Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-07
STATE NEWS.

Ccntralia citizens by large ma
l"rl:y vote have decided to fund the
debt OF the city by issuing bonds.
The Pacific Commercial company
has been Incorporated in Tacoma, to
transact a general trading business
with japan, China and India.
The body of C. n. johnson, purser
AT the steamer Monte Cristo. who fell
overheard January 9th, was recovered
last week, three miles below Snohom-
ish.
Hereafter each OF the three county
commissioners will be elected by the
people OF a district containing as
nearly as practicable one third of the
qualified voters OF the county.
A large number of cattle on the Hog
Eye mountain, in Columbia county,
starved this winter. The cattle got in
the snow and could not be either driv-
en- out nor feed hauled to them.
ID. 7. Denny & Sons, who recently
purchased the stock and bonds of the
consolidated street railway companies
OF Seattle, have now bought con-
trolling interest in the cable lines.
Yakima people will take pains to
make the State agricultural fair great
success. 1t will be well located, and
more valuable to the city and county
than the State capital could have been.
The Hoquiam Basket Company last
week shipped by the Point Iona to
San Francisco 100000 berry baskets.
10000 cheese boxes and $4,000 Jackets.
These jackets are used to surround oil
cans.
The mills belonging to the Centralia
Lumber Exchange are filling an order
for 100000 feet of square timbers to
60 to Duluth. Ten cars daily of DIM
ension stuff are being shipped to Dakota
points.
T. L. Abingdon is constructing a
lumber and shingle mill at Hamilton,
and will manufacture about l 600 feet
daily of cottonwood lumber for furni-
ture-making, and to be used for fruit
boxes, besides 100000 shingles.
One of the new industries going in
at Anacortes is barrel hoop factory.
Barrel hoops will be manufactured
from spruce, and contract has already
been secured for furnishing the big
barrel factory at Roche Harbor.
Lodges of Royal Society of Good
Fellows have lately been instituted at
Bucoda, Centrslia, Tenino and Che
halls, with membership of over 200.
There are now 80 Lodges in the State,
with membership Of over 1900.
The North Pacific coal company is
sinking in its Roslyn mines, according
to Mr.. Kangley, the manager, what will
be the big shaft of the world, 700 feet.
deep and 1Sx3O feet at the bottom. 1t
will take two years work, day and night.
to finish it.
w. II. Babcock, the wheat king of
Eureka Flat, says the crop prospects
were never brighter in his section than
they are at present. The amount of
moisture in the ground is phenomenal
for this time of year and there is yet
an abundance of snow in the noun
tains.
A council of the Spokane Indians is
soon to be held in that city. Many of
the Indians are oppoed to going on
the C9urd' Alene reserve, as they can
not select their lands in a body. Chief
Welcho, with the Indians, will probably
meet Special Indian Agent Hartman
in few days.
Since the LIST of last September the
Northern Pacific has hauled from
Gray's Harbor over 500, 600 fish, which
Melted the fishermen q cents a pound.
The fish canneries during the same
time paid the fishermen $4,000 for
fish that went into $4,000 cases of
canned goods.
A. Satenberger, who was arrested at
Fort Vancouver on March 8, on re-
quest OF the sheriff of Columbia county,
charged with horse stealing, was re-
turned on the Goth, he having had
his trial in the Superior Court of
Columbia county. The jury returned
verdict OF not guilty.
There j. quite demand in Seattle
for rhododendrons, the State flower,
and almost every steamer from Kitsap
county brings over daily bushes for
transplanting. This year will certain.
ly demonstrate whether this plant will
grow after transplanting. Most people
say it will not survive.
1t is rumored that arrangements are
nearly perfected to start up the big Bel.
bingham mill at Fairhaven on Nav !,
but whether it is to be operated by the
owners or under a public lease has not
been made public. 1t is owned by the
Fairhaven Land Company, Erasmus
Bartlett, OF San Francisco, and the
estate OF the late Captain Eldridge.
Miss Anna NJ. Pence, daughter of
Captain J. A. Pence, of Fairhaven,
went to Seattle three weeks ago 10 re-
ceive treatment for consumption and
there died. Her affianced, w. H.
Hoffman, clerk of the board OF county
commissioners, when he heard the
news. attempted to blow out his brains
with a revolver. He was disarmed and
then placed in custody on charge of
insanity.
r. Schmidt has filed claim against
the city of Yakima in the sum of $2Y,.
1883. as damages for the refusal of
the city to allow him to complete
sewer construction. Of this sum the
city acknowledges that 5000 belong
to Schmidt, but the council has been
cautioned by counsel not to pay it,
because OF numerous claims of private
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