Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-09-03
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

TERRITORIAL HENS.
Wheat at the Chehalis mills is sell |
ling for o. cents.
The iron cells for the new peniten-
tiary at Wall Walla will arrive there on
October |.
J. III. Fay's wheat, in Lewis county,
has made an average OF 81 bushels per
acre. How is that for yield on an
average crop?
Surveys have been ordered for a
bridge over the Cowlitz river at Toledo.
with IA view to asking Congress to
authorize its construction.
The surplusage of wheat OF the
county directly tributary to North
Yakima, l. estimated by those who
have investigated, at $4,000 bushels.
Yakima Farmer: The wheat crop
Of Yakima valley, Yakima county, is
averaging 40 bushels to the acre
Wheat is quoted at 30 cents bushel
in North Yakima.
A man name Cloverdale attempted
suicide at his residence near Golden
dale some days ago, by shooting HIM
self with a shotgun. He only sue
ceedcd i'll blowing up his scalp.
The Port Townsend argus says
Scurr Bros, lime manufactures at
Roche Harbor, san Juan county, have
sold out their works to the Tacoma
Lime Company, for 10000.
Nelson Bennett was arrested at
Ellensburg last week by Deputy U. S.
Marshal Reed charged with illegally
removing from Government lands over
nineteen thousand timber ties. He
WAS taken before U. S. Commissioner
Davidson, where he furnished bonds
for his appearance at the October term
of court.
Chronicle: More drunken men were
seen in Dayton, Monday, than for
months before under our license laws.
They drank from bottles. Two little
boys Keeling along in an advanced
stage of intoXication, with Il bottle of
whisky between them, was one of the
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looked bad in ii prohibition town.
Kittitas Locoljccr: At no time since
the establishment of the bank at
! North Yakima has there been such an
amount of special deposits in that in
stitution. The hop growers and vege-
table producers OF Yakima county are
growing rich from their products this
season; some of them have respectable
deposits in the local bank. In farm
ing community this thrift gives an inn
pctus to all kinds of business.
The closing OF the saloons along the
line of the Northern Pacific beyond
Clcclum has given birth to a new and
most offensive class of liquor dealers
They have their saloons on the back
OF cayuse and their stocks concealed
in gunny sacks. They neither pay
license or rent, and travel from camp
to camp dealing out the vilest liquors
with an assurance which is bound to
land them in the penitentiary.
Dams for running down logs upon
the tributaries of Willapa, are found
to do the work successfully. Hereto
fore much trouble has been expert
enced in getting Il clean drive, but
with the dam this trouble is removed
and logs are cleaned out as well in a
dry winter as in Il wet one. A large
dam has been built at Elk Prairie and
one on Mill creek, on the Willapa.
There is talk of building one on the
south fork of the WIllapa.
The Bee gives the following account
OF IL sad casualty which lately occurred
near Chehalis: The farmers were
burning their slashing, and az usual
the air was full of fire. Mrs. Crawford
went To the hen house to get some
eggs and on her return to the house
a fire brand lit ON her back and soon
caught i'll her clothing and the flames
soon spread to the stubblc over which
she was walking. I'm her efforts to
tear away the burning garments her
hands were burned, the left was SO
badly burned that the flesh fell off.
indicating that it WAS almost cooked
to the bone. Her back and shoulders
We're also badly burned. A salution of
lime and linsced oil was applied and
pain allayed in Il few hours. We are
glad to learn that she is much inn
proved AT present.
Ii. kendrick has just completed the
plans for the new mill to be construct
ed 10y the Washington Mill Company
ut Seabeck. The new mill will occu-
by the site of both the mills which
Were burned. 1t will be s. feet wide.
inside measurement, sos feet long. and
two stories high, with boiler room
addition 62XSO feet, one story high.
1t will be u double mill throughout.
with six powerful steam engines and a
nest of twelve boilers, and will have
am average daily cutting capacity of
l6O,OOO feet of lumber. The plans
will be sent to Mr.. Adams, who is now
IN San Francisco to have the spec
lfications made out. In speaking
OF the progress OF the work Mr.. Ken
drick said: THE site has been
cleared and piledriving for foundation
Will commence tomorrow. AS fast as
a row of piles are driven the frame
timbers will be laid down. We will be
cutting again in January"