Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30
STATE NEWS.


Two frame buildings, worth 500
each, were DESTROYED by fire ut Ballard
this morning.
a sack containing SIG was stolen
from Harry Green's gambling house in
Spokane last sunday.
Gin Pong, the Chinese murderer,
WAS doubtless executed at Spokane to-
day unless respitcd by the Governor.
A $1,000 loss from fire occurred at
Winlock yesterday. The property
; burned was part of the Prescott 4 Van
Ness lumber mill.
Professor W. J. Spillman, of the
Pullman agricultural college, says that
L farmers institute will be held in
Ellensburg during the first week in
June.
The 4-year-old son J. w. Sever, of
Colfax, got hold of bottle OF poison
last week and took big drink. The
prompt action OF two doctors and II
stomach pump saved the Youngsters
life.
Unity hall, at Auburn, where all
the secret societies Of the town hold
their meetings, burned Saturday
morning. The loss of the hall, furni-
ture and regalia amounts to about
$500; insurance, 81 100.
Newton & Bancs have their new
salmon canncry at Chuckanut prac-
tically completed. 1t is 100x300 feet.
1t is expected the pack will reach So
600 cases during the season, giving
employment to 120 whites and ~
Chinese.
The Ccntralia Nems says that the
payroll of Ccntralia's chief industries
is about as follows: Martins mill,
81 600; Birge & Leitchs mill, 81 500;
Couplings shingle mill, 5000; Nudd &
Taylor, eavc-trough factory, $3.50;
Billiards. mill, $500.
A Snohomish grocer received box
OF eggs from an up-river ranch one day
last week, each egg being stamped.
to the grocer the farmer stated that
the eggs bore the inscription when
they were laid, showing that even the
hens object to the present roads.
Last Wednesday, Thomas Prosper,
Andrew. Timothy and Phillip, the
three Indians arrested March %,
charged with riot and assault to do
bodily harm, i'll the store of X. III.
| Mclean, in Tekoa, were brought be-
fore the Superior court and each
pleaded guilty to charge of assault
and battery. They were fined 500
and costs apiece. al
Some time since gang of men, 4
number of the party from ThOrp, left
on a prospecting trip on q fork of the
| Cle-Elum river, in the neighborhood
of what is known as the Dutch
Miller Claim" says the Ellensburg
Capital. There is Il rumor now atioat
that the entire party is lost, the general
belief being that they persisted in a
snow slide. The claim mentioned is
located in or near the line of King
county.
+. Cochran has entered into con-
tract with the Northern Pacific for
two wells, "water or no pay" on 10
different townships on the land west
of Hatton and Scott, in Adams coun-
ty. These wells will all be supplied
with pumps and windmills by the com.
company, and 30 feet of land will be
reserved along each section line for
the convenience of stock in passing
and repassing to water. This land
will be leased or sold to stock men.
Last Saturday the trouble which
had been brewing for over two years
between Homer Moorehouse and Ben
Bernzen over lawful possession of n
piece of land came to Il head, says the
Dayton Chronicle, and Moorehouse
brutally assaulted Bernzen with a
heavy hardwood club and knocked
him down, afterwards beating him
over the head several times, and break
ing one of his ear drums. Moorehouse
was arrested charged with assault with
deadly weapon, but was released on
81 600 bond to appear for trial.
Large tracts of railroad land around
Ritzville have been leased to cattle and
sheep-raisers for pasturing purposes.
1t is the purpose of the railroad COM
pany and the cattle and sheep-raisers
of that section to fence this land and
thereby keep it away from the large
number of horses that feed upon it
annually. Horses have become so
cheap that it no longer pays to raise
them, and they are not looked after,
consequently the range is overrun with
n worthless class of horses that take
the feed all away from the cattle and
sheep. These horses can be bought
for from so cents to 81 per head, and
there is no market for them at that.
While Griff Jones, Charles Decter
and Ray Weston were rounding up
band of young horses on lower Crab
creek. near Coulee City, last Wednes-
day they undertook to swim the horses,
below Rocky ford, across the stream
While crossing, the horses became en-
tangled and unruly, and Jones and
Weston were thrown into the water
and drowned, while Deeter managed
to reach the shore Grih Jones was a
young man, a son Of Mrs. Alice Jones,
who lives near Almira, and brother
of Mrs. II. Allen, of Spokane, the wife
of the well-known Northern Pacific
engineer. Ray Weston's parents live
in Marcus, where his father is in the
blacksmith business.
Andrew Braaten and Miss Clara
Gillespie, of Monroe, Snohomish
county, started Saturday to drive to
Everett to be married. They stopped
at wayside watering trough, and
Braaten took the bit from the horses
mouth to allow it to drink easier.
While he was out of the buggy, a hog
rushed out into the road and fright
ened the horse, which plunged to one