Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-11
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The Tacoma Evening News is now
printed on Goss perfecting press
from stereotype plates.
A Spokane syndicate is thinking OF
clearing the Columbia from Priest
Rapids to Pasco and putting six steam
boats on the river.
The first meeting of the Washington
Industrial Fair Association at Seattle
takes place on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, July 11th, 18th and 18th.
w. H. Dobbs, one of the editors of
the Pioneer-Press, of Lynden, has dis
posed of his interest in that enter
prise, and will establish a newspaper
in the embryo city, Birch Bay.
Colonel T. W. Long, one of the
Oldest civil engineers on the Pacific
coast, dropped dead in Tacoma from
heart disease. He was sixty-five years
old and unmarried, and lived at the
Bismarck House.
r. F. Radabaugh, proprietor of the
Tacoma Ledger, had another severe
fall few days ago, which will lay him
up for longer period than at first
supposed. The wound on his leg
caused by his first accident has al
most healed.
The board of County Commissioners
at Port Townsend have accepted the
plans of w. A. Richie, of Seattle, for
the new courthouse. The bid of John
A. Rigby, also of Seattle, offering to
construct the building for 100000,
was also accepted.
Judge Thurston, of the legal de-
department of the Union Pacific rail-
road, is at the Tacoma. Judge Thurs
ton presided over the National Re.
publican Convention which nominated
Harrison, and is one of the leading
politicians of Nebraska.
A barn owned by w. H. Carter, just
across the Chehalis from Montesano,
burned Sunday night, supposed to be
incendiary. Loss ON barn, one thous-
and and five hundred dollars; hay,
fifty dollars; farm tools, one hundred
dollars; insured in the State for half
the loss.
Tho next session of the Washington
Press Association will be held at Fair
haven, September Is. An elaborate
programme is being prepared, which
will include matters OF interest to all
newspaper men. There will also be
recreation in the way of excursions,
etc. The session will last three DAYS.
The Seattle & Northern completed
its line from Sedro to Anacortes Sat
urday and will connect with several
important lines at Sedro. The line
runs through fine strip of valley
without grade, cut or tunnel. The
company intends extending the line
east of Sedro to Hamilton, distance
Of fourteen miles.
Supervisor w. D. jenkins of the
census says that the population of Ia
coma will reach $4,000; Seattle, 3S,
600; Olympia, 400; Port Townsend
1890; the Bellingham Bay cities ART
altogether too incomplete to justif,
making approximations on them
Olympia will be the fifth city in the
State in population.
Jesse w. George is procuring the
right-of-way for the Union Pacific, be
tween Seattle and Tacoma, says the
POst-Intelligencer, and the right-of
way contracts call for the completion
of the railroad from Seattle to Port
land by March, 1892. The farmers ur
White river are greatly pleased at the
prospect of getting road on the
other side OF the Duwamish and White
rivers.
A Spokane dispatch, of the 7th inst
says: "It looks like Governor Ferry
will have to make up the tide land
and harbor line commissions of citi-
zens living west of the Cascade mount
aims. A few days ago, it will be re.
mcmbered, Ex-Governor Miles G.
Moore, of Walla Walla, declined to
serve on the former commission. Now
it develops that both Hon. A. NJ. Can
non and Judge George Turner, of this
city, have sent letters OF declination
to the Governor, Mr.. Cannon refusing
to serve as member of the harbor
line commission, and Judge Turner az
a member of the tide land commission.
Their action creates no surprise here" !"
One of the famous crafts on Puget
Sound is the tug Politkofsky, owned by
the Port Blakely Mill Company. How.
ever, no one ever calls her by hel
long Russian name, but speak of her
as "t the Polly" She is the pet OF the
company, but more especially of Cap.
tain Renton. She was purchased
of the Russian government by the
! Port Madison Mill Company at the
time Alaska was bought by the United
States. She was then q gunboat
After few years she was sold to he,
present owners. Another old historic
vessel lies off the shore of Seattle
opposite Bell Town. 1t carried Ben
Butler and his cohorts from Boston
to South Carolina during the war
All that is left of this old transport
the Mississippi-is her hull that shows