Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-08-15
STATE NEWS.

county to build roads and a Jail and
fund the county Indebtedness were
voted upon Saturday. The vote polled
was very light, yet those opposed came
out in force and succeeded in killing
the road proposition.
"Quite number of prospectors are
looking over the Peshastin mining
region" says the Ellensburgh Capital,
and some of them are quite enthusi-
astic and several new locations made.
If the railroad is built up the Wenat-
chez things will be lively in the. Pes
hastin camps"
A fire at Walla Walla one day
last week destroyed six buildings,
the loss of which is 5000. During
the fire Joseph Baur, an old pioneer
merchant, Gied from apoplexy, caused
by excitement. His daughters were
seized with Mysteries, and are now in a
critical condition.
The following officers have been
elected by the board of managers of
the Puget Sound Chautauqua assem-
bly,: Rev. G. A. Tewksbury, President !;
Rev. Samuel Green, Secretary; w. H.
Reever, Treasurer; Rev. c. II. Pom
eroy, Superintendent of Grounds; Rev.
d. ]. Pierce. Superintendent of In
struction.
A jam has been formed across the
Dungeness river which has caused a
lake about eight miles long and two
miles wide. The Port Angeles Times
says If it bursts it will sweep the whole
of Dungeness bottom and will de-
vastate everything in its course. It is
quite distance up the river, and great
anxiety prevails.
One Of the largest stones ever quar-
ried in the State was taken from the
Van Tine Stone Company's quarry at
Tenino the other day and shipped to
Seattle. 1t forms part of the archway
over the main entrance to the Bailey
building. The stone is eighteen feet
six inches in length, three feet eight
inches high, and one foot and four
inches thick.
Walla Walla Statesman: It is stated
ON the Sound that Colonel Owings
may soon 60 to New York to enter a
libel suit against Dana of the New
York Sun for $4,000. The evening
edition of that paper of July % pub
lished picture which looks like Ger
onimo, the Apache chief, underneath
which are the words: "Col. N. HI
Owings, ex-Lieutenant Governor"
Capt. J. Alexander, of Seattle, who
has big hop rancho on White River
says: There is q great danger
threatening the hop crops in thu
White River district at present. A
large number of young lice have in
fected the crops and although they
may not do much damage to the crops
this year, they will in q year or two
Lice are destroying the Eastern hor
crops and are rendering the business
improbable in that part Of the ceun
try"
Milton McAuley met with terribl,
death at Seattle, last week Will,
handling heavy stones that were be
ing discharged ON the Phinney 4 Bax
ter wharf. The wharf, it seems, wal
overloaded by the immense weight ant
fell, carrying McAuley with it. As h,
did not rise to the surface, it is proba
BILE that some of the rock fell on hin
and held him to the bottom. He wa,
about 80 years of age and leaves y wifi
and two children at Wyman, Mich
gan.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
accepted the proposal of Ritter, Har
Ian & Natal, of Seattle, for the stone
and brick masonry of the superstruc
ture of the United States custom Office
1t Port Townsend. The amount o.
the contract bid is $4,000 and. the
work must be completed on August Z
1891. The stone to be used for facing
the walls is to be as selected, and ma
terials to be either the Chuckanut OF
Dogish Point quarries, as may bt
chosen by the department.
The Secretary of State has dis
tributed throughout the State 81
copies of the session laws. There
were 1000 copies of these laws
printed, and all those left over afte,
the State and County Officers are sup
piled. will be turned over to the State
Auditor to be sold at q cost not in ex
cess of 10 per cent. of the cost price
The expense of distributing the laws
will reach about 500. They have
been distributed to the thirty-foul
counties throughout the State.
G. w. Hunt has built and is build
ing single-handed, more miles of rail
road than any man in the Northwest
or IN the union for that matter. His
lines radiate from Walla Walla, reach
to Dayton north and eastward. and
will be extend to Lewiston, Idaho
southwark. His road touches Pendle.
ton, Oregon, with a proposed continu.
alton to the Heppner country. Be.
sides these he is constructing q line to
the Great Grande Ronde valley, and
has engineers ON the field building "a
Portland and Gray's Harbor. He II