Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-03-27
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
All Parts of the State.

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A Brief Summary of News Gathered From
All Parts of the State.
Adams county now has a farm 90
600 acres in extent, and it is owned in
part by our Senator Ankeny.
Aberdeen has received the new
Amoskeag fire engine recently ordered
by the City Council. 1t cost $4,000.
B. NJ. Price, lately of this city, is
about to start newspaper at Ethiopia,
in connection with store and real
estate Office.
1t is said that about 500 men, gamb-
lers and boosters, will be shrown out
OF employment in Spokane when the
new gambling law goes into effect on
June 9Th.
At Rosalia, Tuesday, JOS Schulthies
OF the Bank saloon, was shot through
the right arm by Olaf Strande, bar.
tender in the Oregon saloon, where
the shooting took place, and was the
outcome of quarrel.
The Rod & Gun Club at Ellensburg
has received twenty-five pairs OF Mon
golian pheasants and set them at lib.
erty in the Kittitas valley. 1t is
thought that the birds will live and
thrive in this section. The law pro-
tects them until 1905.
The farmers of Enumclaw and Vi
cinity have decided to engage extern.
sively in berry growing. A com mittee
sent to Puyallup to make investiga.
tions on the varieties to plant has
recommended blackberries and rasp.
berries. Experts say the soil and
climate are favorable for all kinds OF
small fruits.
Both Tacoma and Vancouver have
sworn off," the former gambling and
the river town keeping the back doors
of saloons open on Sunday. A few
weeks ago Seattle quit open gambling,
and it is only Spokane that faunts
her wickedness and announces a de-
termination to rip up the laws which
support moral people in well-doing.
The Bickner Mercantile & Trading
Company's store at Mabton, Yakima
county. was robbed Monday night by
two highwaymen, who held up the
proprietor and compelled him to open
the safe, from which they took $500
The two men were masked and walked
into the store at 8 P. NJ. They
escaped and no trace has been found.
The contract for building a new
plank road between Hoquiam and
Aberdeen has been awarded to Virgil
Smith. The road is to be closed to
general travel for 40 days. A plank
roadway extending for 1900 feet will
be constructed. Passengers are taken
between the towns in buses and hacks. |
1t is though that steamer will be
placed on the run TO accommodate |
travellers.
The body Of Archie Connolly, engi.
neer on the Great Northern road has
been taken to Everett for burial. He |
was on one OF the largest engines
owned by the company, when it went
through trestle. He was pinned in
the cab and scalded to death. The
trestle is on the line between Lowell
and Snohomish and crosses swamp
about fifteen feet above the water.
None OF the cars went down. A. NJ.
Sparks, the fireman, escaped without
injury. The deceased engineer was a
resident OF Everett, and leaves a wife
and family.
The largest timber deal ever con.
summated in Lewis county has been
closed. w. E. Knapp. agent for the
Tower estate, sold about 100000, 900
feet OF timber in township IA, range /
west, comprising 1909 acres of land,
for $l2l,75Y. The persons buying
this land are mostly wealthy lumber
men from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michi.
gan and New York. They will i'm
mediately incorporate for $4,000,
fully paid up, part OF which stock
will be taken in Centralia. The uame
of the concern will be Eastern Rail-
way 4 Lumber Company. They will
erect railroad through the land and
build large lumber and single mill.
Miss Edith Bennett, a white woman,
who married Jung Toy, Chinese hop
raiser OF the Yakima valley, in Seattle,
some time ago and created sensation
at the time, has begun suit for
divorce in the Superior Court of Yak
ina county. In her allegation she
says that that they were unable to
live happily together; that her hus-
band had formed habits of life and
customs entirely different to hers. She
says she loathed him and that his
presence was disagreeable to her be.
yond her power to describe. She said
that he attempted to make her eat
dried rats" though plaintiff is not
able to allege that it was dried rat,
but it looked to her like a dried rat
and had all the effects upon her appe.
tite that dried rat would have. He
endeavored to enforce her to eat,
which caused her to lose her appetite
and to become disguised. The rat
was in evidence at the hearing before
the court. The court made the di.
vorce absolute, and it is said that the
fair plaintiff gets or got 81, 800 of the
Chinaman's money as a result OF his
anxiety to get an American wife.
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