Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-16
TERRITORIAL MATTERS.

An average hop crop is expected in
the Puyallup valley.
The weevil has been DESTROYING wheat
crops near Dayton.
The receipts of the Seattle land Office
or July were $G,0O0,0O0.
Cotton is being raised by an Eastern
Washington farmer with good success.
The wheat crop of Washington will
be 80 per cent. larger than that OF last
year.
A drunken fight at CORONADO, Mon
day, resulted in Montana Bill getting
shot in the groin.
The report comes from Walla Walla
that opposition to the Convention is
developing in the southeastern part of
the Territory.
The Kent recorder estimates that
Pierce county will produce at least l5,-
600 bales of hops this year, which at the
lowest figure will bring $50 bale.
The date of the meeting OF the Re
publican Convention has been set for
September 4th, and the place changed
from Spokane Falls to Walla Walla.
A meeting OF the Democratic Terri
torial committee last week. determined
upon holding the State Convention at
Ellensburg. The will date be fixed
later on.
A small swarm of grosshopper ap-
peared at Walla Walla Saturday night
about 8 30 o'clock and gathered around
the electric light globes like bees around
hive. They disappeared before mid
night.
DR.. Griswold, of Montesano, has dis
covered Il process by which wood NAV
be decarbonized or treated to bath of
chemicals which renders it non-com-
bustible. Fire simply chars but does
not consume it.
Franklyn, of Seattle, has the contract
for the Grand Central Hotel to be cree
ted in Sehome. The contract price is
800, the company furnishing the
lumber which will cost approximately,
$4,000. The building will be com
pleted Dec. LIST.
The completion of the census of King
county is going to show a very salts
factory state Of affairs ird ell. Enough
OF the work is already finished to enable
the statement to be made definitely
that the number of people in the
county is at least $4,000.
James Gordon, a carpenter, who since
the fire at Seattle has been living with
his family at Fremont, left his home
Sunday afternoon to visit his wife, who
is at Providence hospital, Seattle, and
has not been seen since leaving the hos
pital about 4 80 Sunday afternoon.
His mysterious disappearance cannot
be accounted for by his friends and
relatives.
Waitsburg Enterprise: Why is it
that SO much wheat is burned up this
year? Because there is so much spring
wheat to burn, Fall wheat is good
crop. Why is there so much spring
wheat this year? Because year ago
last winter much of the fall wheat froze
out, and farmers acted on the inference
that if fall wheat froze out last year it
would do SO this year. Now so long as
farmers vacilate in this way, they will
be pretty sure to miss every time. let
them take for text: "SOw fall wheat
Last Saturday. two conv,css at the
penitentiary at Waila Walla attempted
to steal the engine of the clay train
which was being unloaded in the brick
yard, in an effort to escape. Their
names are Frank Williams and Charles
Emerson. They jumped ON the engine
in the absence of the engineer and open
ed the throttle, but the clay which had
fallen on the track between the cars in
the process of unloading would not
allow the engine or cars to move. If
they had uncoupled the engine before
boarding they might have succeeded
in their bold attempt to escape, as once
in the cab they were protected from
the rifles of the guards. They were
captured and returned to their cells.