Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-05-18
STATE NEWS.

The clerk of Snohomish county took
in $j37 in fees during April.
The Seattle school board has cut
teachers salaries so as to save $4,000
a year.
Whatcom cOunty's assessment will
be nearly 100000 less than that OF
last year.
Blaine shingle men say that there
are 100000 shingles there awaiting
shipment.
]. S. Martin, of Snohomish, has re-
ceived a patent on hand-propeller
for boat.
Two daily mails are now carried be-
tween Tacoma and Steilacoom on the
electric cars.
The Snohomish creamery has started
up. 1t has capacity OF 1000 pounds
of milk an hour.
Lincoln county is being sued ior ST..
$50, a newspapers bill for printing
the delinquent tax list.
The Spokane Sorosis at its last
meeting read a nice letter, sent it by
Charles Dudley Warner.
Spokane's net indebtedness, after
taking out $2S7 600 cash and $4,000
unsold bonds, is 81, ,l54,552.
A deposit Of silica in a pure State
has been found in considerable
quantity on the Touchet river.
A public library, arranged by the
generosity of a public-spirited citizen,
is about to be opened at Dayton.
Dan Hill, just reelected chief of the
Townsend fire department, has held
the place continuously for six years.
No court item is complete in the
Palouse country now unless it tells
how much the case costs the country.
Ellensburgh is shipping several car
loads of timothy to the Sound cities
every week. 1t is said to be q choice
article.
Plane are being drawn for a new
building on the Neah bay reservation,
to take the place of the one destroyed
in the recent fire.
There is a probability that the big
Cornwall lumber mill at Whatcom
will again be running with a large
force Of men in few weeks.
A good many horses are dying oil
glanders in Adams county, and more
are being killed by the State veter.
marian to prevent its spread.
The sum of $50, 900 has been pledged
at Seattle as starter for a subscrip.
ton to build the Lake Washington
ship canal by private enterprise.
The machinery is now being put in
position in the new Woodin mill a,
Fairhaven, and Mr.. Woodin hopes to
have it in operation by the 18th ol
June.
The ocean beach near Ocosta is fair
ly alive with men and boys, pannins
out flour gold from the sands. They
claim to be realizing something worth
while.
John Young, . Northern Pacific
brakeman, was killed Thursday even
ing at Orillia station, II miles south o.
Seattle, while coupling cars. He livet
at Seattle, where he leaves widow.
Following the example of nearly
every other town in the State, thu
town of Davenport has begun tn,
work OF looping off expenses wher,
possible, and begins by cutting down
the marshal's salary from $50 to Sc
per month.
The schooner Annie NJ. Nixon ha,
arrived at Anacortes from the halibu
banks, off Vancouver islands, with 40,
600 pounds of halibut, which will bt
shipped East in refrigerator cars. Th,
Nixon made the voyage home, o
nearly 800 miles, in % hours.
Another irrigation project is on foo
in the neighborhood of Pasco. 1t il
to take water from the Snake river b,
means of turbine wheels and duple,
pumps and irrigate from 5000 to 10,
600 acres. Theodore Newcomb, O.
Brooklyn, N. Y, is the promoter oil
the scheme.
Hon. d. F. Percival, Cheney's lead
ing capitalist and banker, returned
home Wednesday night from a tril
East. He says capitalists in the Eas
we're getting ready to send money ou
here for investment before the Coke,
movement started, but that has mad,
them afraid, and the country will hav'
to wait till that passes over.
A telegrsphic order has been re
ceived at Walla Walla from St. Pau
commission firm for a carload of rhu
barb and another of potatoes. The or
der for that much rhubarb SURPRISED
them the most, but come to lool
around, it could be filled, while tn,
potato order could not. There ar,
plenty of potatoe, in the Oregon coun
ties of Wasco and Union.
The relief committee organized a
Walla Walla to take care OF the tramps
held q meeting, as advertised, to re
ceive applications from any in want o
work. Not a man responded. S,
the committee passed resolution tha
that deserving poor resident in tn
town would be cared for, but tramp
would be dealt with summarily unde
1.-The vagrant law, and adjourned.