Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-08-26
STATE NEWS.


A fly-catching plant has been dis.
covered in Eastern Washington.
1t is stated that S22Ol4 acres OF
land in Douglas county are still open
to entry. The unsurveyed lands aggre.
gate 1880 acres.
Skagit county will build bridge
across the Skagit river at Mount
Vernon, at a cost of $27 800, the struc.
ture to be completed in six months.
Shingle manufacturers in the north.
ern part of the State are experience
ing some difficulty in obtaining suf.
fcient cars for shipment of the ma
terial east.
Since the cruiser Baltimore has
been at Tacoma the police have
earned considerable reward money
by capturing deserters, at from $40 to
$12 per head.
Judge Navarro, OF Lake Chelan,
states that there are how from 1000
to 1900 prospectors in the hills in the
vicinity of Lake Chelan, and that nu.
merous promising prospects have been
discovered.
The Northern Pacific line to South
Bend will be completed in about two
months. When this is finished the
Northern Pacific will discontinue con-
struction work on branch lines for the
season. Along several of the divisions
the work OF filling in the trestle
bridges has been going on for some
time.
Colonel Will L. Visscher, OF Tacoma,
is at present writing three novels, the
titles of which are Peter Vansant,"
"a Titan Head" and " A Romance OF
a New City," the scene Of which latter
is based upon the growth OF Fairhaven,
and the denouement will present this
city as the greatest ON the Pacific
Coast.
News comes from Cascade City to
the Rock Island Sun that 100 kegs oI
powder on wagon took fire from a
lighted match few days ago. The
hair was all burned off one OF the
horses and the other was 90 badly in.
jured that it was found necessary 10
shoot him. Not avestige OF the driver
could be found.
Judge Hanford, Of the United State,
court, has delivered an opinion In The
admiralty suit brought by the maste,
OF the Norwegian bark Fristad against
the steamer Premier TO recover damages
for injuries sustained during collision
in Port Townsend harbor on February
l, in which he held that both vessels
were in part responsible for the acci.
dent and the damage should be divided
A. L. Ferry. of Hoodsport, and w,
A. Babcock, of Boston, two printers
have taken a novel method OF sceins
life. They are making Q tour OF the
Sound in canvas canoe OF their own
handiwork. They touched at Port
Townsend Wednesday and will remain
several days, after which they will
make a cruise of the islands, ultimate.
ly turning up at Fairhaven, providing
the waves and tides treat kindly with
their frail bark.
The Snohomish reservat ton il Il
furnish two relics Of past ages Of In
dian life to the Worlds Fair. Old
man Tumtum, aged 65, 10 making q
l3-foot canoe in the manner and with
the meas of boyhood, without nails
and fastening with cedar thongs
Most OF the work of following out the
the cedar log was done by fire, and tine
rest with rude stone tools. Dick Lewis
another Indian, is constructing ar
old.fashioned bark house, 6xs and q
feet high, with thatch.roof.
Governor Ferry has been asked te
pardon William Hartley, an inmate O
the county Jail at Colfax. Hartley l,
young man of about 80, who lives Ia
the Palouse below Endicott. Hs
pleaded guilty in the Superior Cour,
June 10, to using an estrayed horse
and was. sentenced 10 pay q fine OF 500
and costs. This he was unable TO Dc
and as consequence was committed
to the county Jail to serve IL out
Hartley has wife and three children
who are alone in the hills on IN,
lower river and destitute Of th,
necessaries Of life, except such rs th,
county furnishes them.
Charies +. Iaughton, once acting
Governor OF Washington, Is now q
candidate for State Representativ,
from Okanogan county, having secured
the nomination. Loomis, Ruby Cit,
and Conconnull,. with the adjacent
mining regions, will poll I 800 vote,
this year, where two years ago cnl,
400 were polled. To reporter OF th,
Seattle Press-7imes Mr.. Laughton said
"This year is very busy one in th,
Okanogan. Fifteen mills, inciudin,
16O stamps, are being erected Mt OF
near Palmer mountain. The ore, o.
course, is free milling, aud last weel
four gold bars, worth 5000, were sen,
by stage to Coulee City, and from
there to Spokane. No, we don't have
any stage robbers up there; but spe
cial messenger, armed cap-a-pie. zoe,