The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-01-25
A GLANCE At THE State
Entertaining Items From Divers and
Sundry Sources.
WHAT MANY EXCHANGES TELL US.
A Hurried survey OF Active Fields
In This Great Common wealth.
Movements and Methods OF Busi.
ness People Generally.

Olympia.
Two new sawmils are going up on
Bellingham Bay.
The supreme court is now in session.
II will last until March IA.
Forty-two candidates are in the field
for street commissioner at-.Whateom.
Steam heat and electric light plants
are being put into the reform school at
Chehalis.
| The Willops valley farmers are increas-
ing their hop average very materially
this year.
Walla Walla taxpayers are sorely exer-
cised over the stiff increase in taxes over
last year.
Thomas Edens, OF Anacortes, com nit.
ted suicide by shooting, on account OF
unrequitcd love.
Judge Langley, Of Seattle, has decided
that the registration law passed by the
last legislature is illegal.
Bids have been opened, but not award
ed for the new wing OF the Medical Lake
asylum. The loves. was $3s,63).
Colfax will need 49, 900 for this years
expenses. and expects 10 raise $23 $40
from taxes, licenses and water rates.
The Olympia board Of trade is moving
in the matter Of getting President Hill OF
the Great Northern to build line to the
capital.
Governor McGraw has been asked to
remove Police Justice Glasgow, OF Seattle,
who declared the ordinance regulating
gambling, etc., invalid.
Dayton's water works have been in
operation two years now, and show an
earned balance OF sos over and above
expenses and interest.
An estimate that the town sends $780,
900 away annually for pork products
alone is furnished to help on the Spokane
home industry movement.
A special election is called at Seattle
for February to decide whether or not the
school district shall bond itself in the
sum of $3.50, 900, to take up outstanding
warrants.
They are hauling an enormous pile OF
rock into Colfax, intending to make the
county prisoners break it up for roads,
and the outcome OF the experiment is
awaited with interest.
A thirty-acre prune orchard will be set
out this spring mile and half from
Prosser, by gentleman who has pur-
chased the tract and returned east for his
family. American.
Abe Dockwell, commission merchant
Of Tacoma, arrested at the instance Of
Denny Mullen year ago. for obtaining
money under false pretenses, has sued
Mullen for So, 900 damages.
Fairhaven has just made Its electric
light contract. Thirty.eight arc lights, q
reduction in number Of IA from its pre-
vious system, are furnished at 5000 per
month each. The company claims it
will lose money.
Spokane broke ground Tuesday for her
new $340, 900 water-works dam. There
were speeches and Mayor Powell turned
the first shovel OF earth amid much en-.
thusiasm. Employment for many will
be furnished in this way.
The country editor who takes all his
advertisements out in trade will be graft
fed to learn that new pill just patented
will keep a man alive whole week with
out eating. All be wants now is liver
syrup that will make one suit Of clothes
last rs years. The Newspaper Man.
A moderate income tax is just. it
strikes those who can best stand to bear
a considerable proportion Of the expenses
Of the government, and who receive the
greatest advantage from it. We trust
the income tax will be made part Of the
Democrat; program by the caucus. 1t
would be popular and revenue-pro-
ducer.-Tacoma News.
The Omaha Bee reports that can ex-
pert beet sugar maker tells the people OF
Sioux City that plant costing SIPS, 900
will earn net profit OF "a per cent. for
its owners. In addition the earning
power OF adjacent lands is greatly in
creased. All things point to the mani
fold advantages Of beet sugar manuiac-
ture in this latitude"
A man representing himself to be
large stock-owner, has been tramping
around the head of Colville valley, buy
ing all the hay-loose and baled-between
Chewelah and Springdsle. He was
RECALLED at the table with the best the
farmers could afford and bedded in the
best room. He Jared as sumptuously as
ever did prince. Some fellows are now
hunting him with clubs.
There is every prospect for better
price for wool in the near future. Com
mission merchants are advancing Ave
cents pound on wool in storage, and
offer an advance Of 70 cents head on
sheep for the next clip. MIR. ]. B. Fogarty
has already advanced on the seasons clip
to Yakima parties. San Francisco papers
quote an advance already Of two cents per
und.-Ellensburgh Register.
Politicians have little to talk about now
adays. The time is between haying and
harvest. and there is very little to say or
do. Old politicians who have seen and
felt the brunt of the battle are looking
themselves over to see where they are at,
and new politicians are meditating as to
how they can get into active service.