Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-05-04
WHOLE NUMBER 1,79l.

At Dixie one evening last week the
populace of the community held sorI
OF Indignation meeting in the open all
over the result of the Edmiston trial
A dummy was made out OF straw and
old clothes, hung to scantling and
labeled "J. X. Edmiston." A numbe,
OF people in and about Dixie were
heavy losers in the bank failure.
1t is reported that President H. L.
Moody and Cashier o. d. Moody of the
Commercial State Savings bank ol
Tekoa will sue ex-Receiver James
CAIRNS, of Colfax, for 500, 900 damages
and Attorneys John Pattison and +
4. Trimble for $50, 900 each, for alleged
conspiracy with certain stockholders
of that bank to ruin the institution.
When times were good President
Benjamin Harrison invested some
money in Tacoma. OF late he has
not been able to collect interest or
principal, and has ordered his attor.
neys to bring suit to recover. Mr.
Van Ogle, who accepted the loan, is
reported as having refused the accru-
ing rents to be collected by the ex-
President in the payment OF his claim.
The statement that the Puyallup In
dians had been invited TO take lands
on the Yakima reserve is denied. 1t
is said that the Yakima Indians had
no right to issue such a letter. The
only way that landless Indians OF
other tribes can secure lands on the
Yakima reservation is by purchase
the same as any other person, or by
treaty or gift, to be approved by the
government.
Fred Cummings. one OF the wood.
cutters for the Port Blakeley Railroad
Company, was killed at Simpsons log
ging camp by large block Of wood
nearly five feet through, rolling on
him; just how it was done, no one
knows, as he was working alone. His
wife went out with q lunch to him
about 2 80 and found him dead with
the block on his body. He leaves q
| wife and two children.
The Willis Land & Improvement
Company, of Walla Walla. has adopted
a novel and meritorious idea. They
offer land and water free to men who
are unemployed, and will furnish seed
and provisions for those who are
worthy. There are now several men
who have cultivated from two to five
acres and have nice growing crops O
all kinds. On their tract vegetables
specially do well-in fact, wages al
we'll as good living can be made fol
those who care to be industrious.
The decimal point is q mischievoul
little imp. 1t got misplaced in the
figures in the World almanac giving
Seattle's rate of taxation per $1,000
and made the burden appear $l2.6C
instead OF $1.26. The false statistics
came before Senator Squire in q mem
orial to the Senate; that officia
promptly wrote to the World, and the
World editor promptly sent back the
original copy, which proved that the
error was the fault of Comptrollel
Carson, Of Seattle.
The banks of Palouse City have mo-
paid their taxes, and do not propose t.
until they have tested the legality O
the present method of assessment. A
present banks in Whitman county ar,
assessed on their capital stock, Fo
instance, the capital OF the Securit.
State bank and Second National bank
OF Colfax, is the same, 10000, but tn
Colfax institution has q surplus ant
undivided profits amounting TO $40,
600, which under the present system
is not taxed.