Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-02

North Yakima is to have well
drilled and equipped military company.
Eight carloads of horses were shipped
recently, from Yakima county to the
Eastern market.
The Beaver Marsh and Swinomish |
flats, in Skagit county, are being COW
cred with farm houses, hop and vege-
table fields.
The steamship City of Pueblo from
San Francisco recently brought up 500 |
tons of fruit from California for Puget |
Sound points.
LaConner, although only town of
500 inhabitants, has system of water
works, a first-class public school and
several churches.
The surveyors of the Port Townsend
Southern railroad have crossed the Cow
litz river and are following up Salmon
creek as the route best taken.
The State of Washington's future
prosperity largely depends on the man.
ner in which her iron industries are
developed. The fact should not be lost
sight of.
A movement is on foot to form q
new county in the western part of the
Territory, by taking slice from each
of King, Kitsap. Mason and Pierce
counties.
Englewood is a small village about
ten miles distant from Seattle on the
line of the Seattle, Lake Shore & East
ern railroad, being situated on the East
ern shore of Lake Samamish.
The people of Washington Territory
are not given to the use of slang to any
alarming degree, but they are COM
mencing to ask when the constitutional
convention is going "to get move on"
Seattle Budget: The largest amount
of money ever paid out for one tele-
graph message in the history of the
Pacific coast, was that of Schwabacher
Bros, the day after the fire. Itamount-
ed to nearly $500.
A few days ago a party of tramps
attacked an immigrants wagon near
Walla Walla, and made away with
$500 and a quantity of clothing. The
money and clothing were recovered,
but the miscreants escaped.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Inquiry
at the railroad and steamboat offices
show that arrivals of new settlers are
as numerous now as they were previous
to the fire, and fully as large as had
been anticipated for the season.
J.. J. Browne, of Spokane Falls, is
the only millionaire in the Conyen-
ton; ]. T. Eshelman, OF Goldendale,
the only clergyman, and Frank Dali
lam, OF Davenport, and Allen Weir, of
Port Townsend, the only editors.
Every city in the Northwest is annoy
ed by tramps and desperate characters,
and the authorities should do their ut
most to rid their cities of them before
it is found necessary to form vigilance
committees in order to protect life and
property.
Pennington Register: Constable
Stoops, after . vigorous search for the
forger who signed up the notes on our
farmers about week ago, returned to
this city last Wednesday evening with
out his man. The forger is now hover
ing near the snow-capped peaks of
B. C.
An eight-year old child was allowed
to lift five-gallon can of kerosene to
pour oil into q stove, the other day, at
Spokane Falls. The oil caught fire
the can exploded, the child has died a
shocking death, and the house was
burned to the ground. The mother
and babe were badly burned.
Hon. f. ]. Allen has returned from
the Atlantic coast to resume his res
idence in the Sound country. Mr..
Allen was member of the Division
convention that assembled at Monti-
cello in November, 1852, to set off Wash
ington Territory from Oregon. He
was then living at Olympia.
The gentlemen comprising the Wash
ington Constitutional Convention are
figuring ON allowing the following sal
aries to the executive officers: Cover
MOI, "a 900 to 5000; Lieutenant-Goy-
ernor. $500 to 5000; Treasurer
$500 to $4,000; Auditor, $1,000 to
5000; Superintendent of Public In
struction. 81. 800 to $4,000.
The reason why women should vote
are simple. Is it fair and right that
those who pay taxes should have voice
as to the amount of tax, and the way
it shall be expended? Then in the
words Of Wendell Phillips: "Whils
woman is admitted to the gallows, the
Jail and the tax lists, we have no right
to debar her from the ballot box"
l-Erchapge.
Spokane Neps: Now that Washington
Territory has obtained her long desire
and is about to become State, the men
of the Territory have before them an
exceptional opportunity. II rests with
them to say whether Washington shall
come in as State with all her adults
citizens enfranchised, or with half of
them still held in condition of per-
petual minority.
Latest reports from Palouse City are
to the effect that little Orie johnson,
poisoned and then shot through the
head by her insane father, will probably
recover, but will be blind the remainder
of her life. One of her eyes, through
which the bullet passed, was removed.
and it is thought that the other can
not be saved. Should she survive,
what life is before her!
The Olympia correspondent Of the
Tacoma Globe is not very good authority
on historical and geographical ques-
tions. He locates the southwest corner
of Washington in the Canal De Haro
and SAYS that the difference between