Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-03-02
STATE NEWS.

where.
Fairhavcn has purchased 600 feet
OF iirehose.
knuppa Congregationalists are pre-
pairing to build.
\ trial jury has Just been secured in
the Isensee case.
The monthly family water rate in
Fairhaven is $3.50.
The salvation Army is about to
move upon Ellensburgh.
An effort is being made to establish
a fruit cannery at WhatcOm.
Prospecting for coal is being carried
on at several points III the Olympics.
Mount Vernon will purchase hook
and-ladGer truck for its fire depart
ment.
The Catholic ladies of Old Tacoma
have given 1872 free dinners this
winter.
Elder George F. Stevens, of Garfield,
has preached sermon a day since
January |.
Tacoma has chapter of Daughters
of the Revolution, called the Mary
Bell chapter.
The plan for the State university at
Seattle will he selected March l from
81 submitted.
Snow covers the ground throughout
the Cowlitz valley to the depth of
about 10 inches.
A good many men are leaving
Walla Walla for the Blue creek region
to prospect for gold.
The Pierce County Fruitgrowers
Association is preparing to erect a
large cannery in Tacoma.
Fairhaven is pleased because San
Francisco steamers are to begin
touching there both ways.
The Secretary OF State will soon
issue small pamphlet setting forth
the resources OF the State.
Bids for wooden water-mains have
been opened in New Whatcom, but
the contract is not yet given.
Louis Napoleon lives at Westport
He has just patented \ quarter section,
but is sick and wants to abdicate.
Fifty sheep belonging to John
Clement, OF the Wenas, smothered
to death in camp one night last week.
The..Fairhaven Land Company took
advantage of the rebate in taxes by
paying $35, 900 into the County Treas
ury.
The Garfield council has raised the
saloon license from $3.50 to $1,000, and
the one saloon at that place will
close.
An Ellensburg dog escaped from
his pursuers by jumping through one
OF the finest plate-glass windows in
town.
The Dry creek, Whitman county,
farmers are said by a neighborhood
correspondent to be using their damp
wheat for fuel.
Longfellow's birthday was cele-
brated in good style by the Colfax
young people with literary and So
cial entertainment.
The Hoquiam Masonic lodge has
just received gavel made of olive
wood from Jerusalem. The handle is
made of wood from the river Jordan.
The Ritz land, comprizing some
1000 acres, lying adjoining the town
OF Ritzville on the south, has been
placed on the market in small
tracts.
All How, a Seattle Chinaman, has
begun suit against the administrators
OF the Yesler estate to recover $1,9ll,
alleged to DO due him on account of
wages.
No coal has been found yet in Leland
valley, and the boring machinery will
be but to work at q place nearer the
water, in hopes to find coal at less
depth.
The contract for clearing the Blaine
Sumas railroad right of way has been
let; work will commence May l. All
the subsidy asked was raised in Blaine,
Lynden and Sunas.
Pie Pullman Tribune tells of o fat
hog bought by J. Il. Ripley, the
butcher, last week, which weighed
1855 pounds dressed, the result of feed
ing wet Palouse wheat.
Collector Blacks visit to Spokane to
secure deputy caused a lively
scramble among the would-be elect of
that place. Cleveland suddenly had
numerous warm admirers.
Francis NJ. Cook, of Spokane, is at
Chelan endeavoring to secure subsi-
dies sufficient to warrant the building
of narrow-gauge railroad from the
Columbia river to Lake Chelan.
ID. E. Lesh is in Tacoma from North
Yakima, and says the men who
dynamited the Leadbetter irrigation
flume were young fellows, and no
doubt did it in spirit of deviltry.
One ]. ]. Anderson, OF Rockford, ILL.,,
is seeking a location for a rolling mill,
which will employ 125 to $50 men,
and offers to build it at Aberdeen
provided he is given bonus Of $780,
| 600.