The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
WASHINGTON.

WASuiNOtONs
A high school IL to be established at
Yakima City.
j. s. Kikendale, . carpenter dropped
dead while at work near that place.
Deceased was IS years old.
The citizens OF Summerville have
organised . cooperative creamery a..
ISOLATION and elected officers.
George weathsrwax, who resides up
the Wishkak about Is miles, while On.
gagged in logging suffered fracture Of
both his legs by q capstsn.
Spencer Jones. OF Wilbur, killed .
large couger near that place. The
animal measured Q feet 8 inches from
tip to tip and weighsd 80 pounds.
The Legal Tender, in Keller camp.
has resumed work with one shift, and
is to enlarge its force shortly. The
Romine. adjoining 1t, started work
this week.
The Inland Telephone Company's
service Is to be extended from North
Yakima to Mckee and Sunnyside, and
thence to Walla Walla to conuect with
tho line to Spokane.
Upward Of 30 teams are engaged in
hauling ice to the various ice houses Of
Republic. Every available team has
been pressed into service. The quality
of ice could not be better.
Information has been received OF an
explosion in mine No. at Franklin,
whereby two men were killed and sew.
eral persons injured. State Mine In.
spector Owen has been summoned.
F. E. Thomps pson, OF Parker. has con-
tracted his hop crop to be grown on "a
acres to New York people for IL cents
per pound. The hops are to be deliv.
cred in October at Simcoe station.
The estimated crop is placed at 40. 900.
The Big Bend flour mill at Daven.
port, which has been running single
shift for some time on account of sick.
ness among the men, is again running
night and day. Its shipments for Jan.
uary will be 1850 barrels.
Gene Johnson. II years old. acci.
dentally shot himself with q 38 caliber
revolver while out hunting near Lo-
rene. The ball entered the young
mans leg above the knee, passing un-
der the knee cap and out on the oppo-
site side.
J. W. Harper's store at Palouse.
was burglarized and lot Of cigars,
candy. tobacco, etc., secured. The
store was entered through a rear win.
dow which was broken. John Powers.
aged IA. was arrested and confessed
the crime.
Frank and Ephriam Miller have
leased the Dodge coal mine, which was
recently opened up on Coal creek. east
of Chehalis, and will operate the prop
erty. Two coal mines are now being
worked at Chehalis supplying the local
demand and shipping some coal {,
outside points.
The Gettysburg Mining, Milling &
Townsite Company fled artices OF
Incorporation. The company Is CAPT.
talized for 1000, 900 81 shares. The
incorporators are: p. @. Shine and
C. g. Pence, or Spokane, and J. G..
Scribner, A. Coolin and A. 4. Coolin,
OF Coolin, Idaho.
Natural gas and oil are reported to
have been discovered in large quaint.
ties on the farm of NJ. f. Mitchell.
south of Walla Walla Several leases
have already been secured by Il. X.
Mccoy, who 70 here from Spokane in
the interest of q California syndicate,
and the sinking OF oil wells. and pros
pecting for the source Of the gas.
which is said to be in paying quanti-
ties, will begin at once.
The Selah Valley Canal Company
has put . force Of 80 men at work i'm.
proving and enlsrging the canal which
irrigates the lands Of Selah valley.
About 200, 900 feet Of lumber for fun.
ing purposes have been hauled by
teams from North Yakima and will be
pnt in place within the next few
weeks. This il the only iIrigsting en-.
terprise in Central Washington. whore
the hillsides are farmed and planted
to orchards and vinysrds.