Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-24
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Wheat from the new crops is being
received at Pomeroy warehouses.
Puget Sound plurls are said to ex
Gel those Of California in size an(
quality.
The 0. r. &. N. Co. have bought 6
large tract of coal land in the Gle
elum district.
Washington Territory exports are
estimated to be seven times greater
than the imports.
The Rising Star" Touring mills, re-
Gently burned near Walla Walla, will
be rebuilt at once.
All wheat harvested in the Walls
WallA .xallaH thus Tar Averages thirty
five bushels per acre.
Eastern tobacconists pronounce
samples of tobacco grown in this Ter.
ritory to be frst-class.
The police court at Tacoma tried
and determined 1856 cases during the
year ending June 30th.
There are in Chehalis county 1,451
children of school age, and little less
than 1000 under 81 years of age.
The wheat warehouse at Tacoma
now contain about 1000 tons of wheat
almost all from the Palouse country.
Tacoma people claim that the build
ing operations of that city for the
past year will represent $4,000, ,OOC
in value.
From Sprague. 776,OOO pounds o.
wool have been shipped this season
which will net over $4,000 at low
estimate.
Trains on the Oregon and Wash
ington Territory railroad are expected
to run into Walla Walla by the first O
December.
The school census just taken show
100000 population in Washington
Territory. This is an increase of 30,
600 in the past year.
Port Townsend is said to have .
genuine land boom and several thou
sand dollars''worth of property is ex
changing hands every day.
Bids are being received for the con
struction of Masonic Temple ir
Ellensburg to be built of brick, ce
mented 30xS0, two stories high, with
tower.
The Argus is finding fault with tn,
management of the Port Townsend
postoffice. which appears to be -abou
as bad as the rest of them on tn,
Sound.
Fred. r. Reed, OF North Yakima
started East few days ago with .
carload of agricultural exhibits from
the Yakima valley. He will make tn,
first stop at St. Paul.
The city offices of Seattle pay sala
ries as follows: City Attorney, $l5(
per month; City Clerk, $3.50; City
Treasurer, $125; Chief of Police, $3.50
Street Commissioner, $125.
The total sum received from al
sources for support Of public schools
in Walla Walla county during the las,
scholastic year was $41,372.07. TIL.
expenditures were $31, ,267.26.
This year will prove whether hop,
can be raised proftably in Lewil
county, and whether the hops raised
there will compete favorably as t.
yield and quality with the PuyalluI
hops.
Nine men put up three hundred anG
sixty tons of hay in twelve days will
two moving machines, one sulky RAKE
and two teams in the field, in thu
Mckee valley recently. It beats tn.
record.
Ground for a. new paper mill hal
been purchased three miles below
Walla Walla, near the o. r. & N
railroad track. 1t is expected the
mill will be in operation in foul
months.
The large hay shed of ]. w. Cope
land. of Cowlitz county, was destroyed
recently with 5000 worth of new
hay. There was no insurance. Tn,
fire is supposed to be the work of ar
incendiary.
Mining experts from the Conconully
mines say, when they are properly de
veloped they will rival any now in op
Grafton in the country. What is need
ed is capitalists to take hold and de
velop them.
The next convention OF the Young
Mems Christian Association of the
Pacific Northwest will be held at Sc
attic, w. T., Sept. Goth to 22d, with
the Conference for General Secretaries
at Tacoma, the 10Th.
1t is expected that over ,OOO balel
of hops will be harvested in the Terri
tory this year, an increase of 10,OO(
over the crop last year. Indian hop
pickers are already flocking to the
fields in the Puyallup valley.
Prospectors are now securing the
Cascade mountains in search of miner.
al wealth. 1t is believed that these
lofty peaks contain extensive de-
posits of gold and silver. 1t is known
that they abound in iron ore.
A long and heavy stick OF timber,
while being hoisted at the Deaf Mute
building at Vancouver, broke and half
of it fell with q crash on one OF the
walls, breaking again into six pieces.
No great damage was done, and no
one was hurt
John Sullivan, Coal Mine Inspector
for District No. l, has made his quar-
terly report, showing that the mines