Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-03
Items of Interest From All Parts
Of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review Of the Growth and Improve.
msnts Of the Many Industries Through.
out Our Thriving Commonwealth.


/ Spokane will ask the Legislature for
All appropriation for building an arm
orv.
The bond of County Clerk elect
Num-, OF Thurston, has been fixed at
$4,000.
The bond of County Treasurer elect
Lavigne, of Stevens, has been fixed at
$4,000
Jimmy Adam, the Indian who was
almost murdered at Chuckanut, is re.
covering.
Columbia county schools have been
giving entertainments to raise money
for libraries.
A petition has been presented to the
Goldendale council for the adoption OF
curfew ordinance.
Street letter boxes for Everett have
been shipped, and will be ready for
use by the last Of January.
Colfax is to have freight depot.
Lumber is now on the ground for the
erection of depot on the old site.
/ 1t is reported that family OF cou-
CARS has lair in the woods near South
Bay, ut the head OF Lake Whatcom.
Andreatte Swanson Is suing the city
OF Seattle for $4,000, for injuries al
Legged to have been received from de-
fective sidewalk.
Several valuable blooded dogs have
been poisoned in Tacoma. So far all
efforts to apprehend the perpetrator
have proved fruitless.
A private telegram from postal OFF,
cial in Washington. D. g.. announces
that Spokane has been made an lnterna'
tional exchange money order office.
W. j. Whitney, farmer. aged So
years. living near Welcome, was
kicked IN the head by one of the horses
he was working and died instantly.
Governor Rogers has appointed Hon.
s. Warburton, of Tacoma, trustee OF
the state normal school at Ellensburg,
vice johnson Nickeus, whose term has
expired.
Laborers in doing assessment work
on mining properties of the buckley
Mining & Development Company. in
the Carbon river district, struck and
opened up body Of quart that assays
we'll.
The family of MIR. Reynolds. of Ho.
quiam, narrowly escaped q horrible
death. A fir tree was blown across
the kitchen. The eldest son was asleep
in that room. lie was caught, but not
seriously injured.
Notice has been given to the stock
holders OF the Morning GLORY mine. OF
Republic, that no assessment will be
levied this month for continuing devel.
opment work, returns from the first
shipment caring for this.
A reward has been offered for the ap
prehenslon Ut thieves who have been
robbing the churches Of North Yakima.
Two ove,coats were taken from the
vestibule OF the Congregational church.
and several pairs OF gloves and mack
intoshes are missing.
Colonel L. 8. Hewlett, United States
court commissioner, has in his posses.
sion soldiers discharge lost by some
one at North Yakima. The papers
are for Ezra H. Simms, who was pri'
vate in Company E, Eighth Infantry,
and served in the Spanish. American
war in Cuba.
A petition has been filed in the gu.
perior court of Stevens county, asking
for the disincorporation Of the Cougar
Mining company. The owners claim
the state corporation tax is an unneces.
sary encumbrance, and the coui Sc
adopted is the only relief from per.
petual and useless expense.
At one of the construction camps on
the Seattle & Northern extension east
of Hamilton, John Hinchen. laborer,
became involved in quarrel with \
man named Allen. an assistant fore.
man, in which the latter bit off piece
of Hinchen nose. Allen fed, and his
present whereabouts are unknown.
There is much enthusiasm over the
proposed free rural delivery OF mail in
the Palouse country. Postmaster
James Ewart, of Colfax. has received
petition containing 100 names of
heads OF families living within one
mile of a proposed route 25 miles in
length, running from Coliax south to
Union fiat and return. Two other pc.
titions are being circulated asking for
the establishment of two other routes,
and there is no doubt the required
mum her Of signatures will be attached
to each.
The f.. ]. McNeeley Company. oper.
ating lO.block single mill at
Everett. will build 10000 capacity
sawmill adjoining its single mill.
Five thousand barrels Of -four made
in Lincoln county were shipped to
Ecuador. 1t left Fairhaven on the
steamer Charles p. Lane. The -four
was manu- featured by the Washington
Grain 4 Milling company. OF Reardan.
ana 10 said to be the first large ship.
ment OF Washington -four sent to South
American ports.