Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-03


his $4,000 bond already filed.
Two harvester notes OF 800 each
are advertised as fraudulent and not
payable i'll the Sprague Mail, over the
signatures OF Jacob Smith, Frank
Walker and William f. Applegate.
! The city council of Spokane has
passed an ordinance requiring pawn
brokers not only to keep registration
list of all the articles handled by them,
but TO furnish the police with report
daily.
1t is estimated that nearly 100000
feet of logs have been blown ashore at
the mouth of the Nooksack river and
an engine on Il pile-driver is engaged
during the high tide in drawing the
logs into the water. The Nooksac is
over its banks.
DIR. f. Durham, a prominent drug
gist of Wilbur, has been arrested,
charged with selling whisky to In
dians. He was taken before the
| United States Commissioner at Spo-
kane, who placed him under 81 900
bonds to appear before the federal
court.
Brigadier General A. p. Curry OF
Spokane has appointed q. w II.
| Davis OF Tacoma to succeed Marshal
Is. Smell OF the same city as Assistant
Quartermaster General. Mr.. Davis
receives the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel on the staff of the brigade
commander.
The four-ton sloop Martha WAS cap
sized off Narrowstone point. Monday,
while on her way from Port Blakely
to Port Townsend, in rough weather.
The two men who made up her crew
chung to the bottom of the boat for
six hours, and we're finally rescued by
passing steamer.
The man arrested at Whatcom few
days ago with Is five-tael cans Of
opium in valise has been bound over
i'll the sum $500. He gives his name
as Harry Hall, and says he was bring
ing the opium down from British
Columbia for friend of his in Seattle
named Albert Hansen.
All Foo WAS committed TO the in
sane asylum from Port Townsend last
week because he imagines that u score
or more of well-known Port Townsend
ladies, both married and single, are
III love with him. There is promis-
ing field for that committing magis-
trate on lower Washington street.
Harry Schwellenbach, whose case h
court-martial has been called to con-
slider, is engaged in business at Spo.
kane and is popular in society. He is
first lieutenant of the State cavalry
and adjutant on Major Johnston's
staff. The charge against him is mis-
appropriating State military funds.
Attorney-General Jones has ap.
proved the deed to the State fair
ground, and the deed has been recorded
at North Yakima. Some little work
may be accomplished this week. The
meeting OF the board of commission
ers has been called for to-day and final
arrangements for the work will be
made.
October's business at the United
States land Office in Olympia was
unusually dull. There were nine
homestead entries, ID final home
stead proofs, two commuted home-
stead proofs, two timber filings, two
timber proofs, and two coal filings.
The outlook for November business
is far brighter.
Surveys and estimates have already
been completed and work will COM
mence straightway on the construction
OF the track at the State fair grounds
in Yakima county. The buildings
will not be erected till next wear.
The entire sum OF $4,000 has been
paid to President Parker. and he now
awaits the attorney-generaps decision
as tO the title.
Professor Elliott Coues, of the
institution, the eminent
is in Tacoma. He is in
the West in connection with revi-
sion and re-editing OF volume of |
the travels OF Lewis and Clark. He
has followed their trails across the
mountains as far as practicable at this
time OF year. He has also visited the
Yellowstone.
AT mass meeting of the Puyallup
Indians, Monday, on their reservation,
strong resolutions were passed against
Indian Agent Eells. Among other
things, they accuse him of having at
tempted to inaugurate old savage Gus
toms i'll order, that his office might he
continued. A committee was an.
pointed to lay their grievances before |
the President.
S. w. Childers has 40 acres of alfalfa
land near Columbus on bench about
5OO feet above the Columbia river,
from which he cuts three crops an
nually, aggregating an average of six |
tons to the acre. The alfalfa grows |
without irrigation. Mr.. Childers is |
experimenting this year with 16.foot |
silo into which he has put about 40 |
tons of alfalfa and corn fodder.
Since the burning of the saw mill of |
S. A. Estes few days ago. the suspi- |
cion has strengthened that it was the |
work OF an incendiary, and possibly |
one of the mills crew. Bad feeling
has existed for some time, and only |
week or two since somebody drove |
heavy spike into a saw log COM
pletely running new saw. The mill |
is abont 20 miles west of here. The
loss is about $1,000.
At meeting of the City Council
of Seattle Monday night it accepted
the proposition of Harris & Co., of |
New York, to purchase its bonds,
recently voted. The entire amount
OF bonds voted was 1915 900 worth.
The company takes $345 900 worth at |
once, SAC, 900 in 80 days, and at that
time decides whether or not it will |
take the balance. The bonds are sold
at 81 per cent. The city to get the |
benefit OF the accrued interest Il
G. F. Steele. sub-agent Of the Ceur
d'Alene Indians, was in Tekoa last |
week, and from him the Globe learns |
that in a few days The government |
will try to settle the trouble it is now
experiencing with the Spokane In
dams, in regard to placing them on |
the Cnur dAlene reservation, and in |
building them houses, giving them |
horses, implements, etc. 1t is pro-
posed to offer them $4,000 in cash,
to be paid Immediately on their loca-
ton on the reservation, and yearly |
payment of $4,000 thereafter.