Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-02-17

were can be plainly seen, and seventy
four ribs have been counted. Scien-
fists who have critically examined the
specimen, which was found at the
head Of the Ahtanum, claim that it is
of mastodon age and was seven feet in
length and once lived in salt water.
1t is reported, says an exchange,
that the Samish oyster beds, at the
southern end of Bellingham bay, have
been carried out to sea. The beds
were situated Oh the shoalwater flats,
which froze over during the cold snap
last month. When the tide came in the
ice floated, with the oysters adhering
to the under surface, and with the ebb
tide the entire field was carried out to
sea. The damage to the oyster in
dustry in that locality will aggregate
several hundred dollars.
Press: The reception at the Oc-
cidental on the evening of the Sth inst,
in compliment to Gov. Semple and
party was quite pleasant affair. The
hotel parlors swarmed with people
who had called to meet his excellency,
and included all shades of political
parties, though to be sure the Demo
cratic brethren were in the ascendancy.
Many ladies were present, and added
by their presence to the pleasantness
of the occasion. Governor Semple
was assisted by his sister, Mrs. Ames.
who stood ut his left. Mrs. Metcalfe,
Mrs. Misner and Mr.. Misner, the Gov
ernor's half-brotber, stood on the left
in the order named and assisted at the
reception. A large number of citizens
ard their ladies called during the even
ing. The Governor was very affable
and had a pleasant word for all.
Chief Justice Jones, in his instruc-
tions to the grand jury at Seattle, put
some of his weight upon the abuse of
the tee system by public officers.
There are few things, he said, $50 in
furious to public interests as for men
in whom the public reposed sufficient
confidence to vest them with power
to administer the laws to SO far forget
their Oaths as to violate some of the
very laws which they were sworn to
honestly and impartially administer.
Public officers, he said, who impose
upon anybody subject to their juris-
diction by collecting excessive fees,
are lost to all sense of honor, and they
should be forced to feel the weight Of
the laws which they have outraged.
Justices of the peace or other officers
who may have charged fees contrary
to law, should" he said, be punished
if they are guilty. The jury were re-
minded that they right of access to
all public records for the purpose of
investigation"
There were one hundred and forty
seven bills introduced in the Council.
OF these sixty-eight became laws. On
ly one Council bill was vetoed by the
Governor. 1t was one of Judge Sharp
STEMS bills, relating to valuation of
certain acts of corporations. Col.
Barker introduced seven bills, of
which four became laws. Mr.. Cook.
two, one of which became law. Mr..
Foster is the only man who had a
clean score. He introduced only one, o
bill of the same number given his be-
came law. 1t wasn't his bill, how
ever, but. one which the Judiciary
committee, after approving Mr.. Fos-
ter's bill twice. concluded to fix up.
This was that somewhat famous log
ging-road measure. Eight of Mr..
Gabel's ten bills became laws. Mr..
Convey introduced thirty bills, Of
which seventeen will go in the statute
book. One-half of Mr.. Hawley's bills
became q law. He introduced only
two. Mr.. Lewis goes to the front with
thirty-one bills. Only eight became
laws. Mr.. Roeder's record az to bills
is precisely like that of Mr.. Hawley.
Judge Sharpstein fathered twenty
five bills, and thirteen were signed by
the Governor. Exactly one-fourth of
Col. Steele's bills became laws. He
introduced twelve. Mr.. Thompson
will be credited with three laws, repre-
senting one for each five bills intro
duced. Mr.. White introduced eleven
bills and seven of them became laws.