Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-09
wages OF women teachers is about
one-third less than that of men.
What il the length of terms?

wages OF women teachers is about
one-third less than that OF men.
What il the length of terms?
From three to nine months.
What inducements can You offer to a man of
sober and industrious habits and not St. John
man.
Fair pay for honest work.
How is your country politically,
Mixed with slight Republican tend
eney. BY adopting Napoleonic tactics,
we have generally been able to Divide
and Conquer" securing part of the
offices, which is great desideratum
with many people.
Does the practice of law pay ANYTHING to the
old lawyers: aud, If SO, how much year.
After careful inquiry among the
old lawyers" We can assure our
correspondent that there is very little
money in the practice of law, our citi.
zens generally being law-abiding. Oc-
casiOnally a Keinapple developes a
spirit of enterprise which calls forth a
peculiar kind OF illegal" talent that
enables the client to skip with a few
thousand dollars after uhackinq up
with the counsel, but these instances
are rare. The state OF society may be
inferred from the fact that VIC have no
statutory provision ior Furnishing en-
bezzlement, when the amount involved
is large.
What are the prospects of young lawyer in
your new State:
AS remarked by a grand old jurist:
"There is always room, young man, at
the top"
How long before he can make any money?
That is problem that has puzzled
our oldest practitioners to solve many
long and weary years.
Do you practice under the Code system,
Yes; our code is based upon those
OF New York, Ohio and California.
What are the principal elementary works,
and how does Drake on Attachment" and
Parsons on Contracts" stand with the legal
fraternity?
Washington being an integral part
of the United States, and peopled by
men of ordinary intelligence, it is safe
to say that the practice does not differ
materially from that of other divisions
OF our Union. Our correspondent
must not imagine that We care out of
the world" or that we are under do
minion OF the king OF the Cannibal
Isles.
State such other facts as may be Of interest
to man who Is seeking conviction"
If by seeking conviction" you
mean that you are in receptive frame
of mind, and willing to hear the truth
patiently, weigh facts carefully, and
make up your judgment from logical
inferences, there is no amount of
trouble We will 60 to for your enlight-
enment.
The following facts may help in
forming your judgment. The area of
Washington in square miles is co.
994, SO near the "round figures" TO-
600, that they had better he used for
memorizatiOn. The area in acres is
44,796,l60. The shoreline of the
Great Inland Sea-" Puget Sound, is
over 800 miles in length. The pop
ulation of the State quadrupled be-
tween 1880 and 1890. The population,
by census of 1890. was 349,39O;
assessed value Of property, $780,
BIZ, 7,743, an increase of nearly IS OOO,.
600 over previous year. The greatest
width of the State, north and south, is
24O miles, aud its greatest length 36O
miles. 1t is situate between the 46th
and 49th parallels of north latitude
and the ll7th and 125th meridians of
longitude west from Greenwich. The
State is divided by the Cascade range
OF mountains into two altogether dis
similar sections. The timber lands
are west Of the range, and the area
embraces about 100000 acres; TO-
100000 acres are grain-producing land
in Eastern Washington; 100000
acres rich alluvial bottom, in both SUBJ
divisions, and 100000 acres mineral
producing and mountainous. Our ex-
port trade in 1892 amounted to $5,-
1920, and our imports to only $751;
Sll, our trade being with Chill, China,
Hawaii, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Eng
land, Ireland, Australia. France, Ger
many. and other nations. In the Al
States and Territories in 1880 WASH
ington Territory stood AZ, in the 40 in
1890, the State of Washington ranked
"a. This is gratifying showing, and
we believe a later enumeration would
carry out the same ratio OF increase.
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