Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-18
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary of News Gathered from All
Parts of the State.

Seattle.
Garfield has number of cases Of
scarlet fever.
1t is said that Hoquiam will have a
basket factory.
J. III. Whitaker has been appointed
City Electrician of Tacoma.
The enrolment OF the Agricultural
College exceeds $50 students.
The North Yakima Council will be
petitioned for milk inspector.
7. Owsley was robbed by footpads
at Seattle the other night OF $96 and
watch.
II. q. Mcdonald, of Spokane, COM
mitted suicide last week with a re-
volver.
The Yakima Armory Association
will be incorporated with capital OF
of $4,000.
Aberdeen ministers will endcavor to
carry through the project for Y. NJ.
G. a. building.
The indebtedness of San Juan
county has been reduced from $4,000
to $1,000 in two years.
The Great Northern will build q
freight depot at Everett, ground for
which is already graded.
The annual report OF the Aberdeen
Clerk shows warrants outstanding
amounting to $12,63S.62.
E. A. Mcdonald, State Dairy Com
missioner, is preparing a substitute
law for the pure-food law now in
force.
New Whatcom is endeavoring to
have the appropriation for the water
way project raised from $4,000 to
$5O0OO.
The Eastern Washington & North
ern Idaho Fruit Association will meet
at Spokane January 81, for session of
three days.
State Horticulturist J. f. Baker re-
ports that only 100 fruit trees have
been condemned since the winter sea-
son opened.
The residence of X. B. Reidford at
Walla Walla, was totally destroyed by
fire Saturday night. Loss, $1,000;
fully insured.
The Marysville Council has passed
an ordinance which prohibits the use
Of all kinds OF firearms by boys under
l6 years of age.
Wheat is being hauled to Daven.
port in large quantities. 1t is esti-
mated that not one.fourth of the crop
is yet marketed.
d. J. Schnebly, ex.editor and owner
Of the Ellensburg Localizer, and an
old pioneer OF Kittitas county, died at
last week.
Aberdeen has an outstanding in
debtedness OF 100000. The city paid
off $4,000 last year. 1t has balance
on hand of s2,6S3.15.
The Tekoa Creamery Company has
with capital stock of $5,-
900. Over 40 farmers and business
men OF the town are the incorporators
J. E. Mccormick has brought suit
at Spokane for 10000 damages
against the Washington Power Com
pany for injuries received by a street
car.
Representatives G. c. Britton of the
Pierce County delegation, is drafting a
bill for an entirely new probate code
and repeal of all existing probate
laws.
About 20 men at Tacoma are train
ing dog teams and getting in readiness
to join party of 800 miners who will
sail for the north the last of the
month.
James Robinson has won $4,000
at Spokane in his suit for damages
against the Tiger-Poorman mine. He
sued for $4,000 for injuries received
from blast.
The Indian tepees on the bluff west
Of Spokane have been burned, and
also the clothes and raiment OF the
red men who were coufined there with
the smallpox.
Peter Johnson has been sent to the
insane asylum from Walla Walla. He
believes all his relatives have been
killed by the officers and that he is in
danger OF being electrocuted.
The Everett Health Officer has pro-
cured samples OF city and we'll water,
which is infected with typhoid fever,
and has sent them to the chemist at
the State University for analysis.
Thirty-fve vessels, having total
tonnage of 5,026 tons, we're constructed
in King county last year. Nineteen
of these vessels were built in Seattle
yards, 15 at Ballard and one at Bur-
ton.
The ncwly.elected Marshal OF Ever
EFT announces that all gamblers, slot.
machine men and keepers and inmates
of houses of ill-fame must pay their
regular monthly fines into the City
Treasury.
Ed. Deacon and John Casey, wanted
at Portland for the theft OF gold