Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-17

guber, Prosser, Yakima county; f. r.
Dixon, Riparia, Columbia county; J..
Muck, Pysht, Clallam county.
Recently an experimental well was
sunk on farm near Ritzville to a
depth of 1O5 feet and succeeding in
striking an abundant supply of excel
lent water, which is considered an in
valuble discovery to the people of that
section.
About twenty mining claims have
been filed on the recently-discovered
magnetic iron leads OF Ryan's Hill.
near the forks of the Stillaguamish.
Assays of the ore show as high as 80
per cent. Two of the discoverers,
Messrs. Sloman and Robertson, will
continue the work of prospecting and
developing their claims during the
winter.
Thomas Morse, a farmer residing
near Rockford, in Eastern Washing
ton, lately received a check for the
sum of $lCO for four potatoes he had
forwarded to Maui & Co., the great
seed firm of Philadelphia, in response
to a proposition to award that amount
for four of the best tubers raised in
the country. They weighed from q
to 3 pounds each.
A mountain OF clam shells, says the
Seattle Press, has been discovered
about three miles east of Mount Yer
non. 1t is over GOO feet high and has
a surface of soil nearly foot thick
Underneath this clam shells abound
to the level depth. There are trees
growing on the mountain which show
an age, judging by the rings about the
heart, of from $50 to 200 years.
Another Puget Sound pioneer has
joined the silent majority. S. S. Has
sard, of Mukilteo who had been ailing
for some time, was taken to the hos
pital at Seattle, died on New Years
day, of general debility. He was about
6S years of age; came to Puget Sound
in 1858; had been resident OF Snoho-
mish county since 1864, and has con-
Quoted a general store at Mukilteo for
the post ten or twelve years.
J. H. Mcknight, counsel for the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
arrived in Seattle this week on
business to effect transfer oil
the Puget Sound Shore road, which
has been purchased by the Northern
Pacific from the Oregon Transconti
mental Company. The road has been
operated by the Northern Pacific some
time. Since January 1st all rates. in
cluding wheat, have been the same to
Seattle as to Tacoma.
While Judd Conklin was skating on
the river at Snohomish he went
through the ice and narrowly escaped
drowning. Two young men, who wert
close behind him, displayed good com
mon sense in they way they wen
about pulling him out of the
water. One lay down the ice and
caught Conklin by the hand while tn.
second lay down and held on the
others feet and so managed to get the
young fellow out of his chilly bath.
James P. Nelson, grocery mer
chant at Tacoma, has made an assign
ment for the benefit of his creditors
These are mostly merchants OF TIA
coma. The largest creditors are tn,
Tacoma Grocery Co., $1,262; McDon
aid, Lawshe & Co., $3.50; S. S. Brooks
about 1925, and several others fo
smaller amounts. The total liabili
ties, $2,29S; assets, 1882. Higl
rents and active competition are givel
as the cause OF the failure.
H. McCrossin, better known as ." Bi
Mack" gambler and all-aroun,
sport, was shot and killed Saturda,
morning, at Spokane Falls, by Harr,
A. Baer in front of saloon kept BY
Baer and Jacob Goetz, we'll known a
Dutch jake" "Big Mack" leaves
family. He was powerful man
weighed 200 pounds, and before he 60
SO fleshy was something of priz
fighter. On one occasion, when he re
sided at Minneapolis, Patsy Cardil
made an unsuccessful effort to knocl
him out in six rounds. Baer is unde
arrest.
Hops were first grown in Washing
ton in 1866. The first yard, contain
ing less than an acre, was plante,
near what is now the town of Sumner
in the Puyallup valley. In the fol
lowing year another yard of a few
acres was planted on farm adjoinin,
that on which the pioneer hop var,
was established. In 1868 a third hol
yard was planted upon land now com
prised within the corporate limits o
the town of Puyallup. During thes
early years OF the hop industry il
Puyallup valley, prices were high, an,
the business proved very lucrative.
The Washington Steamboat Com
pany, through its general manager
ID. b. Jackson, has transferred all tn,
vessels owned by that company to tn
Puget Sound and Alaska STEAMSHIP
Company of Utsalady. The followin
steamers were included in the trans
fer: Edith, $4,000; Eliza Anderson
$4,000; Daisy, $1,000: w. X. Mer
win, Sl4 600; City of Quincy, $4,000
and Washington, $4,000. Waite
Oakes, son of President Oakes of tn
Northern Pacific Railroad is secretar,
OF the company. The total amour
paid for the steamers was $4,000.
Last week the Aberdeen Herald OF
flee was favored by a pleasant cal
from Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith, O