Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-01-08
WHOLE NUN BER 1871.
STATE NEWS.

S. NJ. Wait, the founder of Waits
burg, died at Dayton, on the 2Sth ult.
The Great Northern contractors are
putting a wagon-bridge across the sky
homish.
#. j. Spooner, of Fayette, while trap
ping for bear, caught one Of his neigh
bor's mules.
The Toledo boom gave way and
nearly all the logs in the creek at Tol-
lers mill were lost.
Mrs. Edward Miller, OF whatcom,
was nearly fatally poisoned by eating
some food into which some matches
had fallen.
The Methow valley has some 300
population, who are without mail fa-
cilities other than the people provide
for themselves.
A gentleman from Lucas, Of Center.
vile, Wash, i,"S i~~a",ad a gang plov
adapted to the hill lands of Eastern
Oregon and Washington.
The directors of the First National
bank of Chehalis have declared the
regular semi-annual dividend Of 3 per
cent and passed $500 to the surplus
account.
Engineer Holcomb, of the Cabinet
rapids work, reports good progress on
his work. The rapids at that point, he
thinks, will be found no obstacle TO
future navigation.
The citizens of Cle-Elum organized
a law and order league last "Wednesday
night. The urgency of such a step IL
found in the fact that persons sup
posed to have money are not safe
there after nightfall.
The State of Washington has 90
cities and towns having population
of 800 or more. Oregon has Ii
cities and towns having a population
of 1000 or more. Twenty-scvcn oI
Washington's towns are over the l,000
population mark.
Cattlemen in the Big Bend country
have just returned from general rid,
over the range. They were making a
general roundup. Remembering the
experience OF the winter OF 1889, many
stockmen will keep their range stock
near at home this cold season.
The Port Townsend Leader has been
sold to w. b. Dennis, formerly mnnag
ing editor of the Home Publishing
Company, of Dayton, Ohio. W. l.
Jones, former manager of the Leader
owing to poor health, will leave in ,
few days with his family for California
A burglar who broke into the rest
dence of Charles N. Cooper, the post
master of West Seattle, at
O'Clock on Christmas morning. wa
the means of developing the heroic
Qualities Of Miss Nina Cooper, the 10
year-old daughter Of the postmaster
She struggled with the intruder and
when he freed himself, pursued hin
until he gave up his plunder.
State Land Cruiser Geiger, who wen
out about three weeks ago, was In Che
halls lately on business. He was seer
by the Nugget just before returning Il
Snohomish county, where he IL nos
working. He says that he and Moss
man, who are working together, ar
tolerably we'll satisfied with their jot
: though the work is hard, and In som
respects very disagreeable. Since the
: went out they have cruiscd about 2
900 acres for the State. This land
of'a very poor quality, but Ia covere
with fine timber. The good lands. Nj
Geiger says, have all been taken up b
settlers long ago, as far back an th
white man has been able TO penetrate
He says that much difficulty will b
encountered before the State has .,
: cured its $4,000 acres. The lands u
lected are valuable for their timbc
: and most of them have been squat,c
upon by men, whom he believes or,
many of them, in the employ Of bi
lumber companies, and are holding d,
lands for them. He thinks that Z
least 80 per cent. OF the land selecte
will be contested by squatters.