Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-12
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS.

A horse stepped on the little toe of
l. l. Hughes, at Palouse City, last
week, and completely severed it from
the foot
Portland capitalists offer money at
six per cent to rebuild the burnt dis
trict of Vancouver with brick. and the
City Council has set the fire limit ac-
cordingly.
Richard kenne dy, one of the oldest
settlers in Pierce county, died in Taco
ma on Friday. He was 96 years of age
and settled ON the prairie south of Ia
coma, 20 years ago.
Seattle has been replatted in the
burnt district, the streets Strengthened
and widened and grade changed, and
the city when rebuilt will be quite
different from the city that was burnt.
Thirteen of TIE nineteen Cinnamon
held in the King county Jail as United
States prisoners for being unlawfully in
the United States, succeeded in making
their escape by crawling through Il long
conduit.
Goldendale wants new waterworks.
The present supply is inadequate. It's
proposed to build dam across the
klickitat above the French place
where that stream descends from the
mountain.
The steamer Wasco, which has beer,
plying on the Columbia river for sever
al years past, is to be taken to the
Sound soon and run as freight and
passenger boat between the principal
Sound cities.
The exodus of people from Califor-
ina northward into Oregon and Wash
ington still continues. Each train
leaving California is crowded to its ut
most capacity, and the railroad COM
pany is seriously considering the cues
ton OF putting another train on the
route.
During the month of May, 1918
head OF stock, consisting of cattle.
horses, hogs and sheep were sold and
shipped from North Yakima over the
Northern Pacific to st. Paul, Morris,
(Dak.) Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.
Twenty-four cars were used in their
transportation.
Weekly Vidette: at will not he
many months until state election will
be held in Washington. As is usual
on such occasions it may be expected
that the usual number OF eastern ora
tors will be imported to give the cam
paign more spice and interest. We
doubt. however, If these importations
are necessary. Washington has some
fine OratOrs-second to none to be
found anywhere"
The Ellensburg Capital sensibly
suggests that law be enacted com
pelling people who lay out additions to
cities to conform to the original plat.
The necessity for such law becomes
apparent as these additions build up
with labyrinth of short, cramped
streets, having unsightly angles.
Through the shortsightednes of own
ers OF addition property many country
towns are greatly afflicted in this re-
spect, and the value of the property
actually decreased.
Captain L. Balch, sailed in 1919
from the state of Maine and laid out
the eastern portion of Steilacoom, still
known as Balch's Steilacoom, as dis
tinguished from Chapman's Steilacoom
lying westward. Aboard his vessel
Lafayette Balch brought not only his
personal kit but house, ready built, OF
New England pine, which he set up on
the site now occupied by the Steilacoom
hotel. SteilacOom prospered in the DAYS
when Fort Steilacoom was an lmpor-
tant military post
The Citizens Committee who went
from WhatcOm to arrange details with
the Westminster people about build
ing road over the Garfield route.
have returned. Nelson Bennett offers
to build the road from Westminster
to Whatcom Tor the fifty thousand
dollars raised. 1t is thought that
Bennett Is representing the Northern
Pacific, and is also operating through
Westminster parties to get the Can
field franchise. Whatcom people are
afraid Bennett will use the road to
boom his Fairhaven lani schemes, and
prefer to have some other company
build road.