Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-03-21

South Bend Journal: The sloop,
John Daniels, once famous racer,
has been fixed up and will tow in the
oyster fleet this year. This boat was
built in New York more than half q
century ago, was brought around the
| Horn, sailed the waters of San Fran
cisco for time and has been on this
harbor for 40 years or more and the
end is not yet. G. w. Brown, Jr., il
the dresent owner.
There IL now considerable commo-
tion at Copalis over the disappearance
of an old man named Daniel A. Rust,
at one time foreman OF the Olympic
oil we'll. Mr.. Rust who is about GO
years old, left Copalis about the first
of last December, with the expressed
intention of spending two weeks pros
pecting in the Olympic mountains
and visiting the La Push oil we'll.
Foul play is feared to have resulted.
John Green, of Tacoma, believes
that the man whose body was found
burned beyond recognition in the
ruins Of house six miles from Ia
coma on the Puyallup road last week
was his friend and physician, Axel
Oscar Frederick Uddengren. He is
led to this belief by the disappearance
Of his friend and the finding of poem
written in Uddengren's handwriting.
Is is thought he set fire to the house
and remained inside, as means Of
committing suicide.
At an early hour Saturday morning,
it was discovered that John Collins,
who is serving 1O-year sentence at
Walla Walla for robbing Seattle
bank in daylight, had sawed hole in
his cell door, through which he passed
into corridor and then into bath
room, where he had made good
progress in digging hole through the
brick wall. He had o rope and iron
grapple in his cell. A year ago Col
lins managed to get away from the
penitentiary and was absent several
hours before he was caught.
News of dastardly outrage and at
tempt to intimidate DR.. p. S. Byrne,
Mayor of Spokane, has been received.
Tuesday night Of last week myster-
ioue ezplosion took place . few yards
from the Mayors house in the suburbs
shattcring glass and blowing hole in
the earth. 1t is thought about two
sticks OF dynamite were used. The
Mayor received An anonymous letter
threatening to blow up his house un.
less he changed his policy. Detectives
have the case in hand and it is hoped
they will capture the perpetrators ol
the outrage.
Representatives OF the Pacific Coast
Lumber Manufactursrs' Association
and of the Southwestern Washington
Lumber Manufacturers Association
met last week in the City of Destiny
at the Hotel Tacoma, to consider
plans for the merging of the two as
sociations into one organization. This
will give Western Washington lum.
bermen the most powerful orgsniza
ton they have ever had and will en-.
able them to better protect their own
interests. Plans were formulated and
will be reported to the respective or
CARNATIONS for action.
The remains of Ben Royce, OF
Dixie. were removed from a grave on
his former farm and re.interred in the
cemetery at Waitsburg beside the late
Mrs. Royce last week. Ben Royce
was alleged to have been shot and
killed by his grandson, Frank, near
Dixie, few days ago. It was charged
that Frank, after killing the old man,
set fire to the farmhouse and burned
the remains. For this the grandson
now serves twenty-year sentence in
the State Penitentisry at Walla
Walla. The charred corpse of the old
farmer was buried in . field.
Willapa Harbor Plot: Over at Canto
Miss Kaerchsr is teaching a school
consisting of two pupils. Not so long
ago this scheol boasted of % pupils,
but the lack OF roads and inconven-
lent communication with the outside
world has decimated tho settlement
until the figure 2 expresses the school
census Of that district. Over on Smith
creek there is said to be . school that
has but one pupil, there being but one
family in the district. They have a
school there just the same and the
teacher boards round" with the
pupils. Lack of roads are responsible
| LOT tIiS bltuhtlOu Also.
Spokane Spokesman-Review: The
census returns leave no doubt as to
the standing of Washington as lum-
Der State. 1t is easily first of all
the western commonwealth, and far
ahead of the nearest competitor. The
value OF the lumber products Of Wash
ington is a third larger than that OF
Oregon, more than twice as large as
that Of California, and more than six
times greater than the combined pro.
duction OF Montana, Utah, Wyoming
Idaho and Nevada. In fact, the COM
bined products OF all these States,
added to those of Oregon and Califor.
MIA, are only $3S,OOO,OOO. as compared
with $50, ,OOO, ,OOO for Washington alone
| One of the tiniest pieces Of ground
that was ever transferred, changed