Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-18
W'ashln9tun Standard
STATE NEWS.
4 Brief SUMMARY Of News Gathered From
oil Parts Of the State.

4 Brief SuInmary Of News Gathered From
oil Parts o! the State.
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,a:tt.,i "a, Idle AT WhatC"ni. lat Sat
ur,la; mint, i.y taking chlora:.
TAc >kamokawa creamery is now
turning out Ia pound Of g.i,-edge
butter daily. II finds ready market
IN Portland at toy notch prices.
I. W. Barry, conductor on the
Northern Pacific Railroad, was caught
between two coal cars last Friday. and
died while lsing taken to Tacoma.
Jack Carrithers, shingl9 sawyer,
who was working at Porter, in Che
halls county, was killed last week by
the saw bursting and cutting him III
two.
Farquhar Mcleod, a lumber con-
tractor, was found dead on the floor Of
his room at the Occidental hotel at
Tacoma, Friday morning. There is
evidence that he died OF heart disease
while dressing.
Over 10000 fruit boxes are stacked
up in one OF the warehouses at North
Yakima. They we're made on Gray's
Harbor, and are OF kiln-dried spruce.
This is the lightest and most durable
material for fruit boxes.
W. NJ. Dixon and Doc Stivers were
badly injured in an accident in Breck
& Taylor's logging camp at Ostrander,
last Friday, says the Castle Rock
Adrocate. The donkey engine was
pulling log in on curve when the
cable slipped over stump and struck
the two men. Dixon's scalp was al
most torn off, Stivers' nose was broken,
and both were otherwise badly
bruised.
Senator Foster has introduced a
bill in the Senate appropriating $780,.
600 for the relief of the diocese oil
Nesqually, and Representative Jones
has introduced like bill in the
House. These bills are based upon
the old claim of the Catholics of Van
couver to part of the military reser-
walton known as Vancouver barracks
The claim is based upon the action o.
Congress relating to similar cases
when, after adjudication by the courts
a special act has reimbursed denomi
national bodies for land taken by tn,
Government. The Catholics of Van
couver claim that in q number o
cases exactly similar to this the Gov
eminent has passed relief bills carry
ing appropriations, and feel that the.
should be accorded equally fair treat
ment by the government.
Edward Grant and his young wife
who was dressed in boys clothes, wer,
captured Tuesday night while drivin,
a band OF stolen horses about ST.
miles west of Davenport. Farmers.'il
aradius OF 20 miles have been lookin,
for horse thieves for month. Tues
day night two officers lay in wait be
hind clump of brush. Up the roa,
dust-cloud raised, and presently tw
forms astride horses were seen drivin
band of what later proved to b
others horses. The officers halted tn
pair. The older one Immediately be
gan to beg that the boy be released
and when the officers proved obdurate
said: "My God, boys, that boy is M
young wife. She thought 1 was al
right, and for Gods sake don't sen,
her to Jail" But the slender an,
sunburned girl occupies a cell, he
husband being unable to secure bond
for either. The charge against then
is horse-stealing. Grant formerly con
Quoted a confectionery store at Daven
port, but moved into the country sey
eral months ago.