Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-14

Jade" II. G.. Bond X Sons, of Seattle
who were negotiating for lands near
ihIIla. bat failed to secure the tracts
on which they were figuring, have
gone into the lumber and Sh nglc
manufacturing business at Ballard.
lh' business Will bc managed by the
young men. and the capitlization is
NJutdD.
The Tacoma Land Company has
subscribed onc-hali Of the $4,000 ne
c'--lry 10 secure the farmers alliance
wheat warehouse in the form OF a
piece OF land for the site. \ commit
tee 81 the chamber OF commerce is now
soliciting subscriptions for the remain
lnS 5000. 1t i, believed there will
be- no trouble in securing the amount.
/ klickitat valley has had enough
moisture for the present. The ground
l. thoroughly soaked and in places in
mlry. Farming interests are checked
somewhat by this condition, but pre-
partitions are made for the largest
grain-sowing, together with the winter
wheat already i'll the ground, that ever
was known in Klickitat. Farmers,
however, are very busy and are much
Encouraged by the outlook for year
OF prosperity.
The Tacoma board OF public works
has submitted to the city council a
plan To- carry out the provisions of the
state law and add an additional safe.
guard against the filing of additions to
the city that are located miles away.
While the State law as passed by the
last legislature proposes remedy for
the evil, which was demonstrated there
10y the bogus Hayden's addition, which
was located near the town of Roy
there are moe detailed plans suggest.
ed 10y the board.
Mr.. X. Coulter, Secretary of the
llwaco Railway and Navigation Com.
pany, states that the Washington
canncrymen have driven but few traps
up To date. lie expects that the sea
son will he opened later than ever be-
fore in the history of the salmon
business. There was more building
done on the peninsula last summer
and the past winter than during any
previous two years during its history
In llwaco especially, the rapid growth
Is particularly noticeable.
Charles Conner, n farmer living
about eight miles north of Colfax, left
his harrow and its eight-horse while.
trees, chains, bolts, etc, in the field
about n mile from his house while he
went 10 dinner. When he returned
from his midday repast he found only
the harrow remained in the field and
that somebody had appropriated all
the aforementioned appurtenances
Mr.. Conner now advertises for the
thief To come back and get the harrow,
which in its present condition he is
unable To use.
e. u. Matheny, of Seattle, is the
inventor ola patent bunk for log
ging car trunk, which is now being
used on Stimson's road near Marysville
Its principal feature is an arrangement
calculated 10 prevent the truck pulling
out from under the load. Another
feature Is that the cheese blocks are
released from the opposite side of the
load. obviating the danger OF acct
dents to men unloading logs. BY the
old method OF standing underneath
the cheese block to knock it out sew
crnl men have been killed.
Governor McGraw has reappointed
T.. l.. Won Gohren, of East Sound, and
Chatiield Knight, of Tacoma, as men,
hers Of the State Board OF Horticul-
turc. He also appointed C. H. Rose,
Of Puyallup, in place of Henry BUGGY,
Of Tacoma, who declined reappoint-
ment. The new board organized by
clcCting the following officers: ]. w.
Blackburn, of Vashon, President; ID.
NJ. lessee, of Walla Walla, Inspector
of Fruit Pests; Henry III. Spalding, OF
Almota. Treasurer, and c. A. Tonne
son, OF Tacoma, as Secretary.
Davenport. the county seat of Lin
coin. is pulled up because of the pedi,
grces of some OF its citizens. Frank
Garfield. a nephew of that distinguish
cd soldier and statesman, James A.
Garfield. is in the employ of the Co
lumhia hotel and bears resemblance
To the youthful photographs of his
honored kinsman. Another citizen
claims To be "A no distant relative to no
less n distinguished potentate than her
royal highness, the present queen OF
England. and, il is said by the Daven-
port Times, has the documentary to
prove il.
II raincd mud up in the Palouse
country the other day. The Colfax
Gdictic says "a popularity of the Sun.
day rains was observed by those dress
ed in their purple and fine linen.
Where drop of rain touched the spot
less raiment n muddy splotch was
found. This freak of the elements can
be accounted for in but one way
There was no dust flying near the
ground there to settle upon the cloth
ing. The mud fell with the rain. 1t
was due to clouds Of dust raised high
in the air from the drier country below
Whirlcd into the upper currents above
us. IL came i'll contact with rain storm
aud fell as mud"
The Snake River Fruit Growers
Association has become near million
dollar company. At the Colfax meet
ing Wednesday it was decided that
the capital stock of 100000 was con.
sidered insufficient for the extensive
business proposed. BY vote of the
directors the stock was increased to
S95O.OO0 Over thousand acres of
additional fruit lands lying on both
sides of Snake river near Wawawai
have been bonded. The association
now controls in the aggregate 2O73
acres of the finest fruit ground in the
State and contemplates still further
additions TO its possessions. -Four
hundred acres OF this large tract are
now in orchard.
The Palouse irrigation ditch, which
taps the Palouse river near Hooper
and will water 1000 acres of land, il
going right along toward completion.
IL ia eight feet wide at the bottom and
five feet deep in the shallowest place
The ditch takes great detour after
leaving the river, winding in souther-
ly, westerly, northerly and again west
efly direction. At one place divide
il cut through and there the ditch is
nearly twenty feet deep. Then it fol.
lows along the foothills in the direc'
ton of Washtucna lake. The route
covers wide fiat fifteen to twenty