Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-09-03
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
A Brief Reference t. Matters of Fact
Gathered Here, There and Every
where.
Adams county this year it is esti-
mated will produce $4,000 bushels
of grain, which will sell for about 49,
$4,000.
A million and q half dollars is said
! to be a conservative estimate of the
value that will be realized from the
crop OF Spokane this year.
The wheat crop of Whitman county
is estimated at l 1926, 900 bushels, this
season, insuring a net income from
wheat alone, of over million dollars.
Walla Walla county comes to the
front with an estimated yield of A.
100000 bushels of wheat, guaranty
of a cool three millions of the cunt"
of value being distributed among her
farmers for that one product this sea-
son.
Three new salmon canneries, it is
stated, will be added to the four al
ready in operation in the vicinity of
Blaine, during the present year.
Several other companies are making
investigations looking to building in
other portions of Whatcom county.
! 1t is estimated that Lincoln county
will harvest 100000 bushels OF
wheat this year, which at $50 cents a
bushel net will bring to that county
81 100000. AS the population Of the
county is 1850 this means a "per
capita" of $576 to each man, woman
and child in that favored district.
There lies in the Northern Pacific
freight yard at Seattle, stick of tim
Der 127 feet long, Ii inches in di-
ameter at the butt and inches at
the tip. This stick is to be used rs a
flag staff in the yards of the company.
The stick was brought from Pierce
county and has not a blemish Oh it
and very few indications of ru diments
of knots.
Salmon for the interior and trans
continental shipment have begun to
arrive in Tacoma from lower Puget
sound canneries, and the traffic is ex-
pected to soon be brisk. Seamer Sc
home one day last week brought in
500 cases of salmon from Friday Har-
Dor for New York; the City of Seattle
brought in $50 cases from Anacortes
for Pueblo, Colo.
Two men named Sterrick and John
son quarreled the other day near
Everett over their right to take bark
from certain trees near Lake Padden.
Sterrick fired several shots at johnson,
one grazing his head and another
lodging in the muscles of his back
Johnson knocked him insensible, then
drove Sterrick's team to Everett and
informed the police, who arrested
Sterrick.
Castle Rock now has no idle men,
at least there is no reason why any
one should be idle, as there is ap.
parently work for all. The shingle
bolt and logging camps are in opera
ton, and the mills are running. The
Northern Pacific Company is giving
employment to large number OF men
at that point, and the harvest of crops
gives the farmers and laborers plenty
to do. The hay and fruit crops are
unusually abundant, and the other
crops are good.
Last May Johanna Englehardt, q
14-year-old girl, ran away from hel
parents, and was married in Walla
Walls to James Shearn. One criminal
action for alleged perjury, and an.
other for subOrnation of perjury, in
false swearing to secure the marriage
license, resulted, but there were nc
convictions. Last Monday. the girl
by her father, as guardian ad Item
began proceedings for divorce from
husband, alleging that Shearn is a
chronic drunkard, and has failed Il
support her.
/ Dwelling-houses and hotels are in
demand at Skaguay, and Whatcom
man, w. r. Gourley, has a novel
scheme to supply Skaguay with hotel
and business block of large dimensions
complete in few days. He has pur.
chased the former snagboat Skagit,
and will put steam-heating arrange
ments in to give comfort through the
cold weather soon to be at hand. The
steamer is 134 feet long and 80 feet
beam, and will have room for several
business houses. 1t will be lowed up
about September 10 by the tug G. c.
Cherry.
The White River Mill Company has
commenced operations at Enumclaw.
The company has the old White River
mill, about three miles from that town,
and has constructed a new planning
mill at an expense of $4,000, to which
the rough lumber will be fumed for
dressing. The present capacity of the
sawmill is $4,000 feet per day, which
the company intends to increase to
10000 at once. The planning mill has
a capacity of 10000 feet per day. A
Perkins hand shingle machine will
shortly be added to the mills and it is
expected that the output OF shingles
will be $4,000 daily.
The Milwaukee Brewing Company
at Tacoma, last week, gave warranty
deed to the Puget Sound Brewing Com
pany for it's brewery and all property
connected Herewith, tor a considera-
ton named in the deed of 81, and the
Pacific Brewing & Mailing Company
filed articles OF incorporation, with a
capital stock of $500, 900, to carry on
the business of the two breweries.
The trustees of the new company are
William Virges, of the Bonney Drug
Company, Treasurer; Anton Huth, of
the Puget Sound Brewing Company,
President; 8. S. Loeb, President of the
Milwaukee Brewing Company, Secre.
tary.