Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-18
At the late Washington Pioneers

reunion, Hon. ElwoOd Evans was ap-
pointed committee to write up the
pioneer history of Pierce county, and
a committee, consisting of Judge
Swan, Colonel Haller, Judge Orange
Jacobs, Edward Eldridge and George
A. Barnes was appointed, to arrange for
the celebration in connection with the
Worlds Fair OF 1892, for the proper
celebration of the Centennial Ami
versary of the discovery of Gray's Har-
Dor and the Columbia river by Captain
Gray.
The city of Port Angeles is deserted.
Over 600 persons within the last three
days have gone ON the military reser-
walton and taken up squatter's claims.
The reservation contains 5000 acres
and the squatters have had the land
surveyed in blocks of two and one
third acres, containing ten lots. Each
person over the age of 81 both male
and female locates one lot. The land
is situated one mile from Port Angeles
and is choice property. The squatters
have commenced slashing and clearing
the land preparatory to erecting dwell
ings.
"a ranchman living on the Satsop
missed three head of cattle last week."
says the Elma Chronicle, "and, MOTTO
ing congregation of buzzards short
distance away, proceeded to make an
investigation, and found all three of
the animals lying dead, their bones all
broken, horns knocked off, scarcely
any hair left on them and the ground
all torn up around them with elk
tracks. Apparently band of elk had
come upon and attacked them in an
opening and hooked and butted them
down and paved and stamped them
to DEATH"
A special Northern Pacific train of
empty passenger and freight cars
bound east, was wrecked four miles
west of Spokane Falls on the 10th.
The train was running twenty miles
an hour on a straight track when sud-
denly all the cars, nearest the tender,
left the rails and were piled upon the
track and scattered over the prairie.
The track was torn up to considerable
distance and nearly all the cars were
badly damaged. Brakeman McCarty
had his scalp laid open, which was the
only injury sustained. The wreck was
caused by loose brake.
A revenue ice states that snug
Cling operations upon large scale are
being carried on through Ellensburgh.
Opium is the principal article of the
Illicit commerce, and it is bought down
the old KOotenai trail from the British
line and shipped eastward. Smuggling
is regularly carried on at Tacoma, al
though upon very small scale, and
with such extreme care and watchful-
ness as to render proof wellnigh inn
possible. At Ellensburgh, however,
there is less restraint, since there is
neither deputy United States marshal
or customs collector ut that point
Barrel after barrel of opium passes
into that city over the KOotenai trail.
1t is said that the Morning Journal,
of Seattle, has been purchased by a
syndicate composed in the main of
well-known St. Paul newspaper men,
but including in its personnel several
stockholders of the old regime, prom
inent among them being Judge Junius
Rochester and Hon. Thomas Burke of
Seattle. Rumors regarding the price
paid for the property vary from $780,
600 to $40, 900, although it is believed
the former figure is by far nearest the
mark. Charles S. Painter and Z. w.
s. Tingle bought the paper from
Charles H. Kittinger little over a
year ago, paying but mere song for
it, and have since built it up to its
present proportions. 1t is understood
the Journal, will hereafter be indepen-
dent in politics.
There is great indignation in Ia
coma over the attempt of John G.
Mcbride and others to secure posses
sion and title to the larger part of
school section 16 under the United
States mining laws. The land is
worth close to - 600 600, and there is
not q better situated tract in or around
Tacoma. It's closer to the business
part of the city than the corporate
limits, either west or north, and it lies
in a position overlooking both the
city and Commencement bay. Resi-
dences on the city side of it have the
most picturesque views of the noun
tains, city and water obtainable. A
gulch runs through this land and in
this gold has been found. The land for
its contiguity to Tacoma, is worth
great deal more than the gold that
may be panned out of the gulch.
Fire broke out Wednesday morning
at 2 80 o'clock in the Model hotel, at
Roy, completely destroyed the same
and burned to death Mr.. Adams, who
was stopping at the place. The fire
also destroyed the Roy saloon, owned
by Holland & Ford, the barber shop
owned by Murray brothers, and gen
eral merchandise store. 1t was only
with hard work that the adjoining
property was saved. The estimated
loss is about 81 900, with but small in
surance. The fire is supposed to have
been started in Adams room by
lamp which caused his death before he
could make his escape. Later news