Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-05-17
STATE NEWS.

Jack-the-Rpper Of tires of BICYCLES
has made his appearance in Walla
Walla.
The encanpment OF the grand lodge
OF Odd Fellows will meet in Tacoma
June 3
populist paper is expected TO
make its appearance at kalama in a
few days.
Everett will vote on the proposition
OF funding Outstanding city warrants
June -.
The government work, to improve
navigation On Chehalis river, is now
well under way.
Ellersburgl is rejoicing over a
cheese factory and a creamery as
established facts.
Wahkiakun and Pacific counties
are much exercised over the location
of a hatchery for salmon.
Alfred Baker, Il man Il years old,
dropped dead while crossing Pacific
avenue in Tacoma, Monday.
The receipts OF the Northern Pacific
railroad at Aberdeen for the month of
April were ir excess OF Sill 900.
J. ii. Bellinger was stricken with
paralysis, in Colfax, last Wednesday,
and is in precarious condition.
The Walla Walla Union will never be
satisfied until Mocha coffee can be
sweetened with Walla Walla sugar.
The Palouse creamery will start up
next week, probably on Monday. The
milk of 200 cows have been promised.
Suit has been begun TO recover ST.
600 from John Hickey, ex-Treasurer
OF Stevens county, the amount of an
alleged shortage.
Frank 1. Sears has purchased the
World-Herald plant from the Fair
haven Land Company, and will run
an independent paper at Fairhaven.
The body of woman, which looked
as if it had been in the water some
time, was picked up near Stella last
| week. Identification was impossible,
as the remains had been in the water
too long.
Judge Langley, of Seattle, who de-
cided that q contract to pay 5 per
cent. interest was illegal, because usu-
rious, has been overruled by the Su-
preme court.
A. w. Robinson, dealer in general
merchandise at Sydney, has assigned
for the benefit of his creditors. His
liabilities are estimated at 81 500 and
his assets at 80 600.
Sheep shearing is now in full blast
about Wallula. Sheareis complain of
the low price paid for shearing, 6 cents
and board themselves, when cents
with board was the former price.
| Whatcom is considerably put out
at the discovery OF q 5OO-foot set line,
covered with decomposed trout and
bait, in Lake Whatcom. from which
the city's water supply is drawn.
A report has been received at
Wenatchee that Joseph Henderson
and q Mr.. Johnson were recently
drowned in the Methow river, opposite
Squaw creek, by their boat capsizing.
Captain Brophy, at the head of the
surveying party in the Willapa coun-
try, who was lost in the Washington
woods last week, found his way out,
after As hours wandering and fasting
On the 4th inst, while his mother
was scrubbing the floor, the 3-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Markward,
of Skamokawa, fell into pail of scald-
ing water and was so badly scalded
that he died Sunday.
The experiment station at the State
agricultural college, Pullman, is send
ing out, free OF charge, to farmers ap.
plying for them, two valuable bulletins,
one on silos and ensilage, and the
other on forest tree plantation.
The city council OF Ballard on Tues
day night accepted the offer of f. H
Gray & Co., of Boston, to buy the
eity's 6 per cent. bonds to fund the
outstanding debt of $25, 500, and Bal
lard's city warrants are now quoted at
par.
A number OF young men in the
neighborhOOd of Wallula have been
hunting in tho dens of coyotes for
the pups that they find there, as there
is bounty of 81 on each scalp. AL
together there has been over 60
captured.
Two advertising cars are to be sent
out from Walla Walla, through the
East and South, to exhibit the
products of the country. The Snake
river fruitraisers are filling so jars with
specimens OF their fruit, to be exhibit
ed on one of these cars.
F. M. Post, his wife, son and daughter
lett the Snoh0mish river, April 8, in a
small slOop, bound for Alaska. They
are known to have been out in the
storm next day, and as nothing has
since been heard of them, grave fears
are entertained for their safety.
Fish Commissioner Crawford has
issued during this season licenses for
1913 pound nets at $40 each, I3l set
nets at $3.50 each, and SO fish wheels,
at $40 each, making a total of 81 ,467.
SO, which is to be used towards estab-
fishing and maintaining fish hatch
cry.
The body of Lyon Fleming was
found on the railroad track, about
three-quarters OF mile west of Irby
r station, on the Sd inst. The Coroner's
jury decided Fleming was run over by
freight train. Letters were found on
Fleming from brother in Northwood,
] Iowa.
Charlie Bagley, an Indian who lived
on the Tulalip reservation, was run
over and killed by fright train about
, half a mile south of Marysville, Mon.
day morning. Both of his legs were
cut off and he lived but two hours. A
bottle of alcohol was found in his
pocket.
A peculiar mania for stealing was
developed during the trial of w. H
Brown before Justice Merriman, at
an