Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-29

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not appear, and the council passed
resolutions denouncing the charges as
false.
The Snolomish Tribunc il informed
on good authority that as soon as the
contract on the Coast line expires, the
Canadian Pacific will enter upon con-
tract with the Lake Shore and run the
passenger trains through Snohomish
Seattle street-car companies contend
that they cannot afford to light the
streets along which their tracks run,
although their franchises call for it.
and they ask to have their franchises
amended to relieve them of that ex-
pense.
Captain C. l.. Hansen, the we'll
known Master of the City OF Ellens-
burgh, is temporarily engaged with
the government engineers, directing
the work OF blowing the bottom out
of the Columbia between Wenatchee
and Okanogan.
c. III. Ballard, of Conconully. has
been employed by Colonel Hart to
survey wagon road from the mouth
of the Methow to Squaw creek. He
will put a crew Of men at work grad
ing the road at once and put it in con-
dition for shipping out ore.
The Entiat Irrigation Company of
Waterville has commenced work on
large irrigating ditch, taking water
from the Entiat river, near where it
empties into the Columbia, and re-
claiming several thousand acres of
land especially valuable for fruit-rais-
ing.
After being out - hours the jury
in the w. T. Taylor murder case at
Tacoma, Saturday, reported it could
not agree and was discharged by Judge
Parker. Taylor is a colored man
charged with the murder of f. r..
Capron, who had insulted him. The
killing occurred last fall.
Alexander Siegel shot Andrew En-
wald in the side at Spokane on the
10Th inst. The assault WAS the out
come of an old feud. Siegel is said to
be Il reckless fellow and some regard
him as insane. Enwald will likely re-
cover, and his assailant is held for as
sault with intent to kill.
Several of the farmers on Lopez
island will plant peas this season for
an Eastern seedhouse. The seed is
furnished them and paid back from
the crop. AS high as $50 per ton is
received for some of the varieties, with
bonus if they succeed in producing a
given number of pounds of seed.
The Farmers Warehouse Company,
of Whitman county, has made another
big wheat sale, about 10000 bushels
this time. at -! cents f. o. b. 1t was
all owned by J. w. Bellinger, OF Col
fax, and l.. ID. Wolfard, of Tacoma.
and was stored at Garfield, Eden, Bel.
mont, Rosalia, Elberton and Guy.
The following is list of Whatcom
county residents who are anxious to
serve Uncle Sam in the customs de-
partment, and have applications for
examination at Port Townsend custom
house on April 6: w. F. Meyer, Fair
haven, for clerk; Francis Wilson,
Lynden, and G. J. Hohl, Fairhaven,
for watchman.
Several of the farmers around Gar
field and Palouse are going to plant
from one to 20 acres each of sunflowers
this season. They say they can beat
wheatraising at present prices. 1t will
produce about so bushels OF seed to
the acre, besides they can use the
stalks for fuel. which will be quite a
saving in that line.
Councilmen Lister, Harris, Hartman
VotaX and Lavender, of Tacoma, are
accused by the Ledger with extorting
loans from banks and making illegal
gains. A circumstantial story is also
told, in the same paper, how the News,
an afternoon paper, secured $1,000
from two banks for suppressing an
article attacking them.
The handlers of grain in the Pa
louise country say that hereafter they
will ship their product to Portland in
stead of Seattle and Tacoma, as it has
been in the past. The reason for this
change has been the attitude OF the
legislative delegations from Pierce and
King counties in the matter of the
Helm bill.-WdShington Independent.
In the federal circuit court at Seat
tie, Saturday, Judge Hanford signed
an order directing the Receiver of the
Olympia Light & Power company to
turn over all the company's property
and business to the American Loan X
Trust company, which some time ago
bought a suit against the company.
| The order states that such action shall
not interfere with the regular duties OF
the Receiver.
III. c. Willis, of the Willis Ditch
Company, is sending to Mr.. Fee, OF
the Northern Pacific, at St. Paul,
! six large frames containing blueprint
maps and scenes along the line
traversed by the ditch. They will be
! placed in the different passenger de-