Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-02
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

TERRIIORlAL NEWS.
The Cowlitz river is now navigabl'
for steamboats, to the town of Toledo.
The river steamer Latona has beer
made over into very commodiOu!
and serviceable ferry-boat, at Port
land ship-yard, re-christened the City
Of Seattle, and is now on her way te
the Sound.
Mrs. Jas. McAuliff, of w ALA Walla
discovered a man hastily leaving her
front door with two cloaks which he
had stolen from the hall rack. Seiz-
ing pistol, she took aim and advised
him to replace the cloaks as he had
found them. The thief obeyed without
a word and then quietly listened to a
severe lecture.
Immigration is pouring rapidly into
Cowjitz County. Some twelve or fif-
teen families a week are going into
Freeport from Kansas, Texas, Miss
ouri, and other Central States. Toledo
also is growing, the town is improving
rapidly, property changing hands by
the advent of new comers. Mr.. E.
Brons is erecting saw and planning
mill Of good capacity and the place is
generally rising in importance.
In the orchard of David Roberts,
one mile from Waitsburgh, are a num-
ber of June apple trees which bore a
good crop in June, and are now loaded
down with second crop of large well
matured ripe apples. In the Walla
Walla market can be seen second and
third crop strawberries and in one
orchard that of Hon. d. M. Jessee, has
been gathered the fifth crop of Bartlett
pears. which were fine fruit and nearly
as good as the first crop. The treei
are now in bloom for the sixth time
this year.
Asa Coombs, aged 80 years, died al
Seattle, on the Goth ult. He was born
in Maine in 1796, cast his first vote fol
President Monroe, and took especia
pride in the fact that he voted at every
presidential election since that time
He enlisted in the war of 1912 at the
age of IL. Three years ago Mr.. Coombs
was invited to q reunion OF veterans o
the war 1872 in New York City. There
were but twenty veterans living then
Two years ago the number was re
duced to eighteen. Last year only
eleven remained. This years records
are not yet at hand.
The California company that own
the large cranberry marshes nea
Long Beach, will ship 800 bushes o
fine berries to San Francisco this sea
son. About sixty hands are now em
ployed in picking and boxing th'
berries, which will yield - per bushe
at the marshes. The owners say
that the next years crop will exceet
5000 bushels. This company nov
has out so acres Of vines which hav,
cost over $4,000. It requires fiv'
years before any profit can be realized
from an investment. The company
are highly pleased with this season.
product, both as to supeiOr qualit,
and the quantity.
The schooner Makah, lost near Till
amook last Wednesday, belonged h
San Francisco. She was owned BY
Lawrence, Foard. Thompson 4 Jersen
one-fourth interest being owned b.
Martin Foard Of Tillamook. She wa
valued at $4,000, was 600 tons bur
den and was built at Port Blakely il
1881. She loaded 100000 feet Q
lumber here in 1885 for Panama. Sh
had been this trip at San Francisco
from Acapulco, and was coming up il
ballast to load lumber on the Sound TO
Australia. Her master was Larsen
who was in command of the schoone
| Grace Roberts wrecked off Shoalwate
Bay last January.
The case of James B. Montgomer,
against the government for title to 16
acres Of land in Cowlitz county, Wash
ington Territory, was decided in Judg
Deady's court in Portland last Frida
in favor to Montgomery. The land wa
taken up in 1882 by Edward s. Sealy
In consideration for it Sealy paid th
receiver at Vancouver, w. T., $4OO, an
was given a receipt. Subsequently h
transferred the receipt and all right ,
the land to Montgomery. The prol
erty is only valuable for the timbt
which is on it, and was purchase
under the timber act Of Congress I
1878. When the plaintiff asked for
patent the receiver refused to grant
whereupon suit was brought, resul
J ing in the above decision.
/ At Spokane Falls on the morning
the 10Th ult., twenty prisoners escape
from the county Jail before dayligh
They overpowered, bound and gaggt
the jailer, A. NJ. Rowe, whose cri
were afterward heard. They took Il
keys to the outside door and escape
locking the jailer inside. The priso
crs broke out of the cage by breakir
the iron bars. Seven prisoners we
in cells which were not broken, and
like number who could have escap'
declined 70 go. The Jail was in
crowded condition. Among those wi
escaped were George Miller, the mu
e derer of Hall, and Johnson, who robb
I ex-Mayor Cannon's house. Miller W
J. captured Monday morning about
miles from the Falls.
e Another bridge is at once to be CO
& structed across the Spokane Riv'
e This will be the lowest one down I