Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-31
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.
The apple crop at Cheney is report
ed quite large.
Two supposed cases OF smallpox are
reported at Puyallup.
Prairie chickens are reported plenti-
full near Walla Walla.
John Hart's farm near Wilcox has
averaged 40 bushels to the acre.
wilaon, deaf druggist, was killed
at Sumner, Monday, by train.
At Anacortes two men are under
bonds for selling liquor to Indians.
Il. Bradford, charged with burglary,
escaped last week from the Montesano
Jail.
Thieves recently ran off with five
horses belonging to George Curran, Of
Cotton.
At Centralia. apples and plums have
recently been selling at 2 to 3 cents
per pound.
Max Hannell, under bonds at Cen
tralia for robbery, has skipped and
left his sureties in the lurch.
Arlington is improving rapidly.
Many strangers are in town seeking
investments and locations for business.
L. Riggs, keeper OF an icecream
stand at Walla Walla, is wanted by
the police for mistreatment Of young
girls.
The market for fir logs at Aberdeen
is weak, with occasional scales of IS
per 1000 feet, which is cut OF SO
cents.
At Colfax, Aaron Clark, Is years
old, broke the tendons in leg while
wrestling. He suffers intense pain,
but will recover.
The net taxable property OF Sno-
homish County this year is 1854 ,514,
of which $4,936,971 is outside of the
incorporated towns.
At New Whatcom bicycle riders are
opposing license law in the courts,
and they say they will carry the mat
ter to the Supreme Court.
Marion Shellman, an Anatone farm
er, committed suicide. on the 22d inst,
while temporarily insane. He leaves
a widow and three children.
At Goldendale a subscription of $50
has been raised for the purpose of
blasting out the little Klickitat Falls
SO fish can pass up the stream.
Application has been filed at Wash.
ington for the establishment of the
Chehalis National Bank which will
absorb the Chehalis State Bank.
Aberdeen reports 15-year.old
burglar, Harrison Bosley, an orphan,
who recently robbed a dry goods
house OF q quantity of merchandise.
At Colfax, the other day, thiei
was arrested, tried and sentenced to a
term in the county jail-all within 80
minutes after he stole pair Of blank.
cts.
The Lewis county grain crop, both
oats and wheat, will be very short this
year. Some of the farmers claim
there will not be more than half a
crop.
A. Smythe & Son, who range sheep
in Klickitat County, are reported tc
have sold $4,000 pounds of wool at II
to IL cents in Arlington, Or, last
Monday.
Joe Dubois, accused OF forgery, and
George Black, accused of larceny
worked hole in the masonry of the
Ritzville Jail, the night of August 81,
and escaped.
George Hull, a fruitgrower of the
Yakima Valley, claims to have found
by experiment that vinegar hung in
bottles in fruit trees keeps away the
Goblin moth.
Seattle is to have lower street-caI
fares-25 tickets for 81, and transfers
on all consolidated lines. In addition
to this, a number of extensions will
be constructed.
Vessey & MoRae, prominent Yakima
sheepmen, shipped IA cars of lambs
to the Chicago market on the 22d
The last shipment of 10 cars they say
netted them $3.50 each.
Willie Daily, IL years old. through
his guardian, is suing the Everett PulI
& Paper Company for $4,000 as dam
ages for injuries sustained by him
while working in its mill.
The assessed valuation OF both rea'
and personal property in Jefferson
county is $2,2l7,4S7. Ofthis amount
81 ,301,3l is in Port Townsend and
$916, ITO is in the country.
The State Board of Land Commits
sioners have sold the timber on sec
ton sc, township IA. range 4 west
Lewis county school lands, to E. A
Frost, OF Chehalis, for $3.50.
The Health Officer of Klickita
county reports that he has found ant