Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-14

have dug up their trees. Clarke
county is the natural home OF the
prune.
A. Frost of Chehalis, and George
Mccoy, the Napavine mill man, have
incorporated the Lewis River Boom
and Logging Co. and will put in a
boom at the mouth OF the Lewis river
to care for the logs up that stream.
Owing to the forest fires this fall q
large body of timber up Lewis river
was burned and it will be necessary to
log this soon to save it. The company
has $4,000 cash capital. A boom
will be built at once. Both Frost and
Mccoy are practical lumbermen, Mr..
Frost having been engaged in the
shingle business at Chehalis for a
number OF years.
Isaiah Bastian, a French Canadian,
died Monday, at North Yakima. He
was one of the old type OF white men
familiar many years ago in this coun.
try. AZ near as can be reckoned the
old man was Ill years old. He came
to this country many years ago and
followed the fortunes of 8 Hudson
Bay trapper. He is known to have
lived in the Yakima valley when
white men were few and made his
home with the Indians. Until two
years ago he was a familiar figure
upon the streets of North Yakima.
Feebleness crept DER the old man.
He died a county charge.
The Independent canneries and
salteries of Alaska organized an as
socistion the object OF which is to
send q representative to Washington
to work for the repeal of the law re.
quiring cannerymen to maintain hatch
cries and the order OF the Treasury
Department that all streams shall be
closed to July 4. These laws, they
say, cannot be lived up to by those
engaged in the business, owing to the
expense Of the former and the fact
that the latter cuts off one-half of the
red pack. They also hope to secure
better transportation facilities to their
plants, and have q number OF lesser
grievances removed.
In Lewis county the Democrats elect
Auditor Albert Schooley. and NJ. A.
Langhorn, DEM, defeats David Stew.
art, candidate for reelection to the
Office Of County Attorney. The Re-
publican majority on Congressmen
was from 500 to TOO. In Kittitas
county the Democrats elect the Audi
tor, Treasurer and Prosecuting At
torney by fair majorities. The Re.
publican State and Congressional
ticket received about 300 majority. In
Mason county the Democrats elected
the two Commissioners, Assessor and
School Superintendent; Auditor is .
tie; Republican State and Congression-
al tickets have about $50 majority.
An Alaska mining man, said to
have had money and checks aggregat.
ing $4OO, 900 in value on his person,
has disappeared At Seattle. His name
is John Sich and he has not been seen
since Saturday last, when he myster-
iously disappeared from his hotel. In
company with E. w. Soren and other
acquaintances. Sich arrived ,on the
steamer Humboldt last Saturday.
Soren registered At the Seattle hotel,
4 miners resort at the corner OF Rail-
road avenue and Jackson street. Sich
did not register at the time, and since
. short time after the arrival OF the
steamer has not been seen by his
friends. They fear that the great
amount OF money and valuabies which
he carried has caused him to fall into
designing hands, and they fear that he
has been feloniously made away with
for his possessions. Sich has spent
much time in the North and has &C.
quired fortune OF some size. The
greater part OF this he was bringing
ont and had taken the check method
OF doing 90. When the fact became
known that Sich could not be found
Soren reported the matter to tho
police, and asked the assistance OF the
department in locating the missing
man. He is we'll along in years, being
about 60. His weight 10 about 160
and his height 5 feet Z inches. He
wore . dark pilot cloth coat and a
derby hat. The $4,000 was covered
almost entirely by two checks.