Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-23
STATE NEWS

o"JC't vi ueautlIIlllS Tue StTeetS by
planting shade and ornamental trees.
In Skamania county the question
OF moving the county seat from S,ev-
enson was voted upon, and, by Il vote
of 136 against 10I, Stevenson retains
it.
Ellensburg hardly knows what to do
with large number of families who
have congregated there from the hop
picking districts, and who are in desti.
tute circumstances.
From Yakima the shipments Of
hops to date for the season aggregate
l,475,94 pounds, while since October
l the shipments OF last years hops
have been 1877 ,GG4 pounds. yielding a
total revenue approximating $ll7,-
366.
The Bank OF Palouse has been in
corporated, with 100000 capital, to
carry on general banking business
in Palouse. John r. Payne, Charles
7. Cross, George l. Turnbow, Isaac
Fisher and A. A. Wilson constitute
the board of directors.
Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Sutton, the wo-
man who shot her son-in-law, Eugene
Prescott, at Colfax, a year ago last
month, has been discharged from
custody on the ground that the evil
dence was insufficient to obtain a con-
viction. She has been in Jail year.
AN ordinance has been introduced
in the City Council of Tacoma reduc-
ing the police force by five, and cut.
ting off all assistants in the clerks Of
flee and the board of public works,
and dispensing with license inspec-
tor. 1t will save $4,000 year.
Grove L. Johnson, Republican Con-
gressman-elect from the second Cali
form ia district is SO years old, and
brother OF p. B. Johnson, OF Walla
Walla. He was clerk at Fort Walla
Walla for his brother, then assistant
quartermaster United States volun.
teers, from July, 1864, TO July, 1865.
Patrick McCann, rancher, died at
an Everett hospital Wednesday from
injuries received in fall and probable
assault at unknown hands on the
water front the night before. Two
crooks are supposed to have robbed
him of his money, some $50, and
watch. The coroner's jury recon-
mended their arrest, but they cannot
be found.
The tax levy of Spokane county,
and including the city and school dis
trict levies, is 2S.7 mills, as against IA
last year. On its face the new levy is
considerably in excess OF that OF last
year, but this is due to the reduction
in assessed valuations. In round
numbers the total county valuation
last year $3S, 900, 900, against $22 ,5OO,-
600 this year. The valuation in the
city for 1888 was $26, 900, 600, and only
$4,000, 600 for 1894.
Seventy Cinnamon went via the
Great Northern road to New What
com, thence over the B. b. & B. C.
road toward Vancouver, Sunday, bound
for China. They were not stopped at
Whatcom. and told Inspector Larner,
at Sumas, that their certificates were
in their baggage and had gone ahead
of them to Vancouver. As they were
leaving the country and, if detained
would have to be kept until the next
Empress sailed, they were allowed to
proceed.
David Fitch, OF Wilbur, one OF the
leading merchants of the Big Bend
country, says that the farmers of his
section are turning their attention to
flax, and large acreage will probably
be grown next spring. "They all re.
alize," said he, "that they cannot
hope for large price for their wheat
next year. Diversified farming is the
only way l can see for our farmers to
get out of the hole quickly. They all
realize now the advantage of mixed
farming, and as soon as they are in
position to do 80, the great majority
of them will take care to have sufli-
cient hogs on hand to feed their grain
to whenever it falls to an Improbable
price,"
A personal encounter, the result of
politics, took place on the street in
front OF the Hyde block at Spokane,
between N. W. Durham, city editor OF
the SpOkesmanReriew, and several
members OF the Republican central
committee, last Friday. That paper is
bitterly opposed to John l.. Wilson's
candidacy for the United States Senate,
and since the election the paper
has published several article. derog-
atory of Wilson and in connec-
ton Herewith has also roasted the
central committee. The matter was
under discussion when Durham came
up and joined the group. Harry Viii
son, a brother of John l.. Wilson, ac-
cused Durham OF being traitor to the
party. The lie was passed when Dur
ham sailed in to knock Wilson out.
The latter being much the smaller of
the two, resigned the fight to W. II.
Ludden, secretary of the central com
mittee, who was making it uncomiort-
ably warm for Durham when the police
came up and stopped the fight. Much
personal feeling has been engendered
and more trouble will be the out
come.