Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-09-26
WHOLE NUMBER 1908.
STATE NEWS.

ping Z,UUU boxes OF frult each week to
Spokane Falls and to places in Mon
tana.
A postoffice has been established at
Lake City, Pierce county, Washing
ton, with James Campbell as post
master.
The hop crop of Whatcom county
will be about $50 tons of fine quality.
Most of it was sold for twenty-five
cents pound.
Centralia has received an offer from
Kentucky distillery to put up a
plant in that burg if bonus can be
raised for it.
A fir tree was lately cut in Soule &
Conley's camp, up the Willapa river,
which scaled 2S,79O feet, and even
then the top log was not hauled out.
Javan Hall, one of the old settlers of
Lewis county, is about to remove to
Seattle, where bread cast upon the
waters" years ago, has returned in
creased a thousand fold.
The Montesano Tanning company
are building large addition to their
present building. This institution is
developing into quite an important
industry for Montesano
At Puyallup a tramp entered
house in which lady was lying in
bed sick, and threatening her with q
knife, proceeded to ransack the house,
leaving when it suited his pleasure to
do so.
Edmund X. White has fig, orange
and chestnut trees on his ranch seven
miles up the Sauk valley, and several
select varieties of grapes. His tree
blackberry and evergreen blackberry
vines are immense.
Five sticks shipped aboard a vessel
at the Tacoma mill, were loaded into
the ship Thor, which sailed Sunday.
They were 24x24x79 feet, and each
was Of the finest merchantable lum-
Der. The Thor carries her cargo to
London.
The voters of Jefferson county have
decided by o big majority to bond
the county for 1925, 900 for q court
house and county road purposes. The
vote, as far as reported, is 526
for and 70 against bonding. A
contract has already been let to w. A
Richie, of Seattle. for the construc
ton of the courthouse, to cost over
100000.
Puyallup is building an opera house
80 by 1O4 feet in size. A building il
likewise being erected OF brick and
from, SOx1O6 feet, three stories high
and will be occupied by the First Ma
tional bank OF Puyallup. A large
hotel, 200 feet front, with two wings o.
80 feet each, is being erected at thu
northeast corner of the city park, ant
will be supplied with elevator, electri,
lights, and all the modern convent
ences necessary to first-class hotel.
B.F lShaubut, one of the commits
sioners of the Spokane exposition, hal
arranged with Mr.. II. s. Rochelle fol
an exhibit of 500 pounds of glass sant
which the latter gentleman has re
Gently discovered in King county
From reports recently received from
,, Pittsburg, San Francisco and from
other manufacturing points this sant
is said to excel any in the United State
for richness and manufacturing proper
ties. Mr.. Rochelle has ordered furn
aces which he expects to start at Seat
tie, and he has ordered them rushe,
through so that specimens of glass car
be displayed at the exposition.
The contract for the Pierce count,
courthouse was closed Saturday, afte
considerable delay, caused by the fail
ure of John 7. Long, who took tn,
contract for the sum of $27O 900, t,
provide a bond acceptable to the Com
missioners. There has been som,
differences of opinion as to the amount
but this finally having been mutual,
agreed upon, and satisfactory bono
accepted, Mr.. Long will begin work a
once. His contract does not includ,
heating, plumbing, and some othel
items. The total cost Of the entir'
structure, including grounds, will b.
about $500, 900. One of the condi
tions Of the agreement with Mr.. Lon,
is that the work must be completed
by the 18th of September, 1892.
Deputy Sheriff George B. Young, O
Colfax, Whitman, reports that an or
ganized band of horse thieves have
been operating in that county fol
some time past, and so far the officer,
have failed to capture them. Their
depredations extend over large ares
of country, extending into Spokane
county and Idaho, near the boundary
line. Young's business in Colfaz
was to arrest horse rief for whom
81 600 reward had bc, i offered, and
whom he had traced to Texas Ferry.
Arriving there, he learned that his man
han been there for about one month,
but had recently departed for Boise
City. The Commissioners of Whit
man county have expended large
sums of money endeavoring to capture
the members of this gang. Young
states that the organization is large
and well manipulated in Whitman
county. A brand book is published
giving all the marks and brands of
stock on the range. The book is cast
ly obtained by the thieves, who select
such stock as they deem safe to drive.