Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-19
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.
Port Townsend, ON March 18th, will
vote on a $3.50, 600 issue Of water bonds.
Vancouver has just completed q
high school building at cost of $751;
600.
H. c. Phillips, the newly.appointed
Register of the Land Office at Van
couver, took charge of his official
duties last week.
Thirty sections of logs at Port Dis
covery broke from their moorings
Sunday night during q storm. They
represent . seasons work of Edward
Browns camp. 1t is thought most of
them will be recovered.
Two boys, Fred Kiel and VIM. Han
son, bravely rescued two Aberdeen
duck hunters, after they had been
cliuging to their capsized boat about
an hour and were drifting to sea. The
names of the hunters are not given.
The jury in the case of Margaret
Denham for damages against the
Washington Power Co., OF Spokane,
for alleged injuries received while be-
ing showed off q moving Car. returned,
the other day, q verdict for the de-
PENDANTS.
A msn-eating shark, weighing near
ly three tons, was caught, last Friday,
in Elliot Bay, near Seattle. The
monster measured Is feet from tip to
tip, was ten feet in circumference, and
had a mouth big enough to take in q
large-sized Jonah.
The Washington Association oil
Osteopaths at q late annual meetin g
in Tacoma, elected officers as follows
President, VIM. A. Potter. OF Seattle
Vice President, Grace Al. Nichols
Spokane; Secretary, Roger E. Chase
Tacoma, and Treasurer, VIM. Smell
Tacoma.
A Mining, Dredging and Transpor.
tation Co. has been organized at Van
cOuver whose main object, it is said
will be the manufacture of the Hen.
ness steam grappler, or claw, and a
steam excavator and dredger, both
patented devices. The capital stock
is placed at $I,OOO.OOO. The incorpor.
atOrs are Isaac N. Henness of Ilwaco
Mark Wedell, of Portland, and J. W.
Hopkins OF Vancouver.
The boss loggers OF Gray's Harbor
aud vicinity met at Aberdeen this
week and made permanent organiza.
ton for the purpose of maintaining
the present price of $3.50 for good
spruce and fir. The sale Of logs has
not been very brisk of late, and the
increasing supply on hand threatens a
reduction in price, particularly OF
spruce logs. Many Of the camps have
closed down temporarily, while Others
have reduced their output by decreas.
ing the force.
The cheek OF Felix MacVicar, an
ex-convict OF the State prison, said to
be one OF the sharpest crooks in the
Northwest, on expiration of his term,
the other day, returned to Tacoma,
where he had been tried and convicted,
and announced weeks engage ment
At a focal theater in a monologue en-.
titled "Con. Talk" introducing his
parody 1--WE a Trembling in My
Heart for You, Police" 1t is said
that the authorities have prohibited
his appearance on the stage.
Wenatchee Advance: And now comes
a man from Sunnyside, Yakima county
claiming that he raised over $500 worth
of vegetables on half an acre OF ground.
He marketed, says the Spokesman.Re.
view, radishes. lettuce, onions, cabbage.
caulifiower, beets, pumpkins. carrots.
turnips, lima beans, bush beans, peas,
cucumbers, melons, celery. egg plant
and tomatoes. His half-acre is located
in the town. No doubt his statement
will be questioned by Eastern people
who hear Of it, but such records, and
even better records, have been made
here on market gardening tracts ad.
joining Wenatchee, and in the matter
OF fruit, Sy France took $3.50 from a
half-acre OF apples. Irrigation on good
soil, like this in the Wenatchee valley,
causes great production. {