Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-02-01
STATE NEWS,

Aberdeen shipped 1900 pounds O
steel-head salmon East in three day.
last week.
Chinese Inspector Schuyler mad,
the rounds of Seattle, Monday night
and compelled every Chinaman tt
show his certificate.
Gray's Harbor mills shipped about
S,VO,OOO feet of lumber by water ant
10 cars by rail in December. The cut
for the year was 79,5OO,OOO feet.
The winter school for farmers, a,
the State agricultural college at Pull
man, opened Monday with Is farmer.
enrolled. Five counties are repre-
sented.
The first passenger coach has been
run into Aberdeen, and the people o.
that town are greatly elated over the
completion of the extension of the
railroad.
The survey of tide lands of the third
class on Gray's harbor have been com.
pleted. Gray's harbor has p miles Of
tide lands-more than any other harbol
in the State.
Forty bachelors of Walla Walls
have organized boarding club. They
will have a French cook, colored
walters, and will spend $500 in
furnishing the club.
Private information from Colonel J
w. Renfroe, of the Puyallup Indian
Commission, who is now in Washing
ton City, indicates that the school
land reservation of the Puyallups will
soon be placed on sale.
Ex-Postmaster Pendleton of Sprague
who was sentenced to McNeill's isiant
for three years and had appealed, wal
surrendered by his bondsmen on the
appeal bond because they feared tha
he would commit suicide.
There is no industry in the Pacific
northwest which is making more rapit
strides than that of dairying, and doz-
ems OF creameries and cheese factorie,
are annually being established, re
marks the West Coast Trade.
Speculation is riie among Walls
Walla lawyers as to whether Hoyt, the
convict who murdered Ref, can bt
tried before his 20-year sentence ex.
pires. The body of Ref will be buried
in the penitentiary cemetery.
Last week . 5-year old son of June
Goodrich was run over by a heavy
truck at South Bend and killed. He
had tried 10 initiate older bows in
jumping upon the wagon while it wal
running and fell under the wheel.
Typhoid fever has become so pre-
valent in Seattle that the board o
health is making a special investiga
ton into the cause. Among other
things, there will be bacteriologica
analysis OF Lake Washington water.
The grain men of Lincoln count,
met at Davenport, January s, and de
cided to send representatives to Olym
pia to work for grain tariff. Tn
farmers are invited to meet Januar,
~ and select a representative for tn
same purpose.
A proposition has been made TO Ct
tablish in Spokane county beet suga
factory costing $500, 600 for bonus Q
5000 acres of land. The land is con
sidered worth 100000, but with tn
factory both it and all adjacent lam
would increase in value.
Much excitement prevails anon
the farmers about Uniontown, OWN
to rumor that one of the prominen
wheat-buyers had been deceiving the Il
ever since harvest by false reports q
market prices, thereby cheating Their
out OF several cents on each busks
sold.
| Rev. c. C. Marston, formerly
Baptist minister at Centralia and VIII,
has q wife and five children at Olyn
pia, is now doing revival work i
Illinois. It is said he is aided in hi
labors by Mrs. Alice L. Freed, VIII
was a prominent temperance woma
at Centrslia.
Ex-Deputy Immigration Inspectc
Thomas M. Fisher was arrested 8
Port Townsend Monday night b
United States Marshal Bridges on
charge of having forged an indorst
ment to . check for $3.50 at Portlan,
Or, September 6. 1883, and havin
collected the money thereon.
F. w. Gaines has made an assign
ment of his general merchandis
stores in Colfax and Palouse City, t
E. M. Warner, for the benefit of hi
creditors. His liabilities are estimate
at ~, 900, and his assets foot up abou
$4,000. Inability to realize on GU
standing accounts was the cause.
| ]. H. Roundtree, an old pionee
died last Friday at the residence {
his daughter, Mrs. Boust Mckee, j
Centralia. Mr.. Roundtree was owe
80 years OF age. He came to the coas
in 1851, and shortly after settled i
Centralia, where he has since resided
He left number of children an
grandchildren.
Mr.. Gibbs, a prominent horticulture
of Orcas island, who devotes muc
time TO special researches in the lin
OF agriculture and pomology, believe
that the Nooksack valley is wonder
fully we'll adapted to the raising c
chicory, and that such an industr
would prove very profitable there, a
the annual imports of chicory roo
from Europe are very large.
The county of King has engaged A,
torney S. H. Piles to conduct its cas-
against the seven national banks Q
Seattle, to enforce the collection @
taxes on bank stock, which amount
in the aggregate to $35. 900. The bank
maintain that the assessment is con
trary to the provisions of the statutes
and the cases will go to the Unite,
States Supreme Court for final de
cision.
Of the 10 incorporated cities j,
Whitman county, 8 made levies TO
city purchases, Rosalia alone decidin,
that no levy was necessary. The lev,
in the other places was as follows
Colfax, 10 mills; Cotton, 7 mills; Gar
fed, 10 mills; Pennington, 5 mills
Palouse, 20 mills; Tekoa, 10 mills
Uniontown,- Is mills. Garfield's as
sessed valuation is $S4,499, the ia,
levy being $946.48.