The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-03-23
actuality with E. G. Earls as bust.
ness manager and general push.

ness manager and general push.
appropriate at least $4,000
for the establishing of a water
reservoir in the Wenas valley for
irrigation purposes" prays the
North Yakima Commercial Club
to Congress. Everybody in, the
state would be glad to see such a
thing, but they know, in reason,
that Congress will not make the
appropriation.
Shelton is to soon have a tele-
phone exchange system connect
ing it with the outside world.
Superintendent Sands says it will
start out with at least fifty phones.
1t seems but a matter of very
few months more when Seattle
people can sit in their respective
Offices and speak to their business
friends all over the state. An eX-
pensive but convenient luxury.
A large delegation Of home
seekers arrived in Everett last
week and at once began to spread
out over the country in search of
homes. If they succeed in finding
what they want others from the
same sections of the East as those
hailed from will follow at an early
date. There is plenty of room as
we'll as land for all that will come
to the Evergreen state.
The prune growers of Oregon
and Washington have formed an
organization to regulate the sale of
the fruit in these states this
coming prune season. In other
words the farmers have decided to
invest just a little bit in the
"trust' racket themselves. If it is
sauch for the gander it seems to
them that it should likewise be the
same for the goose.
James M. Ashton, If the action
OF the Tacoma county convention
can be taken as a cue, will be one
OF the delegates to the National
Republican convention from this
state. Mr. Ashton is one of the
leading lawyers in this section and
was for some time the attorney for
the Northern Pacific.
A contract has been left for the
building of a county farm in
Whatcom county and it is to cost
in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
1t is to be an up-to-date sanatari-
um according to the reports from
there.
The Vancouver hospital at the
army post is to have 200 sick re-
cruits from San Francisco, who
have from time to time arrived
from the front in the Philippines.
This is one of the healthiest forts
on the Pacific Slope, hence the
of the sick soldiers there.
The festive burglar has begun
operations in Snohomish city, and
the way the boys are loosing their
pants and girls their general para
phinalia in general is freezing
shame.
From what can be cleaned from
the state papers Washington state
citizens are very much in favor of
expansion. Even Populist and
all other kinds of anti-Republican
papers in this state for the most
part strongly favor expansion.
No true Washingtonian ever wants
to see the ''fiag" hauled down from
where it has been once raised.
1t has been learned that an
Everett man has located a mine in
Douglas county from which even
diamonds may be taken,
Possibly this man has gotten on
to the place where the Seattle and
Everett thugs have been taking
their stolen treasures for safe
keeping.
Ex-State Senator G. [. Helm re-
Gently returned from the Salt
Lake City bringing with him
number of herfond cattle for breed
ing purposes, and the same have
been put on the Douglas county
ranch with which he is connected.
A Kentuckian writes a Lincoln
county man in this state with
view Of coming hither to settle,
providing it is better than the
place he now lives in, Kentucky.
There are but few points, Mr.. Ken
tuckian, in the state of Washington
that does not surpass Kentucky
for a civilized human being and,
to live in, if you want to get into
the pales of civilization for a
breathing spell then come right
along to Washington state.
According to the Washington
Standard, Hon. J. B. O'Scoby is
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