Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-10-08
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

"A fairly average yield of grain is re
ported from all parts of the Chehali.
valley.
Mr.. Meeker thinks that agricultural
societies and fairs should have legisla
tive aid.
Mr.. John Abbott, near Sydney, Kit
sap county, will set out large hol
yard this fall.
Garfield county has commenced suit
against defaulting Treasurer Rauch's
bondsmen for $500.
A stage line is to be started from
Centralia, Lewis county, to Oakville
on the road to Gray's Harbor.
j. w. Presby, of Columbus, Klicki
tat county, will ship from his farm or
the Columbia this year from Is to 1OC
tons of fruit.
| The Chehalis flour mill has 14,OOC
bushels of wheat stored for conversion
into flour as soon as the roller plant is
placed in position.
Whatcom RepeiHe says that Tilt
Sheets and party will soon start on the
survey of the Garfield railroad from
Whatcom to Seattle.
1t cost the Snoqualmie Hop Grow.
ers's Association $4,000 to harvest
their crop this year, but the income
therefrom tilts 100000.
The grain crop of Colville valley is
about all gathered in, and will average
from 25 to 80 bushels in wheat-much
better than was expected.
The fruit product of Stevens coun.
ty, this year is greater than that OF
any other county in eastern Washing
ton, north of Suak river.
]. M. Weatherwax, Pacific county,
has expended $4,000 on Aberdeen
saw mill. Mill will soon start up, and
will cut $4,000 feet per day.
Hoxter & Newell started their third
shipment of horses east from Klickitat
last week. There were about 400 in
the band, valued at $4,000.
Napavine Farmer mentions big veg.
etables grown by John Somerville tur.
nip 354 inches, radish 90 inches, ON.
ion 214 inches in circumference.
The Clarke county fruits shipped to
Omaha by w. H. Brewster, were away
ahead of everything in the fruit line
seen in that section this summer.
The land Office at North Yakima
has recently received $31, ,496 in clean
gold coin for coal lands situated in
the two townships in Cle-el-um basin.
A cooper shop, established by Adams
brothers about five miles north Of
Whatcom is turning out large quanti
ties of barrels, cheaper than they can
be imported.
Capt. Powell, of the government
engineer corps of Portland, writes that
if practicable the snagboat will make
a navigable channel on the Nooksack
river this fall.
The enterprising Peter DeJorup is
laying off new townsite on the east
side of Utsalady bay, adjacent to the
mill site. The new site is beautiful
one; the lots are large and desirable
A forest lies buried beneath about
seventy feet of earth, at Skagit Head
The wood is in a good state of preser.
vation, while on the surface above i'm.
mense trees, hundreds OF years old, are
growing.
The nomination of Capt. Roeder by
the Democrats for Council against
Senator Garfield, completes both tick.
cts. Whatcom county is the recipient
of all the district nominations in the
various districts.
Seventeen barrels of cranberries
were shipped from the Pacific Gran.
berry Co.'s marsh last week to San
Francisco. The berries were of q
large and superior quality and similar
to the Wisconsin berry.
The number of acres assessable in
Lewis county are 1882; number ol
assessed acres, improved, 20,3O64; val.
uation of assessed land, $642,S to
tai valuation of all property, $1,155,'
999-an increase Of $6S, ,742 since 1885
Camano island is seventeen miles
long and from three to four miles wide
with large quantities of good timber
There are three logging camps running
VIM. Payne, sixteen men; Rockwell
q DeJorup, thirteen men, and George
Jacobs, twelve men.
The locomotive that ran through the
Ainsworth draw into Snake river sew
eral months ago has at last been raised
and is now in the Sprague shops
The engine is pretty badly used up
In raising this engine several months
time was required, and one mans life
was lost.
1t is said that the Bennett & Mack
ey telegraph line will be put up along
the line of the N. P. r. r. fifty fee,
feom the same or just outside the rail
road right-of-way, and there will be nc
local offices along the line from Port
land to Tacoma, unless it be Chehalis
Thirty-five out of the forty families
belonging to the Missouri colony are