Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-07-10

II. B. Blake, OF Tacoma, who re-
Gently purchased large tract of land
near Lake Crescent, three miles from
Gig Harbor, has just completed a num-
Der of buildings and will establish an
extensive logging camp to clear his
land preparatory to putting in an
Angora goat ranch. Mr.. Blake has
had extensive experience in raising
goats and says this sectional least
where he located-is admirably adapt
ed to these animals, and he is san
guine that good returns can be real.
lied from them if properly handled.
He will employ from twenty to thirty
men in the logging camp during the
summer.
The County Commissioners OF Yak
ina are thinking seriously OF holding
out the amount of the claim the
county holds against the State for
money paid into the State treasury on
account OF an error made during the
last administration. The original claim
OF that county was for $4,000. The
State Auditor went over the claim
last Winter, and cut it down to about
$500, and an appropriation was
made by the Legislature, but Cover.
nor Mcbride cut the item out of the
appropriation bill. County Attorney
Guthrie advises the Commissioners to
bold out the amount of the claim and
let the State sue for it.
A prominent sheep-owner of North
Yakima, lately said, concerning the
sheep business that the restriction of
the summer ranges will probably have
tendency to cut down the number OF
sheep raised in Central Washington
from now on. "This year." he said,
"the sheep that have not been on the
reserve will come in at the end OF the
grazing season in poor condition. OF
course, the reserve sheep will be in
better condition than heretofore on
account of the fact that so few have
been allowed on the ranges. But as
man can only get about half his flock
on the reserve, the business, generally
speaking, is not going to be satisfac.
tory"
A sad accident occurred at Cosmop.
oils on the Sd, which will undoubtedly
result in death. Earl Somerville, a
boy OF II, was fooling with a revolver
which went off, the bullet striking
him square in the center of the fore.
head and passing clear through his
brain, struck the skull on the back of
his head and glancing, remained i'm
bedded. DIR. Watkins was called in
and Drs. Schumacher and Naples tele-
phoned for. On arriving at Cosmop.
oils they found the boy still alive, but
in such a critical condition that moth
ing could be done to locate the bullet.
The boys chance for recovery is very
small. but everything was done for
him that it was possible to do. The
boy is an orphan and was living with
his grandfather, who is blind, and who
depended ON his grandson for guild
ance. The old gentleman is not in
afiluent circumstances by any means,
and this sad accident will make his
burden still harder to bear.
A vast army of caterpillars march
ing across the country is reported by
o. Dewitt, q prominent Dry Creek
farmer, near Walla Walla. What ap-
peared to be the tail end OF the army
was first noticed by Mr.. Dewitt a day
or so ago near his farm. In going to
town he ran across the whole army
coming out of a wheat field belonging
to Joseph Harbert. east of Walla
Walla. The column was $50 yards
across and its estimated length was
from two to three miles. This phe-
nomenon in Walla Walla county is
something that farmers who have seen
the army cannot account for. The
species has a thorny covering, from
which many spikes protrude, and over
which light brown fuzz is scattered.
Two narrow stripes run the length of
each side of the body near the under
part. Single specimens travel as
rapidly as six or eight feet a minute.
Horticultural Inspector Morse is send.
ing specimens away for Identification.