Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-26

The land Office at Yakima has been
allowed two additional clerks.
| The iron work of the new Schwarz
building is being put in place.
A twelve-foot vein has been struck
in the Bennett mine in Skagit county.
Milton is to have daily paper, the
first number to be issued in few days.
The preamble of our new State Con-
stitution, as drafted, is the shortest in
existence.
/ A farmer in Eastern Washington
has some growing cotton which he
will mature. -----sz-..-
The water works of Spokane Falls
has a capacity of 100000 gallons of
water per day.
Contracts have been let to extend
Washington Central railroad 40 miles
beyond Davenport.
Seattle's police force has been re-
duced to 80 men, the same number as
it was before the fire.
Isaac Bashore, q years old and un-
fmarried, was drowned in the Tir-
nahum, near Milton, on Sunday.
The average report from the thresh-
ers this season of wheat yields, is ex-
pected to exceed 30 bushels an acre.
In 1880 there were 198, ,595 Irish and
1853, ,482 Germans in New York city.
There are now more Germans than
Irish.
N. s. Snyder, for a long time
Deputy Collector in the Customs
Service at Port Townsend, has re-
signed.
Work has commenced on the Skagit
iron mines, and shafts have been sunk
nearly to the depth of 500 yards where
the lode is located.
The Spokane & Northern railroad has
thirty miles of track laid and some sixty
five or seventy miles graded. Work is
being pushed rapidly.
The Progressive Club formed during
the last campaign in Walla Walla, has
been permanently organized, with G..
w. Hunt as president.
! The Washington Press Association
is in receipt of an invitation from May
or Wheelright to hold its coming meet
ing at Tacoma, and has accepted.
The hop growers of Puyallup, Sum-
ner and White River have formed an
Organization to advance their inter-
ssts in regard to securing hop-pickers.
The railroad bonus to secure the
building of the Port Townsend rail-
. road is being radidly subscribed, with
good prospect of the whole amount
being quickly secured.
, John Davis, who was injured in a
J sawmill at Kent about two months
ago, and who was thought to have re-
covered, died yesterday at Providence
hospital, fever having set in.
/ A vigilance committee has been or
, ganized at Spokane Falls compo1ed ol
Leading business and professional men,
: The members will patrol the streets al
night, incognito, and any one applying
: the torch will be summarily dealt with
on the spot.
At Palouse City, on Wednesday even
, ing Of last week, fracus occurred be.
tween w. L. Alfred and Frank Flint
: in which the latter came near losing
his life. Both men were intoxicated
and began to quarrel over game oi
, cards, says the News.
, Farmers north of Ellensburgh have
in contemplation the organization of a
, stock company, for the purpose of con.
struction of canal 20 miles long fol
i water to be taken from the Yakima
| river about ten miles above the city
The capital stock is $4,000.
Goldendale Sentinel: The shortage
in the hay and grain crop through the
eastern part of the county, where large
bands of sheep and horses are, owned il
apt to make hay good price the com.
ing fall, especially so if next winter
. would prove to be severe one.
Seattle is raising q great kick ovel
the proposed provision in our new
State Constitution preventing the
bonding of cities for debt. This would
! materially interfere with her plans, in
regard to spending nearly million dol
lars on water works and other improve
ments.
A. V. Ragsdale, prominent citizer
of Spokane Falls was camping neal
Vermillion creek, in Montana. Will,
preparing to 60 hunting one morning
!. double-barrel shotgun was acciden
tally discharged, taking effect in on,
of his heels. He was brought to hi
! home in this city this morning.
The ambitious city of Milton sadly
needs a newspaper. Recognizing thii
fact, the Eagle management after ma
ture deliberation, has decided to issu,
a spicy and newsy evening paper. AL
Y this denotes enterprise. The editol
. adds to this startling announcement
the following few caustic lines: 9Th,
Y Weekly Eagle viii be enlarged if tn,
8 Daily Eaglct don't die, before the shel
breaks"
e Spokane Falls people are rustler'
{ and no mistake Nine railroads centel
t there new buildings erected and in pro
cess cost 81, 900 900; there are ten bank
with an aggregate capital OF $14 ,OOO, ,OO(
I and over 50 ,O0O, 900 deposits; real estat'
a sales recorded for months were $8, ,4S8
1856; 100000 is employed in manu-
featuring industries; the WHOLESALE
: trade is 80 per cent. better than las
: ! year, and the outlook generally is en-
couraging.
Mr.. Walter Walker owns farm il
: the Big Bend district, near Slaughter
i. on the shores of Lake Washington. Nj
Walker had been told that the groun'
about his home could not be made t
I" produce wheat, but the samples showl
: : go far towards refuting this statement
The heads are full, plump and regula
% and will average about 80 kernels TO tn
stem. The stand of grain is good an
z will run about 40 bushels to the acre
!. Mr.. Walker says that wheat can b
n grown in Western Washington, an
It while his attempt. this year have beel
of the nature Of ali experiment, he
fully satisfied of the correctness of hi
. views.
= The city election at Port Townsen
II resulted in clean sweep for the Demo
cratic candidates. The Republican
are hadlv beaten hy over n ,noior;tv fc