Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-04-27
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Pennington, Cotton and Pullman
have been incorporated under the new
law.
Oliver Shead, Esq, the Postmaster
at Seatco, has been superseded by Mr.
S. M. Blumauer.
Four churches in Walla Walla are
without pastor, and their ilocks are
without a shepherd.
A creamery and pork packing estab-
lshment are among the enterprises
talked of for Colfax.
, Waitsburg Odd Fellows are erecting
fine two-story brick block in that
city, on Main Street.
The Bellingham Bay railroad COM
pany claim that their road will be
pushed through this year.
The Whatcom county Horticultural
Society will hold basket and literary
picnic at Lynden, May 25.
Tuesday, May s, the Territorial
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will meet
in ColfaX, in annual session.
Twenty-Five logging camps and
seven canneries will be in operation
in Pacific county this season.
At a recent meeting of the Whatcom
City Council, the liquor license fee was
raised from $500 per year to $4OO.
Dayton now boasts of one of tine fin
est brass bands in the Territory, which
is composed of ftwenty-seven pieces.
Dakota will lose at least $4,000 of
its people this year, $4,000 of whom
will come to Washington Territory.
Squirrel and gopher scalps are find
ing their way into the County Auditors
Office in great numbers at Walla Walla
There are fortytwo saloons in Ia
coma, paying license of $500 each
and bringing in a revenue of $4,000.
The rush of immigrants to Wash
ington Territory is~unprecedented nd
filings on public lands are unusally
large.
The talk about the street railroad
from Portland to Vancouver has again
broken out on the Portland end of the
route.
Farmers in Walla Walla Valley say
they want warm weather Just as much
as they do rain, and, in fact, little
more so.
John B. Bennett was appointed
Postmaster at Kent, King county, last
Saturday, in place of w. II. Morton,
resigned.
Andrew Jackson, of Tenino, Colbert
NJ. Bon, of Slaughter, and Julia M.
Anderson, of Colfax, have been accord
Ell an increase of pension by the War
Department..
Lieut.. II. t. Mayo has been ordered
to continue the work of the coast sur
! vey on the Sound by taking soundings
near Whatcom,
From present indications, SAYS the
Davenport Times, from one to three
railroads will cross Lincoln county
from east to west.
Forty miles OF the Seattle, Lake
Shore Il Eastern railway is to be in
operation west of Spokane Falls by
December l, 1888.
There are $50 houses in Ruby CITY,
and l35 in Concully at Salmon River.
buildings are going UP as fast as lum-
ber can be obtained.
The LaoOnnor Mail says: A re-
newed effort is being made to purchase
the old telegraph line from Laconnor
to Blanchard's camp.
l
Charles King, living four miles north
OF Whatcom, has host several head OF
cattle during the past ten days, pois-
oned by eating wild parsnip. e.
Salvador Ellicott, the father of the
unborn ltashingtonian, writes a friend
from Philadelphia, that he has taken
unto himself n partner for life.
The best time made by the big
steamers Olynapian and Asashaa,. on
the Seattle-Tacoma route, was one
hour and thirty-seven minutes.
The Pennington Pos. has susp. nded
publication, the residents of that town
not patronizing the paper to a suf.
ficient extent to enable it to live.
A boom company for driving logs in
the Skagit River has been organized
recently. A similar company viii
probably be organized On the Nooksack
The capitalists from East of the
mountains, who had been talking OF
building Touring mills for the export
trade at Seattle. say that they have
given up the project.
The Seattle Press says: The Edison
a propeller to run between Samish and
Edison, has passed her inspection, and
her owner, J. II. Mathews, has secured
la n,aster'S license to navigate her.
The assessed value of property in
Ellensburgh this year will he more
than double that Of last year. Kittita.
county, with its population of ovel
5000, is only in debt about $4,000.
A boom company for driving log,
in the Skagit river. has been organized
recently. +. b. Ebey of Lynden is .
member Of the company. A simila
company will probably be organized
on the Nooksack.
The pfosecuting Attorney of Kin.
COUNTY chilIils, Ill summing up tne I'LL
case, that the eX-County Treasure
owes King county shortage ri $40,
652 %, principah and interest on TIN
same, amounting to $S,72S.
From the report OF Miss Ellen Gil
ham, School Superintendent of Wall
Walla county, il appears that the tota
amount OF money to be disbursed j
: viz, l45G GO; assessment per pupil, Sc q
Total number of pupils, 3,QSs.
1t has heen christened Buckley b.
the pos,Oiice department., and Buck
ley will be the name that the place ur
til now called White River Siding wi
be known by. =, s. Morris preside
over the postoilice department.
The subscription of $174, 900 to tn
!: capital stock of the Seattle, LAX
Shore and Eastern railway has bee
raised by the citizens of Spokan
Falls. Work on the road west froI
that place will commence at once.
$ Hon. NJ. J. McElroy in the intere,
/, ! of tho puuaf Sound TnyUnrs, Acsoci.