Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-05-24

The first liquor license has beer
granted at Blaine.
A livery stable was burned at Spo
kane Falls yesterday. Loss $500.
II. l.. Kincaid, of Stella, has beer
granted patent for combination
tool.
Walla Wallaians can now buy eoa
at 81 ton. The former price was 81;
a ton.
The gardeners about Walla Wall,
shipped forty tons OF early vegetable
the past week.
On May 9th at Port Gamble one o
the boilers in the mill exploded, fortu
nately without loss OF life.
Strong arguments are being made
that the Cowlitz river should be i'm
proved and made navigable.
The Title Insurance Company, O
Spokane Falls, has been incorporated
with capital stock of 100000.
The Whatcom Rereille has change
proprietors, Mr.. 7. G. Nicklen being
succeeded by Mr.. J. c. Evans, OF Valley
City, Dakota.
President Adams, of the Union Pa.
citic, is receiving estimates for line to
parallel the Northern Pacific from Port.
land to Seattle.
While digging a well near Walla
Walla few days ago, man unearthed
the skeleton of large animal at a
depth OF SIS feet.
At the request OF the Bennett Co.
the Commissioners of Whatcom
county have refused to grant liquor Ii
censes to two applicants at Fairhaven.
A young man named Thayer was
killed Monday by a falling tree while
driving along the road from Toledo.
Another man sitting on the same seat
was not injured.
VIM. Atkinson, sailmaker who
died at Vallejo, Cal, the other day,
had $3.50 sewed up in his clothes.
That is private banking without pay
ing an occupation tax.
a division OF the Uniform Rank OF
Knights OF Pythias, was instituted at
Tacoma last night with a membership
of fifty knights, and was in Olympia
Tuesday to contest for the prize.
Chief Butterfield raided a gambling
den above the Grotto saloon, at Seattle
on the evening of the 10Th inst. and
captured lot of gambling parapher-
MALTA, two gamblers, and one thousand
dollars in cash.
Surveyors have finished locating the
big ditch at Wallula. 1t is to be four
and one-half miles long, and will give
perpendicular fall of nineteen feet
1t is located on the south side Of the
Walla Walla river.
The contract for building a light
draft boat for the Cowlitz river between
Portland and Toledo has been let to
parties in Portland by the Kellogg
transportat on company, and the boat
will be built at once.
Work commenced on the new Whit
man county courthouse Tuesday morn
ing. The grounds formerly occupied
by the county have been purchased by
Messrs. Bellinger Hollingsworth, Liv.
ingstone and Kuhr.
The lowest valuation on wild land
in Whatcom county, made by the as.
SCISSOR this year, is $4 Last year the
lowest valuation was $3.50. Improve.
mcnts are exempted from taxation as
far possible, as they should be.
The senatorial party, headed by Sen.
ator Hoar, that is commissioned to ex-
anime into the relations OF the United
States with Canada, is expected to ar
rive at Seattle about May 2S, from San
Francisco, on the steamer AlbatrOss.
The last form of names for the new
directory of Tacoma is about ready for
the press and shows 9676 names
which represents a population OF the
city OF between $500 and 1000, max
ing an increase during the year of
about l0,'. 0.
Who says this county isn't produc-
tive? Byron Stapleton OF slakum has
nine year old COW that has raised
eight calves. Twice she gave birth to
twins, which grew to be healthy cattle
Eight calves from a nine year old COW
is pretty good.-Chehalis Bee.
The high mountain peaks of Wash
ington are: Adams, 9,470; Baker, TO-
So; Constance, 7,777; Rainer; A.
IA; st. Helens, 9,75n. Oregon's high
est peak is Hood, 11,025 feet, and Mt.
Whitney, California, with height OF
15,OSs the highest peak in the Uni
ted States.
Travel to the Conconully mines con-
tinues to increase, and extra coaches
are being sent out daily. The steamer
owners will undoubtedly be compelled
to mako three trips per week from
Rock Island landing to the mouth of
the Okanogan. Reports from the
mines continue extremely favorable
A large number of representative
wealthy farmers about Walla Walla met
Tuesday to discuss the railroad situa-
ton, during which Mr.. Hunt was asked
to reduce the SO 5000 heretofore asked
by him in aid of an extension of his
system from here, to $250001. After
due consideration, Mr.. Hunt did as re-
quested. This concession caused great
enthusiasm among the farmers, who
now believe the proposition very lair,
and think it will meet the approval OF
all the taxpayers in the county.
Quincy A. Brooks, the collector OF
customs who was removed from office
by President Cleveland last November
and who returned from the national
capital three weeksago, has filed bonds
for his appearance at the next term oi
court at Port Townsend, to answer
the charges of embezzling from the
government. Charles A. Dyer ex-Coun-
ty Auditor, (Democrat), and Frank W.
Hastings (Republican). capitalist ol
that city, are sureties for Brooks, and
qualified before United States Commits
sioner Wood.
The loss Of the steamer Alaskan is q
serious blow to transportation on Pu
get Sound. The o. R. & N. Co. are
now very short OF steamers and will bt
unable to cope with the traffic for some
time, as the Olympian has to be laid uI
for repairs to her boilers for about 81,
weeks, and this has to be done at once
This leaves the company with only the
North Pacific for the Tacoma-Victoris
run and she is too small ior that bust
ness. At the present time only thret
Of the four schedule trips between Ia
coma and Seattle are made daily, ant
it will be found difficult to make these