Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-11-10
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Items oi Interest Gathered Here, There and
Everywhere.

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| Items Oi Interest Gathered Here, There and
Everywhere.
Jefferson county homesteaders and
timber claimants have filed protests in
the Seattle office against permitting
the State to seize two townships in
Jefferson county, just thrown open to
settlement.
The Northwestern Commercial and
allied companies have bought the
steamships Pennsylvania and Oregon
to 60 on the Alaska service next sea
son. The latter will be placed on the
Seatt]e-Valdez run, and the Pennsyl-
vania will probably, after her arrival,
in February, be laid up till the Nome
season opens and be placed on that
route.
AS the laws of the State provide
that everything purchased by the State
for its exhibit at fair or an exhibi-
ton shall be turned over to the State
Museum after it has served its purpose,
the University Museum will be the re-.
cipient of one of the largest as we'll as
one of the most valuable exhibits dis
played at the Lewis and Clark fair.
Several carloads will be received this
month.
Steamer Lansing, the largest oil
steamer in the world, is coming to the
Pacific Coast within the next ninety
days. Two other oil steamers, the
Roma and the Washtenaw, will also
be sent to this Coast at about the same
time. The Union Oil Co. of San
Francisco, will send the vessels out.
With the steamer Argyle already on
this side, and three other ships on the
Atlantic, the company will have the
largest tank feet in this country, as i!
will have carrying capacity of 1861
600 barrels. This will be larger than
even the Standard Oil Co.'s fleet.
Samuel Collyer, manager of the
Syndicate Company, of Seattle, has
just returned from a trip to Calgary,
in Alberta province, where he com.
pleted arrangements for the sale of L.
500, 900 acres OF the Canadian Pacific
railway lands lying between Calgary
aud Medicine Hat, which will be irri'
gated by ditch now being construct
ed by tho Canadian Pacific company
between the two points, a distance OF
$50 miles. This immense tract of land
will be handled entirely by the Syndi-
cate Company and all sales will be
made from the Canadian Pacific Civ.
ing low rates to settlers from Seattle
to Calgary.
Moran Bros. will soon lay the kee
OF the 100000 steamer to be chris
tened the Crescent; plans and speci
fications have been prepared. She
will be the staunchest boat on the
Sound, 153 feet in length, 33 broad
and 14-foot hold; 16 knots speed; 300
tons displacement. Oil will be used
for fuel and 200 pounds OF steam will
be allowed. Two decks with hur'
ricane deck; two pole masts; electric
steering gear, search.light, call-bells
and lighting system. Interior finished
in hard wood; plate-glass windows
social hall, spacious, with car seats on
both sides. She will make daily
round.trips between Seattle and Ange.
lies, and will increase the summer
travel at least thousand per cent.
A contract was, last week, signed a.
Seattle by the Occidental Wireless Tel
graph Co., of Chicago, to furnish E
H. Overman of the former place al
exclusive news service for the mex
five years on all steamships operated
on the Pacific ocean, this being tn,
first step in the contemplated plan o
establishing daily newspapers aboart
liners plying from this port to th'
Orient. An option has been securet
on sites at Cape Flattery. for one o
the strongest stations in the world
and expects to "relay" messages t.
"relay" messages to ships in mid
ocean. The capital stock of the com
pany that will be organized is 100000
and it is contemplated printing dali!
papers supplied with wireless new
from all parts OF the world on vessel
OF the class of the Minnesota and Da
kota.
Warren Dalton, of Seattle, has bull
his own auto. II is a runabout ant
cost him $S5. Young Dalton is Il
!. years of age and quite a mechanic
He turned out all of the parts for hi,
auto, with the exception OF the wheels
and competent judges pronounce hi
machine first class OF its kind. Dalton
earns his living as polisher in steam
laundry and worked nights and Sun
day on his auto for five weeks ere h,
had it completed. A few OF the large
boys might take this "kid" for an ex
ample and at least be willing to put uI
the winter stove or stretch the from
room carpet when they get home from
work evenings. And as for Sundays
they may have no auto to work upon
but if they do not wish to attend Sun
day school themselves, or if they do
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