Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-06-01
WHOLE NUMBER 1856.

the ground at the mouth of the Ser
pentine and Nicomekl rivers with a
view to building dixie across Mud
Bay flats. 1t is to be used when COM
pleted as a railway grade. Gates will
be put in the rivers and it will be the
means of redseming 10000 acres OF the
best of land. Land owners will aid in
the construction of the embankment,
which will be quite an item in the con-
struction of four miles of the road be-
tween Blaine and Westminster.
Six years ago Mrs. A. A. Howard,
or Spokane Falls, in some manner
forced needle into her breast, since
which time she has suffered consider
able pain in that part of her body. A
few days ago she felt pricking sensa-
ton under her left breast, and upon
examination discovered the point of
the long lost needle projecting through
the skin. She quickly extracted the
bit of steel, which was found much
corroded. During the six years it
las been moving about in her body
causing the pain which mystified the
doctors. She is much relieved, both
physically and mentally.
The Vancouver land district is said
to contain $4,000 acres of unoccupisd
surveyed and 1,S65,OOO acres of un-
surveyed land and $4,000 acres of
railroad land. OF the surveyed gov
ernment land. about 21S,OOO acres lie
in Klickitat county, and the remain
der is distributed through Skamania,
Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Pacific,
Lewis and Chehalis counties. The
land in Klickitat is chiefly open and
suitable for stock and grain. The re-
naming land lies west of the Cascade
range and is chiefly heavily timbered,
large portion of it being covered with
superb growth of fir. These lands,
when cleared, are excellent for agri-
cultural purposes.
In Kitsap county logging is in full
blast, and the magnitude of the busi-
ness cannot be appreciated unless one
gets down to figures for his guidance.
In Kitsap there are two big standard
gauge railroads, several tram roads,
and in the neighborhood of 100 small
outfits which put in from 5000 to
$4,000 feet per day, averaging about
5000 feet to the camp. The big rail.
roads Mt Union river and North bay
average $4,000 feet teach, and say all
other sources put in 100000 feet, We
have an output of about $4,000 feet
of logs day and Kitsap county has Q
few logs to 60 on yet, as careful esti
mates say there are 20 years or more
of logging at the present rate of out
put.
The ship Sumatra, lumber lader
for San Francisco, has been endeavor.
ing without success to secure q crew
at Seattle, but members of the Seamen's 8
Union refuse to sign under the ship.
owners articles. Mr.. Rothschilds
agent of the ship-owners for Puge
Sou nd, is in the city endeavoring t.
make terms with the union. The
union men insist on a radical change
in the shipping articles, claiming tha
they are entirely in the interest o
ship-owners. The ship-owners pro
pose to stand firm and to ship crew
under these articles or not at all
They claim, in addition, that non
union sailors are willing to ship unde
these articles, but are deferred from
SO doing through fear of violence from
the union men.
| Mr.. w. P. Ready, who is interested
in the Loup Loup wagon road, from
North Yakima to the Okanogan mines
states that Mr.. George Goodwin
President of the road company
who has just returned from
trip over the line Of the road, has foun,
route by which both coulees on tn
old route will be avoided and the dis
tance shortened to less than ITO miles
The proposed road runs from Nortl
Yakima to crossing ON the Colum
bia above Priests rapids, and theme
to a point on the Columbia oppcsit
the mouth of the Okanogan rivel
J where the Columbia is crossed by
ferry and the road follows up tn
Okanogan to the mouth of Lou
Loup creek, up which it runs t
Loup Loup city.
i One day last week while workmel
, on Cashup" Davis's new building o.
Steptoe Butte were engaged in raisin
several heavy truss timbers to the set
ond story the great weight caused
} portion of the frame to give way an
three men were precipitated violentl
to the ground. together with the fran
work of the building. As soon as DO.
sible the men were extricated from III
debris and removed to places of com
fort while a messenger was dispatche
to Colfax for surgical assistance
Luther Kerns, the contractor, was Gu
severely on the forehead, and bruise
on one hip. Joseph Seahorn suffere
a fracture of the little finger on tn
left hand, and his right leg was severe
ly bruised. S. P. Kieler's injuries wer
the most serious. lie was senseles
when taken from The ruins, and su,
fering from deep seal wound on tn
back of the head. His body was badl
bruised also, and internal injuries i
feared. All the men were greatl
shocked by the fall, besides their 9th
er injuries.
The Puyallup Fruit Growers As