Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-05-09
the swift current. The bridge was
owned by the cable car company.


owned by the cable car company.
At the annual meeting of the State
Encampment Grand Army OF the Re
public, held at Ellensburgh, on the 1st
inst, the following officers were elected:
Department Commander, NJ. NJ.
Holmes, Seattle; Senior Vice Com
mander, A. J. Smith, Walla Walla
Junior Vice Commander, David Stamp
Vancouver; Medical Examiner, H. C.
Bost, Tacoma; Chaplain, ]. +. St.
Clair, Ballard; Delegates to the Ma
tional Convention, Will Visscher,
Fairhaven; c. D. Dunning, Spokane
Falls. The Encampment came to a
close with ball in the wigwam,
which was largely attended.
1t is reported that the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company is negotiating e
for the purchase of the steamer Eastern
Oregon, at present lying in San Fran
cisco, for the purpose OF running her
between Tacoma and Victoria. The
Eastern Oregon is a small ocean steam
er, though larger than the City of
King ston, and is well adapted for the
Victoria-Tacoma route, between which
points she will ply, provided the sale is
made. She is a comparatively new
boat, something after the model of
the speedy steamship City of Puebla
and besides being exquisitely fitted up
has large freight accommodation.
There are five beautiful fresh water
water lakes on Fidalgo Island. Lake
Whistle is four hundred feet above
tide-water. Anacortes, and in fact any
part of the Island, can have an mex
haustible supply of the purest water
from this natural reservoir right at its
center, with pressure strong enough
for protection against fire and all
other practical uses. A little south of
Lake Whistle to Lake Erie, about two
hundred feet above high tide, and
three miles south OF Lake Erie is Lake
Campbell, the largest of the lakes
with beautiful little island in the
middle and just one mile from the
south shore OF the island at Similk
Bay. These lakes abound in mount
ain trout and other fish.
A San Francisco paper says regard
ing our school lands: "The new State
OF Washington expects to have within
twenty years school fund of $40 OOO,-
GOO from her school lands. If she fol.
lows the wasteful example of other
States she will not have that sum, nor
q quarter of it. Instead of simply
conserving the school sections, they
have, as a rule, been grabbed at nomi-
nal prices, and the money they should
have provided for the support of the
schools is now extorted from the tax
payers, who have to buy the same
lands at high prices from the grabbers.
We hope Washington will realize her
hopes in regard to her school fund,
but to do it she must carefully study
what to avoid in the conduct of other
States which have squandered their
lands"
The Seattle POst-Inteligencer of y
late date says that Pullman car had
arrived in that city, containing 3S4
dozen of fat chickens shipped by ]. N.
Waller, of Charles City. Ia, to the
Denver Market Company OF Seattle.
The sides OF the car are made of wire
network and there are eight chicken
stories from the floor to the roof. On
each floor are sixteen compartments
and each compartment holds about
three dozen chickens and has water
troughs which are supplied with water
from a twenty-barrel tank above. A
large supply of feed is carried on the
car also and the chickens, which were
over a week on the road, and are in
better condition and fattcr than when
they started on their long journey of
over 5000 miles. A large number oi
chickens were placed in coop at the
rear OF the Denver market on the cor.
ner OF Second and University streets,