Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-02-05

The plant was operated by J. A. and
George Miracle, who had it leased from
John T. Newland. Loss, $4,000.
An injunction was granted by Judge
Robinson Wednesday, against the Pa
citic Wheelcss Electric Railway Com
pany, of Aberdeen, and the Sheriff OF
Chehalis county restraining them from
subjecting certain lands claimed by
James Stewart and wife in payment OF
debt to the company. The matter
grows out OF subsidies to the Aberdeen
street railway.
Peter Staup and two companions, OF
Tacoma, are about to start to Wash
ington 10 endcavor to secure the open
ing OF the Puyallup reservation, and
ut the same time, to secure the passage
of an act granting to the Puyallup In
dians all the rights and privileges OF
citizenship and to do away with the
patcrnal features of the governments
charge over the Indians.
The demand created in the East for
Washington cedar shingles caused by
the recent lowering of freight rates,
will put new life into the shingle in
dustry. Besides the mill TO be started
soon at Arlington, another will be
started at Melbourne, station on the
Lake Shore road about ten miles from
there, by Sharp & Thompson, who
have begun putting the machinery in
position.
II. S. Griswold, Il Lewis county far.
mer, is in the hospital at Centralia
slowly dying from cancer. His left
jaw, upper and lower lips, tongue
throat, gums and left cheek have be-
come involved, the most of the dis
eased tissue having already sloughed
away. He lives by pouring milk and
soup down his throat from funnel,
eating having been impossible for a
long time.
1t is learned at Port Townsend from
indisputable authority that work on
the Puget Sound extension of the
Union Pacific Railway will begin in
side of thirty days Orders have been
issued TO rush the bridge across the
Columbia. Under the new arrange
ment the Union Pacific will absorb
the Port Townsend Southern Railway,
which, when completed, will extend
the Port Townsend to Olympia.
The recent heavy storms on the
Willapa bay have proven disastrous to
the oyster beds, more than half the
oysters at Bay Center being covered
80 deep that they will die, while the
damage ut Oysterville was nearly as
great. The redeeming feature of the
storms was the burying of accumu-
lated shells, leaving the beds clean
and better fitted to produce iatter and
improved favored oysters. - Hest
Coast Trade.
State Tree Inspector J. w. lessee
has discovered another fruit pest,
which it is quite likely will furnish
plenty of work for the orchardis,s to
dispose of, and which, from the de-
scription given, will likely prove more
troublesome than those they have so
successfully fought off in the past.
The pest, it is thought, is the red bug
that was noticed in such numbers east
of the mountains last summer, but so
far as known did no damage.
The county assessment for this
years levy in Spokane county was 1917
mills. This is the highest tax that has
been paid for years in this State That,
coupled with the exactiOns of the new
law, which makes failure to pay ones
tax irredeemable, will work hardship
that has never been experienced here
before. and perhaps has not parallel
in any OF the States. Blessed is the
man who has nothing to tax, no
houses, no lands, no nothing, and no
"dry rot" Cum tux?
Kettle Falls has incorporated rs a
town OF the fourth class, and starts out
under favorable auspices. The first
officers of the newborn municipality
are: r. S. Ledgerwood, Mayor; G. c.
Mills, j. w. Reynolds, ]. J. Budd
Thomas Speiran and Peter Hacking
councilmen; and George H. Bevan
treasurer. The board of councilmen
organized on the 18th inst. by electine
j. M. Buckner town clerk and c.
SHELTON town marshal. The town has
about 500 population.
l.. e. Deadly, son of United States
Judge Deadly, of Portland, has made 9
peculiar application to Collector Was
son which causes great deal of com
ment here. Deadly asks permission tc
bring in a number of Chinese from
British Columbia, representing thai
they had a right in the United States
having formerly resided here. Wassor
refused and Deadly insisted on the
ground that under a recent ruling BY
his father such Chinese had right in