Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-09-24
STATE NEWS.
A BRIEF Reference to Matters OF Fact
Gathered Here, There aud Every.
where.

A Brief Reference to Matters OF Fact
Gathered Here, There aud Every.
where.
A. NJ. Pritchard has been appointed
postmaster at Edmonds, in Snohom.
ish county.
Shipments of Klickitat county lum
Der are being made to Scotland for fin.
ishing proposes.
The Spokane grocery in Spokane was
burglarized last Saturday, and cigars
stolen valued at $500.
The erection of shingle mill with
capacity of 100000 shingles per day
is proposed at Montesano.
Alexander Tilley of Kent, Columbus
j. Prove of Orting, and Louis Hast
ings of Vancouver, have been accord
ed an increase of pension.
Judge Williamson OF the Superior
Court has non-suited the case OF the
ex-county employees of Pierce for COM
pensation claimed for over-work in
1894.
A. F. Spawn, of Los Angeles, Mon
day, closed contract to establish
large fruitdrying works in various parts
of the State of Washington, with head
quarters at Tacoma.
The North Pacific German mission
conference, which was in session in
Spokane, Friday, was presided over
by Bishop c. ID. Floss, of Philadelphia.
Tacoma was chosen rs the place for
holding next years conference.
An Indian was brought to Yakima
City, Monday night. He was horribly
beaten about the head. He was as
saulted by another Indian, with a
slung-shot. His condition is precari-
GUS, but he says he will live to kill his
assailant.
Charles Lee, a farmer engaged in
bee culture, was held up by three
masked men while driving to his
home, near Yakima City, Monday
night. Three threatening revolvers
caused him to yield up his days re-
ceipts-$47.
An Ellensburg dispatch OF Saturday
says that w. A. Ford came down from
the Swauk that day with seven beauti-
full gold nuggets, each worth $50, the
result of one days work on his claim
This makes total of 1920 taken out
within a month.
Under the new arrangement, on the
Gray's harbor branch of the Northern
Pacific railroad, the passenger train
stops at Cosmopolis, instead of Adler.
deem, as first intended; the service be.
tween there and Ocosta being limited
to the freight every other day.
Bro. Murphy of the STANDARD is evi.
IDENTIFY trying to make amends for the
part he took in the election of this
pink of imperfection This accidencyl
and while it may take years to do it,
if he keeps up his present gait the
time will come when his accidency'
will not be able to spit over his shirt
collar.-Elma Chronicle.
The Olympian, is after his popocracy
Gov. Rogers, with a sharp stick and
seems to have the old man pretty we'll
freed. The agricultural college steal
of which Rogers admits he has official
knowledge, and yet refuses to remove
the offenders, is being aired, and the
more light there is thrown on the sub.
ject the palmer it becomes that the
Governor is more anxious to shield
those culpable for his party's sake than
he is to protect the States interest in
the matter.-Aberdeen Recorder.
Sheriff Sims, of Whitman county
reports that Jack Leonard, the murder.
er OF Jacob Malquist, is still sullen,
evidently impressed with the idea that
the officers have lessened his chances
of escaping punishment by bringing
him back from the Spokane Jail. He
is now confined in the upper tier OF
cells, and is not given the liberties or
permitted the visitors allowed during
his former residence, the sheriff being
more watchful in preventing the in
PRODUCTION of jail-breaking tools.
There is regular stampede of gold
seekers to the new discoveries in the
vicinity of Mt. Baker. The route from
Whatcom is to Hollingsworth, Is miles
over fine plank road, and thence up
the North Fork by fairly good coun-
try road, via KEGS and Hardiary to the
point where the State road to Hanni-
gan pass begins, which is followed to a
point about four miles from the sum.
NIT, where the trail DIVORCES from
Ruth creek to the new discoveries,
across the divide on what is now
known as Selicia creek.
Hop-picking is about finished al
Puyallup and from the reports of a ma.
jority of the hop-growers, more than
average crop will be gathered. At the
yards from six to eight poles were al
that were necessary to fill 16-bushe
box, and. as the fine weather of the
past week checked the lice, the croI
will be up to the average of three Oh
four years ago in quality. Most of the
picking yet to be done will be done by
white labor, as the Indians have struck
camp and a majority of them left fol
their homes this week.
T. B. Short, a veterinary surgeon
! died at Chehalis few days ago, from