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


There is a dearth OF brick at Walla
Walla.
An attempt was made Sunday night
to burn Pasco.
The Aberdeen water company Is
now an assured fact.
A fine yield of wheat is expected in
the vicinity Of Waitsburg
A new bank is TO be established at
Colville with J. $. Moore as president.
The steamer City of Ellensbug is
making weekly trips up the Columbia
river.
The schooner Jewett sailed from
Hoquiam last week with G27 600 feet
OF lumber.
A new Presbyterian church, 32x5O
feet, is being constructed in Davenport
to cost $1,000.
At the recent city election in Dayton
J. \. Kellogg was elected mayor by a
majority of 81.
On the Eureka fiat the wheat har-
vest has begun, and good crop is be-
ing gathered.
General George P. Ihrie has been ap.
pointed Deputy Collector Of Customs at
Port Townsend.
The sawmill at Fairhaven is ready to
begin business. 1t has capacity Of
5000 feet per day.
Grading on the terminus end OF the
Chehalis valley railroad, is abont to com.
mence in great shape.
Thomas King, OF Spangle, has gath
cred forty bushels of cherries from ten
trees the present season.
Wah Kuhn, a Chinese cook, was bur
led at Port Townsend Wednesday with
much pomp and ceremony.
Prof. E. N. Livermore, OF Spokane
Falls, has been selected as principal OF
the Oaksdale public school.
A stock company has been formed at
Hoquim to build a hotel. The sum
of $4,000 has been subscribed.
Ground has been broken in Ellens-
burg for one mile of brick store fronts,
in the district swept by the fire.
All the granite used in building up
Seattle comes from Spokane Falls and
the sandstone from Bellinghham Bay.
Rev. George NJ. Irwin, of Union, re-
Gently appointed superintendent of the
Chemawa Indian school, will soon leave
for his new field of duty.
A public meeting held at Sehome
demands that the tide fats be re-
served for manufacturing purposes
against grabbers and Spectators.
A scheme is on foot to consolidate the
four towns of Whatcom, Sehome, Bell
ingham and Fairhaven, which join each
other, mainly on the south side of Bell
ingham bay.
H. C. Paige, the Coal Inspector Of
the first judicial district, of this Terri
tory, has made his annual report to
the Governor. He places the total
output at 10000.
Graders began work Monday morn.
ing on the Ellensburg & Columbia
River Railroad. Contracts are being
made for the first ten miles, which will
be completed in ninety days.
Harvesting is well under way and the
prospects are that wheat will yield well
although not SO heavy as last year
Fall grain is especially good, but the
spring wheat will be little short.
Cars will be running on the new
road between Whatcom and West.
minister by the LIST of July next. A
$4,000 bonus has been raised at What
com to be turned over at that time.
Ellensburg Register: About 10000
sheep have crossed the Columbia with
in the past few days, and 5000 more
from the Big Bend country will cross
the Moses Coulee ferry in few days.
A few days ago Samuel Coulter. Of
Portland. receive from the Takou mine
in Alaska, 5000, the result of two
weeks run under the supervision of his
two sons, Clarence and Albert. This
makes So, 600 within one month.
entleman from the East has Of
! ghe Walla Walla Agriculture So
81. 600 for their fair grounds and
~ track, for purpose of converting
f. lame into horse farm The so.
pty, which is $4,000 in debt, is con.
s;dering the proposition.
The Spokane and Northern has
thirty miles of track laid and some
G5 or 20 miles graded. Work is being
pushed rapidly and Colville will soon
be visited by railway trains and Their
benefits. Colville will then proceed to
grow like Green Bay tree.
Last Sunday at Dixie, near Walls
Walla, preparations had been made fol
the wedding of John Micheal and Dolly
Kimball but at the appointed hour the
bride WAS not forthcoming. Investiga.
ton disclosed the fact that she had
skipped with another fellow.
The mileage Of the members of the
constitutional convention amounts to
$4747. the printing o$3, $50, and if the
delegates sit for forty days the per diem
will amount to about $4,000. This
will eat up all the appropriation of $2O,.
900 made by Congress, and more too
The Pacific Navigation company
and the Fairhaven Navigation compa.
NY, now have a feet of four fine vessels
upon the Sound, and are doing fine
business. The business enterprise OF
this combination ought to be appre.
ciated by shippers, as it furnishes
them with healthy competition be.
tween transporting lines.
Garfield and Sheafe have sold their
railroad on the British Columbia side
to New Westminster parties, who are
trying to arrange with Bennett to con.
meet at the boundary between Blaine
and Lynden. Garfield is now in
good financial condition and may ar
range with the Canadian Pacific to
connect at Whatcom with the Cana
dian Pacific.
There was . big train wreck at Ritz
vile last Wednesday in which ten
freight cars were completely demol-
ished. The cars were left standing on
the main line and when the east bound
passenger came in she struck them
with such force as to result as above
stated. Fortunately no one was hurt.
A car containing cattle was also pre-
cipitated, but they all escaped injury.
Onion parties are the latest sensation
in Eastern Washington. Six girls
stand in row while one bites small
chunk out of an onion and a young man
pays 10 cents q guess as to which one it
was. If he guesses right he has to kiss
the other. five, but if he doesn't he is
only allowed to kiss the one with the
onion scented breath. This amusement