Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-06-15
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.
Spokane is to have 5000, 600 paper
mill.
Cheney has voted for free text
books.
Spokane will hold flower carnival
on the 18th.
A scarcity of laborers is reported at
Gray's Harbor.
Haying has begun around Penawawa,
on Snake river.
Buyers are contracting for this
years hops at 10 cents.
A $4,000 schoolhouse is to be
erected at North Yakima.
Waterville has raised the saloon
license from $500 to $500.
Tacoma has adopted plans for new
schOOlhouse to cost $4,000.
Twenty carloads of cattle were
shipped from Ritzville to Dakota
ranges last week.
A big Union Jack has been planted
on the top of Spokane Mountain, to
celebrate the fall of Pretoria.
A list of 1853 teachers for the next
term of the Spokane schools has been
announced by the School Board.
Alva Boyd Webb, 16 years OF age,
was drowned Sunday morning in Fish
Lake, near Cheney, where he was
bathing.
The oldest person in the State of
Washington is said to be Mrs. Emily
Forsyth, of North Yakima. She is
lO4 years old.
Carl johnson, while working at a
struck by falling tree, last Friday,
and instantly killed.
|, Mrs. c. E. Bailey, of Seattle, was
burned to death Sunday evening by
the explosion OF coal oil lamp, by
which she was reading.
Kirk Mccall, of Winona, last week,
sold $500 head OF sheep to J. L.
Zimmerman, Of North Dakota, at 81
Is head. This included lambs.
Frank Reed. who shot and killed
his wife May 18th and then shot him.
self, at Tacoma, died ut the county
, Jail there early Wednesday morning.
SpOkane's postoffice receipts for the
month of May were $7,28l.S1, being
an increase of 1926. Ii over the bushes:
done during the same month las,
year.
A. B. Hislop, of Tekoa, was found
dead by his wife, Monday morning
with bullet hole in his temple. The
theory advanced is that he committed
suicide.
Mrs. H. s. Brode, OF Walla Walla
gave birth to male triplets Tuesday
They weighed about five pounds each
and are healthy and normally de
I veloped.
H. H. Tullis, hardware clerk and
, old resident of Chehalis was killed
i, Tuesday evening by falling between
two cars in such a manner as to breal
his neck.
= ]. M. Weeks, who mysteriousiy dis
! sappeared from New Whatcom abou
!, six weeks ago, has been heard from il
:. Wisconsin. 1t is thought his mind i,
unbalanced.
Three fish-trap locations at Lumm
Island, at the lower end of Puget
9 Sound, were recently sold to the North
. American Trading company, of Fair
l haven for$l20,OO0.
: The farmers, fruitgrowers anC
|, breeders of White, Puyallup ant
Snake valleys, will meet at Puyallul
tomorrow and decide upon the date
: and place for holding q fair.
II Charles Morgan, q mail carrier o.
Latah, was found dead at Z O'Clock
= last Saturday morning, in field moi
t far from his home. Death is supposed
to have been from natural causes.
: The logging camps of the What
com Lake Logging Company are now
putting logs into the lake at the rate
of 10000 feet per day. One hundred
men are employed by the two camps.
Little Clifford Howell, 4 years Of
age, was killed early Tuesday evening
by a Northern Pacific freight train
: running over his body, at Spokane
t almost cutting him in two just above
the waist.
Two carloads of cigarettes arrived
> over the Northern Pacific at Tacoms
Sunday for shipment to Hong Kong
The consignment weighs 40 tons, and
. contains 100000 boxes or 32,OOO,OOC
; cigarettes.
3 George H. Eckard was tried in the
r justice court at Vancouver, Monday
I on a warrant sworn out Friday, charg
3 ing him with assaulting H. G. CHASER
q with gun, and was held to answer ir
S the Superior Court in $500 bail.
Wednesday evening Frank Conrad,
. was attacked by large cougar. which
: was one of a pack of three. about .
mile and half out from Snoqualmi,
City. The animal tore Mr.. Comrade'
{ coat to shreads, badly scratching hin
g and his horses side before they coult
. escape