Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-06-08
STATE NEWS.

Everetts offer for the county seat o
Snohomish county will be 20 25-foo
lots and $50 900 cash.
Pullman has sure-enough curfev
ordinance, and the boys must be of
the streets by 8 o'clock.
The survey for the Blaine & Eastern
is completed, and belief is professed
that trains will be running by Octo
Der.
The Whatcom Board of Trade has a
committee at work trying to secure
the removal of one of the Oregon City
Touring mills.
The rhododendron is being intro
duced about Tekoa by some people
with State pride enough to want the
State flower in their yards.
The two shingle mills at Castle Rock
are now turning out an average OF
about 100000 shingles per week and
and give employment to 45 men.
An installment OF 100 men is being
sent up to Monte Cristo to begin work
on the mines, and it is given out that
the plant will 60 ahead full blast "a
hours day.
The raging Skykomish cannot be
crossed, and so the Tualco settlers are
isolated from the rest of Snohomish
county and the world at large until
the flood abates.
The more the affairs of the suspend
ed savings bank at Tekoa are revealed
the worse they appear. The cap
italization was $4,000. OF this there
is 81 200 cash and $1,000 in collecta BILE
paper.
Mayor Weatherwax, of Aberdeen,
covered himself all over with glory and
mud one day last week by running
down a runaway team after it had
demolished a procession OF delivery
wagons.
Frank Bros implement house at
Colfax was burglarized, and bits, braces,
hammers, wrenches and other materials
useful in breaking into railroad cars
and the like were carried off. The
Coxeyites are blamed for it.
The population of the town OF Monte
Cristo is increasing rapidly. by train,
wagon and ON foot. The Mountaineer
says that precinct will poll nearly
twice as many IS any other in
Snohomish county this fall.
Walla Walla county has paid out
$l2, 900 annually for some years for
the eradication of squirrel and gopher
pests, and now it is rather discouraging
but apparently true that these animals
are more numerous than ever.
The deal by which the Post -Intelli-
gencer was transferred from L. S. J.
Hunt to its present owners was finally
consummated ON Wednesday Of last
week at Olympia. Frederick J. Grant
has control of one.third of the stock
Mr.. Hogue, of the First National
Bank, controls another third, and
George H. Heilbron, of the Guarantee
Loan and Trust Company, the remain
ing third. 1t is said the trio represent
syndicate of Eastern capitalists, who
really own the paper.
There were made in the jute mills o1
the Washington State penitentiary
during the month of May, $4,000;
grain bags, 1,761 wool bags and 2,23s
oat bags. During the month the price
of grain bags has been reduced from
to 81 cents each. The penitentiary
now has on hand subject to sale: l,
OS4, $3.50 grain bags at cents each
625 wool bags at Z cents; 2,100 GA
bags at Z cents; 500 ore bags at
cents; 1878 yards hop cloth at 9,
cents per yard; 5,16l pounds fleece
twine, 5 ply, at s cents per lb.
The Populists of Tacoma have ap
pointed committee of fifty to arrang,
for a mammoth wigwam 75x10O feet
to be used by all political parties TO
powwows." The lumbermen viii
contribute the logs and lumber fo
wigwam, and Mr.. Kelly, of Buckley
will undertake to erect by it the tall
est flag pole in the Pacific Northwest
Arrangements will probably be mad
to hold barbecue in the big wigwan
on July 4, when it is proposed by til
populists to have Governor Pennoye
be present and make speech.