Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-12-14
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

ioi JUSTICES 10y January I>t.
Improvements to cost 5000 will be
made on the Jail at Spokane Falls.
North Yakima will be lighted by
electricity, commencing Janua. LIST.
The hotel at Chehalis is being en-
larged and will be opened January 1st.
1t is reported that the Northern Pa
cifc railroad will build branch to Col
fax.
The saw mill recently burned in Ska
mania county is to be replaced with
new one.
Building associations are being or
ganizcd in nearly every town in the
Territory
A fine quality OF marble has been
found near Badger mountain. Co
lumbia county.
Over seven miles of streets have
been laid out and graded in Spokane
Falls this year.
Twelve families, Obtaining forty
eight persons, from Minnesota, have ar
rived at Cheney.
Harry Thompson of Seattle, made
an unsuccessful attempt at suicide by
taking morphine.
An exchange says that the land now
selling for $40 an acre will be worth
S1OC in ten years.
On the Chrhalis reservation "a In
dams voted the Republican ticket and
the Democratic ticket.
The $4,000 school house being built
at Chehalis has the framework up, and
will be finished by spring.
The first case of smallpox has ap-
peared in Ellensburg. 1t is in the per
son Of John Palmer, from Portland.
A rust-eaten old-fashioned hand
made AK has been unearthed five feet
below the surface near Walla Walla.
A newly born babe was found in the
streets of Tacoma, and indications
show that it was born where it died.
The Nez Perez Indians own 1900
head of horses, $500 head of cattle
and cultivate over 5000 acres of land
The soldier who lived on berries for
months near Walla Walla has re-
covered his health but his mind is af-
fected.
p. B. Johnson, editor of the Walla
Walla Union, has been compelled to
abandon all work on account of i'll
health.
Five steam whistles are heard AT
Chehalis every morning, from the var.
ious manufacturing establishments
about town.
Ellensburg is to have $4,000 no
tel. 1t will be 100 by 100 feet in size
and three stories high, and built Of
pressed brick with stone trimmings.
1t is reported that the Oneida com
munity of New York will build cana
fifty miles long in the Yakima ant
Columbia valleys, for irrigation pur
poses.
Washington Territory is growing
more rapidly in population and wealth
than all other Territories, exceptin,
Dakota.
There are rumors afioat that tho
Northern Pacific Railroad Compan,
will build down the north side of the
Columbia river next season.
The Gold Bar lodging house at Sc
attic, from which number of small
pox cases have originated, has beer
closed by the Chief of Police.
The smallest county in this Terri
tory is Wahkiakum on the Columbia
river. 1t contains $50 square miles O
land. Island county comes next will
$50. and Kitsap with $50.
Because of the large amount O
ground being broken up and ploweI
in the Territory this year, it is ex
pected that the harvest for the comins
season will be heavier than ever be
fore.
The freight and passenger receipt.
at North Yakima station of the North
ern Pacific railroad for November
amounted to $13, 500. so, an increase O
$5,OOO over the same month last year
The contract for building a schoo
house at Port Angeles has been let tt
the Puget Sound colony. 1t will be {
two-story structure, 3Ox4O. with wins
on each side 12x2O, and will cost 81.
$50.
P. 0. Meeker has purchased from
Edwin Dana and wife, 10 acres of un
cleared bottom land about half mile
from the Puyallup depot, for 5000
Six years ago the owner couldn't fine
a purchaser for the same land at 5000
Snow is five inches deep at Chewelal
and sleighing is good. Let it be un
derstood, however, that Chewalah is in
the higher ATTITUDES" Not a flake
OF snow has fallen so far on Puge,
Sound, and the roses are in blossom in
the open air.
The dredger lately received by Mr.
II. o. Geiger, Of Tacoma is built or
the same principle as steam shovel
but is much larger. 1t has capacity
OF one and half yards, and is war.
ranted to remove 800 cubic yards Of
earth per day,
Skaeit county, according to the off.
cial count, cast 1899 votes, including
one that was thrown out on account OF
two being folded together, which makes
an even l 400. In 1886, with all the
women voting, the total vote was l ,239
or l6l less than the vote of 1888.
While the steamer Wildwood was
tied up at the dock at Port Townsend
her large mast headlight fell to the
deck and broke into thousand frag-
ments. The oil caught fire and in a
moment the whole forward part of the
vessel was in flames. After considera-
BILE effort the fire was extinguished by
Mr.. A. w. Bash and others without
doing much damage.
At the Thanksgiving services of the
Port Angeles colony, Mrs. Gordon
made an interesting address. She said
many good things, among them this:
We associate daily with members of
this colony, and can assure the public
that they have no more sympathy
with anarchy than they have with con-
sumption, cholera, fever or any other
disease"