Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-10-29
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

800 pounds.
A Deep Greek, Lewis county, farmer
has sent East for walnut and butternut
trees, with the intention of cultivating
these varieties of hardwood timber.
The Ellensburg New Era gives the
story that the mother of Chief Joseph
WAS white woman, having been taken
and adopted by the Indians when a
little girl.
The Pilot Commissioners recently
held a meeting at 1waco, says the
Oysterville Journal, and granted
branches to several applicants. The
Washington Territory pilot laws are
preferred to the Oregon laws, and
nearly all the bar pilots have branches
in this Territory.
The fisherman employed at G. T.
Myers cannery, near Seattle, caught
day or two since a shad weighing
four and half pounds. 1t was fine,
fat fish, and the largest shad which
has been caught in the Sound. The
largest heard of, taken at the mouth
of the Columbia, weighed four pounds.
The Columbia & Puget Sound Rail-
load Company's mill was awarded the
contract lately for getting out four
thousand cedar telegraph poles for the
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.
These polls are to be shipped to San
Francisco on sailing vessels. This
new company has already expended
$1,000 at Seattle.
Tacoma Telegraph: For several
days past the Indians of the Puyallup
reservation have been bringing large
amount of country produce to the
city. Yesterday they brought in sew
eral tons of potatoes. They always
find ready sale for their products.
Merchants have been known to pur-
purchase their stock even when they
have been well supplied.
What is known as the Colville reser-
vation is not a reservation in fact, but
simply withdrawal from the public
domain by President Grants executive
order in 1874. 1t has never been con.
firmed by Congress and in all likelihood
never will be. 1t is about 100 miles
long by 95 wide and contains some OF
the best lands in the Territory, also
some very fine lodges and placer
ground.
A down-Sound exchange is author
ity for the following: GA few days
ago, down off Hat Island, the seines
run by Mr.. Myers drew in $4,000
salmon. This is the largest one days
catch ever made by two seines upon
Puget Sound. Several hauls were
made by each seine. Seine No.
caught $3.50 salmon at one haul, and
it is estimated that seine No. l had TO-
GOO salmon in it at one time, but the
wiggling mass of fish burst a great
hole in the net when it was pursed up
and all escaped but $500. Myers is
the more pleased at his success from
the fact that all the fishermen be-
lieved the season to be over and he
had been left with lots of cans and no
fish,"
Oysterville Journal: While Moses
Freeland was prospecting about on the
weather beach, few miles north of
the road leading to town, Thursday,
he came across what appears to be. the
remains of an old Chinese junk. In
size it is about as large as an ordinary
scow, with depth unable to deter
mine, as only the upper portion is left
intact. The woodwork is made of
solid oak and thoroughly braced with
rudely constructed iron trimmings. 1t
has the appearance of being 100 years
old, at the very least, and is decided
curiosity when compared with our
modern ship architecture. The vessel
must have come ashore many years
ago and as it is resting upon the sands
a long way from water.
A force of men are now at work, un.
der direction of Captain Powell, devel.
oping the quarries of sandstone and
basalt discovered some time since nea,
the beach between Fort Stevens and
the seaside, with q view of ascertain.
ing the feasibility of obtaining rocl
there for the jetties at the mouth ol
the Columbia. The sandstone quarry
has been opened to face of ten feet
and test pits have been sunk in var
ious places on the ledge. A tunne
will be run into the face of the ledge
some ten feet and the quality of thu
stone thoroughly tested. Some block,
have been placed in the jetty and sam
pies are kept immersed in salt watel
where its action there can be observed
The basalt quarry is also being openet
up and will be tested to see which il
the better for use in the jetties, it o.
the sandstone.
On Monday force of twenty mel
began at the outskirts of this city, say
the Tacoma News, digging holes alon,
the Northern Pacific Railroad toward
Portland, for the poles of the Posta
Telegraph Company. After they ha,