Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-03-21
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.

| spring eeeOlng mas begun In the
Palouse country.
:. Ground has been broken for the
erection of large door factory at
Chehalis.
The export of wheat from Tacoma
this year has been largely in excess of
former seasons.
E. c. Strong, claiming to he min
ing man, is under arrest at Walla
Walla for forging checks.
The South Bend Mill made cut of
of 10l 600 feet one day last week, of
which $1,000 feet were spruce.
Lee Ferryman, a young man, was
killed in . Great Northern collision
near Wenatchee few days ago.
John Smith, an agent of Jas. Henry,
the Seattle cattle buyer, is under ar
rest for forging checks at North Yak
ina.
L. c. Burton, OF Cathlamet, has
been selected one of the two deputies
allowed T. r. Kershaw. State Fish
Commissioner.
The farmers of the Natchez valley
have very generally availed them.
selves OF the telephones . means of
intercourse with the business centers.
Lake Chelan has an area of 80
square miles and has natural out.
flow OF $50 cubic feet per second. 1t
is proposed to develop the power that
flows from it.
1t is said that Austin Mires is an
applicant for the position Of Superior
Judge of the Yakima district, soon to
be made vacant by the resignation OF
Judge Rudkin.
Angus Cameron awoke the other
morning in the Palmer house at Sc
attic with cash over his forehead and
his face covered with blood. He
claims he was robbed during his sleep
OF SO.
Two homeseekers from North Car
olina were victimized out OF $500 by a
Spokane land agent. He guaranteed
to locate them on hOmesteads where
the soil was four to seven feet deep, Sc
cured their money and then sent
them to Pasco.
The American Can Co.'s big plant
at Fairhavcn, began operations Mon
day with 125 persons employed. The
present operations are rushed to fill
an order OF over 1900, 900 cans for
Alaska canneries. The force will be
increased to $50 soon.
/. Goldstein has sued Morris Jose.
sowitz for $500 at Vancouver. The
former entered the lstter's store and
they became involved in an alterca.
tion. Goldstein was elected, and in
the melee had one finger cut off in the
door. He sues accordingly.
Yakima Democrat: A great mining
boom is on at Thunder Mountain in
Northern Idaho, where the CORE.
spondents assert that gold can be
picked ont of the rocks with \ knife.
We can beat that here in Yakima
where we scoop it out with IL plow.
Professor George, teacher Of drawing
in the public schools OF Whatcom and
Fsirhaven, has been missing since
the 10Th inst. So far a. known his
accounts are perfectly straight. His
closest friends can offer no theory to
account for his disappearance. He
has wife in Lincoln, Neb.
A Whatcom dispatch OF the 18th
inst, states that DR.. Graffin, of Maple
Falls, reports a gold discovery within
q hslf-mile of the station. The dis
coverers are Matt and Sam Birdwell
and attorney Cannon. The new ledge
is on the first hill back of Maple Falls,
and samples taken from it gave q
value OF $76 per ton in gold.
Henry La Bounty, q barber. had
a revolver pushed in his face the other
night while going home at Tacoma,
with q command to hold up his
hands. He was searched and u small
amount OF change taken, and the
highwayman then said: Move on,
now; move lively" The fellow wore
. dark oyercoat, and slouch hat and
La Bounty thinks he wore false
moustsehe.
Patents have been granted to resi-.
dents OF Washington As follows:
Eugene Fisk. North Yakima, ironing
table; Martin Schichtl, North Yak
ina, reversible rotary harrow and
cultivator; Fred. o. Berg, Spokane,
feeding mechanism for sewing ma.
chimes; Sabin A. Gibbs, Tacoma,
magnetic traction; VIM. L. McCabe,
Tacoma, chute; Lewis B. Tanner, Sc
attle, sluice box.
Timber cruisers are said to be con-
Quoting bunco game in the portion
OF the Olympic reserve recently thrown
open by the government. The cruiser
shows his intended victim a piece ol
land thickly timbered, but gives them
description of vacant land on which
there is no timber. After paying the
cruiser from $50 to 500, they proceed
to the land office and file on the land
from the description given them
Many people have been victims.