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Show TIIE TKKitrroitii s. Almost every man in Tacoma has a street named in bis honor. Waitsburg, W. T., claims to be the most moral town on the Pacific ijoast. During tho last month 6ix vessels have gone from Port Blakely, taking on an average 500,000 feet of lumber earn The business houses of Olympla were closed on Tuesday, the 7th inst., while the people turned out en masse to witness the ceremony of breaking ground for the Olympia ftnd Tenino liailroad. The greatest velocity of wind registered regis-tered at any time on Pike's Peak, has been eighty miles an hour. This took place during a severe storm, and the irost work collected so fast upon the machine that it had to be taken down, A Montana paper says some of the braves that have passed through town on their return from the buffalo hunting ground during the past week, have triumphantly displayed the scalps of some of their mortal energies, ene-rgies, perhaps the Blackfeet, which they have lifted during the winter. The Walla Walla Real Estate Gazette Ga-zette is informed that in Steveii6, Whitman and Yakima counties the farmers are very busy in preparing the ground for the Spring crops. Much more ground will be sealed this year than thre was last, and thb prospects are flattering at present for a large yield. |