Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-06
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Gathered Here. There and
Everywhere.

Items Of Interest Gathered Here. There and
Everywhere.
Tacoma has S,5l3 pupils in her
public schools.
The Campbell ranch, near Monte
sano, was lately sold for $4,000, and q
tract OF land, near Westport, of 1900
acres, for $4,000. The latter sale was
to c. w. Corliss, OF Seattle, who with
others will convert it into q dairy
ranch and garden plats.
The Skagit river has had an unprece.
dented rise and the current has swept
hundreds of saw logs, shingle bolts,
trees and all sorts of drift seward.
Tuesday night the water was 20 feet
above it's nominal stage and was still
rising . foot An hour. The loss of logs
and bolts will probably reach $4,000
II the rise should continue, the river
will cut another channel to the Sound
and the loss be excessive.
Il seems that bears venture into
dangerous quarters in Chehalis county.
One the other day was found in the
orchard of Verne Lyons, in the little
town OF Elma, and was helping him
self to plums. Mr.. Lyons being I'M
armed he was not disturbed, but coon
afterwards q posse was organized, and
his bearship soon had his hide nailed
to barn door, to keep him from
committing other depredations.
Seattle has found another OF those
historic cannon-balls d" fired by the U.
S. sloop of war Decatur, in 1855"
when that intrepid war vessel saved
the whole population of the city from
the savage foe. 1t seems from the
number of these relics exhumed at
different times there must have been
O prolonged siege when, as the report
says. the entire population of Seattle
would have been massacred had it not
been for the warship."
Canning corn on the cob is an exper-
iment being made in the Puysllup and
Sumner Fruit Growers association can
merry at Puysllup, that seems likely to
prove great success. At the present
time all canned corn on the cob is
shipped from Maine. Freight charges
make it very expensive. 1t is general
ly believed that good sweet corn can
not be grown in the Puget Sound
country but Mr. Paulhamus says that
is q mistake. He says the best of corn
is grown here and the only fault is
that it natures slowly. That fault will
not be against it for canning purposes.
The association is paying 2 cents an
ear for corn and demanding that only
the best ears be brought in. All ears
must be at least eight inches long and
if longer must be cut off to that length.
Eight ears are packed in can. The as.
ISOLATION has already sold all it will
can this season but it expects to find a
ready market for the product in Alaska
where it is said the corn can be sold at
10 cents an ear.
James Stewart, owner OF a large
amount of water front on the Wishkah
river is circulating petition among
the ranchers OF the Wishkah valley
which is to be sent 10 the Secretary of
War when sufficient signatures have
been obtsiued. The petition requests
an inspection of the river and the
! maintenance of q 3O-foot channel, 10
order that the ranchers may have the
opportunity of getting their produce
to market, which is now denied them,
it is alleged, by the Wishkak River
Boom company, which is using the
stream for the conveyance of its logs
to the mills on Gray's Harbor to the
detriment of commerce. Some time
ago the ranohers brought suit in tho