Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-30

900 in the past year.
The Spokane delegation of the Re-
publican Convention favor John i.
Wilson for Congress.
About 1000 persons will be engaged
in hop picking in Pierce and King coun-
ties within couple OF weeks.
A rate OF GO cents per hundred on
green fruit in carload lots from Walla
Walla to Tacoma has been arranged.
The hop crop in Chehalis county will
be fully up to the average and in some
fields the yield will be better than usual
The result of Sundays Republican
primaries at Walla Walla is now figured
to be equally divided between Allen and
Brents.
North Yakima is to erect new brick
schOOlhouse at once to cost Yl2,OOO
1t is expected to be completed in
November
The delegates selected for the Walla
Walla Convention from Clark county
are understood to favor n. H. Bloom
field for Superior Judge.
The nominees for the legislature
elected by the Clarke County Repub
lican Convention here Saturday, fave,
Allen as one OF the United State Sena
tors.
The assessed valuation of property
in Skagit county has increased from
81 100000 in 1888 to S2,0OO,OO0 this
year. In 1883 the assessment was
$3O9,91S.
An exchange says Vancouver will
not rebuild her burnt district, because
the property owners are unable tc
build with brick, as the new ordinance
requires.
The logging camp of Isaac Cathcart
near Snohomish, has been destroyed by
fire. Fumes, logs and building were
valued at $4,000. There was no in.
surance on the property.
Five Portuguese families, consisting
of twenty-seven persons, have settled
on farms near Aberdeen. Ii they like
the country the remainder of Lycan's
colony, 200 all told, will follow.
The Walla Walla Journal says: AT
the Dayton mill they made test and
found that it takes eight bushels Of
shriveled wheat to make barrel Of
flour. That's a poor showing. How
at that rate can millers pay for such
wheat 80 cents bushel and sell flour
for $3.50 per barrel?
A farmer rushed into our Office this
morning and left a paper bag full Of
Indian plums, all twins, and then left
without giving his name. ~ brought
them for the curiosity of the thing" he
said, d" for the tree l got these off is
loaded with them and every plum is
double or twins. -WdUa Falla Journal
Remarkable, if true.
Washington's yield of fruit this veal
far exceeds all expectations, and be
sides fruits already gathered, her peach
crop, which it was at first thought was
injured by the frost, will he an i'm
mense one, and of the finest quality
Several fruit-raisers in the Yakima
valley calculated upon 500 bushels o
peaches. Grapes are also in abun
dance.
A recent visitor to the Sound says
The climate here is delightful Mer
curry seldom rises above eighty and i
not often below freezing point. Rose
bloom not only in the spring but al
summer. Fruit of all kinds is raiset
here and in Eastern Washington. W.
have eaten excellent peaches, plums
apples and other fruits raised in tn
Territory.
The Democrats OF Lakeview precinct
Pierce county, met Thursday Afternoon
and organized the Lakeview Democrat
ic Auxiliary Club. The following off
GERS were elected: President, ID. w
Dougherty, Vice President, Amos Fan
ley; Secretary, w. S. Bernard; Treas
urer, A. s. Baily Executive Committee
David Miles, Frederick Meyer, Jane
McConville, Walter Cross and Sher
wood BOwser.
The new State of Washington con
tains 69,974 square miles; 1892 mile
of shore line; 1000 miles OF navigabl
rivers 20,OOO,O00 acres of magnificen
timber, which will last at the presen
rate ut which it is being cut, one thou
sand years; 100000 acres of noun
tain and mineral land, most of whicl
contains timber; 100000 acres O
prairie and plain; 100000 acres o
rich alluvial bottom land.
At the Territorial Press Association
held in Tacoma, recently, Mr.. Z. V
Smalley, of the Northeast Magazine, o
st. Paul, stated that the Washington
papers were far ahead of their Eastern
contemporaries. Whatever opinion
Editor Smalley may express on othe
subjects, he is right on this one. N,
State in the Union can present lis
of papers so ably edited, or of neate
appearance than does the Territory o
Washington.
Walla Walla Statesman: 1t is pit,
that the Walla Walla creamery coul,
not have been kept running, as it i
only the beginning of what will yet be
come quite an important industry il
this valley, but in closing down it onl,
follows the example of all the cream
cries in Washington and Oregon
those at Baker City, La Grande, Nc
Minnville, Sprague and Colfax ais
shutting down, some of them as earl,
as July LIST and all apparently for tn
same reason, viz: the lack of cream
/ with which IN worl
The Whatcom Repeille says: w. NJ
DAILY, James Brand and number O
other railroaders were in town, Wednes
day looking for redress against Sulli
van & Murphy, sub-contractors, Wal
ner, contractor, and the Seattle, LAX
Shore & Eastern Ry. Co. They CLAIM
that they have been paid off in tim
checks which they say are reported t
them as not worth the paper they ar
written on. They cannot get thei
money, and money is what they ar
after. They claim they have got t
lie around "busted" until they get an
other job. One man offered to cash
$40 check for S.. This time chez
business is strictly against the law an
il an outrage on the workingmen.
To the Public.