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

Tacoma is reaching out for estab-
lishment OF wholesale shoe house in
that city.
William Taylor, in Spokane, stole a
daily newspaper from the door of a
subscriber and was fined $25 and costs.
Val Best caught two trout in the
Wynooche river, a few miles from
Montesano last Monday weighing 81
pounds.
The members of the Masonic fra
ternity of Spokane have decided to
hold a big fair in that city next Sep
TENDER.
With Improvements now projected
the Washington Irrigation company
will have $1,000 acres of land under
its system in the vicinity of Zillah.
The Northern Pacific express Office
at North Yakima was robbed early
Saturday morning. The Office safe
was opened and bag of gold coin
containing 1866 was taken.
The Grand Lodge of the State A.
o. U. w. and Degree of Honor will
meet in Everett from April 9 to ii.
Citizens there are making great prep
arations for the reception of the dele
gates.
There were q new settlers arrived
at Lakeside Saturday, 81 of whom
were from Wayne county, Nebraska.
Another party OF IL immigrants at
rived there Monday, says the Chelan
Leader.
Mrs. A. NJ. Elkins, aged GO years,
died at her home at Mount Vernon.
Saturday afternoon, after an illness of
only four days. Deceased was a pio-
neer of that place, having lived there
for twenty.one years.
DR.. S. ]. Clifford, who recently
opened dental Office at Blaine, has
skipped out and left number of cred
itors to mourn his loss. A warrant is
out for his arrest on a charge of prac-
ticing dentistry without license.
Among some wreckage on the ocean
beach fn Clallam county last week, w.
w. Loveless found barrel OF claret.
The barrel was covered with barna-
cles and had evidently been in the
water for long time; the wine, how
ever, was as good as ever.
A pottery is the next enterprise that
Tacoma expects to secure. The par
ties interested expect to manufacture,
among other things, fruit jars for
which an immediate and constant de-
mand will be opened soon AS the pro.
duct is placed on the market.
Walla Walla will not have a com.
pany in the National Guard OF WASH
ington. Only twenty-five men ap-
peared when the hour came to be
mustered in. A force of thirty-two
men and three officers Is the minimum,
60 the matter was suffered to 60 by.
default.
A daring effort to release prisoners
was made one night last week at the
Spokane county Jail by two armed
men wearing masks. Their attempt
WAS frustrated by prisoner who heard
noise in the Sheriff's Office and who
notified the jailor. The masked men
escaped in the darkness.
Shelton Journal: The Simpson Log
ging Company has received an order
for 500 sticks 30 feet long, which are
destined for mining work in Aus.
trslia. The other logging companies
also have some orders for long sticks
for various purposes, and lot Of that
stuff is coming down the railroads OF
late.
In the near future the Seattle con.
tingent of the National Guard will
be augmented by the addition OF
well-equipped and drilled signal CON-
pany. About twenty-five young men
are now drilling regularly once week
toward that end, under the direction
Of Lieut.. A. G. Simmer. signal officer
on the staff of Col. Laming.
The Seattle Chamber OF Commerce
has adopted u resolution opposing any
further arbitration as to the boundary
line between southeastern Alaska and
the British possessions. A committee
consisting of Judge c. H. Hanford,
Judge Thomas Burke and General J.
D. Metcalf was appointed to prepare
brief for publication and submission to
the President OF the United States and
the Secretary Of State.
North. West Pacific Farmer: A move
has been set on foot that will be bad
thing for the farmers, if carried
through. All the great milling inter.
ests of the Northwest are TO be con-
solidated in one combine with capi-
tai stock of over 100000. As this
milling company will own all the
large mills as we'll as the elevators
they will practically have the price
OF wheat within their control.
It is aaid that the twenty per cent.
, rake-of that Clancy is 10 receive from
gambling. in Seattle, under tho new
Humes administration, is TO 60 to the
Republican campaign fund. If it is
the intent 10 mitigate the ofiense, as
temperance people do sometimes by
calling strong cider apple.juice, we
can't see as il has had the object in
tended. 'Twere better for Clancy
to sink the rake.off down. into his
jeans than to make it part OF the
corruption fund always in evidence in
Republican conventions.
The absence of Prof. Hutchinson OF
Sstsop Is causing considerable alarm,
both at Elma and his home. The
school teacher left his home Sunday,
for Summit. 10 miles away, where he
had been teaching school. Monday
the pupils assembled, but no teacher
came. Again on Tuesday the pupils
assembled, but still no teacher came.
On Wednesday morning one of the
directors telephoned to Satsop to in
quire OF Mrs. Hutchinson the where.
abouts OF the professor. She knew
nothing of his absence, but supposed
he was attending to his school duties
as usual. There is no clue to his
whereabouts and fears of foul play are
entertained.