Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-22

Forrest and Tolmie (the former In
charge at the Cowlitz and the latter
at Fort NisQually) to furnish the
party, on credit, with 200 bushels OF
wheat at 80 cents, 100 bushels OF
peas at 81, 800 bushels Of potatoes at
SO cents, and 10 or IL head Of beef
cattle at $12 per head.
Kindred Built First House.
The claim taken as Kindred's, on
the edge of Bush Prairie as the tim
Der skirting the Sound is entered, was
the first built upon in the fall OF 1916
Colonel Simmons building at Tum-
water the next summer. During that
winter Messrs. Wainbow, Wall, Smith
and Pickett came over from Oregon,
made a trip down the Sound as far
as Nisqually. None of these, how
ever, remained in the country.
On the 18th of March, 1846, Mrs.
James McAllister gave birth to a son
(James Benton) the first-born of the
Puget Sound settlement. In the
summer of 1916, Sidney s. Ford. ST.,
and family and Joseph Borst settled
at the confluence of the Skookum
Chuck and Chehalis rivers, half way
between C0wlitz Landing and New
Market. In the fell of the same
year Messrs. William Packwood and
Charles Eaton, the former accompa-
MED by his family, located ct Puget
Sound. Mr.. Eaton was the pioneer
settler on Chambers Prairie. This
year also marked the erection Of a
grist mill at Tumwater by Colonel
Simmons, in which he ground wheat
but did not attempt to bolt it.
The return made by John r. Jack
son, Esq, the first assessor of Lewis
county for the year 1916, exhibits
the following as the produce of said
county: Wheat 12,450 bushels; oats,
$500; peas, 4,475; potatoes, 6,760.
OF course the largest proportion Of
this was raised by the Puget Sound
Agricultural company on their
claims at Cowlitz and Nisqually, but
1t shows the settlers had already
begun in earnest to cultivate the
country and raise the means to live.
First Girl-First Wedding.
On the 10th of June, 1S47, Mrs.
Sidney s. Ford, ST., gave birth to q
daughter (Angeline, now Mrs. John
Shelton. the first American girl
born north of the Columbia. Here,
too, is another indication of progress
the first giving in marriage In
the little colony:
Married, at New Market, Puget
Sound. at the house of Mr.. Davis ON
the 9Th day Of July, by Judge Sim
mons. Mr.. Daniel d. Kisney to Miss
Ruth Brock, of the former place."
During this year Colonel Simmons
erected sawmill and the little set
Element was strengthened by the ar
rival of Messrs. Chambers, Brazil,
George Shazar and w. p. Dougherty.
The country north Of the Column
bia had by this time grown to assume
some importance in Oregon poli-
tics; indeed the vote of Lewis county
determined the election of the COVER
nor of Oregon at the last election
held under the provisional govern
ment. The race between Governor J.
George Abernethy, q candidate for
reelection, and General A.. s. Love-
Joy had been extremely close, all the
other counties wcrc In and the vote
stood: for Abernethy ATS. for Love-
JOY SIS.
Lewis county, last to be heard
from, changed the result. giving 81
for Abernethy and for Lovejoy and
re-electing Governor Abernethy BY .
plurality Of is over his principal
competitor. At this same election
Simon Plemondon WIS elected repre-
sentative in the Oregon house Of rep-
resentatives and A. M. Poe, late cd
itor Of the Overland Press, was elect
ed sheriff.
Ito Be Continued.)