Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-22
STATE NEWS.

Several skating Kinks are being re-
opened.
Blaine's shingle mills are running
fun blast.
Colfax college began its fall term
yesterday.
Bears are plentiful on North beach
near Hoquiam.
They have been whipping tramp:
with lashes at Cle-Elum.
Ritzville shipped 10 carloads o.
cattle to Seattle Monday.
Fairhaven has made heavy cut in
the salaries of city officials.
Davenport is to have a teachers
association meeting tomorrow.
Puyallup's cemetery is full ant
intermcnts are made at Edison.
Uncle Sans pay roll at Port Town
send amounts to $4,000 per month.
Skamokawa will salt more salmon
this season than for many years past.
Only two of the five Touring mill.
in the kitittas valley are in operation
Tacoma has been offered par fol
$4,000 20year 6-per cent. schoo
bonds.
Fort Walla Walla's quartermaste
will open bids today for two new post
buildings.
y Quiniault rancher has gone t.
Minnesota to bring back carload o
fine cattle.
C. C. Tunnicliffe, of Elma, has 2O(
bearing Japanese wineberry vines
They do we'll.
Five of the 13 engines burned a
Starbuck are rebuilt and have re
sumed their runs.
About 100 overland passenger
come into New Whatcom over the
Canadian Pacific daily.
o. NJ. Moore, editor OF the Hoquian
Washingtonian, has patented a device
for printing in colors.
James T. Belcher has succeeded w
K. Simpson rs the Hawaiian pro
visional vice consul at Tacoma.
The Tenino shingle mill has con
tracted for its seasons cut Of shingles
at Kansas City, The first shipmen
has been made.
Pomeroy people, summering at Teal
camp. woke up one morning to fine
two inches of snow on the ground, anC
pulled out for home.
The w. C. T. U. of Eastern Wasl:
lington, in session at Oakesdale, re
solved, among other things, against
whist and euchre parties.
A Tacoma gentleman has been in
terviewing farmers in the vicinity o
Elma as to the encouragement tina
would be given to creamery.
Montesano uses the Presbyterian
bell for fire alarm purposes. 1t should
be admirably adopted for the pur
pose, lift is in tene with its creed.
Thomas Hyde, OF Garfield, ha'
applied for a patent OH device
intended to prevent the drive Wheel
OF traction engines from slipping.
Henry Varian, accused Of caricatur
ing Port Townsend people in recent.
published novel, has written a lette
denying the authorship of the book.
Whatcom now owes 81 500 interes
due on bonds since September l
There is no money in the treasury
and the bondholders want the interest
The coast steamer Hassler will win
ter at Tacoma, and its wide-awak,
Commercial Club have made her of
fcers guests OF the city during thei
stay.
| Auditor Cahill finds that there ar,
SGD men in Columbia comfy subjec
to military duty, and has made hi
report to the acknowledgement accord
ingly.
Ilwaco's town attorney has been in
structed to commence proceeding
against Theodore Broemser for unlaw
fully usurping the Office of police
judge.
Mayor Laird of Garfield, while " sub
bling" for the night-wstchman, spotted
as burglar and gave chase to a younl
man who was going home from seeing
his best girl.
An old man named Harvey wa:
sleeping in q barn near Garfield, and
getting up in the night to get drink
of water fell through the floor ant
broke his collar bone.
The Hot Springs Single company
in a few days will start up good
sized shingle and sawmill at Ocosta
with daily capacity Of 100000
shingles and $4,000 feet OF lumber.
There are 16 fishtlaps, all told, in
the waters OF Willapa harbor; four in
the Willapa river; nine in North
river: one in Smith creek, and two in
the Nasel. Fish are still running very
poorly.
! David Magill, OF Port Townsend, q
Union veteran, has been struck from
the pension rolls on the alleged ground
that he is not citizen of the United
! States. He has applied to the courts
for citizenship papers.
The Grand Temple of Pythian
Sisters OF the State OF Washington was
organized at Walla Walla, Tuesday, by
Matte Robinson. Supreme Chief
There were Is delegates present, rep
resenting all parts of the State.
The Northwestern Lumberman's
Association has been invited to hold
its annual session on Puget Sound
this winter, and an effort will also be
made to have the Retail Lumberman'.
Association meet on the Sound thi,
winter.
The Treasury Department has mott
fled immigration Inspector Smytht
at Tacoma that British Columbis
indians have right to enter the
United States for the purpose Of hop
picking, provided they do not come il
under contract.
Some OF the beekeepers of Skagit
county will take 100 pounds from
each OF quite number of theil
colonies this season. This means SO
per swarm, gross, which is regarded
as better than 100 per cent. Interest
on the investment.
L. F. Dix, an employee of the Capt.
itola mills at Winlock lost the thumt
and all the fingers on his right hane
in a planer last week. The accident
is a yery distressing one. Mr.. Dig helm