Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-09
STATE NEWS.

County, Logan, EIOhahc county, anu !
Pleasant Harbor. Jefferson county, |
have teen discontinued.
DIR. J. :. Herndon, of Chehalis, DIR. |
II. G.. Wilson Of Port Townsend and I,
II. B. Bagley OF Seattle, have been APP |
pointed members OF the State Board Of |
Medical Examiners.
State papers are full Of reports of
deer killed in violation of the law J
Large numbers of grouse are being i,
slain in the nesting season, too, but |
these birds are unprotected.
a stump-puller is at work clearing /!
the county roadway between Avon aud
Fredonia. The stumps that are piling
up by the roadside form wall that
resembles the enclosure OF walled |
city.
DIR. NJ. White Frederick, OF Seattle,
has filed suit in the superior court
against Samual Cuhn to recover 81 $50,
The money was lost in gambling
game and money so lost can bc re-
covered.
Hop lice have made their appearance
in Lewis county. Senator Donahoe
says the plum trees near his yard are
covered with them. In several other
yards in the Chehalis valley the lice
have appeared.
The Colville reservation will prob
ably not he opened before March,
1894. Three months will be occupied
in completing the survey, after which
six months are allowed the Indians to
select their lands.
The plans for the new building OF
the Chehals reform school are being
prepared. The contract for the con
structiOn will be let on June II, and
the structure, which win cost ubout
$4,000, is to be completed by the last
of September.
Nature has kindly came to the assist.
ance of the loggers. What combina-
ton failed TO effect in the way of in
creased prices. has been accomplished.
by reason of an unprecedentedly wet
season, that has been absolutely pro-
hibltory to logging.
Although the wet weather has, to
some extent, cut down the acreage in
parts OF Eastern Washington, yet the
immense yield promised is expected TO
more than make up the difference even
in those sections where the acreage
has been most reduced.
Lincoln county will probably emu
late the example of Yakima in send
ing an exhibit OF watermelons to the
Worlds Fair. Melons weighing 60
pounds have been produced along the
Columbia river, and 200 fine speci-
mems will lie sert to Chicago.
Charles Thompson, who was found
dead in his cabin, near Roy, Pierce
county. was II veteran of the Indian
wars, and one of the oldest settlers in
that section. He was found stretched
on his bed, and fully dressed Heart
disease was the cause OF death.
A small wooden box marked with
japanese or Chinese characters was
found few days since half-buried in a
lot at the corner OF south Ninth and
Main streets, Seattle. When it was
opened the body of two-mon this
infant, nicely done up in linen, was
found.
Mrs. Il. A. Morris. nee Maxwell, of
Ballard, has received notice of the
death of her uncle and foster father
in England. who by his will bequeaths
his property, except an entailed estate
worth $4,000 year, in equal shares
to Mrs. Morris and another niece, at
present in England.
1t is stated that young peach trees
in the Wenatchee valley, which had
their lower limbs covered with snow
last winter, will bear heavy crops this
fall, while the older trees will product
but little fruit. Apples, pears and
plums will be abundant i'm that section,
and there will be full yield OF grapes
Father Charles Sigl, rector OF the
parish of the Sacred Heart, at Seattle,
has gone to New York city, where he
takes charge of St. Alphonsus' church,
on South Fifth avenue, near Canal
street. 1t, like the Church of the
Sacred Heart, is under the care of the
Redemptorist order of which Father
Sigl is o member.
Lebam, Is miles below Willapa city
on the new railroad, now promises to
be another Washington metropolis. 1t
is now announced that the first mill
has been secured, shingle mill of
good capacity to supply Eastern mar
kets. A branch store is to be put in
there by Northwestern Lumber Com
pany of South Bend.
The Kalama Tribune, Blaine Trib-
une and Latah Times have suspended
publication, and the Sound Oyster has
just been started ut Bellinghsm Bay.
Its editor and publisher is Leslie E.
Denison. Another new paper is the
Elma (Chehalis county, Eagle, started
by r. NJ. Watson, which claims to &" fill
a long felt want" and is q non-con-
formist in politics."
The South Bend Cbehalis road was
transferred from the construction
to the operating department of the
Northern Pacific Sunday, June 4.
In two weeks the ballasting will be
completed, 160 men now being at
work. Much to the relief of the mer-
chants, the telegraph line stimuli
taneously came under the charge of
the Western Union and its regular
rates will rule instead of the exOrbit-
ant charges which have been prevail.
ing.
Yakima expects to secure the
location of wooden mill. The Herald
says that. while manufacturing all the
finer grades of wOolens, the mill will
make specially of blankets for In
dians, expecting to largely supply the
trade of this state and Alaska, as we'll
as portions Of British, Columbia. The
calculations are that on the start
about 1900 pounds of washed wool
will be used per week. This is equal
to 6,OO0 or 5000 pounds in the dirt.
Washington postmasters have been
appointed as follows: Anderson, Kit
sap county, Milton Hagen, vice Robert
Farrens; Bismarck, Pierce county,
Margaret C. McGrath, vice f. A. Nc
Grath: Bucoda, Thurston county, C.
c. Case, vice G. w. Coates; Castle
Rock Cowlitz coupfv w IT Nelson