Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-03-20
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings Of I'm.
portance-A Brief Review OF the Growth
and improvements Of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report

Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report
A postofiice is to be established at
Ethiopia.
A recruiting office has been opened in
Walla Walla.
The streets of Republic will be
lighted by electricity by the first Of
April.
Work has been begun on the extend
ing Of the street railway system Of
Whatcom.
The Inland Empire Stock Breeders
Association held an interesting session
at Pullman March II.
the naval I. training ships has been
opened at North Yakima.
The Buckley postoilice will be adj
vanced from fourth class to II presi-
Dental class office April |.
Numerous contracts are being made
around North Yakima for the 1902 hop
crop at l cents per pound.
What may prove to be a rich ledge
of quartz has been uncovered in Whit
man county, near Oakesdale.
The new clock for Whitman college
at Walla Walla, has arrived and will
be placed in position at once.
The school directors at Colville have
leased an extra room to accommodate
the overflow from the public school.
With one exception, all the 1901
hops in Yakima county have been sold.
The last brought Is cents per pound.
Much real estate is changing hands
throughout the eastern part of the
state. i. 1t is principally country prop
erty.
Several business blocks and resi-
dences are going up in Tekoa and al
together the town presents prosperous
appearance.
The North Yakima Commercial Club
has Endorsed resolution ito exclude
all stock from the Rainier forest reserve
after 1902.
There are now Is cases of smallpox
at Steilacoom insane asylum, and in
cluded among the number is Head
Warden Colby.
a A drive of about $50, 900 feet of logs
is slowly moving down the Little Spo-
kane to the mill of the hartford Lum-
Der Company, at hartford.
Governor Mcbride has appointed DR..
c. NJ. Parks, of Tacoma, suerintendent
of Western Washington hospital for the
insane at Steilacoom.
Citizens of Plosser will oragnize a
stock company and build telephone
line connecting that place with Sunny
side, Belma and the. Horse Heaven
country.
People about Keller are much elated
over the fine prospects of the different
mines on the Summit. Development
work is progressing on number Of
properties.
Fire at the Mineral Hill mine, 4
miles from Conconnully, destroyed
$40, 900 worth of property. OF this
amount SIS 900 is new machinery late
ly installed.
Farmers over the state generally are
commencing their usual spring work
besides the extra work of re-seeding
wheat in various parts, caused by the
severe winter.
A good roads convention will be held
in Colfax the second Tuesday in April
for the purpose of considering and for
mulating proposed amendments to the
present road laws.
Preliminary arrangements for the
construction of the great Wenatchee
high line canal have been completed
and work on the enterprise is to COM
mence next month. The land owners
along the line have contracted to give
the canal company $50 per acre for a
permanent water right.