmer norninatei
Ezra Mseksr, OF Puyallup, for Dele.
gate to Congress. 1t eulogizss him
highly. and concludes by saying
"He is q farmer, and the farmers
should elect him."
The Chautauqua readers Of Puget
Sound are invited to meet at Seattle
to-day, to consult concerning the
best method Of managing the annual
meetings hereafter. Some differe ncs
of opinion has arisen.
Remember every new family 90.
cured in a community is worth $500
per annum, and sometimes q family
bring the influence and capital with
them through which flows bsnefi,
OF thousands of dollars.
Already wheat and oats are begin.
ming to peep from the ground on
the. farms of the river farmers, and
rhe crop promises to be an enor,nou,
one. Fruit, too. gives promise OF q
more than ordinary yield, and hence
the merry rancher Is happy.
The latest is to the effec. thai
work on the big Cascade tunnel il
progressing favorably, and current
expression indicates that before the
close Of the season Eastern and
Western Washington will DO con.
nected by means Of q swi,chback.
The steamer w. r. Munroe wa
last week sold by Capt. J. G.
Britain to Capt. Chss. Lowe OF The
Nellie, for q consideration OF $S, 900
1t is understood that Capt. Lows
purchased the Munroe in place oi
building a new boat, aud will place
her on the Snohomish route.
The Yakima Signal says: A care.
full statistician has figured that in
the past year North Yakima has im.
ported 100000 worth Of butter,
eggs. vegetables. -four, grain, hams.
bacon, lard and other products
which might as well have been pro.
duced at home. It takes remark.
ably good country to bear up under
such shiftlessness, for il can be
called by no other name.
1t now transpirss that . syndicate
was formed at Tacoma to pay for the
train slush that appears in the Ledger,
as q means of booming that city.
While all are ready to admit ths.
real estate booms in this country are
very ephemeral in their nature, no.
body outside the infected district
would dream Of basing one on such
. weak foundation. II the Ledger
could hear all the cusses Wander
billion Sychos" elicit from ito read
ers, it would bs deaf the remainder
Of the century.
Says the Ledger: The report Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury oi
national finances for the fiscal year
1885 shows receipts Of e10S. .SS7 20
from the sales Of public lands Of the
five land districts Of Oregon, and
$249. .43O.30 for the seven distriots
Of Washington Territory. in which
<he leading district 10 Olympia,
which 10 credited with sos, ,52A.0l
These facts seem to indicate that
Oregon, with larger area Of public
lands than Washington Ter ritory
is not the favorits hunting ground
for home seekers and immigrants,
despite the fact that the State sup
ports an immigration bureau, at q
cost of some $40. 900 per annuu.
while neither the Territory Of Wash.
ing.on nor any Of its municipalities
have very recently appropriated q
dollar for such purposes. The
preponderancs Of sales in the Olym-
pia Land Office, and the district,
shows that Western Washington
lands were in demand during
1885.
BUslSEss is bsttcring. In the Rrst
quarter of 1885 thers were 3.65S
business failures in the country, with
liabilities at $i6.OOO 600. In ths