Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-02-14
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Psrts Of the State.

Oh ALE NEWC.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.
The firm OF s. S. Peterson & Son,
manufacturers of barrels and shingles
at Port Angeles, has made an assign.
ment.
1t is stated that a large prune dry
ing plant will be erected at North
Yakima in time to handle a good por-
tion Of the Surplus crop next season.
The real estate transfers in Spokane
county aggregated in the month just
passed $402, ,l6S, and for January of
1901, just abont one-half that amount,
or in exact figures, $201,17S.
William Griggs, of Aberdeen, has
purchased the entire logging camp and
outfit formerly owned by James Stew.
art. Operations will be commenced
on the Wishkah river within 80 days.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
Tuesday paid $24, 4,139 into the county
treasury at North Yakima in payment
of the 1901 taxes upon personal prop.
erty and right of way in Yakima
county.
Rita Gardner, a well-known var
iety actress, who has been styled " the
burglar queen" in police circles, at
Tacoma, was acquitted Saturday by
jury. She was arrested on the charge
Of aiding in the concealment OF stolen
goods.
Tacoma's receipts of wheat for jan
uary of this year amounted to $685.
$50 bushels, which breaks all previous
records. The total for the season of
1902, up to the lst inst, gives total
1896 carloads. or 1921 900 bushels of
wheat, besides 200 carloads of barley,
35l OF oats and two Of rye.
Two children OF Cleveland Smith,
who served Whitman county in the
Legislature two terms, were drowned
recently near the Smith home. The
children, Richard, aged II, and Geor-
giana, aged IA, were skating and their
death was not discovered until their
hats were found frozen to the ice.
The farmers in the Walla Walla
country are getting very much con-
cerned about the open winter. They
claim that il they do not have snow
there will be lack OF moisture and q
consequence average OF wheat. They
are, therefore, many Of them holding
their crop until after they know for
certain.
A tile mandatory is to be estab-
lished near Spokane, to make that
durable and ornamental product for
roofs and floors from the marble vein
in nearby valley. The factory will
have a capacity OF about 5000 tiles
per day, and it is the intention of its
projectors to establish branches all
over the coast.
Harry E. Rogers, until Thursday
deputy County Auditor of Pierce
county, left his wife aud fed from Ia
coma one day this week with Miss
Jessie NJ. Keith, who was employed
as stenographer in the Auditors Office.
The couple left Edison by the IL
o'clock train for Portland, where they
were arrested on arrival by the police
of that city.
Carl Wheeler met death alone last
Friday night near Oro, while his
brother had gone to the house, some
distance away, to get help to carry
him. Carl had severe hemorrhage
of the lungs while he and his brother
were out hunting, and his brother, be-
ing exhausted from carrying him, had
left him in the woods. When he re.
turned with help the young man was
dead.
Wheat was stronger in the Palouse
country Thursday evening than for a
long time. and while the buyers gen.
orally quoted 49 cents as the top
price for club. It was learned that
George w. Ford, general agent for the
Interior Warehouse Company of Port
land, bought SO, 900 bushels OF wheat at
various points at from 49A cents to
SO cents. He got 1900 bushels at
Oakeedale and 5000 bushels at Latah.
The remainder Of his purchases were
in small lots at various points.
A pumping plant is being installed
or the famous Blalock Island below
Umatilla, and it is expected to put
500 acres OF land into alfalfa this
spring, and as soon as that is thor
oughly seeded work is to be begun for
the reclamation Of 5000 acres more.
As this is warm piece OF land in
winter time the intention is to run an
Immense band of cattle and sheep on
tie place, and no doubt the projectors
Of the enterprise, If they succeed in
getting water as they anticipute, will
have little mint.
Carl A. Snyder, who came to Seattle
from Kansas City, Mo-, few days
ago. hanged himself with an electric
Light wire in hotel room in Seattle,
Saturday afternoon. He left note
reading: ITO whom it may concern:
Whiskey and cards have been my
rain; bury my body any place. You
cannot locate my relatives. Life has
bsen q failure for me and l am better
d.ad than alive" Snyder was a
r,iddle aged man and dressed we'll.