Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-12-25
STATE NEWS.


Real estate transfers in Tacoma fol
the year to date amount to TlO ,l3l ,l2l
ii. l.. Hughes is about to begin the
publication Of Democratic newspaper
at Oakesdalc.
! The wild stories Of sensational news
paper writers relating to the burial o
score or more laborcrs under the
landslide at Canton, have been dis
proved by the removal OF all the de
| briS. No more bodies were found.
Mr.. Maybe, head SAWYER at \. $
| Douglass mil near Cathlamct, wa,
struck in the eye by Il flying splinter
from the saw. and will probably lost
his sight. He is II Woodworking man
and had been in the mill only about
two weeks.
Isaac Pea, of kclso, while out hunt
ing with his brother, was shot by the
latter, who mistook him for deer anG
fired twice. One bullet struck Isaac in
the head, the other in the hip. The
wounds are dangerous and may easily
prove fatal.
New mayors elected in Washington
cities last week are as follows: Coliax
:. J. Chadwick; Colville, Robert T.
Lee; Spangle, T.. ii. Hinchcliifc
Garfield, ). Il. Laird; Pasco, Robert
Gerry; Kettle Falls, r. Dedgerwood
Puyallup, Ezra Mecker.
The Palouse Gazette says the ticket
fixed up by the Democratic and Farm
ers' Alliance platform is as follows
For United States Senator, the million
aire lawyer and banker of Spokane, J.
}. Browne; for Governor, G.. III. War
ner; For State Treasurer, &. ID. SUIT
ton.
The Port Gamble mill company has
secured orders for forty million feet of
lumber. When the Great Northern can
carry lumber to Chicago for forty
cents per thousand, the sawmills will
multiply and thrive, and the lumber
industry will become one of the lead
ing factors in the States develop
mentS.
f. 5. Ford, alias +. s. French, who
served in Coliax II few months ago as
Western Union telegraph operator,
was arrested Monday at South Prairie
on warrant issued from Park City,
L. T., on Il charge of grand larceny.
Further developments make it appear
that he is wanted in New York State
for robbing All uncle.
The State Land Commission has Sc
lected 5000 acres of land near Colville,
Stevens county, for entry, as part of
the capital building grant. The pres
ent value OF land chosen, with timber
thereon, is estimated at from $3.50 to
$50 per acre. The tracts of Wahkia-
kun land recently selected have been
assigned to the grant for the State Re
form School
Hillory Butler, of Seattle. will pay
to the board OF county commissioners
T2J,OOO. the amount being in settle
ment OF one OF three suits in which
King county county is plaintiff and
George ID. Hill and his bondsmen are
defendants. This is probably due to
the fact that recently he sold valu-
able piece OF property, but payment for
the same has been refused until the
claim OF the county against him is set
tied. lie will pay the total amount of
the claim, $50 900, and will then come
back at his fellow-bondsmen to secure
the return of their proportion.
At the Tacoma mill there are being
cut $4,000 feet Of lumber, each piece
100 feet long, for shipment to Brook
Ign, n. V, for use in the building of a
ferry boat. 1t is the first contract of
the kind ever handled by the mill and
will be the first shipment of such long
lumber east by rail. The lumber will
be carried in three car lots, that is
each big stick will stretch out over that
many cars. The mill company had
to correspond with the different rail
roads across the country to learn
whether or not the lumber could be
carried by rail. While the above ship
ment will be the first of the kind, the
mill company has sent great quanti-
ties of other lumber to the Atlantic
cOast.-Globe.