Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-21
STATE NEWS.

Sumner is willing to pay $4,000
for system of water works.
The contract has been let for the
building of a new opera house at Pull
man.
Wilson Bros of Aberdeen, shipped
on Wednesday 1900 feet OF clear
spruce to Atchison, Kan.
J. B. Irvine. of Spokane, is suing the
Northern Pacific for S., 600 because he
lost finger while in its employ.
Glen Creighton, of Rockford, while
cleaning a idn'tknow twas loaded
pistol, shot himself through the hand.
The main business portion OF Pataha
City was destroyed by fire the other
day; loss, $4,000; insurance, $40, 900.
Tacoma disbursed $lSS, 1917 from
January l to April 8, $l0,23l.IS of
which was for interest on warrants and
bonds.
Aberdeen mills are now shipping
fine spruce lumber. Dry kilns are
now being put in to reduce the cost of
shipping.
Defects in the Colfax water reservoir,
due to carelessness of subcontractors,
will be remedied by the Oregon Bridge
Company.
Ellensburgh citizens are talking of
funding the Indebtedness of the city,
and vote will soon be taken upon the
proposition.
The Anacortes electric light plant
has been closed down indefinitely.
The city is paying the owners 500
per month to lie still.
Potatoes are retailing at 81 so per sack
at Ellensburgh. The probabilities are
that they reach ~ before the new crop
comes in, and for the entire season
remain at q high figure. All other
vegetables are proportionately adj
vanced in prices.
H. r. Lindsey, n son of Colonel
Lindsey, of Spokane, and bank clerk,
committed suicide the other night
Money troubles and quarrel with a
young woman, to whom he was en-
gagged, are supposed to have been the
causes OF the deed.
The Olympia landoffice has prepared
a list OF government lands not taken
up by counties, as follows: Chehalis,
4 $50 acres; Pacific. 1GO acres; Thurs
ton, $50 acres; Lewis, 200 acres +;
Pierce, !, 44O acres; King, 1900 acres !;
Kitsap, AGO acres. Total, 16,34O
acres.
The matter OF consolidation OF Fair
haven and New Whatcom into one city
is still slumbering, and probably will
continue its sleep for some time to
come. The move originated in New
Whatcom, but the people of Fairhaven
do not seem to relish the terms upon
which consolidation is projected.
The most important timber cases
ever tried in Washington are to be
heard at this session of the United
States district court at Spokane.
These are the suits against John H.
Stone, the Northern Pacific railway, the
Spokane Mill Company and the Spok-
and Fuel Company, for cutting or u.s.
ing timber from government lands.
The Tacoma Smelling & Refining
Company, during March, shipped g.
$50 bars OF bullion, weighing 357 ,30i
pounds to San Francisco. There were
l,247 20 ounces of gold valued at $685.
1852; 34,22892 ounces of silver,
worth $2S,4l0, and 154 ,S71 pounds of
lead worth $l3, 1879 81, making Il total
of $6S,O29 SO. The company disbursed
$9.SO4 rs among employees.
The owners of the Blue Canyon
coal mine, which is located at the
head of Lake Whatcom, II miles from
New Whatcom, are highly elated over
the discovery of new vein OF coal,
which is of excellent quality. 1t is
equal to the vein now being operated
by the company, and is located three
quarters of mile nearer to the shore
of the lake, being really within 200
feet OF the lake shore.
The Davis & Evans Mining Company
was incorporated at Tacoma, Thursday,
with 5000, 600 capital. John I. Davis,
James A. Evans, George Il. Anderson
and +. G. Jonas, OF Mineral City, and
Albert Schooley, of Chehalis, are
trustees. The two former made the
original discoveries of gold in the
Mineral creek regions while grub
staked by f. c. Jonas, the Chehalis
general merchant, two years ago.