The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-09-18
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Pasco has an epidemic of typhoid
fever.
Walla Walla prohibitionists have
nominated ticket
Sparks from a locomotive resulted in
bad blaze in wheat fields near Colfax
A mass meeting of the business men
of Lind has been held to organize a vol
unteer fire company and to discuss plans
for street improvement.
According to the government crop re-
port hops in all sections except in the
state of Washington have fallen off a
few points. This tsate has held its own.
Three Seattle jewelers. and waiter
and cook, are under arrest charged
with counterfeiting. The jewelers. plat
ed the coins and the cook and waiter
passed them
II J Schiveley, former chairman OF
the Republican state central commit
tee, has accepted an invitation to be-
come one of the spellbinders in the
Ohio Republican campaign.
At Walla Walla Judge Brents decid-
ed that osteopathy was not the practice
of medicine. The decision was in the
case of H. s. Ragland, osteopath. who
was charged with practicing without a
state license.
Bowser Brothers separator exploden
while at work near Fallons. The sepa-
rator was burned. but the other machin-
cry was saved. This is the tenth ma
chine to be destroyed in this manner
since havest began in the PalOuse coun-
try. =
The demand for hop pickers exceeds
the supply.
Mrs. Mary Irving Ebey, one of the
early Washington poieners diedsat the
home of her daughter in Seattle Thurs
day
The Republican, state central commit
tee has organized by the election OF Ell
lis Morrison as chairman and James ID.
Hogue treasurer Both gentlemen are
residents of Seattle
Destruction of bridge at yelling
ton prevented the Great Northern Over
land from reaching Seattle Thursday.
The train returned to Spokane and
came in over Northern Pacific tracks.
1t is stated son good authority" that
syndicate of Seattle men have put up
$50, 900 against like amount by W.
A. Clark, Jr., of Butte, on the result of
the contest for the baseball pennant
between those two clubs. 5
Old line populists OF King county
will place ticket in the field.
John +. Shehan, one of Port Towns
ends earliest settlers, was found dead
in bed Wednesday.
George Gordon Mcnamara, of Port
Townsend, and we'll known in all cities
of Puget Sound, is dead.
J. O. Anderson was instantly killed
near Wilbur by being drawn into the
gearing of threshing engine, of which
he was in charge.
Seattle dance halls are at present
closed.
Several electroplated silver dollars
have lately been passed in Seattle for
$40 gold pieces. One arrest has been
made.
The board of regents OF the state uni
versity has decided to abolish the COM
pulsory drill rule that has been in
vogue SO many years, and that has been
the bane of many a youthful life.
Hereafter the students will have the
choice of either drilling or spending an
equal amount of time in the gymnasium.
The twenty-frst annual session of the
Columbia river conference of the NJ.
f. church closed session of six days
at Colfax Tuesday evening. Many
changes were made in the boundaries
of the various presiding elder districts
in the conference, the Moscow district
being merged into the Walla Walla
district. 3