Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-16
STATE NEWS

Spokane pays $l,7OO monthly for
its electric lights.
1t is reported that the Bank OF Bu-
coda will move to Centralia.
Skokane's city council proposes to
pay only IS month for arc lights.
A county seat contest is to follow
the result Of the election in Snoho.
mish county.
The Puyallup Commerce prints cut
of w. L. Douglas as a portrait of Van
de Vanter. King county's sheriff-elect.
The Dungeness Trading Company
has built an approach and wharf about
three.fourths of mile long at Dunge-
ness, costing $4,000.
The Spokane bureau OF immigration
has decided to repeat the fruit fair
next year, the date selected being the
first week in October.
The Northern Pacific car shops at
Edison are giving employment to 400
men and turning out large orders for
coal cars, besides regular work.
Spokane has opened new bids for it's
$4,000 2O-year 8 per cent funding
bonds. The best bid made was par, &C.
crued interest and $50 premium.
The Boston & Sequim coal company,
which is making strenuous efforts to
develop coal fields in the vicinity of
Sequim. has incorporated with 10000
capital.
1t is though that the county seat
will remain at Snohomish, as three
fifths vote was required to change it,
and this, it is believed, Everett failed
to secure.
William Thompson, convict at
work in the jute mill at Walla Walla,
was caught in the machinery and in
stantly killed. Every bone in his body
was broken.
St. Joseph's hospital Of Aberdeen,
has issued a neat pamphlet, COM
memorative of two years of very sue
cessful work on the part of the sisters
! OF st. Dominic.
Thursday night, of last week, ex city
Treasurer Boggs of Tacoma was ar
rested charged with embezzlement Of
$2S, 900 of city funds. His friends
claim it is case of persecution.
Marshal Drake says that four men,
including the cook, are now guarding
So convicts in the McNeils island peni-
Tertiary, and that the walls of the peni-
Tertiary are old and crumbling.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. have ar
ranged to have half their wheat ship
ments 20 from Seattle hereafter. 1t
is expected that the grain ware house
will receive about 800 tons daily.
The questions of special tax levies
for light, water, fire protection and
street improvement purposes are to be
submitted to the voters of Port Towns
end on Wednesday OF next week.
The attendance at the Cheney
normal school continues to increase,
and now the enrolment in the normal
uCRat tuCut 10 Jos tHC kcoI
enrolled at this season of the year.
At Port Hadlock. on the 18th, the
eompany's store and the postoffice was
robbed Friday night. Dry goods to the
value Of 500 were stolen and 20 cents
in coin was taken. There is no clue to
the thieves.
All the returns are not yet compiled
in the Snohomish county seat contest.
As a three.fifth vote is necessary to ef-
feet change 1t is believed that Everett
will not secure the prize from Snoho-
mish this year.
AS soon as the Walla Walla city
councilmen heard how the election had
gone, they got together and passed an
ordinance resuming the use OF lot OF
street lights discontinued during the
Democratic times.
Work on the government dry dock
at Port Orchard is being rapidly prose
cuted, and from present indications
the dock will be completed nearly a
year ahead of the contract time, unless
some obstacle Unexpectedly turns up.
Many OF the farmers around Spangle
are going into hog-raising quite exteu-
sively. There will be large number
of hogs ready for market next year.
The farmers are anxious to see large
packing-house in Spokane, so as to
have a home market.
The fall OF the year is trying sea-
son for elderly people. The many
cherries, dark, dismal days act de-
pressingly, not to say injuriously, on
both old and young. Now is the time
to REINFORCE the vital energies with
Ayers Sarsaparilla-the best of all
blood medicine.
The Yakima Evaporating Company
has this season dried 100000 pounds
of prunes and peaches on direct orders
from outside consumers. The com.
pany is greatly encouraged at the sue
cess Of its efforts for the first season,