The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-04-04
WASHINGTON NEWS
Items of Interest From All Parts
Of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review Of the Growth and Improve
ments Of the Many industries Through.
out Our Thriving Commonwealth.

Waitsburg-The o. R. & N. Co.
contemplates erecting a cold storage
plant at Waitsburg.
Dayton - Considerable excitement
prevails at Dayton over the discovery
OF gold five miles south of that city.
WaIla Walla-Richard Olney, aged
73 years, for many years probate judge
of Franklin county, is dead at his
home in Pasco.
colviIle-O. M. Temple, a we'll
known resident of Colville, is dead, as
result of injuries received in a fall
short time ago.
CIarkston-A Charleston company Is
preparing to bore an artesian we'll.
They will go 5000 feet, il necessary,
to secure flowing water.
New Whatcom-The new wing of
the normal school building at New
Whatcom will have six classrooms, IL
recitation rooms and an auditorium.
Tekoa-The new creamery at this
place is fast nearing completion, and
it is hoped to have it in operation by
April 10. All the machinery has ar
rived.
WiIbur-A five-year-old boy of Will
bur, while playing, accidentally got
bottle of strychnine and swallowed a
portion of the contents. He will re-
cover.
Puget Sound-Steelhead salmon are
beginning to show up in Puget sound
waters, and their number at so early
season is taken as indicative of a
heavy run of all kinds this summer.
Repubic-A rich strike has been
made in an old shaft in the Butte &
Boston groups, near Republic.
Rockford The Hazlewood Dairy
Company has started up the skimming
station at Rockford, which has been
idle for several months.
Palouse-A farmer living near Pa
louise killed a monster brown eagle the
other day that measured six feet and
nine inches from tip to tip.
Waitsburq - The Edward Laing
farm, comprising nearly $40 acres, six
miles southeast of Waitsburg, has
been sold. Purchase price, $4,000.
North Yakima-Burglars entered a
store in North Yakima and secured
several large bundles of underclothing
and other wearing apparel. Part of it
was recovered, but no clew to the
thieves has been found.
New Whatcom-A new brickyard Is
to be established at New Whatcom.
seattIe-The Boys & Girls All So
ciety of Seattle will build a new home.
Uniontown-The new creamery at
Uniontown will be in operation by
April Is.
CoIfax-Whitman college has re-
ceived a gift of $4,000 from an East
ern philanthropist.
PaIouse-It is reported that Stand
ard Oil Company representative will
inspect the Palouse oil fields.
Fort canby-Forty-five sticks OF
giant powder exploded at Fort Candy
one day last week. No serious dam
age resulted.
Dayton-Dayton is considering the
advisability of purchasing the city
electric lighting plant. The price
asked is $4,000.
PaIouse-There is an increasing de-
mand for heavy draft horses, and
the Palouse country is being secured
by Eastern buyers.
BeIIingham Bay-The Bellingham
Bay Gas Company contemplates max
ing improvements this summer to the
extent of about $4,000 or $4,000.
New Whatcom - Arthur Atkins,
son of G. M. Atkins, formerly bank
er of New Whatcom, has been admit
ted to the naval academy at Annapo-
liz