Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-06-22
STATE NEWS.

otAtc N6WS.
New Whatcom pays its teachers ST.
960 month.
Tenino is counting on furnishing a
good deal of stone for the State
capitol.
The mayor Of Snohomish has called
meeting to organize q Chamber OF
Commerce.
George West, an old resident OF
Cathlamet. died Saturday In that city,
aged 80 years.
San Juan county's assessment will
be about $9OO,OOO-10 per cent less
than last years.
The First National bank of Hoquiam
has just declared its semi-annual divi-
dend Of per cent.
Ten acres of sweet potatoes have
been set out as an experiment by q
North Yakima man.
Chehalis county has had to stop
drawing warrants for official salaries.
The fund is exhausted.
About so Indians of Chief Moses
tribe are doing some artistic war dane
ing near Walla Walla.
A midnight burglary at Port Town.
send Melted Is cents, the entire
contents, 30 it happened, of the safe.
The loss on John Lyons store,
burned at Ellensburgh, has been ad
justed at So, 500, and be will rebuild at
once.
d. NJ. Drumheller is gathering up
about 1000 head Of Big Bend cattle to
ship from Davenport to Montana
points.
Water in q new artesian we'll, down
$50 feet at Goldendale, rises to within
10 feet OF the top. Boring will be con-
tinued.
John Herman sprained his ankle in
Spokane sidewalk, inflicting injuries
which he estimates in his damage suit
at $4,000.
One hundred and nine cars of
shingles were billed out of Wickersham
station in May. The total business OF
the station amounted to $l3 $50.
A convention is talked OF for the
commercial associations of the Gray's
harbor towns to move on Congress for
an appropriation to survey the harbor.
A paper called Western Organized
Labor is projecting At Seattle, to be
issued some time this week, and design
ed AZ the organ OF Pacific coast trades
unions.
Walla Walla county farmers are
building granaries to store their wheat
in, having no intention, it is said, of
selling it at harvest, unless prices
mend greatly.
The Klickitat county populists will
60 off by themselves to celebrate the
Fourth. Probably they wish to es-
cape inquiries as to whether they have
heard from Oregon.
Nose Wright, an old pioneer of
Walla Walla county, has gone to the
south fork of the Clearwater, to
prospect for his old diggings where he
first made his stake in early days.
Professor L. e. Benbow, of the
Chicago University, has been in
Hoquiam several days looking for q
place to establish an industrial school.
Prof. Benbow represents company OF
six school men.
The shingle mill and dry kiln, con-
tanning 124, 900 shingles, OF George &
Pellet, of Centralia. was destroyed by
fire last week. The fire broke out
while the Waterman was asleep. The
property was not insured.
Marguerite, the five-year-old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Buford, of
Walla Walla, was so. badly burned
about the face and body Tuesday last
that she died the next morning. She
had been playing with matches.
The dry kiln at the Port Angeles
mill and lumber company's mill took
fire in Q manner unknown, and burned
down with 100000 shingles. 1t was
with the utmost difficulty that the
mills were saved. The loss is es-
timsted at 81, 600.
From all parts of Whitman county
comes the report that threshing ie in
full blast again. Much Of the grain
which remained we'll stacked during
the winter is said to be fair quality and
worth threshing. At Oakesdale there
is said to be some tirst-class grain.
Kalama's 5000 of school lands were
bid in by the State School Land Com
mission at 6 per cent. straight. The
bid made by the State is the best
made for any school bonds OF that
amount in this State. The school
board has bought site for the build
ing.
The mouth of the Nooksack is Jam.
med for half mile with immense
cedar roots and other logs, damming
up the water six or eight feet. 1t is
hoped that steps will be taken at once
toward the removal OF the dam, as
much of the low land will be flooded
until it is opened.
A mammoth fir tree was recently
felled at the camp of Capt. R. E.
Myers, in Birch bay, near Whatcom.
Three cuts scaled as follows: The
butt log, "a feet, scaled s,12O; second
cut "a feet, scaled $500 feet; the third
cut, 26 feet, scaled 1923 feet making
total of 2O.222 feet in "a feet of tree.