Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-02-24

there are between POO and 300 acre..
In Oyster bay much OF the suitable
flats is either natural or cultivated
beds, as this is the main point Of the
oyster industry on the Sound. and thc
acreage is large. a very large proper
ton OF the tide lands in numerous
bays is adapted to the cultivation Of
oysters; smooth, clean bottom and
a stream of fresh water flowing into
the bay, are all the requirements Of a
good location.
A special from Ellensburgh says
work will begin Immediately on the
mammoth iriigating canal of kittitas
valley. A large force is already at
work on the dam and 1000 men will
be put at work on the canal. Pcoplc
are overjoyed at the prospect NJ the
completion OF the work means great
prosperity for Ellensburgh and the
kittitas valley. The canal will cost
about $4,000.
The city of Waitsburg has aban.
doned its water rights suit against
Caroline Cox and others. The de.
PENDANTS are ri iparian owners of land
through which the Copie creek flows.
and from the creek the city sought
to condemn water for its use, and al,o
to condemn land on which to lay it's
pipe. During the brief progress Of
the suit the city's legal representa-.
tices found that the tide of affairs was
against them, and the case was there
fore abandoned. Some Of the Waits
burg pipe had already been laid, and
this was taken up.
There is little hero in Colville,
Stevens county, aged only s years.
One day when the thermometer was
10 degrees below zero parents did not
realize how cold it was, and little
children were allowed to go to school.
Among them were Edwin McCatchen,
aged 8 years, and his little sister, Eva,
IL months younger. Her hand. got
cold, and Edwin put his mittens
upon her and tugged away at her,
and when they arrived at the school
house he held one of her little mittened
hands between his little bare hands.
trying to keep it warm. When
they got inside the teacher discovered
that all his fingers on both hands
were frozen stiff.
Reuben Smith, of Mt. Vernon.
Skagit county, went deer hunting
with two hounds. Suddenly the dogs
started forward on a jump, and, in
about a second, there was grer,
commotion; there were sounds of
breaking brush, followed by snarls.
growls and ear-piercing screams.
Then five frantic cougars, followed by
the yelling hounds, bounded into
view not 40 rods from the spot where
the hunter stood with rifle in hand.
He instantly drew bead on the fore.
most cougar and fired. The bullet
entered the animals head. The
cougar made one binding leap in the
air then fell trembling to the ground
dead. The dogs treed two OF the
cougars, and Smith advanced and shot
them. They came tumbling down
and the excited hounds had hold of
them the moment they struck tho
ground. The other two cougars got
away.
A number OF citizens Of Vancouver.
are quite excited over the invention
OF a perpetual motion machine by
Joseph Grubers, German mechanic
OF that city. Mr.. Grubers has been a,
work 10 years perfecting his invention,
and has at last succeeded, so he and
his friends think, and has filed a
caveat at Washington to secure a
patent. The machine is called the
automatic double-acting suction"
which produces power by u new pro.
cess. 1t is claimed that when this
machine is charged with so pounds of
pure cold water, it automatically
creates one-horse power. and when
started goes on for ever and ever. A
company has been organized by Mr.
Grubers, the patentee, Julius G.
kaupisch and John Steiner, to perfect
and introduce the machine. IL is
claimed that the discovery is going to
do away entirely with steam engines
and water-wheels, and that fuel for
creating power will soon be thing of
the past. Air ships can now be oper.
ated successfully, steamers can dis
pense with their boilers and coal
bunkers, and locomotives need not
stop for wood or water. The Keely
motor and the vacuum motor, which
created such sensation several years
ago, are not to be mentioned in the
same day with this suction motor
but while it may be able TO create
power by suction, it is scarcely proba.
bic that it can catch any more suck.
ers than the other motors did when
first invented.