Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-02-17
NEWS OF THE STATE.

Iacoma's loss by hire IN l9O4 aggre-
gated $42,6O7; cost of department,
$59, ,0S7, and number of alarms 346.
Ike Hand, young farmer living
near Lynden, has disappeared and
foul play is suspected. He was on a
carousal with several hundred dol
lars in his possession when last seen.
An acetylene gas tank exploded in
a saloon at Northport, this State,
blowing tho dome through the roof OF
the building. The explosion was
caused by an attempt to thaw the
water at the bottom of the tank.
Two bluejackets from Bremerton,
Sunday night, went to an Indian camp
near Charleston and gave the redskins
whisky. In an orgy that followed an
Indian named Nose fell across fire
and was literally roasted to death. OF.
ficers are hunting for the bluejackets.
1t is said that one OF Hoch's wives
now lives at Bellingham. She was
ill-treated by the brute and was one of
the quarter. hundred wives of the
" "Bluebeard," and managed to escape
and is now happily married and lives
in q cottage near the leading city CT
the Northwest.
The schooner William Oleson lately
took in a cargo of lumber at Belling.
ham for the Friendly Islands, in the
South Seas, which is designed for con-
struction OF the palaces for the three
kings of the island group. It is high"
grade lumber, aud will take the place
OF bamboo formerly used in home con.
struction.
By an explosion, caused from thaw.
ing out frozen powder and dynamite
in q kitchen stove the home of w. L.
Hays, a rancher living about a mile
and q half from Msrysville. Monday,
was totally demolished and Hays and
his 14-year-old son were terribly in
jured. 1t is not believed that the
elder will live.
While playing within few feet OF its
home in New Sweden, on Bainbridge
island, two miles south of the place
where Prewett Baker disappeared some
months ago. the 6.year- old son Of
Adolph Peterson was attacked by q
cougar Tuesday. The child's eye was
torn out, two of bis fingers bitten off
and his breast badly lacerated. The
child is now in critical condition and
unconscious.
Tacoma Eagles are moving in the
direction OF building . temple. An
option has already been secured on q
desirable piece of business property
which will cost about $4,000. On this
site q fine building will be erected.
With q membership OF 500 the Tacoma
Aerie is one Of the leading organiza.
tions of the State and q Systematic
campaign is to be undertaken to in.
crease the membership to 1000 with
in . year fsom the present time.
The Orchard Valley people are
happy over the prospects of the build.
ing railroad down through the valley
some time in the remote future. They
have had the surveyors, and now they
hope soon to see the rails and ties
Orchard Valley is the nearest approach
to the Garden Of Eden OF any spot in
Eastern Washington, and oil that il
needed to make the location ideal, is
railroad to carry their products to
market.-Lincoln County Times.
Ed. Lowry, Chas. Long and other
farmers living west of Chehalls have
raised $500 with which to build a tele'
phone line from Chehalis to Boisfori
postoffice, q distance of sixteen miles
They figure that the amount already
raised will put the line through. This
will be the second rural telephone
line that has been built by the farmers
of Lewis county. The Home Tele'
phone Co. of Silver Greek have line
running thirty miles east of Chehalis
to Messy Rock. They are also con.
structing An eight-mile extension to
Alpha and . ten.mile extension to
Rife. A movement is now on foot to
extend it to the Big Bottom country,
fifty miies east of the present term.