Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-09-07
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Wells and oil watering places In the
: Palouse country have gone dry LOT 'no
'e first time on record.
- There will be hard fight for the
D. Okanoyan county seat this fall, but
e Ruby City hopes to retain 1t.
If A sawmill of 100000 feet daily
y capacity is to be built at Port Town
|. send by Wisconsin capitalists.
g Fires are eating up the cured grass
Of the range OF the Colville Indians.
;, partio ularly along Kettle river.
The IS-months-old child OF A. W.
u MATS, OF Palouse City, drank fly poison
l and had 4 narrow escape from death.
Edward johnson OF Colfax has con-
tracted to deliver $4,000 bushels OF
, wheat this season at 81 cents bush
!, ell.
/ Two locomotives, two fiat cars and
four hundred tons OF steel rails will
leave San Francisco in few days
for the Garfield road
Miss Nina Harris, OF Cheney, while
studying the pattern OF new revolt !
Yer, sent bullet through her right
hand. The wound is not serious.
Ii timber claims are taken as rapid /
ly the coming six months AS they have /
been the last few months, there Will /
not lie desirable claim left in Cheha-
lis county hy that time.
More than 200 laborers are reported
to be at work grading the Port Town
send Southern railroad. This road, if
completed, will add another develop
er" to Washington Territory.
The first sawmill on Puget Sound
was built in 1851, cutting about 500
per day; now the output is close upon
2,OOO.O 900 per day and the annual log
output of Puget Sound is -ilSO00, 900
feet.
Footpads are holding up people
on the Puyallup. Two men were red
lieved of their watches Monday night
by three tramps, two of whom covered
the victims with their pistols while
the third went through their pockets.
1t is expected that over 10000 bales
OF hops will be harvested in the Terri
tory this year, an increase of 10000
over the crop of last year. Indian
hOp-pickers are already fiocking to
the hop fields in the Puyallup valley.
Aberdeen will have a fire engine
The machine belonging to Tiger En-
CINE Company, Of Salem, Oregon, has {
been secured and will be shipped to
that enterprising little town. The
price paid for engine and hose cart
was 1925.
1t is reported that Seattle Demo-
Gratis have petitioned President Cleve-
land to appoint w. r. Andrews, of t
Seattle, to Chief Justice OF the SUI
preme Court of this Territory to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of ,
Chief Justice Jones.
The Tacoma Mill Company are
loading the State of Maine with con-
signmcrft of 100000 feet of lumber ,
for China; the Shirley, Canada and !
Maria Smith for San Francisco with 4
2,250,OOO feet; the r. p. Buck for {
Buenos Ayres with 1850 600 feet. |
Okanogan Democrats have nomi-
mated the following county officers
Probate Judge, Charles Wilcox; Sher
if, Philip Perkins; Auditor, F. NJ
Baum; Assessor, James Marshall
Treasurer, Edward Sherman; Survey
or, Henry Carr; Commissioners, VIM.
Granger, ?. c. Mcdonald, F. A. Lums-
den; Superintendent of Schools, Mrs.
james Granger.
Following are nominations by the
Republicans Of Walla Walla county :
Councilman. James Dewar; Repre- $
sentatives, E. l.. Powell, Waitsburg, a
and W. II. Upton; Sheriff, J. NJ. Nc 4
Farland; Auditor, Lave Hawley; Pro- =
bate Judge, V. d. Lambert; Treasurer,
J. F. Boyer; District Attorney, F. &.
Anders; Commissioners, NJ. McMana- !.
mon, Edw:a Weary, T. NJ. Morgan.
Following is ticket presented by
the Republicans of Lewis county:
Auditor, David Urquhart; Sheriff, A.
Degeler; Treasurer, II. J. Duffy;
Probate Judge, r. N. Ashmore;
Superintendent of Schools, u. E. Har-
mon; Assessor, E. B. Moore; Surveyor,
F. E. Meloy; Coroner, DR.. NJ. F.
Adams; Commissioners, Smith Spon-
enbery. Cyrus White, Gordon Sweeney.
A North Yakima dispatch of the 9Th
inst. says: The Grand Army train,
which passed through here in three
sections, was greeted by about 1000
citizens, with the North Yakima brass
band. The farmers brought in melons
by the wagon-load and they were dis
tributed free. The citizens were cheered
heartily for their reception of the vet
Grams, and went on their way singing
songs.
One day last week, q man named
John Albright left Huntsville, Column
bis county, taking with him the family
Of one Mat Peterson, consisting OF the
wife, Jane Peterson and six children.
The clippers took with them five head
of cattle, two horses and quantity of
sugar and flour. When last heard
from the runaways we're near Milton,
Oregon, with Sheriff MARQUES in hot
pursuit.
On the LIST inst. the annexed nomi-
nations were made by the Republican
Convention of Snohomish county:
Commissioners, d. S. Baker, A. NJ.
Prichard and Frank Phelps; Auditor,
F. II. Lysons; Treasurer, c. Lawry;
Sheriff, Il. V. Tompkins; Probate
Judge, J. G. Swafford; Assessor, John
F. Rose; Coroner, NJ. Stinson; Sur
veyor, p. Lacque; School Superin-
tendent, J. w. Heffner.
The Republican ticket in Okanogan
county stands As follows: For Sheriff.
Robt. Allison; for Auditor, C. B. Bash
for Treasurer, G. P. Mulcahy; Probate
Judge, C. H. Ballard; Superintendent
OF Public Instruction, J. w. Romaine;
Assessor, ii. c. Davis; County Sur
veyor, I. A. Nevarre; Coroner, DR.. J.
B. Price; for County Commissioners,
District No. l, E. w. Lee; No. 2, Geo.
J. Hurley; No. 3, Charles Johnson;
Sheep Commissioner, F. J. Cummins.
Owing to a disagreement between
the Seattle Coal and Iron Company
and its employees ut Gilman, the mine
has been shut down for an indefinite
period, and as near as can be learned
the output at the mine has been very
unsatisfactory. and the company has
made a proposition to the miners to
work by the yard or ton. The men
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