Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-04-09
Territorial Items.

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The Grand Lodge I. o. q. +. Of
Washington Territory convenes at
Spokane Falls in May.
There are forty-nine salmon can.
neries in Oregon and Washington
Territory. Of which thirty.,hres are
in Oregon and sixteen in this Terri
tory. OF those in Oregon. Astoria
has twenty five.
Surveyors are now at work locating
line of the Union River logging
company at the head OF Hoods canal
for the Puget mill company. and log
ging operations on large scale will
soon be commenced ut that point.
A lG-year old son OF Fred Roff. OF
Walla Walla, met with quite a pain.
ful accident while trying To force q
cartridge into a pistol. The car
fridge exploded aud the powder
burned both Of tho young mans
eyes.
The operation OF the Carbonate
coal mine has been resumed, though
on reduced scale. after a suspeu.
sion OF six weeks. Steamer San
Pedro is on her way up from San
Francisco for her frat cargo under
the new arrangement.
Articles OF incorporation Of tho
Puget Sound Il Gray's Harbor rail.
road company were filed the audi
tors office Of Thurston county n few
days ago. Tho Port Blakoly mill
company will build the road and own
tine stock Of tho new company.
Three Territorial prisoners con.
fined in the kititass county Jail last
week, effected their escape by cut
ting off tho hinges Of the prison
door and scaling u fifteen foot fence.
Parties arc in pursuit, but M yet
no trace Of tho escapes has beon
obtained.
The annual encampment Of tho
Grand Army Of the Rspublio. De-
partment Of Washington Territory.
will DO hold in WaIla Walla, begin
ing Wednesday. April 2ist. Exien.
sive preparations arc being made by
the Walla Walia post TO give all
visiting comrades n cordial reception.
Henry c. Blodgett. al old sea otter
hunter on the ocean beach, In Che.
halls county, has invented machine
by which the 6no gold existed in the
black sands on the sen shore can oil
be extracted. II is q established
fact that gold exists there In consid.
erable quantities. but all prior efforts
to secure it have proved unsuccess-
fully. A test OF the machine has
been made and proved satisfactory.
Extensive operations with II will be-
gin in June next.
Yakima Signal: U. \. Attorney
White has commenced action against
trespassers on school lands in East
ern Washington. The law under
which these proceedings are taken
was passed by Congress in February,
and provides for both evil and Grim.
inal suits. the 6no not exceeding
81 900 and imprisonmen, not exceed
ing one year. Mr.. White says that
a lease from the County Commission.
ers OF such land is void, and will
protect no one.
Tue htciiigncer says OF Capt.
VIM. Renton, ono OF the owners of
the Port Blakely mill; His sight
has so much improved that on a
bright day ho can distinguish an OBJ
ject one hundred feet distant. He
has not yet got his glasses. He was
totally blind for eight or nine ysars,
during which very marked and ma.
terial changes were made about the
mill, yet he states that when he rc.
covered his sight so as 10 see the oh.
jects about him, everything looked
just es he expected it would"
Complaints regarding Colonel Tim.
othy A. Byrnes' management Of tho
Yakima Indian Agency are too fre.
quent to allow them to pass without
notice. The Indians are complain.
ing and the employees are dis~atis.
fed. Charges are openly made OF
Colonel liyrnes' incompctency. aud
petitions have been sent forward 10
the Interior Department asking iba,
an investigation Of the agency affairs
be made. A Government Inspector
arrived in town Thursday. and icf.
the following day for Simcoo TO look
into the charges made. Signal.
Colfax Gazette; ST. Andrews con.
vent recently opened at Unionlown
and under the management Of the
sisters bids fair TO become one OF
promising educationa al institutions OF
Whitman county. The building is q
handsome three story structure, com.
pleted and furnished throughout
some weeks ago. at q cost OF abou,
$4,000. This sum was raised prin.
cipally by the sntsrprising farmsvs