Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-09-11

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day, at the forks of the NOOksack river,
near Deming, Whatcom county. He
was washed from his horse while ford
ing the stream.
The new clectric-light plant in Col
fax is in operation. The capacity OF
the new outfit largely exceeds that of
the old, and everything will soon be in
perfect working order.
The big irrigating ditch which it is
proposed to construct across kittitas
county will cover 1000 acres of land
and will be fifty-two miles in length.
The estimated cost is 100000.
Twenty-fOur veterans are now in
mates OF the State Soldiers Home.
Of the appropriation made by the last
legislature, $30600 have been ex-
pended, leaving Sl4, 400 on hand.
William Gray, one of the pioneers
OF Fidalgo Island, died last Saturday
afternoon of heart failure. He was Il
native of Scotland, and at the time Of
his demise was aged Il years, 8 months
and Is days.
The barkentine Catherine Sudden,
now ut Aberdeen, is the first vessel to
enter Gray's Harbor directly from n
foreign port. She sailed from Tient-
sing, China, for Aberdeen, and was
out forty days.
The dredger at South Bend has
been idle for a nearly n week, owing to
the breaking of the cutter shaft An
old one at Tacoma was sent for, how
ever, and the machine will soon be
running again.
Excavating for the new high-school
building at Colfax is finished. The
contractor is on the ground and work
of construction will be pushed. BY
contract the building must he COM
pleted by January |.
The Jefferson county commissioners
have begun suit against the Port
Townsend e Southern Railway Com
pany for 100000 for destroying four
miles of highway between Port Towns
The Selah Ditch Company, in which
Messrs. Allen C.. Mason, John Stone
and Mr.. Meade are prominent stock
holders, has begun the work of con-
struction again in the Yakima valley
and will continue until the ditch is
finished.
Frank Cavanaugh and William
Lowell got into drunken quarrel on
the ranch of the former about four
miles from Davenport, when Cava-
naugh killed Lowell with club.
Cavanaugh gave himself up to the
authorities.
Monday freight on the Spokane &
Pa.ouse set fire to l.. l.. Pottei's wheat
field north of Garfield About three
and one-half acres were burned, and
the house WAS saved only by hard
work. Three appraisers estimated the
damage Mt forty bushels per acre.
Captain DeCourcey states that the
survey of Hoquiam's harbor lines will
be completed in about week. The
remainder of the work on the harbor
Will require three weeks, after which
the members of the harbor line COM
mission will return and pass upon the
work
The canncry at Blaine has closed
down for two or three weeks, until the
run of silver salmon begin. The run
OF sock-eye salmon has eclipsed any
thing heretofore known, as it is esti-
mated that this firm has put up from
lO,OOO to 1000 cases from this run OF
fish.
A Portuguese hop-picker named Ma
tees Labatrie fell under moving
wagon at Lake View, near Tacoma,
Saturday, and one of the wheels, in
passing over his head, tore the scalp
away for several inches, and came very
near completely scalping him. The
skin was sewed back in position again,
and Labatrie will recover.
An old lady named Schopper, living
with her husband ut Chehalis creek,
where the latter was engaged in ferry
ing, last week committed suicide by
drowning herself in the creek. She
was afflicted with a terrible cancer,
and this was undoubtedly the cause of
her act. Her body was taken to Ho-
GUAM for burial.
Seattle P-L.: Judge T. n. Allen,
Mr.. George A. Barnes and Mr.. Frost,
of Olympia, are at the Occidental
hotel on their way home from a trip
to British Columbia. Judge Allen is
well known lawyer there, and Mr..
Frost u business man. Mr. Barnes is
one OF the Pacific coast pioneers. He
crossed the plains into Oregon in 1913.
After tina, the was in the California
mines, and in 1850 he crossed the
plains again. having made trip east.
The first time he came out, the Cayuse
war was raging, but an escort of
soldiers protected the party. The
second time the Indians annoyed them
considerably by stealing their horses
and cattle. In 1851, Mr.. Barnes came
to the Sound, and made trip to
wnere seattle now stands, before
single stick OF timber had been cut
here. He also went in a canoe up the
Duwamish river and around into Lake
Washington. In the following year
he settled at Olympia and went into
the general merchandise business.
During the Indian war he helped to
build st0ckade for Olympia, and he
sheltered twenty-four people in his
own house. "When | came said he,
and long after, there were at least
300 Indians living on the beach at
Olympia, and the shores of Elliott
Bay were full of Indians. This place
seemed to be great resort for them"
Mr.. Barnes started the first bank in
Wa rhington Territory i'll 1871, and he
was soon followed by Dexter Horton,
of this city. Mr.. Barnes sold out in
1883, and for some years he has retired
from active business,