Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-05-20
WHOLE MIN BER 1890

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side OF the stream. along Tho slai
levee, which was built IN the all e.
keep the river within banks.
Every prisoner at the Walla Walla
penitentiary is employed, now that
the jute mill is in full blast There
are fifty looms in the mill and ~,
daily output is 1000 bags. The lie
mand exceeds the output, ani lhs
warden will petition the Legislature "a
increase the capacity Of the plant
The bags are sold for 7 cents, thus -
aliziny a handsome income. ovc,
200 convicts are employed In the mills
The brickyard has also been started
up, giving employment 10 quite a
number of prisoners.
The statement published IN q Van.
couver paper TO the effect thst The As
SCISSOR would assess all young and
fruit-bearing trees in that county on =
valuation of % cents, 30 cent. aud u
each, proves incorrect. The Nancuu.
yer Independent says the evil effects oi
the statement were felt almost instan.
taneously by real estate dealers. ~
one trade involving n 5000 ptuns
ranch, and another for 5000. worr
Immediately declared off. the intend
ing purchasers declining To invest
money in place where. any such
outrageous scheme OF taxation WAS in
vogue.
Fruitgrowers in Eastern Washing
ton are complaining that In conse
quence Of the cold rains this spring
the peach crop was slightly damagrd
and that the young fruit IL now
dropping of. II was not the rain nor
the frost that did the injury. hut upon
close inspection il will be found that
the trees are lousy and that these ia.
sects have already done an immense
amount OF damage. Fomo oi the
trees in the peach orchards nre found
to contain myriads Of these insects.
and at the rate which they increase u
is very doubtful whether We will have
over half crop Of peaches this year.
Henry Kampeter, Of Yakima. has
been looking for a place TO Gle hls
homestead right long time. and hss
at last found one which contains ne
much diversity as lesson Ia Feogfs
ply. He has mountain, two rivers.
swamp, railroad aud country
road, to say nothing Of twenty acres
of sumac bushes. To get all this be
begins on the Matches River. bach ol
Captain Simmons homestead, goes
across the river and over the n,oun.
tain, and then, turning eastward.
crosses the Yakima River right In the
gap. No homestcader ever before in.
cluded such variety in lG0 acres aud
this is within two miles oi town, too.
The farmers OF Columbia county fs.
port that new weed. which was fret
noticed about three years ago, is be-
coming a great nuisance In the fields.
1t is called "wild lettuce" by some
and "wild cotton" by others. II
grows very rank, and the seed. when
ripe, clings to little ball OF cotton
and is waited miles away. several
fields of grain were ruined last season
1t blooms and seeds oil summer
Heading the grain does not seem IA
injurc it. Missouri citizens say u ls
common in the East. but does no
harm. In this country. says the Day
ton Inlander, unless the ground u
very well titled tho weed IL likely "a
damage the crops very much.
Three horses were found dead un-
der rather curious circumstances east
of the Ross Park electric line yss,er'
day, says the Spokane Chronicle. Two
of the horses were tied 10 q tree. and
to the tail OF one u third horse va.
tied. The horses were ssddled and
bridled, and to all appearances had
been dead several weeks. perhaps
months. The surroundings indlcs,s
that the horses had died OF starvation
They were found by two boys. who re'
ported the facts TO the Chief Of Police
1t is supposed that the horses wers
tied there by some OF the horsethIsyes
who afterwards fell into the elutchs.
of the law, were unable TO escape. and
the horses therefore died OF starvation
and thirst.