Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-08-16
STATE NEWS .
A Brief Summary of News Gathered from Al
Parts of the State

A Brief Summary of News Gathered from All
Parts of the State.
A farmer of Sumner has sold over
10000 pounds of rhubarb from two
acres of land.
Some specimens Of oil rock are said
to have been discovered between the
mouth of Gray's Harbor and the
the Straits of Fuca.
A pork eating cougar, in Lewis
county, successfully got off with hog
from among four traps without spring
ing any of them, but was finally freed
by dogs and shot with "A rifle.
The underwriters are considering
changes in their rates at Spokane.
The difficulty is with the water supply,
the pressure being too low for fire pro-
lection when irrigating is in full
blast.
Farmer Hibbits, of Stevens county,
set his barn on fire while trying to
burn ont wasps' nest above his hay
loft. The barn, hay and $500 in cur
rency, concealed in the lower part of
the structure, were total loss.
A Willapa Harbor boy shot a big
bear with a 2.caliber rifle, the ball
entering at the ear and killing him
instantly. The bear was found to be
carrying around one or two larger bull
lets that had struck in tougher places.
By the falling OF timber a distance
of 10 feet, Sherman King of Renton,
Wednesday, received serious fracture
of the skull, and is now lowering be-
tween life and death, with the added
complication OF conclusion of the
brain.
Smyth & Howard, of Portland, were
the lowest bidders, Wednesday, for the
excavation of the Lake Washington
canal, between Lake Union and Sal
mon Bay. The bids were opened by
Major John Mills of the U. S. army
engineer corps.
Richard U. Goode, U. S. Geographer,
has been at North Yakima for some
time, experimenting the surveys in
the Cascades. The headwaters of the
Natchez and other streams are being
mapped, and the forest reserve will be
properly plated.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Kingen, of Spo.
kane, have been blessed with three
pairs of twins in succession, the oldest
being 6 years and the youngest s
months of age. This is the only case
OF the kind on record There are also
three other children.
There is a scarcity of harvest hands
around Pullman. Farmers and thresh-
ing machine owners are in town al
most daily trying to hire men to help
save the immense crop. Wages are
higher than in former years, and
many crews are running short-handed.
Joe MCGOWAN and Bob Miller en-
gagged in quarrel Wednesday at Sc
attic, as the result OF which MCGOWAN
is in the hospital suffering from
wounds inflicted by butcher knife,
while Miller, whom MCGOWAN shot in
the palm of the hand with revolver,
made his escape.
j. OBJ. Scobev, the Olympia can.
neryman, had to send to Seattle and
other places in order to get enough
berries to keep his factory going. He
has offered as high as 5 and 6 cents
for homegrown strawberries but was
unable to obtain them. The farmers
around Olympia should raise more
small fruit.
Mrs. James Ladeuceur committed
suicide about nine miles west of Walla
Walla, Tuesday night, by taking strych-
nine and then jumping into the
Walla Walla river. She left seven
the Oldest a girl aged Is
years, and the youngest an infant OF
16 months. Two small children wit
messed the drowning OF their mother.
G. Link, who registered At the City
Hotel at Port Angeles, Sunday, from
Victoria, was found dead few days
after, on the beach at the mouth of
Siebert's Creek, eight miles from Port
Angeles, with bullet holes in the
temple and over the heart. He had
revolver clinched in his right hand,
one chamber of which was empty.
Only one exploded shell caused sus-
picion OF murder. He was known to
have had plenty of money, both in
GOLD. and bills, but only half a dollar
was found on his person. His home
was at Augusta, Me. His watch,
pocket-book and papers were not
found. The Coroner's jury returned
q finding of killed by an unknown
person.