Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-06-21
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS.


being driven to Okanogan country fol
the summer.
The government proposes to stock
the streams OF Walla Walla valley with
Eastern trout.
Over million grain sacks have
already been sold To farmers this sea
son at Walla Walla.
Several new buildings are going NJ
at Ritzyillc, which gives the town an
appearance ol prosperity.
Spokane Falls has sent large
quantity OF provisions and more than
$4,000 TO the Seattle sufferers.
/ Twelve thousand acres OF new
ground are being broken by one firm
near Pennington, Whitman county.
The Puyallup valley has turned out
Strawberries SO large that only twelve
are needed to fill the regular sized
/ box.
/ The city assessment of Walla Walla
shows a value of S2,S00,oO0, gain OF
5000 900 in the past year. The popu-
lation is $500.
Five hundred pounds OF imported
peanuts have been planted in the
black sage grounds of the Yakima
valley this year
! At Spokane Falls % persons were
| fined for drunkenness in Judge Dun
ning's court, Monday, and hut one had
money to pay his fine.
The Ellcnsburg Locoiizer says that
/ the present is the dryest season that
valley has ever known, and attributes
it to the mildness of the past winter
4 little S-vear-old daughter of John
Allen, OF Spokane Falls, attempted to
light fire in the cook stove with
kerosene, Saturday evening. and house
and child are no more.
The Contralla Neps says its Office
was the recipient OF cluster of straw
berries which had twelve berries on it
one of which was six and one-fourth
inches in circumference.
The Whatcom mill is now saving
100000 feet OF timber for the bridges
OF the first 10 miles OF the Fairhaven
& Southern, the contract for the con
struction OF which has been let.
The Oneida colony has paid $l7 DOC
as the first quarters installment on
the 10000 acres OF land that they
purchased of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, near Kiona, Yaki.
ma county.
So far, workmen clearing away the
debris at Seattle have discovered the
remains OF three human victims of the
fire, One was supposed to have been
a Chinaman, as it was found in the
Chinese quarter.
The Eye says that the best steam
and coal yet found in Washington, is
within - miles of the town of Sno-
homish. Iron OF the finest quality is
untouched and almost unknown, save
to few in the county.
The Wallula Herald is indignant al
the lack of support the paper is re.
ceiving from that town, and the edi
tor plaintively remarks: ave can
live on gopher-tail soup and wind pud.
ding for awhile, but not for always"
While the work of getting ready to
throw open the surplus lands of the
Umatilla Indian reservation drags its
slow length along, Idaho is coming to
the front with the proposition to open
the Ncz Perez reservation near Lewis.
ton.
The Pullman Herald says that the
average yield of wheat in that vicinity
is 40 bushels to the acre; of oats from
20 to SO; of flax, 20; barley 65, and
hay 81 tons. Over hall million dol.
lars was paid last fall at Pullman to
farmers for their products.
A fire proof brick bank building is
under way of construction at Waits
burg. There is also proposal for the
construction OF a new opera house
which will no doubt, he built this sum-
mer. Ten dwelling houses are being
constructed and a new bakery has
been started.
The Port Blakely saw mill located
on Bainbridge island, opposite Seattle
is said to be the largest saw mill in
the world. Its average for daily run
Of ten hours is 100000 or 100000
feet per annum. The mill ships its
1 products all over the world and en-
ploys go men.
/ \ Tacoma druggist has called upon
his brother druggists to make arrange
ments to establish pharmaceutical
association for the new State, in order
that the laws regulating pharmacy
may be intelligently made, SO that the
profession and the public may be
properly protected.
/ The total summary of children re-
/ siding in Centralia school district, No.
9, is as follows: Number of children
between the age OF ) and 81 male, 2IS,
/ female POS. Number of children I'M
der ) years male 81 female 104. To-
tai 635. The census OF 1888 gave the
number of scholars at 2S5, gain to the
town OF $50.
Port Townsend has been cut off
from water during the past three or
four days. Splendid system OF water
has that city! This attempting to
furnish large and growing place with
an adequate water supply from little,
uncertain underground spring of
water, gently flowing from the bowels
OF mother earth, is ludicrous in the ex-
/ treme.
Mr.. Maltby's new steamer for the
Nooksack was launched at Lynden re-
Gently and now lies at the Sehome
wharf, where she is being finished and
is receiving her machinery. The boil
er was in the Seattle fire, but it is not
thought to be seriously injured The
boat is - feet long and Is feet BEAM
She will draw about 90 inches of water
with fair load. She will carry Is
tons OF freight She will probably be
christened the Triumph"
Nelson Bennett appears to have
pinned his faith to Bellingham Bay as
a place for investment and develop
ment. He is building the Fairhaven
and Southern railroad, and we have not
much doubt, but that shrewd investor
has his eye on the route for railroad
to Concunully described by Mr.. Mason
as up the valley OF the Methow river,
the head waters of the Skagit to con-
meet with one OF the projected roads of
that valley.
Pomeroy Independent: "If it were
left to popular vote of the people
Mr.. Brents could poll more votes than
Messrs. Allen and Moore combined.
Ii Bro. Tom ever gets his hand in a
position to shake with a laboring man