Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-06-27

.et " Dc HnlSLeu before the ROAD
reaches Seattle. The road will be ex-
tended to Tacoma, Olympia and other
points not yet made public.
A cedar tree on J. NJ. Hocketts
place in the kalama valley is eighteen
feet through and $50 feet high Whole
township of land in that section are
covered with fir trees which are from
$50 to $50 high. The Cowlitz Bulletin
says one OF the residents of that local
ity built house 22x30, u stories
high, and a barn 25x36 feet out of the
lumber from one tree and had piles of
lumber and fence posts left.
A mail service has been established
between Olympia and Little Rock, in
this State, three times a week, also
from Elma, via Sharon and Cedar
vile, to Oakville, daily. New post
offices have been established at Gotta,
Spokane county, James c. McKinnon
postmaster; at Harden, Whatcom
county, John Harlan postmaster, and
+. NJ. Gibbons has been appointed
postmaster at Crab Creek, Lincoln
county, vice 7. P. Hazelton, resigned.
The late rains in Garfield county
has made the farmers in that section
rejoice. In the western portion OF the
county, where crops are generally
shortest, wheat has fine stand, is
green and luxuriant, and is nearly all
headed out. The wheat crop will now
compare in prospects with that of the
most favorable seasons, and is a strong
contrast to the poor outlook of this
time last year. tits generally believed
that the wheat yield will be greater
this fall than ever before, let the
weather be what it may from this
time on.
At Colville, in the case of William
Howenstein, charged with the murder
of James B. Oglesby on January %,
the jury brought in verdict of not
guilty, as the defendant was suffering
from temporary insanity. Judge
Blake, upon receiving the verdict,
spoke disapprovingly of the jury's de-
cision. He said he did not believe it
proper or just. He did not think the
prisoner insane in the least. Howen-
stein shot Oglesby, II negro waiter,
because he claimed he had tried to
cheat him out of fifty cents in making
change.
1t is reported at Olympia that Gov
ernor Ferry has officially objected to a
new map of the state because Mount
Tacoma was not named Mount Rainier.
While this is not q matter OF great con-
sequence, yet it is about time to drop
the former name. It has served its turn.
1t was adopted by the Northern Pacific
in its circulars about six years ago for
the sole purpose of directing attention
towards the city of that name. Tacoma
is now big enough to attract attention
without mountain. She should re-
turn old Rainier to the State with
thanks.-Oregonian.
The annual meeting of the Wash
ington Bankers Association will be
held at Spokane Falls, July -, 20 and
81 next. A large attendance at the
coming meeting is anticipated and
several prominent Eastern financiers
have been invited to be present and
make addresses. The bankers assOcia-
ton was organized at Tacoma last June,
since when its growth in membership
has been very large, increasing pro-
portionately with the number of new
banks organized in the state. Horace
L. Cutter of Spokane Falls is President,
and Samuel Collyer of Tacoma Secre-
tary.
Gray's Harbor Times: Monday
morning about 8 o'clock Robert By
rum, warfinger at Gray's Harbor ware
house. was attracted by barking and
whining in the water under the wharf.
Proceeding to investigate, he found a
young seal, about one-third grown,
trying to "shin" up the piles. He
went down the ladder and tried to
catch the yelping infant, but without
success. The little fellow was so tame
that it would allow itself to be caresscd.
1t stayed around till nbout o'clock in
the afternoon and then disappeared.
The seal had doubtless in some man.
ner become lost from its mother and
was hunting consolation.
"This has been an exceedingly odd
season, take it all around. Few can
remember q summer that would dupli-
cate the present one," says the Lincoln
county Times of June Goth. "Metero-
logical surprises have been frequent.
Rain has fallen at most opportune
intervals. There have been q good
many cold days sandwiched in with
the summer requiring fires in houses
for comfort. Several light frosts have
been noticeable. A brief storm OF
hail pounded down on Thursday last,
followed by q sharp night and q vege-
table paralyzing frost. The weather
out bere is no safer to bet on than the |
general run of horse races"
Mr.. Charles Splawn, who returned
from q roundup of the cattle on the
east side of the Columbia, north OF
Crab creek and in the vicinity of Moses |
lake, reports the cattle men very much |
discouraged over their losses the past
winter. Gordy Williams out of band
of $500 rounded up some 800 head. |
With an increase of ATS calves branded
last year-this year crop numbers
eighteen head. Mr.. Kountz with 400
head last year branded this spring
twelve head. With roundup of 5000
or 1900 head previous years this year
their total numbers amounted in all to
some 800 head. Charley Pond with
$50 calves last year saved himself OF
an entire scoop" by one-half.
A young man named Joseph Christie
pher was instantly killed at the new
town OF Stanley, Pacific county, last
week. The young man was standing
on the ladder of the pile-driver attend
ing to the block and tackle that raised
the hammer in position. His COM
rades were engaged in raising pile in
position to be driven. Having parti-
ally got it up, it became too heavy for
them and the top commenced to swing
over. Seeing that in its fall it must
inevitably strike the ladder on which
the young man was standing, they
called on him to jump off. He made
q spring at piling that had been
driven close by, and clasped it with
both arms, no doubt with the intention
of sliding to the ground, but at the
same instant the falling timber swung
around and struck him right in the
small of the back and literally crushed
him to death.
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