Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-11-19
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Orders have been given to put the
track over the switchback by January
lst, if men and money can do it.
The tax levy of Chehalis county is
239 mills, the highest in Washington
Territory, while that Of Walla Walla
county, 124 mills, is the lowest.
An Indian woman took the premium
on butter at the Spokane fair. She is
the wife of Saltese, chief of the Cnul
d'Alene Indians, and is very proud Of
her diploma.
The clerks and judges in one of the
Walla Walla precincts represented five
nationalities, viz: An American, q
Scotchman, an Irishman, an English.
man and a Swede.
Kalama received the highest mum.
Der of votes for county seat of Cowlitz
county, with Kelso a good second. In
April next the voters will decide as be.
tween Kalama and Kelso for the per.
manent location of the county seat.
The Waitsburg Times makes the
following frank confession: "Now
that the election is over, we hope the
papers of the Territory will contain
something else but political gush. We
want some of them to have some
thing worth stealing"
1t is expected that the grading will
be finished over the switchback by the
1st of December. There are fourteen
bridges on the switchback which is
seven miles; on straight line it is
only )! miles. The road on the sum-
nit zigzags around the spurs of the
mountains.
One OF the large engines ordered for
the western division of the Northern
Pacific has arrived in st. Paul. 1t is
said to be one of the largest ever
built in this country. The cylinders
are % inches in diameter, and have a
26-inch stroke When in working Or
der it weighs so tons.
The Umatilla Indians have deter
mined to accept lands in severalty and
allow the Government to sell the re-
mainder of their reservation, which
will amount to 10000 acres of the
finest lands in the world. The lands
will be sold ut auction for the benefit
OF the tribe to support schools,
churches, etc.
According to decision of the su-
pervising general of the revenue ma
rine service, the small stern-wheel
steamers are not allowed to run on
the Sound as far north as Port Town
send and the Straits of Fuca, with
passengers, between the 1st of Novem-
Der and early in the spling, on account
of the heavy sea which is prevalent in
the straits.
On Saturday A. Lawrence sold in
Puyallup 16O bales of hops at 25 cents
per pound to Geo. E. Chamberlain
buyer for Geo. l. WILDER, of Oneota, N
Y. The market is reported firm
German hops are not proving to be q
success in Eastern markets. The
brewers there, i'll a quiet way, are try.
ing to get hold of Pacific coast" hops
and will purchase more freely than
they have been doing recently, if they
can get them at satisfactory prices.
Last Monday, in Tacoma, Mrs. w
II. Taylor, of Olympia, after shor,
illness, died at the residence of hel
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Ellis. Mrs. Tay
lor had recently gone to that city on
a visit to her daughter and was taken
with severe attack of pneumonia
with results as stated. Deceased was
62 years of age, and had resided in
Olympia for long time. She was
buried here Tuesday. 1t will be re-
membered that Mrs. Taylor's husband
died in this place only few months
ago.
The steamer Fannie Lake while ur
White river after load of hay last
Monday, struck a snag and sunk
All on board escaped without injury
The Fannie seems to be an unfortu
nate boat. Some years ago while 60.
ing up the Skagit river with a load o1
hay, she caught fire and burned to the
waters edge. She was taken to Seat
tie and rebuilt. Just as the finishing
touches We're being put on her she
swung around one night from hel
moOrings, and as the tide went out
sat down on pile which Knocked 9
hole in her hull and under she went
and now she has dived again.
Joseph and George Dunlap, who
live on Lake Washington, six miles
from Seattle on the Renton road, art
giving tobacco culture a thorough tes
in order to ascertain if tobacco can bt
grown there to advantage and at &
profit. This year they raised two ant
II half acres, which they cultivated ant
looked after with the greatest care
The leaves grew eighteen inches wide
and many of them three feet in length
Two and half tons of tobacco wer,
gathered, which is now being curet
in dry house 100 feet long, built fo
the purpose. When this tobacco il
fully cured they expect to ship it t.
San Francisco.