The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-09-25
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

fully 10000.
A rural free delivery route has been
ordered established on Nov. /, to
Moab, Spokane county.
Two free delivery routes have been
established from Cheney, Spokane
county, with two carriers.
The trial of Paul Underwood for the
murder of his baby, which was found
in the bay near Seattle, has begun.
Four special officers are to patrol
Spokane on wheels for the purpose of
preventing, as far as possible, bur
glaries.
The postoffice department has au-
thorized one additional trip by the
steamer Santa Ana between Seattle and
Hanna, leaving Seattle about Sept. %.
The state of Washington has lost its
fight agaist the city of Seattle for some
SIG, 900 alleged to be due as 10 per
cent of the liquor licenses collected
by the city. Judge Bell sustained the
city's demurrer to the states complaint
ana U1Sin1SSeu the case.
Professor David Thompson has been
elected to position on the University
of Washington faculty, and has tele-
graphed his acceptance. He will have
the chair of Latin language and liter
azure, during the time DR.. Kane is act
ing president.
Humane officer Ridgeway will make
vigorous war on Seattle "babv farms"
The Seattle Manufacturers associa
ton is agitating for cheaper electric
power.
Fire which started in a restaurant a t
Goldendale did damage to the extent of
100000.
Seattle Carnegie Library site bonds
have been sold, and work will probably
begin on the new library building early
in the spring.
BID. Crocker, the recently appointed
revenue collector for Washington and
Alaska, has named Charles A. Cole of
Spokane as collector for the northeast
ern part of the state.
Mark Carter, gambler, held up the
L & / saloon at Colfax and took $3.50
from Sid Benton, the proprietor. Car
ter had been in the saloon all evening
playing cards with the bartender.
Miss Annie Howard, formerly an in
structor III the State Agricultural Col
lege and School of Science, has accept |
ed the position of preceptress of the
women's dormitory of the state univer
sity.
Coach Allen of Whitman college
thinks he has strong football team
this season. A peculiar feature of the
aggregation is that three pairs of broth
ers will play on 1.-THE Chittendens,
the Galloways and the Lasaters.
George Oswalt, an old resident of
Davenport, was thrown from a header
wagon by a falling derric mast and his
back was broken about half way between
the shoulders and the lumbar region.
He is paralyzed below the fracture, but
he is conscious.
1ut uStt COu1u VI. CONFERENCE
convened at Seattle Tuesday.
The shingle mill of the John w. Fill
kins Lumber company, located at Sher-
wood, on the Columbia and Puget
Sound railroad. thirty miles from Seat
tie, has been destroyed by fire.
Colonel Dougherty and staff. of the
Eighth infantry. the regimental band,
and 213 enlisted men have gone into
camp at Fort iawton. Permanent quar-
tiers will be built at Lawton soon to
make it full regimental post.
Enrolment in the Seattle public
schools on the opening day was 1000
more than last year.
The Dolphin brought half million
gold and 200 passengers to Seattle on
her last trip from the north.
At the meeting of the state grain
commissioners it was decided that the
standard grades should remain the
same as last year on wheat, barley, oats
and rye.
The University of Washington has
Just issued bulletin to the secondary
schools of the state. 1t is the begin
ming of series to be issued along SINH
lar lines. In the introduction the bull
letin states that the object is to bring
the university and the secondary schools
of the state into closer touch and to
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