Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-06-29
WHOLE NUMBER 1899.

Since February /, SO carloads OF
hop poles have been shipped from the
Sound country and delivered to grow
ers at North Yakima. As the average
number of poles to the car is about
1000, this would give total of 1885,
GOO poles.
The three bunco men who defrauJed
two Swedish girls out of 1927 in Sc
attle, short time ago-Goodfriend,
Hart and Golden-have been sentenced
to seven years each at hard labor in
the Walla Walla penitentiary, and to
pay the costs OF suit.
The ground that Spokane county
occupies consists of 1,134,700 acres.
The Chronicle says that Register Logan
of the landoffice, has received patent
granting the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company title to 479,219S3 acres of
that land, or over one-third of all the
land in Spokane county.
The two batteries that have been
stationed at Fort Candy have gone to
Alcatraz Island, Cal. They numbered
l04 men, including non-commissioned
officers. Their place has been filled at
the fort by Battery M, 5th Artillery,
from Preside, Cal, and Battery K, of
the same regiment, from Fort Mason,
Idaho.
| About 300 Stevens county farmers
will sell 5000 head OF cattle within the
next GO days, at an average price of
SIS per head, which will put a great
many thousand dollars in circulation
there at an early date. The cattle are
being bought up for the Montana
ranges, where the stock were mostly
sold off last year.
Whitman College has elected the
following faculty: DR.. J. F. Eaton,
President; Rev. +. C. Craig, Professor
of Greek; Helen A. Pepoon, Professor
of Latin; Prof. W.D Lyman, Professor
of English; r. H. Rupp, Professor Of
Music; Anna S. Young, Instructor in
Mathematics and German; Mrs. NJ. C.
Gum, Instructor in History.
The Commercial Club at North
Yakima is in correspondence with a
Minnesota firm of starch manufac-
turers with view of securing the loca-
ton of q plant there. 1t is estimated
that an investment of from 81, 800 to
.OOG will put in good starch factory
and that a market will thus be afforded
for small potatoes, not only improving
the grade of the famous Yakima
spuds," but securing promising in
dustry.
| A large number Of business citizens
of Walla Wslla are making arrange
ments to camp in the Blue mountains
Immediately after July4. They intend
to enjoy the celebration, and then go
for . months outing mid the cool
brsezes on upper mill creek, the Walla
Walla river, or French's or Saling's
camp, on Linkton mountain. The
Statesman has an idea there is no To-
cality in the northwest which offers so
many beautiful camping places within
such short distance as Walla Walla.
R. s. Jackson has filed, on behalf of
several st. Paul men of prominence,
number of claims on the natural ac-
cretions made in later years on the
beach at Peterson's point, near South
Bend. These gentlemen own patent
on machine for extracting flour gold
from sand and other natural deposits.
This machine, the Herald says, can be
worked at profit in sand yielding 80
cents to the ton. Samples of the sand
have been sent to st. Paul for trial,
and, if it proves as productive as re-
ports on all sides have it, number OF
machines will be put in at the beach.
Grand Secretary Shaw's report
showed q total membership Of Odd
Fellows in this jurisdiction January l,
1894, Of S,095. The total paid for re.
lief during 1898 was $25,S43.50. The
increase of membership of Rebekah
lodges during 1893 was GA, there be-
ing total of 1892, and the assets of
Rebekah lodges December 81, 1893,
we're $10,253.O3. New lodges of Odd
Fellows were instituted at Woodland,
Duwamish, New Kamilchie. West
Ferndale, Wayside, Keetle Falls, Fir,
Charleston, Chatteroy; of Rebekahs
at Catlin, Spokane, Gilman, Everett,
Sumas, Duwamish, Buckley, Ronald
and Edmonds. The report of Grand
Treasurer Hall showed: Cash on
hand April /, 1898, $lO,623.39; re-
ceipts during the year. $7,111.3O; /;
making q total of $17,734.69. The
disbursements were sS,S2l.7O, leaving
a balance on hand April /, 1894, Of
$S,912.99. The election of officers. at
the late session of the Grand Lodge,
for the ensuing year resulted as fol-
lows: Grand Master, A. G. Ansel, OF
Spokane; Deputy Grand Master, Jerre
Fortain, of Tacoma; Grand Warden,
&c. F. Williams, OF Seattle; Grand
Secretary, IL term, LIE F. A. Shaw, OF
Walla Walla; Grand Treasurer, G. w.
Hall, OF Seattle; Grand Representa-
tive, J. C. Mitchell, of Everett.
WHEN an A. P. A. member who
wanted hat said to Louisville hat
dealer that if the dealer, who had two
protestant clerks AMI one Catholic,
did not discharge the Catholic no hat
would be bought, the dealer retorted,
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