Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-06-06
WHOLE NUMBER 1857.

Hoquiam people are becoming prop
erly interested in the opening of a
road through to the Quinault lake
country. Hoquiam has already a
navigable river stretching ten miles
in that direction, a road connecting
across the Humptulips river and $500
ready to be expended upon it-cover-
ing half the distance.
Eugene Garfield, Captain Brown
field, and other local capitalists of
Whatcom, are organizing company
to put one or more steamboats, on the
Sound from Whatcom to Seattle and
intermediate points. BelIingham Bay
has felt the bad effects of depending
upon the steamboat combination.
Hence the independent line.
Senator Squire writes to Port
Townsend citizen that he will try to se-
cure the Port Townsend military reser-
vation from the government for pub
lie park for that city. The tract con-
sists of 620 acres, and has forty acres
OF rich open land on it, the soil being
such that fine turf could be made,
and in which shade trees would grow
rapidly.
The steam schooner Lucy Lowe is
laid up at the Whatcom wharf with
broken wheel. While coming across
from Port Townsend, says the What
com Bulletin, a large whale ran up be-
hind the schooner, and getting little
too close, raised against the propeller.
The whale was so big and the pro-
peller was going so fast that all four
OF the fans were broken off, and the
schooner was compelled to sail into
port.
The Farmers Alliance will cut
quite a figure, and may control the
election in Whitman county. They
propose to vote independently and
support only such candidates as will
be most apt to support their interests
regardless of party lines. As there
was only 200 Republican majority at
the last election the farmers will be
an important influence. It is at least
safe to say that the candidate who in
ours their displeasure will have hard
road to travel" to victory.
On or about June l, the bank of
South Bend, at South Bend, Pacific
county, will open for business. The
following officers of the new financial
institution have been elected: F. NJ.
Wade, of Tacoma. president; L. N.
Ekland OF South Bend, vice-president; /;
A. L. DEMO, cashier. Among the
other stockholders in the new bank
are James w. Morgan, formerly oi
Tacoma, now of Sehome, and A. F.
McClaine, cashier of the National
Bank Of Commerce of Tacoma.
NJ. o. Palmer, of Algona, In, was
killed on the night of the oath ult., in
the yard of the Northern Pacific rail.
road, at Spokane Falls. A letter was
found in his pocket from his wife
disclosing the fact that he was unable
TO find work and that he had asked
her for money. Ten cents was found
in his pocket. He evidently intended
to 60 to Marshall. Both arms were
broken, the head terribly mutilatee
and the skull crushed. The cars vert
backing while he was walking on tn.
track.
Seattle claims the distinction O
having female enumerator, in tn,
person of Mrs. Mary L. Culbertson, /,
bright young married woman. He
husband, E. NJ. Culbertson, was out O
work when the enumerators were frs
appointed, and he secured the position
as a temporary means. Before th'
time of taking the oath he secured
permanent position as clerk in one o
the railroad offices and his wife filet
an application for the enumeratorship
As she is well acquainted in the dis
trict, the appointment was given her
The Tacoma Mill Company cut
stick of timber of somewhat extraor
dinary length, for the keel OF a schoon
er now being built at the st. Paul an,
Tacoma mill, and is one of the fines
keels ever put in vessel. Ithas beel
found to be 134 feet long. "a inche
wide and 18 inches thick and wa
practically clear. Two feet were Gu
from the stick, as it was too long, an,
it was then 1872 feet long, and con
tanned 4,75O feet, board measure. Thi
was charged at 500 per thousand, o
that the stick cost the schooner build
ers $475.
Lieut.. O'Neill, of the regular army
who will have charge Of the govern
ment party to explore the Olympi
range this summer, will start abou
the middle of June. The party whicl
he is getting together comprises 1
men, including mineralogist an
geologist. An important point il
connection with the trip is the fac
that he will start from Quilcene, in
stead of Port Angeles, as has Away
been done heretofore. The expedi
ton will, without doubt, be the mos
valuable one that has yet been al
tempted in these parts from q scien
tific point of view.
Affirmation aud Heprosch.
N. Y. Evening World.
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