Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-03-31
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Gathered Here. There and
Eyerywhers

Items OF Interest Gathered Here. There and
Everywhsrs.
\ strike OF all union electrical work.
ers in the city of Seattle is imminent
if threat made by seven shops to de-
clare their places open is carried into
effect.
Miss Marguerite Longacre and Miss
Carrie Florillas Spaulding, of Seattle,
who have been giving series OF mus
ical recitals at Skagway and White
Horse, have been the recipients of a
most enthusiastic reception.
Clallam county claims to have the
banner big tree. 1t is fir 80 feet in
diameter, and 400 feet high. A hun
dred foot log from the base up, will
be taken to the Portland fair, to as
tonish the tenderfoot from the effete
East.
Ed. Jackson, a Nesqually Indian, who
beat his father and nearly killed him
on his farm near Roy, has been ar.
rested and is now in the Pierce county
Jail. Jackson said he was drunk and
is sorry he did it. His fathers in
jurics are serious and the outcome
may not be determined for several
days.
The green grassy grass that carpets
our beautiful kopjes; the dinky little
buttercups that grin at US from be.
meath the sage brush; the rag.time
music of the meadow larks and the
plaintive squeak of the cusstiferous
little ground squirrels. all serve as gen.
tic reminders that spring has sprung.
Lind Leader.
A County Commissioner not thou
sand miles from Walla Walla estab.
lished new record for economy, at a
recent meeting of the board, when he
kicked on bill for "ribbons for type
writer" "She's nice GIRL" said the
economical one, but the county is
not under obligations to buy her
clothes, don't think"
Three thousand persons in destitute
circumstances in the city Of Seattle
receive aid annually through the work.
ings Of the local Charity Organization
Society. OF this number only about
800 come under the personal notice or
supervision OF the officers of the insti-
tuition. The others are members OF
the families OF those seeking help.
Tumwater is not behind the " rest
OF mankind" if this be true. A young
man and his sweetheart entered a
crowded hall during q sermon and
said to the usher, pausing at q we'll
filled seat. 81 guess we can squeeze
in here" EYES," was the reply, "but
don't you think it would be in better
taste to use the gate or the front
porch, when you take. her homer"
An Aberdeen dispatch of the Oath
notes the arrival of the steamer Che
halls from trip down the coast with
the information that she had encoun.
tered the lumber laden schooner C. A.
Klose about thirty miles out from the
coast of Oregon, which had been aban.
doned in mid-ocean. The crew of the
Chehalis secured the log of the Klose
and learned that her crew abandoned
her after working the pumps until the
men were exhausted. The crew oil
the Chehalis reports that the vessel
was in comparatively good condition.
The Weyerhaeuser Timber Com
pany have purchased o tract Of 125
acres of land at st. Johns, Or, with a
frontage on the Willamette river of q
quarter of q mile. The company
bought this land from NJ. L. Holbrook
formerly OF Chehalis, and the latter il
said to have cleaned up about thirty
thousand dollars in the deal. Secre
tary Mccormick OF the Weyerhaeusel
Timber Company has announced tina,
his company will at once commence
the erection Of a modern sawmill
plant.
Begging piteously for his fellow.
workers to kill him and end his suffer.
ings, William Lowry, Friday afternoon
died after enduring two hours and q
half of the most awful agony. The
frightful accident occurred at the log.
ging camp of Ed. Eastman on Deer
Creek, in Lewis county. Lowry wa,
in charge OF donkey engine which
was being moved across the creek. A
stringer OF the bridge gave way, over.
turning the machine, and the unfor.
tunate man was caught underneath in
such way that it was utterly impos-
sible for his companions to extricate
him. With his back equarely against
the boiler, Lowry was slowly cooked to
death.