Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-02-06

N'i" N"h Ohiy NC uSeu dC certain seasons
OF the year.
The Waterville Neus says interested
persons at Coulee City are doing all in
their power to perpetrate the false
alarm about the Okanogan Indians
beng liable to break out. These falsi-
fiers must know that there is no dam
ger whatever of an Indian outbreak.
1t Is evident that these unprincipled
fellows are working to prevent immi-
grafton coming beyond the limit of
the present terminus of the railroad.
In the Supreme court to-day de-
cision was rendered in the case of the
State of Washington against the City
of Spokane Falls. The case was
brought before the Supreme court on
an appeal from the judgment of the
Supreme court of Spokane county,
which held that the money obtained
from liquor licenses belonged to the
city and county. The Supreme court
holds that ten per cent. of all money
received for liquor licenses must be
turned into the State Treasury, and
consequently the decision OF the SUI
perior court was reversed.
The Port Madison Mill company's
store was opened one night last week
and the safe blown open with dyna-
mite. Only about $50 and some vahl-
able papers were taken. The work
was certainly that OF experienced safe
crackers, and was most probably COM
mitted by the same parties who blew
open Day Bros safe in Tacoma. In
the same building with the store was
the postoffice safe, containing very
valuable effects and 81 800 in money.
1t was not molested. The store was
evidently entered by means of skeleton
keys as all doors and windows were
securely fastened next morning.
Hon. James Nevin, the Democratic
member from Skamania county, is the
lecturer of the Grangers of this State.
The officers are: Master, D. L. Rus
sell, Washougal; Overseer, 10. Wing,
Washougal; Steward, d. S. Durgan,
Vancouver; Assistant Steward, r. J.
Fletcher, Fern Prairie; Chaplain, G.
Allen Fisher; Treasurer, VIM.
Smiley, Vancouver; Secretary, A.
Buchanan, La Centre; Gatekeeper, C.
NJ. Phillips; Pomona, Elizabeth Rus
sell, Washougal; Flora, T. Vanbiber; !;
Ceres, Viola P. Turk, Washougal; lady
assistant steward, L. E. Rima, Fisher.
There are twenty-six Oranges in the
State, all in Clarke, Skamania and
klickitat counties.
North Yakima which has always
been lively, though orderly, is to have
touch of the blue laws. The Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union is
on the rampage, and proposes to revo-
lutionize the present state of affairs.
Saturday, Allen and O'Farrell were ar
rested while sparring at the opera
house with eight-ounce gloves, and to-
morrow the proprietors of every saloon
doing business on Sunday will be ar
rested under the State law. There is
much feeling on the subject, and the
saloon men propose to fight back Wig
orously. The sentiment of the ma
jority OF the citizens is strongly against
the straight-laced policy inaugurated.
So says dispatch, and no doubt North
Yakima means business.-Er.
The largest transfer Of real estate
ever known in Seattle was made last
week by w. H. Demarest to the Lake
Washington Belt Line improvement
Company. The amount involved is
81 $4,000. Another transfer amount
ing in value to $4,000 was made by
c. H. Rapes in the same company,
making the total acquisition of this
company an even $2,0OO,OOO. The
Belt Line improvement Company is
the syndicate organized by John d.
Rockefeller, General Russell, A. Alger
and a number of local capitalists, and
the property transferred includes
nearly the whole eastern water front
of Lake Washington. The land
named in the deeds consists of 1900
acres bordering on the eastern shores
of Lake Washington. with the excep.
ton of 32O acres in the neighborhood
of Kirkland.
The city authorities OF Olympia have
remorselessly imposed Il hardship upon
a minority of the members by strictly
enforcing the Sunday law. Not only
are saloons closed during the entire
day, but barber shops, bath houses,
and stores of all descriptions Except
drug) are inconveniently inaccessible.
AS a matter of course, the closing of
saloons does not cut much figure with
members; but those who remain in
Olympia over Sunday are not at all
pleased with being compelled to forego
their usual Sunday renovation until
Monday. 1t is current talk in the
lobby that Olympia would stand a
great deal better chance of getting a
large appropriation for its capital, if it
would suspend the operation of the
Sunday law until after the legislature
ad]ourns. Others say they would not
have voted for Olympia as the capital
if they had known the city would at.
tempt to enforce law elsewhere more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
Observation-Disclosures.
J. II. TAFT and Joe Nelson, both of
whom are pretty we'll known on What
com Bay, are the owners, half and half,
OF piece of property on WILDLY
Island, which each said was worth
about $500. Each wanted to buy
the other out, and neither was willing
or would sell. They have been irving