Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-24
WHOLE NUMBER 1,268.

26,O7S tons; Franklin, 45,O37 tons
Black Diamond, A, ,1OS tons; Cedar
Mountain, 2,l62 tons; the shipments
from the Gilman mine since it was
opened aggregate 6,5S4 tons, making
a total for the district of 1873, 1922 tons.
Whatcom lake will soon have a
steamer plying on it. 1t was pur-
chased in Seattle by VIM. D. jenkins
and Lee w. Marcy She is 80 feet
long, u foot beam, and will draw
about four feet of water, and is pro-
vided with good machinery and a
boiler of eight-horse power.
The Colfax Packing Company has
incorporated, with a capital stock of
$4,000, the object Of the company be-
ing to manufacture all varieties of hog
products - bacon, hams, lard, etc.
Probably Colfax will not hereafter send
East or to California for more than
three-quarters of those products con-
sumed.
The Stevens county Miner says
1.-The Columbia river portion of Ste
vens county can sweep the whole Paci-
nc Coast with no less important an ar
tlcle than broom corn. Should the
farmers OF that region be assured q
market and fair price for their broom
straw, it would soon grow to be one of
the prominent products of Washington
Territory"
Skagit News:: A canoe party COM
ing down the river Saturday had quite
lively tussel with bear which was
swimming the river. After pounding
it over the head for while his bear
ship turned on them and the hunters
were hunted, finally concluding that
they had not lost any bears. The
presence of a couple of ladies in the
canoe added to the excitement of the
occasion.
w. H. Babcock, of Eureka Flat, is
about to cut two hundred acres of
wheat second time this year. Early
in June the grain was cut for hay,
yielding good crop. Since then the
grain has grown breast high, and
would thresh out at least twenty BUSH
els to the acre if threshed. Others in
that section have fields from which a
second crop of grain hay will be cut
this season.
The report of Lieut.. Frank Green,
OF the United States Signal Corps, on
the wheat lands of Oregon and Wash
ington Territory, submitted to the
Senate in response TO resolution,
says that in Washington Territory
there are 1900, 900 and in Oregon T.
OOO,OOOacres of wheat land. On these
lands the rainfall is slight, the dry
period lasting from April to Septem-
Der usually. The soil is good and in
some places is a rich black loan.
Twenty-Five bushels to the acre is the
average growth, but in some locations
fifty bushels can be grown. The
average profit to the acre is $3.50.
The richest land is that covered with a
wild growth of bunch grass.
An exchange wants to know what
makes one town grow into q city
while others with good locality remain
villages? 1t is because in one case
there are men of push and energy
who are not afraid to spend their
time and money to boom their town,
says the Vancouver Register. They
erect substantial buildings, organize
stock companies and establish facto-
ries, and secure railroads, work for
public Improvements and use every
means In their power to induce people
to locate in their city; write about it
in their letters; they send circulars
and newspapers to every acquaintance
whom they think can be induced to
visit; they show him all the attractions
of the place and treat him with such
kindness that he falls in love with
them and the city at once.