Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-20
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
all Parts OF the State.

A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State.
w. B. Phillips has sold the Winlock
Pilot to r. E. Doran, of Seattle.
Anacortes is to have a new bank, OF
which W. 7. Oden will be manager.
The enrolment of the State Normal
School at Cheney steadily increases.
Spokane mills have reduced the
price OF the best grades of flour to So
per barrel.
Hoquiam has an Indebtedness of
but 200, and over $1,000 due in de-
linquent taxes.
Washington dairyman are to hold a
convention at North Yakima on De.
cember %, 90 and 30.
Menlo creamery, at South Bend,
won first prize for cheese and second
on butter at the State fair.
John Thomas, Of Tacoma, claims
the distinction of helping to start Sir
Thomas Upton in business.
The Davenish threshing outfit of
Cheney made a record of 1900 bushels
OF grain per day for % days.
The Ellensburg Capital says that
another vein of tine-looking coal has
been uncovered on the Upper Taenum.
The Walla Walla fair was a decided
success. All bills have been paid and
balance is left in the associations
treasury.
Richard Burfend, who was injured
by. a premature blast at Chuckanut,
several weeks ago, is out once more,
but is blind in his right eye.
A sport took $40 out of slot ma
chine in one of the Ellensburg saloons
last week. Report does not say how
much he put in before he did it.
The four Fairhaven salmon Gamer
les have put up 344 600 cases this sea-
son, mostly sockeyes, though there
are few humpbacks and silversides.
Edward S. Herbert was arrested
last Friday, at Fairhaven, on charge
OF forgery, in response to a telegram
from the authorities OF Philadelphia,
Pa.
Thieves at Everett last week stole
about 1000 feet of copper ground
wire from the street railway company.
The same amount was stolen from the
same place several weeks ago.
Hardy Getty, 16-year-old boy,
while operating stamping machine
in Fairhaven metal works, had both
of his hands so badly mangled that he
will never be able to use them again.
The largest whistle in the world has
just been successfully cast for the
Bellingham improvement Company's
new mills, says the New Whatcom
Repeille. 1t will be the time regulator
for Whatcom county.
Miss L. Wright had narrow escape
from poisoning at Ellensburg. She
ate from plate which had contained
II preparation of strychnine rem.
nant OF which had been accidentally
left. By prompt action she was
saved.
During the month of September, %
cargoes OF lumber were shipped from
Gray's Harbor. Aberdeen sent IS
cargoes, $4,000 feet; Hoquiam, 7
cargoes. 2,5s2 600 feet; Cosmopolis 3
cargoes, 1,OSO,OOO feet. Total 9,2l5,-
600 feet.
Six thousand people attended the
Snohomish county fair Mt Everett.
The features of the big day Thursday
were the drill of the Knights OF
Pythias, the wedding or George Kold
and Miss Eleanor Waters, who were
presented with a purse of $50, the
baby show and the races.
Hollon Parker, the wealthy resident
OF Walla Walla, who few weeks ago
offered John S. Crosby, the New York
apostle OF single tax, an improved
farm OF the value of 5000 if he would
devote years time to work in behalf
of the single tax idea in this State,
Friday made good his offer by placing
in escrow deed for the farm in ques-
ton, which WILL be delivered to Mr..
Crosby if he accepts the offer.
j. H. Peterson of Rainier at Cath.
lamet, closed the negotiations for
the purchase of Henry Miller's log
ging camp and outfit, says the Ga
zette. 1t is Mr.. Peterson's intention
to put in an iron tram-road at once,
laying the iron on top of the skids
and thoroughly planking the entire
road, so that it can be used in the
winter. Three donkey engines and
new camp buildings will be erected at
once. 1t is the intention to work