Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-04
STATE NEWS.

The Tacoma postoffice now ranks
first-class.
The tax Assessor of Montesano finds
LOO residents in that place.
1t is proposed to have hospital
established at Snohomish City.
The Tacoma and Puyallup motor
railway line was opened to the public
Sunday.
The Indians have made preparations
for a grand celebration at Puyallup on
the Fourth.
II. L. Tibbals, jr., has been nomin-
ated by the Democrats for mayor of
Port Townsend.
Hon. E. Levatson, of Window,
Mimi, will open a new bank at Castle
Rock in the near future.
George I. Gartside has sued the city
Fof Seattle for 5000 damages for false
imprisonment by the police authori-
ties.
A number of filings have been made
for claims in the China clay mine on
the Nisqually river, eight miles from
Olympia.
Henry Williamson, of Kamilchie,
had his arm broken by being caught
between the cars, at that place few
days ago.
The Port Angeles Railroad Com
pany was yesterday incorporated to
build to Puget Sound, with a capital
stock of 100000.
The contract for the exposition
building at Spokane Falls has been
awarded. The cost Of the construc-
ton will be $32 900.
In a very short time SnohOmish will
have sixteen saloons, or about one sa-
loon for every 26 voters, or one to
every 12S inhabitants.
The new building of the Hoquiam
lVashingtonian will be thirty-five feet
front, seventy deep, three stories, with
hall in the third story.
The successful bidder for supplying
the Walla Walla garrison with fresh
meat secured $3.50 per hundred for
beef and $40 for mutton.
Fred Ward, of Seattle, and associates
have applied to the Comptroller of the
Currency for permission to organize
the First National Bank Of An acortes.
A large portion OF the business GEN.
ter of Buckley, on the N. P. Railroad,
was destroyed by fire Monday night. |
The loss it is thought will aggregate
$4,000.
About fifteen townships within
Cowlitz county are unsurveyed. A
portion of this unsurveyed tract is &C.
cupied by white settlers, but half of it
is dense, unprecedented wilderness.
The Nooksack Reporter and the
Sumas City Neirs, of Whatcom county,
the Leader of Centerville. Klickitat
county, and the Coulee City News, are
the latest new weekly newspapers.
Mr.. Willard says that in the next
four years the Northern Pacific will |
expend $60,OO0,OOO in the northwest,
chiefly in Montana and Washington,
and will have $500 miles of road in |
operation.
A pOstoffice is soon to be established |
at Lyle river, called Gettysburg. The
Port Crescent Star is informed that
Mrs. Anderson, of that vicinity, in
tends plating her ranch and will call
it Andersonville.
An old mining tunnel has been dis
covered west of Snoqualmie, aid near
the top of Old 81 mountain. The tun-
mel is square one, and from ap-
pearances was evidently opened at
least 100 years ago.
The oat crop in the Palouse country
this season is estimated at 1S,O0O,OOO
bushels, being an increase of so per
cent. over last years crop. The value
Of the barley yield for 1890 in the
same district will be 81 100000.
Peter johnson was shot and in
stantly killed by an unknown man in
the streets of Spokane Falls, at a late
hour Sunday night. No motive is
known for the murder, as johnson
had been in the city but few days.
The crops are being literally de-
stroyed in portions of Douglas and
Lincoln counties by the short tailed
squirrels, which are 80 numerous in
places that they make the prairies by
their ravages look like O sheeN pas
ture.
The Cathlamet Gazette attributes
the light salmon pack on the Column
bia this season to the lack of cans and
the scarcity of Chinese labor. During
the strike the canneries made no cans,
and but little attention was given to
securing Cinnamon.
A dray team dashed through one of
the plate-glass windows of the Hotel
Fife, Tacoma, last Sunday. and was
seriously cut by the broken glass, be-
fore they could be released. One man
was injured, and several other lives
were for q time placed in jeopardy.
The State Bankers Convention, of
which H. l.. Cutler, of Spokane Falls,
is President, and Samuel Collyer,
Secretary, were in session at Spokane
Falls, commencing on Thursday OF
last week. The membership numbers
sixty-five. A canvass of members pres
ent on the silver bill showed that a
majority were opposed to its passage.
In response to a telegram sent to
Senator Allyn and Representative
Wilson by the officers of the Chamber
of Commerce at Tacoma, Wash.
Superintendent Porter has sent a dis
patch to Supervisor jenkins instruct
ing him to have two districts in that
city recommended. Each will be d.
vided into two districts and the count
made as quickly as possible.
Major B. B. Glascock, of Sprague,
has ordered combined harvester and
thresher which will be used in harvest
ing his l,15O acres of grain. This
machine will head thrpsh and sacl