Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-06-04
Territorial Items.

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coma the second Tuesday in May.
John II McCliinans has been ap-
pointed Postmaster at Lake View,
succeeding +. Elder who has retired.
Woodlswn postofiice, Mrs. Wood
ard postmistress, has been sstab-
lished and is receiving mail at Lake
Whatcom.
I A two-year-old son OF Mr.. Mason
Fitzhugh, Of Orcas Island, recently
fell into the we'll and was found dead
by the mother soon afterward.
A sbingle mill on the Skagit. it is
said, ships an average Of $1,000 per
day of its product to Chicago. get
ting 81 so per thousand for them.
Til Sheets says that il the weather
becomes hot in Juno there will be
heavy floods on the Nooksack and
SkaSit. as there is deep snow in tho
mountains; woid of warning in
time.
The Rereilic thinks that the Allan
tic fishing feet which has been driven
out of the British waters may change
their field of operations to this coast.
There is every inducement to fish in
these waters.
Senator Capfeld is organizing the
Puget Sound Loan and Tr ust Com.
pany, 10 do real estate loaniuR
business on the Lower Sound. Cap
ital is just what this country needs
to develop it.
1t is said TINT the timber and wa.
ter prevent devastating electric
storms and cyclones from visiting
Puget Sound. The climate here
does not permit OF the extremes
found only in the inland country.
Emmanuel church at East Sound
is being plastered and painted. Be
sides the church at this point the
missionary board intends to build
church at F,iday harbor. where
large number of i ,Jiscopalians live.
A beautiful 10. overlooking the town
and bay has been presented to tho
church.
Mr.. Charles b. Wood, son Of Col.
Wood, formerly Indian agent at the
Neah bay agency, is now running
between Tacoma and Victoria on the
steamer North Pacific as United
States Customs Inspector, in place
of n. B. Colt, who has taken Deputy
Collector Whittleseys place al Por,
Townsend.
Tho Port Langdon lime works on
Orcas island are shut down. Mr..
Mcmillan, of the Tacoma limo com.
pany, is said to have bought quar-
ter interest in the Messrs. Scurr's
lime works at Roach Harbor. Messrs.
McCurdy and Lee, the three princi.
pal lime manufactures on San Juan
island, report rather better times.
The Seattle papers say that quite o
number Of persons have engaged
passage with Mr.. Geo. ii. Smith,
Secretary of the Seattle, Yakima
and Walla Walla trail company, for
Eliensburg. The saddle train starts
from there on June 9Th, and the fare
will be twelve dollars. There are
still six horses unengaged.
Willis Thorp, formerly of Yakima,
is making arrangements to establish
a slaughter house at Jeneau City,
Alaska. He will ship the cattle from
this Territory, and contsmplaiss the
supplying OF the principal Alaskan
towns. At present dressed beef is
shipped from Victoria, but i's quail.
ity deteriorates in transit. Mr..
Thorp thinks that he can create a
market for 80 head OF cattle a
month. e-
The m ,nufac,ure OF fish oil at Fri.
day harbor indicates bright pros.
poets. The extraction OF ammonia
is being succe.sful'y carried on, and
The fish ollie are of the finest grades.
The greatest difficulty encountered
is the supply Of fish. To overcoms
this the enterprisiug proprieiors have
purchased small steamer with
which they propose to visit the dit
ferent fishing stations and collect the
fish, thus saving the time of the fish
ermen. A grist mill is also running
at Ibis factory, and the islanders
can now ship their gtaiu by the com
pany's steam er and have il grount
at slight cost.
The bore on the tunnel is now il
from the cast 400 feet and on th,
west it is in 2J0 feet. There are
175 men at work on each end, lnak
ing total Of $50. The inside mer
work in three shifts OF twenty each
+; The rock in both ends has change,
+ 70 sort OF soap stone. which is yer,
!; hard to drill and blast, but soften
], and slacks on being exposed to tn,
}, mir. and it is therefore necessary tc
timber the tunnel a. the workma,
d proceed. The boilers are soalker>