The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-10-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON News.
what b Being Done BY a.s pselIg .es o.
Gsswins and Psospsrss So.
Burglars broke into the Great North
ern depot at Everett and secured betw weer
| $40 and $50. -
The postofice at Port Sidney. Can Juan
county, has beon discontinued, mail 70
ing to Thatcher.
Fire totally destroyed the Blsine oil
and guano works. Loss, 80, 900. Origin
OF fire is unknown.
A four-masted barkentine vas launch.
ed from the Everett shipyards. The YES
sci was christened Aurora. !
| The poetoffice at Crescent. Lincoln
county, has been discontinued, being su-
perseded BY rural free delivery.
The 1901 state fair was opened at North
Yakima with every prospect of being the
most satisfactory one yet held.
The Everett police arrested q supicious
looking character. When searched q
number OF burglars tools were found.
The Kitsap county fair closed with a
ball. The promoters of the enterprise
pronounce it q success every way but
financially.
The three anarchist leaders arrested
near Tacoma have been taken to Spo-
kane, where they. will be brought before
the federal court. /
The rainfall for August was less in
this state than for ii years. sF-
A new postoffice has been established
at Kipling, Okanogan county.
The potato crop in the Willapa valley
is almost complete failure this year.
Seven thousand head of sheep were
sold recently at Ellensburg for $2l 900.
The transport Dix will arrive in Seattle
next week and load q cargo for Manila.
A deed has been placed on file in
Seattle, the consideration given being
10000.
Ed. Mcintyre, q saw mill man was
killed at Olequa last week by an un-
known person.
1t is estimated that the Washington
hop crop will fall short of last years 9
output by 10000 bales.
The 14th annual meeting Of the North
west Baptist Convention will be held in
Tacoma, October 8 to IL.
During August there were SO fires on
the Rainier forest reserve. The timber
burned covered l, ,423 acres.
The Everett school roll shows an in
crease over last year of 800, the total
number enrolled being 1900.
Work on the government ship canal,
connecting Lake Washington with the
sound is progressing favorably.
The state labor commissioner will
start on a tour of the state in few days
and visit every mill in Washington.
The Kitsap county fair opened with
everything favorable except the weather.
There is a fine display Of fruit and other
products.
The hop pickers are beginning to re-
turn to their homes from the various
ranches where they have been for the
past two weeks.
Josephus M. Moore, brother of ex-Gov.
Miles G. Moore, is dead at his home in
Walla Walla. He had resided in that
county for 80 years.
Much interest is being manifested in
the state fair to be held at North Yakima.
A premium of $500 is to be given to the
county having the best exhibit.
Three of the leaders of the anarchist
colony at " Home Group" % miles from
Tacoma, have been arrested for sending
obscene matters through the mails.
October two rural free delivery mail
routes will be established in this state.
One from Reardon, Lincoln county, and
one from Thornton. Whitman county.
The worlds record rock drilling Of 81
| inches was broken in Spokane by team
from Butte, Mont. They drilled hole
IS inches into solid granite In 10 minutes.
A shipment of q headstones were re-
Gently received by the quartermaster's g
department in Seattle. They are fur
nished by the government to mark the
graves of army and navy terans.
The different railways running into
Seattle have under confederation the
building Of train sheds 400 feet long by
100 feet wide at the depot. The present
ones, which are inadequate. will be torn
down.