Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-21

Work has been commenced in
earnest at the Tenino quarry, Two
channclcrs are at work cutting out
huge blocks o! stone. A force of men
are cleaning the ground preparatory to
quarrying the buff stone, which is
extensively used for trimmings and
decorative work.
The suit of the United States against
John Ii. Stone is now on trial In
the United States district court at
Spokane. This suit is for 1921 ,2S3
damages, for timber which is alleged to
have been cut from government land
and used in the construction of the
Spokane and Palouse railways.
! The quarterly report of the pcrtmas
ter of Tacoma for the quarter ending
March 81, shows that the cash business
OF the postoiiice per quarter was
$l9 600; the expenses, $9,6I2. This
amount includes salaries and all other
expenditures. The net earnings OF the
office after deducting all expenses were
$500.
The Upper mill at South Bend will
start up as soon as wharfage improve.
mems, now under way, are completed
The South Bend Land Company, who
will run the mill, have a contract for
saving 100000 feet of spruce lumber
for San Francisco markets and the
East. The dry kiln in connection
with mill, which was partially destroy
ell by fire over q year ago, will be re-
built.
DIR. n. G. Blalock tells the Spokane
ReUieW that there will he very poor
crop OF peaches and apricots in the
Walla Walla valley this year, while
carly cherries are also blighted. The
trees have not been injured a particle,
simply the fruit bud has been de-
stroyed. Aside from peaches, apricots
and early cherries, however, there will
be an unusually large yield, especially
of pears, prunes, plums and apples.
A large irrigation wheel, similar to
the one being used by DIR. Blalock, is
being built for the Columbia Island
Fruit Company. The Snake River
Fruit Growers Association will have q
similar wheel located at the Holt place
at Wawawai, which will elevate large
portion OF the waters of Snake river so
feet, from whence it can be distributed
with ease over the hundreds of acres
OF orchards controlled by the associa-
ton.
The condition of fall wheat is said
to be not so good as is usual in the
PalOuse country when the snowbanks
have departed. The continued cold of
the spring and excessively wet weather
has prevented growth and the plants
bear the sickly yellow appearance of
having been reared in dense shade.
The opinions OF some farmers are that
tho injury is great; but the majority
say that though the grain is sickly-
looking now few days of warm sun
shine will bring it out all right.
Rev. w. T. Euster, of Colfax, created
sensation in his church Sunday by
attacking from the pulpit the society
people OF Spokane, who are spoken of
as the 400. Among other things, he
said: "If banker could be found so
vile, so heartless and So contemptibly
corrupt as to concoct scheme, by the
aid OF the vilest lawyer in the city, in
order to get a divorce from a noble,
kind'hearted wife, to whose industry
and wisdom he owed his fortune and
position, on the ground of cruelty and
desertion, while his wife was away
visiting watering place because OF
ill-health, and then Immediately to
marry public prostitute, such an one
was fit to become the leader of this
devil selected mess"