Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-07
VOLUME XXXI.-NUMBER Is.
STATE NEWS.

at North Yakima.
There are 10000 acres of tide lands
in the Gray's Harbor region.
The Port Townsend census shows
334 Chinese in that city.
The bill declaring eight hours le-
gal days work has been defeated.
Seattle bakery men are still striking
and shops are employing non-union
men.
Prunes are being put out in large
quantities in the neighborhood OF New
aukum.
A train recently killed 1873 sheep
belonging to johnson Bros, at Iona,
near Ritzville.
Anacortes is having quite a boom,
and real estate men there arc working
it for all it is worth.
Snohomish is to have new opera
house costing $4,000. 1t is to be
erected the coming summer.
The population of Wahkiakum
county is estimated at 1900, OF which
200 have been added the past year.
Miss Bessie Long, daughter OF Hon.
A. ]. Long, living six miles east oi
Goldendale, was buried on Feb. 26th.
She was 1G years old and weighed 300
pounds.
DR.. Hughes is authority for stating
that during residence of over twenty
years in White river valley, this is the
longest and most severe winter he has
ever experienced.
Milten. Welder, the new collector of
Internal Revenue for this district has
appointed for Washington, Deputies
A. A. Putnam, Tacoma, and ]. A.
Todd, Spokane Falls.
The sum of $1,000 is to be raised to
employ men to distribute printed mat
ter descriptive Of Walla Walla among
travellers coming west over the Union
Pacific and Northern Pacific.
Work has been commenced on the
new county courthouse at Whatcom
1t will be ready for occupancy by
October 1st. The dimensions OF thu
building will be 72xll6 feet. and viii
be constructed entirely of stone, ant
most of the building will be fireprool
Kitsap Pioneer: The tax OF tn
Port Gamble Mill Company for thi
year was $7,O62.5O; that Of the Por
Blakely mill company amounted II
$3, 800; that of the Port Madison mil
l$3,2 200; that of the Washington mil
company at Seabeck, $1,000 and iron
all other sources about $1,000.
The largest subscriber to the Por
Townsend Southern Railroad bonus ]
IF. w. Pettygrove, $1,000; two person
gave 5000 each, lady $1,000, AM
:. there are many subscribers of $4,000
l$1,5OO, $1,000 and $500 each. Tota
amount, $1Ol,65O. This makes
promising outlook for Port Townsend
w. H. Stuart, prominent Snak
river stock-grower, was seen in Colfa'
last Saturday. In reply to a question
as to how stock had wintercd in tina
section he said that his loss might b
estimated at $4,000. Horses stood tn
strain fairly well but great los
among cattle has occurred.-con'
Daoner.
J. B. Mailing, of Aberdeen, is il
Washington, seeking an appropriation
for that city, on Gray's Harbor, whicl
he calls the commercial short-stop be
tween San Francisco and Olympia
He says his city shipped 1O0,OOO,O ,OO'
feet of lumber and received Is, 900 ton
of freight last year, and ought to b
recognized.
The melting snow caused quite
washout over on the south side of tn
Columbia hills. some twenty mile
southeast of Goldendale, on Feb. %
exposing, when entirely exhumed
what appeared to be the tusk Of I
mammoth animal of some kind. /
was FIVE inches in diameter at tn
large end and seven or eight feet long
It is estimated that at least $50
head of cattle died in Douglas count.
this winter on account of lack of feed
or because the owners did not believ'
in feeding range cattle. In addition
about 1900 head of cattle and horse
were lost in Moses and Grand Coulee
by breaking through the ice on tn
lakes, and in becoming stalled in i'm
mense snow drifts.
Congress has appropriated $6,SOO t
lre-establish the cable and repair tn
telegraph line between Port Angelo
and Cape Flattery. Tie line has becl
down for several months and shippin
has been greatly inconvenienced. Yes
sells were formerly in the habit of tele
graphing for tugs from Cape Flat
terry and notifying the merchants e1
changes at the various cities on tn
Icoast of their arrivals and departures
The sum of $4,000 has been donate
lby the government towards buildin
a first-order lighthouse at the head Q
Cape Disappointment, Washington.
A year ago last January, the Unite
States Fish Commissioner sent I
Judge James G. Swan, of Port Town
send, 200 Holsters from Woods Hol
Massachusetts, Bay, to be planted il
Puget Sound. These were carefull
placed by Judge Swan at three point
l-Scow Bay, Point Hudson and Poin
Wilson. There were also planted GAO
loco live lobster eggs. OF late many G
these Holsters have been seen on thei
tnedinp grounds. and there is ever