Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-10-10
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.

A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
| Parts Of the State.
| An extensive stove foundry is to be
established at Everett.
| There are 500 prisoners in the State
Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
| The Freenaan's Labor Journal, OF
Spokane, has Topped from populism
to Democracy.
VIM. Sbepard's creamery at Sum-
! ner was consumed by fire at an early
hour Monday morning.
A sample of hemp seven feet four
inches long, grown near Everett, has
been on exhibition in that city.
Joseph Parkin has been appointed
Electrician in the U. s. Engineers of.
fee, for the district of Washington.
A cargo of packed salmon valued at
$3.50, 900 was lately brought to Seattle
from Uyak Bay, where FIVE canneries
are located.
A carrier boy on one of the Seattle
papers, Francis Sjolesth by name,
lately committed suicide, becauee he
was short in his accounts for subscrip.
ton.
An effort is being made to change
the name Simcoe, station of the
Northern Pacific Railway on the
Yakima reservation, to Luxillo, an
Indian term meaning God Fearing.
The timber of single section three
miles west of Granite Falls. on the
Monte Cristo road, was sold by the
Auditor of Snohomish county, for $37,-
600. This price does not include the
| land.
A. w. Waymier, the Northern Pa
cific station agent at Hoquiam, has
been held under a 81, 900 bond to ap.
pear and answer to the charge of en-
bezzlement of 81 ,l44 OF the company's
funds.
Superintendent jordan of the Low
ell paper mill has on exhibition at
Everett, q curio in the shape of a
small branch of an apple tree on which
there is bunch OF blossoms and q
small ripe apple.
The Stillaguamish river rose foot
in each ten minutes, for . few hours
last week, and the result was, that q
number OF shingle mills on its borders
lost heavily in bolts-over 600 cords
in tho aggregate.
Patrick Henry Winston is q nomi-
nee on the Populist ticket for State
Senator from the 7th district, and
has taken the stump for that party.
Hasn't he now about "boxed the
compass" politicallyi
The old "Potlatch House" on Whid-
by Island, relic OF by.gone days, has
! disappeared in smoke. Potlatch"
means gift or giving. and it was the
custom in early times for the Indians
to assemble periodically for inter-
change of presents.
Benz. s. Clark, of Seattle, lately left
q bag containing 81, 800 in gold, on
stump while he cut down a tree. He
went for shelter from . storm soon
afterward and when he returned the
sack was gone. He had the money
with him to pay for farm.
1t 10 expected that the grain ship
ments abroad during October will be
larger than for that month of previous
years. From It's to 200 carloads ar.
rive daily at Tacoma for shipment,
and fleet OF vessels are receiving or
are ready to receive cargoes.
Robert Chebot, of North Beach, is
known as "the cranberry king" He
has = marsh containing five acres.
The crop this year will total 400 BUSH
els. 1t is reckoned as about one-third
OF . fair crop. On good seasons the
marsh should yield 1000 bushels.
Application has been made to B.
Herman, Commissioner of the Gen.
eral Land Office at Washington for
100000 pounds of grass seed to sow on
the burnt districs of Clarke county.
The seed desired is Of orchard grass,
white clover and timothy. There are
$4,000 acres to seed.
A bad man who was working the
Tracy act at the Lake Stevens mill,
near Snohomish, met his match. He
held up Engineer Boardman for food
or money and brandished gun to en-
force compliance. Mr.. B. sprang
upon the tough, disarmed him, and
handed his weapon back after extract
ing the cartridges, and bade him de-
part in peace.
Hop.picking which is now practi.
cally over shows o decrease of about
one-fifth of the estimated yield. As
an offset, prices have been good. The
deficiency is attributed to dry weather
during the time of growth. Western
Warrington will produce about 49,.
GOO bales, against $4,000 last year, and
Eastern Washington 12,OOO as com.
pared with $4,000 last year. In Ore
gon the yield is considerably larger
than last year-S0,OOO to $4,000 bale.
against 70 900 last season.