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

Is the contest at Chicago last wceL;
for the Drexel stakes Spokane was
| beaten.
I The nearly completed census polls
show the population OF Columbia
county to be 6,023.
1t is proposed that in the new city OF
Ellensburg, W. T., there shall be bat
two saloons in each block.
A Bellingham Bay mill which has
been laying idle Tor five years Is about
to re commence operations.
The Tacoma LcdGCr thinks Western
Washington has unsurpassed advan-
tages for the production OF linen.
F. NJ. Walsh and c. f. Mitchell, OF
Seattle, are about to start a weekly news
paper at Anacortes, Fidalgo island
Recent raids OF gamblers at Port
Townsend is spreading CONSERVATION
among the patrons OF the green cloth
in that city.
During the six months of 1889 ending
June so, the real estate sales in Walla
Walla numbered 62J, amounting to
1904 ,J52.36.
Visitors who have returned from the
Chautauqua grounds report large
crowds III attendance from all parts oil
the Territory.
A public meeting held at Sehome
demands that the tide flats be reserved
for manufacturing purposes against
grabbers and spectators.
New wheat quotes at 80 cents, f. o.
b. C. sacked, for club, and 81 cents for
blue stem per bushel. 1t is generally
thought the price will go higher within
the month.
Pacific county is to have graded
school, and the place selected for it is
Oysterville. This is a highly needed
institution, and will be well patronized
from the start.
Harvest hands in Eastern Wash
ington are scarce and proud. Many
refuse to work for less than $500 a
day and board, and there is quite q
number, who won't work for love or
money.
Local Inspectors, Bryant and Bull
lene have restored Captain Robert
Baughman's license, which was re-
voked some months ago for alleged
negligence in the George E. Starr Eliza
Anderson collision.
The Nasel Logging company have
now about ITO men at work in their
different camps, and are putting in from
10000 to 10000 feet of logs per day
and Graham and Ross are putting in
from 10000 to $4,000 feet a day.
The Hunt railroad is now doing a
land Office business. Orders for 400
cars have been sent in to carry off the
wheat crop. Each inbound train is
heavily loaded also. 1t seems that this
road is getting the bulk OF Walla Wal
las rade.
A boy, only 16 years old, was arrested
at Milton, charged with robbery and
blowing open a safe in Nebraska City,
from whence he skipped. The boy was
very saucy when arrested, but no doubt
they will take the starch right out OF
him before he gets much older.
According to the Milton Eagle, a
narrow guage steam motor line will be
built from Walla Walla to Milton, a
distance of twelve miles, traversing the
most beautiful portions of the Walla
Walla valley, to connect with the
Hunt system. We hope the little joker
will materialiZe.
On the night of August LIST will be
the 24th anniversary OF the great fire
in Walla Walla, when it wiped out every
thing from below Third street, excep-
ting Joe Bauer's residence. The next
biggest fire, and which really destroyed
the most valuable property, was on the
night of March Z, 1889.
A. w. Stewart, says the Puyallur
Valley Citizen, a man whose veracity
is not questioned, raised from garden
containing only three quarters of an
acre, over $3.50 worth OF lettuce, radish
spinach and other garden truck, and
the patch will produce this season over
81 600 worth of vegetables.
VIM B. Eden's little boy met with q
curious accident last week, on Guemes
island. He was working with yoke
of cattle when one of the oxen swung
his head round, a horn catching the
boy fairly in the mouth and penetrat
ing the roof OF the mouth, without
leaving mark on the lips or injur
ing tooth.
Walla Walla Journal: We hope our
Convention will put into the Constiti-
ton strong clause, making the abil-
ity to read and write the English Ian.
guage, and non-conviction for treason
or felony, an essential to the qualifica
ton of voters. Ignorance may be
bliss in some cases, but in national af
fairs it is a curse.
The lumber resources of Washing
ton Territory are almost Incompetent
sible 1t is estimated that her forests
contain 175,OO0,OOO,OOO feet of uncut
hemlock and pine, in some places av-
eraging from $4,000 to 10000 per acre
With the immense facilities possessed
for converting this into lumber it will
take many years before even an impress
sion will be made upon this industry.
"The Chinese of Ellensburg mus
CO." is the general sentiment of thu
people of that place since the fire
Tuesday, Chinatown was raided ant
large quantities of stolen goods wer,
recovered. The coolies were given on,
hour in which to leave the town, ant
it was only owing to the better judgmen
| Of nf 70
: break was averted. Some 800 peopl,
we're in the crowd.
Mr.. Kirkendall, of Helena, the con
tractor who will build the extension o
the Washington & Idaho railroad ives
from Davenport, reports that the grad
ers have begun operations, and that il
: two weeks at least one hundred mel
will be in the field. Forty four mile
will be completed this year, which
brings the terminus to Elmira, sixteel
2 miles west of Wilbur. Ten miles ives
, of Davenport will be in operation il
E sixty days.
The Whitman County Farmers All
ance at recent meeting adopted a ser
4 lcS vi IcSoiutlOiis, W DC suptiii'tct W vi
a Constitutional Convention. They OF
y pose the creation OF bonded indebted
e ness OF counties and cities in favor O
railway or other corporations, and as
t the convention to prohibit either tn
e state or any subdivision thereof fror
: bonding its credit to any corporation
i The legislature should have power
prevent all phases of railroad discrin