Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-30
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Kelso wants a bank and the nearest
one is 80 miles away.
The Chehalis county crop will be
fully up to the average.
The receipts of the Seattle land Of.
flee for July was 100000.
The grain yield of WalIa Walls
county is better than was expected.
An effort is being made to build a
railroad between Sprague and COlfax.
Whatcom is to have daily mail be-
tween the Sound cities and that town
Assessed valuation in Jefferson coun.
ty has increased 100000 in the past
year.
The young town of Blaine claims
services for five religious denomina.
tons.
Til Sheets, q famous engineer, is now
i'll the Cascades looking for a pass for
a railroad.
Sprague will soon have another
water works as the contract has been
already let.
Work on the new brick block and
the bank building at Orting is being
rapidly pushed.
Edward Bolin, of Seattle, has been
declared insane and taken to the asy.
lum at Steilacoom.
The last census of Skagit county
showed population of about 1900
The present census will be over 5000.
Alexander James has been held tC
await the action of the grand jury al
Port Townsend for the killing of Plais
ted
The large consignment of water
mains lately received at Puyallup are
being laid, and that town will soon bt
supplied with water.
George NJ. O'Bradovitch, miner
was badly hurt at Paulsboro, KitsaI
county, by falling from a bridge Will,
crossing creek, striking on his chest
Eugene Garfield is recognizing hi
railroad company for the purpose o
building a line from WhatcOm t.
Blaine, to connect with the Canadian
| Pacific.
The residence of Mrs. Mary Giddings
on the line of the Olympia & Chehali
Valley railroad, was burned to tn,
ground on Wednesday and all its con
tents destroyed.
The son of County Assessor Georg
A. Cook, of Puyallup, ran a silver int
his foot, and after it was thought h,
was cured, blood poisoning set in an,
caused his death.
Edward b. Downing was accident
ally shot in the leg in a gun store il
Seattle recently by another person
who was examining rifle. Tn
wound is not serious.
Wesley and Harrison, the two mel
who robbed q Swede of sum o
money at Tacoma recently, were sen
fenced to IL years each in the peniten
tiary at Walla Walla.
A reunion OF the G. A. r. veteran
occurred at WhatcOm last Monda,
which was attended by about IS mem
bers, and the proceedings were of al
interesting character.
The bricklayers of Ellensburg strucl
work recently against 1O-hours
schedule. The contractors exhibit
firm front, and say they will have al
the men they want in few days.
The Constitutional Convention ha
adopted an article to pay regular sal
aries to all county officials and do ava,
with the fee system. This is as it shoul,
be and the change meets with genera
approval.
Hoquium will soon have $25, O0O
hotel. 1t will consist of three and one
half stories aud will contain fifty sleep
ing rooms. The order for the the lum
Der has been given, and the work o
clearing the lot has commenced.
Work has begun on the Jenkins foun
dry and machine shops at Chehalis
and will be hurried to completion
The plant will cost at least $4,000
exclusive of the building and site, ant
will be the only one OF the kind in tn
Territory south of Tacoma.
The Democrats of South Prairi
have organized club with the follow
ing officers: President, John NJ
Crump; Vice President, Libberl
White; Secretary, Charles c. Ward
Treasurer, George N. Glines; Execu
tive Committee, John Doherty, Jane
Murphy, Samuel Thompson and Isaa
Ish.
Collector Bradshaw, of Port Town
send, distributing agent for the publi
buildings, has received a draft for $40
600 as the first installment of the az
preparation of $25, 600 for the new Gus
tom house. The contractors, Messrs
Wakeman e. Co., are busy at work pre-
pairing the ground and getting read
for the foundation.
Organization of q Democratic clul
has been perfected at Wilkeson by tn
election of the following officers: Pres
ident, Robert d. Huff; Vice President
A. J. Hill; Secretary, Frank Jinks
Treasurer, Frank Kelley; Executiv
Committee, Joseph Haltowa, William
Stillwagon. Joseph Pottoff, Jacob Ston
ECKER and John Kresser.
A Democratic auxiliary club ha
been organized at Carbonate with tn
following officers; President, Charlie
Nightengale Vice President, Georg
c. Taylor; Secretary, I. M. lilly
Treasurer, Griffith Lloyd; Executiv
Committee, William d. Steele, Vii
liam Armstrong, Albert Minsch, JOIN
Cowell and Taylor Lake. ~
The twentieth annual session of tn
/. o. G. T., of Washington, convene
at the Chautauqua beach, Vashon Ii
land, last Thursday, and continued il
session three days. A membership c
nearly / 800 are working under char
tiers of 30 lodges; each lodge will hav
a representation of two at least Will
some will have four or five.
Seattle Budget: The different ir
surance agents of the city state pos
lively that the companies holdin
risks in Seattle would reduce rates q
least % per cent. should they secure a
efficient fire department. Accordin,
ly the new chief, Mcdonald, has star
ed in to make radical changes in til
present force and former methods.
At Seattle the other day a gang {
union lOngshOremen refused to wOr
at discharging vessel at 40 cents a
hour. Failing to replace the striker
with non-union men, the stevetlol
was forced to throw up the contrac
A number of the strikers then combine