Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-06
STATE NEWS.

The question OF dividing Whitman
county is coming up again.
Colville has an order from Nelson,
b. c., for a carload of Strawberries.
/ A Tacoma man is moving a $1,000
residence to Port Townsend on a big
scow.
Elmer Huntley, an Oakesdale far
mer, has finishing seeding 400 acres
of wheat.
The first Congregational church of
Tacoma has just celebrated its Goth
anniversary.
The Everett paper mill has received
a cable order from New Zealand for a
supply of paper.
The new bridge across the North Pa
louise, at Colfax, will be open for
travel this week.
Northern Pacific steamer Tacoma
left for China last Thursday. With l.
600 tons OF freight.
The White river mill, at Buckley,
has just increased its capacity to no.
600 shingles day.
About 80 delegates attended the
State Convention of Congregational
churches at Colfax.
The Columbia river salmon catch to
date as reported from Astoria is about
up to that OF last year.
1t is expected that the normal
school building at Ellensburgh will be
completed by the 18th.
I. l.. Fox & Sons at Burlington
have over 100000 shingles in their
dry kiln waiting for cars.
1t is estimated that 100000 pounds
of wool will be shipped from Prosser,
Yakima county, this year.
Forty-six Polled Angus cattle are
going from Ellensburg to Hawaii. 1t
costs $50 a head to land them there.
Miners in the vicinity OF lone City,
COwlitz county, have discovered placer
diggings that prove to be very valuable.
The hydraulic sinking of piles at the
Port Orchard government dry dock
has been abanded a second time as I'M
safe.
Contracts are being awarded for
considerable work improving the gov
eminent quarantine station at Town
send.
The nail works, furniture factory
and sash and door factory of Port
Towssend resumed operations last
week.
A colony OF 200 persons from Chi
cago will locate in this State in
August. What county will catch
them?
1t is estimated that it will cost 49,
100000 to restore the Union Pacific
trackage destroyed by the recent
floods.
Reports agree that Klickitat county's
crop outlook is the best it ever had.
There will be about 1905 900 bushels
OF wheat.
The grain elevator at Cheney, the
largest on the Northern Pacific line
between Minneapolis and Puget Sound
was burned recently.
The little Eva" of Spokane the
atrical company is in default OF 500
bonds for attacking companion &C.
tress with cheese knife.
South Bends board of health has Of
ficially declared the city water unfit
for Use. Surface water from stagnant
pools gets into the reservoir.
A company is ready to put in $2O,.
OOO gas plant at SnohOmish if the
franchise can be had. An ice plant
and brewery are also in prospect.
A combined heading and threshing
harvester has been imported into
Columbia county-the first one of
them-by Rev. j. C. Van Patten and
o. Long.
One Kitsap rancher is reported to
have LOO chickens and others in that
country have 300 and 400 each.
Chickens and eggs are proving a grow.
ing industry.
Tacoma's water system is to be ex-
tended TO Lake Kopowsin, by way OF
the Thomas and Patterson springs.
Surveyors will be started out this week
to locate the line.
Mrs. H. J. Kilgour, q new matron
sent out from the East for Fort Simcoe,
has arrived at her post, and is said to
have had considerable experience in
the Indian service.
| Twenty-One out of Whatcom coun.
TVS II schools districts have an az.
gregate bonded indebtedness of $780,
800. OF this, $8S,OOO is Whatcom's
and $4,000 Blaine's.
klickitat county is 90 hard up that
criminal actions, according to the
Goldendale Sentinel, cannot be main.
tanned. There is no money either for
juries or to board prisoners.
Judge Stallcup. Of Tacoma, per-
formed his first marriage ceremony
last week. The contracting parties
were Alfred Swanson and Annie
Henderson. both of Portland.
Death ended the sufferings of Miss
Amanda ]. Hildebrandt, who was 80
badly burned by her dress catching
firc from an overturned lamp, during
the closing exercises at Rainier school,
in Seattle.
The Bellingham bay public library
contains nearly 1000 volumes. Visi.
tors during the past year numbered
4,64S and 2,O9l books were issued. Its
total receipts were $3.50 and expendi.
lures $497. 40.
A Union Pacific train ran down and
killed tramp named Thomas Jayne,
on the bridge near Winona station,
whitman county. Jayne attempted
to cross the bridge before the train.
His age was about 30.
Rev. Josiah Crouch, late pastor of
the Oysterville Baptist church, is now
driving an express wagon in Los
Angeles. Well, that's nothing against
him. Many q good expressman has
been spoiled to make poor minister.
Walla Walla, with an average lodge
membership of 1876 and one Odd
Fellow in every 20 inhabitants, is the
banner Odd Fellow town of the State,
the active membership in Walla Walla
pun ho ri ~ 400 ora;r,t IEo =: