Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-03-02
TERRITORIAL NEWS

Ellensburg has twelve saloons and
1913 dwelling houses.
Vice President Cakes says trains
will be running through the Cascade
tunnel in May.
There is about 5000 tons Of grain
awaiting shipment at Dudley, says Il
Walla Walla paper.
Jefferson county can boast Of hav
ing the finest private dwelling in
Territory.
1t is estimated that the town of
Roslyn has population of 200, the
growth of a period Of fifteen months.
Grand Secretary Campbell organ
lied new lodge of of Good Templars
at Colby, Kitsap county, few days
ago.
The assessablc property OF Colfay,
assessed at half value, reaches nearly
81 10000; q gain over last year of
100000.
Garfield Enterprise: The Whitman
county Agricultural Fair Association
is making more extensive preparations
this year than last.
A new saw mill with capacity of
10000 feet Il day is to be built at Mel
bourne, on the Chehalis river, the ma
chinery for which having already been
purchased.
Mrs. May Jones has recently been
called as pastor of the Spokane Falls
Baptist church. She is to receive Il
salary of 81 900 per annum, with Il
months vacation.
The whole number of prisoners con-
fined at McNeil's island is I5l, of
whom 81 are Cinnamon. Twenty
seven of the convicts are to be dis
charged March 3.
The new lumber mill on Gray's Har-
Dor will have Il cutting capacity of 200
GOO feet of lumber per day, and is GER
tain to be followed by an other one of
equally large capacity.
The Northern Pacific will soon be
known as the great tea route. 1t has
just closed q contract for the trans
porting from the Pacfc coast to ST.
Paul, this season, OF 1900, 900 pounds
of tea.
A man was arrested at Tacoma on
Il charge of insanity, it being shown
that he had been talking of starting Il
new daily paper there The judge de-
cided the point to be we'll taken and
sent him to the asylum.
Washington Territory exports seven
times more than it imports, while Cal
ifornia imports ten times more than it
exports. This is remarkable fact,
and shows that Washington is in the
most healthy condition of any Terri
tory.
Grass is growing very fast and is af-
fording considerable feed already for
cattle. Leaves on small berry bushes
are about ready to come forth and in Il
few weeks more everything will be as
green as emerald, says Pacific coun-
ty paper.
The largest Chinese mining camp
in the northwest is at Warren, Idaho.
Hundreds of Chinese have been at
work there for several years. and each
year from fifty to seventy-five go back
to China with from $1,000 to 81, 600,
fortune for them.
The people of Spokane Falls COM
plain because, under the new time
tables, passenger trains pass through
their town in the night, and they sre
thus deprived of the pleasure of con-
gregating at the depot to welcome the
incoming travellers.
The inspectors who recently ir,vesti-
gated the loss of the steamer Cleaner
by capsizing near Astoria last month,
found Capt. Peter Jordan guilty of in
discretion by attempting to cross in
too rough weather, and have sus-
pended his license for six months.
Oysterville exchange: A new light
house should be built on McKenzie's
head, at Cape Hancock, and leave the
present one where it now stands.
This would afford a light to coasters
coming from the north and light for
the harbor and the mouth of the river.
One of the tallest men in Washington
Territory is Joseph Ker, IL resident of
Seattle. He stands six feet six inches
high in his stocking feet, and is pro-
portiOnately well built. Though far
from being stout or fleshy he tips the
beam at 2l5 pounds. Ker is 90 years
of age.
Work on the Cascade tunnel is 60
ing ahead at lively rate. But 1000
feet remains To be bored to let the
light of day through the big cut.
Contractor Nelson Bennett SAYS the
average daily cut is about 20 feet, and
at this rate the tunnel will be COM
pleted May LIST.
A. S. Bush, of Bay Center, informs
the Journal that the damage to. oysters
has gone IN streaks, and that on some
grounds where oysters were damaged
last year they did very well during
this seasons freeze, and in fact there
is no correct theory for the loss. Mr..
Bush lost less than last year.
A singular accident occurred a few
days ago on the Northern Pacific rail
way, in the Yakima valley. A car had
been derailed and Col. Rampsey went
ahead to reconnoiter, when landslide
rushed across the track taking him in
to the Yakima river. He was badly
bruised, but escaped without fatal in
juries.
A San Francisco special to the Post
Inteliigencer states that Mr.. George E.
Atkinson has resigned his position as
superintendent of the Tacoma mill,
and is expected to take charge of the
large mill at Gray's Harbor, where
his old employers are largely in
terested. w. ii. Hanson has been ap-
pointed by the company to take his
place at Tacoma.
Probate Judge Wickersham has
been notified by two of the Code Com
missioners that they can not be i'm
Olym pia before March 9th Tho l,w