Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-08-27
STATE NEWS.

A Brief Reference To Matters of Fact
| Gathered Here, There and Every
where.
The Aberdeen ice factory began
making ice last week. The plant was
recently installed by H. L. Cook & Co.,
of that cit.
The directors of the LIE Roi Mining
Company have decided upon North
port as the site for the location Of the
company's smelter.
Two thousand Indians from British
Columbia passed Port Townsend i'll
canoes Saturday for the hop-fieids OF
the Puyallup, Stuck and White river
valleys, where six weeks work in
harvesting the crop is promised.
A raft of $4,000 feet of logs has
been received at Port Townsend. The
logs are to be cut into lumber and
used in building wharf that will be
used in connection with the building
of the Notifications at Marrowstone
point by the Pacific Bridge Company.
The Yakima Hop Growers Associa-
ton last week decided to hold its
membership rolls open until Septem-
Der l. The committee on Transporta-
ton reported that q rate of Sc had
been obtained over the Northern Pa
cific for pickers, in crews of so from
Tacoma. 1t was decided to stand by
the former agreement to pay 70 cents
per box for picking.
John L. Barker's house, near Artic,
on North river in Chehalis county,
was burned to the ground, Tuesday,
during the absence of Mr.. Barker
from home. Nearly all OF the con-
tents were also destroyed, including all
provisions and wearing apparel, ex-
cept what the members of the family
had on. The loss is heavy one for
Mr.. Barker and family.
d. Black, hobo, was severely
stabbed in the right lung by another
hobo, near the coal bunkers at Colfax,
Saturday. Two hoboes engaged in a
fight, according to Blacks story, when
he attempted to part them, and was
severely cut with knife. He claims
that he does not know who cut him,
and there were no arrests. His condi-
ton is serious, but not necessarily
fatal.
Eva James, the 13-year-old girl who
was committed to Jail at Colfax for
contempt of court in refusing to
testify against her father, who is ac-
cused of assault upon her, was released
from Jail last week and returned to
her home on Akali fiat, with her
mother. AS it is not likely the
daughter will testify against her father
and there being no other evidence, he
will probably be discharged and the
case dismissed.
There are in the State OF Washing.
ton 236 saw mills, POI single mills
aud ~ wood working factories, having
daily output Of about 5000. 900 feet
of lumber and 100000 shingles.
In Oregon there are 1877 saw mills
and 81 shingles mills, having daily
capacity OF 2.35O,OO0 feet of lumber
and 100000 shingles. In British
Columbia 63 saw mills and 26 Single
mills turn out 1,575 600 feet OF lumber
and !, 100000 shingles per day West
Coast Trade.
Judge Hanford, of the United States
court, last week sent in a decision in
the suit Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way Company against John Balthazzar
and others. finding for the road. The
suit affects title to certain lands in
Cowlitz and Clarke counties, and
quiets title to about 100000 acres of
land. The controversy grew out of
act OF Congress of September 20, 1890,
FORGETTING that portion of the land
grant co-ternlinus with the line OF the
Northern Pacific between Portland
and Wallula, through the Columbia
river valley.
Rev. w. T. Ford, pastor of the Madi-
son.street NJ. E. Church, at Seattle,
and State President of the A. P. A.,
is in trouble and has left the city and
cannot be found. The cause of the
flight is the fact that he will be COM
PEELED to face charges of having had
unlawful intercourse for some time
past with Jessie Morford, q 16-year-
old servant in his home, who confessed
that the preacher has been intimate
with her. Charges have been pre-,
ferred against him in the Puget Sound
conference of the NJ. E. Church. Ford
is a married man, with four children
He is a cousin Of Presiding Elder T. B.
Ford, and came to Seattle four years
ago from Dakota, and for a time was
pastor of the Grace M. E. Church in
Seattle, and later pastor of the Madi-
son.street church. He is member of
the endowment rank, X. of p, and a
member of the I, o. o. +.