Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-05-01
STATE NEWS,
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
All Parts Of the State.

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, An Aerie OF Eagles was organized
at Kent, last week, which started ou
with fifty charter members.
One Tuesday OF last week the Sanita
Condensed Milk Company manufac
tured their first product in the new
factory.
At the funeral OF William Stine, one
OF the Walla Walla pioneers, last week
at that place, 2-year.old grand
daughter OF the deceased was run ovel
by a carriage and had her head badly
hurt.
The prospect for big prune crop in
Clarke county is excellent. Many oil
the orchards have been sprayed and
carefully pruned this season. Fruit
men expect the largest crop ever
harvested in the county.
Mrs. U. X. Loose died at her home
at Snohomish, last week. She was
thrown from carriage few days ago,
sustaining injuries which resulted in
her death. She was prominent in
social affairs Of that city.
James NJ. Corp, of Kent, a gentle
man largely interested in the dairy
business, says every quarter section OF
land ought to keep so cows and would
then bring in more money than from
any other method of farming it.
Paul Simon was arrested at Walla
Walla, last week, on complaint OF Sid
ney Horner, a travelling man, on a
charge of grand larceny. In a game
of pinochle Horner alleges Simon used
marked cards and cheated him out OF
$16O.
The suit against the Seattle Lumber
Co., brought by H. A. Hanson, q boy
16 years years OF ago, who lost part of
a hand in the company's shingle mill,
and was decided in his favor by the
lower court, has been reversed by the
Supreme Court.
At Chehalis, Atha Rice has been
held in bonds of $4,000 for assault
with intent to murder Max Schoeing.
The wounded man was not able to at
tend the trial, but is reported to be
getting along we'll. The doctors feel
assured OF his recovery.
Mile Reed, aged II years, and Annie
Gigey, aged Is, ran away from their
homes at Everett, a few days ago. They
are supposed TO be in Seattle. Both
girls are we'll grown for their ages.
Their parents have sent out photo.
graphs OF the girls to aid in locating
them.
Tower, Clark & Co., the logging
firm operating on upper Lewis river,
in Cowlitz county, has 100000 feet
OF logs felled. The firm has installed
donkey-engine OF ITO horsepower
and logs are being foated down the
river at a rapid rate. The logs come
from the burnt.over tracts.
Allen & Brown are opening new
logging camp on Discovery Bay. They
will have two engines and 40 men at
work. The firm owns 3,40O acres OF
fine timber. 1t is estimated that the
cut for this season will aggregate TO-
600 900 feet. When the land is logged
off it will be used for farming purposes.
The Police Department at Seattle,
a few days ago, put out of busi-
ness the Industrial Securities Com.
pany, a get-rich.quick concern that
had just opened Offices there. A capi.
tai stock Of 81, 100000 was advertised.
Inducements whereby a stock holder
might get return OF 500 on an in
vestment OF 81 were held out.
William Jones, alias George Smith,
alias Kelly, was Tuesday night, at
Everett, kidnapped by Sheriff Brewer
and Superintendent OF Provincial Po-
lice Hussey of Victoria, placed on a
north.bound train and taken to British
Columbia, where Jones is wanted to
fill nine-year term for robbery at
Vancouver, where he broke Jail.
Harry Britt, son of w. w. Britt,
who died at North Yakima recently
from poisoning, has arrived there
from Chokio, Minn., to investigate the
cause oi his fathers death. The young
man says his father went to that city
with $4,000 and only $1,000 can be
accounted for in the reckoning of ex-
expense and amount remaining when
he died.
1t seems that the settlement OF the
car-strike in Seattle has not secured
that peace which is desirable. The
other day car manned by non n-union
men was pelted with eggs, sticks and
stones, near Georgetown, whose peo.
pie take the ground that no cars were
run there during the strike, and the
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men on that line.
King county now has q courthouse
which cost over a quarter OF a million
dollars, and has contracted for a new
site at 1925, 900, on which five per
cent. bonds are to be issued in pay.
ment. A new building will doubtless
cost more than the old one, to CORE.