Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-03-16
TERRITORIAL NEWS,

Waitsburg now has a board of trade.
Measles is prevalent in Walla Walla.
/ Shelton is to have three mails per
week.
Kittitas Valley has population of
$4,000.
Vancouver is to have a first-class
creamery.
An Iowa man is thinking of start
ing distillery at Dayton.
The Territorial encampment G. A.
r. meets in Seattle, April Is.
Farmers in the vicinity of Dayton
plowed almost every day in February.
More land will be cultivated in
Clarke county this year than ever be-
fore.
Near Colfax, sos bushels of onions
were raised to the acre, and the crop
never was hoed.
The new county of Okanogan will
soon have its officials. This Territory
will then contain thirty-four counties.
Thirteen families from Texas have
arrived at North Yakima. They in
tend making this Territory their fu-
ture home.
Spokane Falls has been enjoying a
series of revival meetings. Many have
fOrsaken the paths of sin and built
hopes on the mysterious beyond.
Vancouver Register: The fruit in
dustry is on the increase in this coun-
ty. Where but few years ago land
near Vancouver was covered with a
dense forest, now is covered with fine
orchards. Let the good work go on.
Walla Walla Union: According to
the record city licenses are issued to
81 mercantile establishments, 16
saloons, 5 one-horse express wagons,
4 trucks, l auctioneer, 5 livery stables,
4 butchers, 3 restaurants, 3 two-horse
express wagons, 3 teamsters, Chinese
laundries, 2 hacks, 5 hotels, 6 cigar
dealers, 2 boarding-houses, 4 drug
stores, two millinery stores, l theater.
Now listen while an Eastern Wash
ingtop exchange whispers to you:
Travel on the Spokane & Palouse rail-
road has increased wonderfully during
the past few weeks. The towns along
the road are growing, everyone giving
indications of increasing business. The
country tributary to this road possesses
resources of remarkable nature. It's
ultimate development is only limited
by the skill and industry OF man.
A strange freak of nature presented
itself last week among the sheep of r.
H. Espy of Oysterville. A lamb was
born bearing the face and head of
dog and the balance OF it sheep. The
Pacific Journal says it bore strong re-
semblancc to a large Newfoundland
dog, with eyes, nose, ears and the
shape Of his head. 1t only lived two
weeks, but with care it might have
grown to be of full size and proved
valuable curiosity.
Articles of incorporation of the
North Pacific Birmingham Anal
gamating Company, were fled in the
Office of the auditor of Walla Walla |
county. The object of the company
is to carry on the business of mining,
milling and reducing ores, its princi-
pal place of business being Walla
Walla. The capital stock is $5,O00,-
600, divided into $1,000 shares Of 500 |
each. The incorporators are G. B. and |
w. H. Upton, H. M. Chase, F. w.
Paine and A. B. Burford.
Tacoma News: A gentleman of |
great intelligence and wide observa-
vation, who has just made his first
visit to Puget Sound, informs US that
he was surprised at the resources of |
coal, iron and timber, all contiguous
to each other on the shores of the
Sound, which must bring capital and
labor here for the manufacture of
various articles of wood and iron. He
says there is no place in the world
with equal natural faculties for navy
yard and the manufacture of ordnance.
There will be great manufacturing
and commercial city, he says, some
where ON the Sound.
We are informed that q large body
Of mineral paint, or the substance
from which mineral paint is made, is
found on Long Island, says the Oyster
vile Journal. If this is fact it should
be looked into, as with such valuable
deposit at hand, it will be possible to
derive a large revenue from it. This
kind Of paint sells for eight cents y
pound and is coming into universal
use as q covering for roofs and other
objects and is an effective FIRE pre-
ventive. This matter should be in
vestigated at once and if found to be
of the extent and value as represented,
plenty of capital can be had to develop
it.
The output of coal during 1887 in
the second anthracite district of PEN
nsylvania reached 5,043,5 ,515 tons, an
increase over 1885 of 500 tons. In
mine accidents 81 men were killed and