Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-12-21
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Spokage Falls has one case of small
pox-
A brickyard is proposed for What
com.
There is one case of smallpox at e.
lensburg.
Sidney, Kitsap county is to have an
other sawmill.
Port Angeles is to have new
school house, to cost 81 $50.
Alexander Gendron, who settled in
the Collville valley in 1887, is dead.
The starting of n paper mill ut Wal
lula is contemplated by William Mar
tin.
The loss by burning of Skeels &
Langdon's sawmill, at Palouse city,
December II, was $4,000.
The fish commissioner has written
that he will send a carload of Holsters
and white fish to the coast in January.
The new side-wheel steamer, Z. ".
Purdy, built at Utsalady, made trial
trip between Port Townsend and Sc
attic few days ago.
The new Chehalis townsite compa-
ny threw their tracts on the market
Tuesday of last week, and by Satur-
day night the sales were more than
$4,000.
A serious affray occurred at SKA
mokawa, on the 1st inst, in which
John Setterlind was killed by Willie
Matson, brother of the sheriff elect of
Wahkiakum county.
The Walla Walla distillery project
was flat failure, Medynski, or what
ever his name is, having gone back to
continue his business of making liq-
uor in prohibition Iowa.
Ed. Cornell reports extensive settle
ment of vacant land in the belt of
country lying between Long Lake and
CoIvo's passage. There is some very
good land in that region.-Sidney Pr
oneer.
A gentleman of reliability, recently
from Indiana, is authority for the state
ment that 200 families are making
preparations to leave that State early
in the spring to form a colony on Pu-
get Sound. All of them are said to be
in good circumstances
On the Lummi Indian reserva ton
5000 bushels of oats were raised last
season; on the Swinomish, 1900.
The Tulalip, Madison and Muckle-
shoot tribes raised about 4 600 bushels
of barley, wheat and oats.-Pori
Townsend Argus.
During the year just closing more
miles of railroad have been built in
Washington than any other of the
Territories. Population is steadily
flowing into the Territory, and the rail
way building is not in advance of the
supporting capacity OF the country.
An Oak Harbor farmer raised 7G
bushels of wheat an acre from eight
acres this year From many fields of
oats lis bushels are reported. There
is large amount of farming land on
WILDLY island The island is we'll sit
uated as to the markets on the Sound.
The Baker-Boyer National bank of
Walla Walla, with paid up capital OF
$780, 600 will begin business in about
30 days. 1t will take the place of
Baker & Boyer's private bank J. F.
Boyer is president, Miles C. Moore
vice president, and H. E. Johnson
cashier.
The new school building for the In
dams upon the Puyallup reservation
will be built shortly. The government
some weeks since appropriated about
$1,000 for new building and $1,000
for furniture. The material is mostly
upon the ground and was purchased
of Tacoma merchants. The school
will be begun early in January and
will be constructed principally by the
Indian carpenters upon the reserva-
ton.
The courthouse in Whatcom was
the first brick building erected in
WASHINGTON Territory II was 05y10