The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-09
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.
Ballard is to have Carnegie library

Ballard is to have Carnegie library
The Big Bend Editorial association
held meeting at Davenport Tuesday.
Receipts of the Ballard postoffice for
the past quarter have been sufficient to
insure its being raised to the second
class.
Several hundred feet of track of the
Nelson q Fort Shepard railroad was ca
rried away by landslide near North
port. The smelter fume was broken
and portion went down the mountain,
Alfred G. Sherwinsky, of Everett,
aged IS, and native born citizen of
the United States, has. it is reported,
been impressed into the German mill
tary service. Steps are being taken to
secure his discharge.
At Vancouver, Albert Barbeau was
sentenced to the Walla Walla peniten
tiary by Judge Miller for one year for
criminal assault. Frederick Weeden
was sentenced to two and half years
for burglary in hotel.
A special to the Spokesman Review
from Govan,. Wash, says: &. f. Ten
mis-, proprietor of the Hotel Govan, was
shot three times and almost instantly
killed by an unknown masked man.
No motive is known for the crime.
Io of tr;o ~
have voted in favor of issuing So, 500
bonds for building modern school
house. The building will be of prick
and have all modern conveniences.
The bonds have not been sold, but there
is no other indebtedness on the dis
trict.
The McVay & Bolcom Lumber COM
pany's big mill at Ballard is now in
operation, the machinery having been
installed and large force of men en-
ployed, which will De increased as the
srping trade opens up. The new mill
is one of the most modern in every par
ticuar on the coast, and has a capacity
of So, 900 feet of lumber daily.
In the district court at Vancouver,
the case of G. c.. Mckay against George
Disbro, to recover the sum of $3.50 al
legged to have been lost in a game Of
"21" last October in saloon in that
city, was tried before jury, and they
gave the full amount to the plaintiff.
The case has attracted no little atten-
ton. There are other similar cases on
the calendar. 6
Hoquiam will build city hall.
The Everett Herald has installed a
new Merganthaler typesetting machine,
which, added to the present equipment,
will give a battery of three linotype
machines.
William Kelley, a Colfax farmer,
shot and instantly killed Charles Hick-
man while target shooting. The ball
pierced Hickman's heart. The men
were close friends and the shooting was
purely accidental.
The state convention of Independent
Order of Good Templars will be held
at Ballard July 2123. There Will be
200 delegates in attendance. The local
lodge members are making arrange
ments for entertaining the visitors.
The postoffice receipts of Hoquiam
were So, 1853 .3S last year gain OF 80
per cent over the previous year. 1t is
thought the receipts will easily reach
$4,000 by the end of the present year,
which insures the city free mail deliv-
cry. uazsEn 49,. -.s.s .>c
The crew of men working on the
right of way of the Everett q Snohom-
ish Rapid Transit company has been
increased, and as soon as the weather
becomes settled work on the line will
be pushed. The crew is now at work
near Lowell.
George W. Hopp and H. A. Mcbride
have purchased from Lyman W. Miller
and II E. Marble their interest in the
Wenatchee Weekly Republican. Mr..
Hopp was representative from Thurs.
ton county at the late session of the
legislature.