Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-09
NEWS OF THE STATE.


class, three-story brick hotel.
Judge Huston, of the Tacoma Su.
perior Court, granted six divorces last
Friday.
Seattle's free labor office has 80 far,
this month, supplied work for 1,42l
persons.
The Puget Sound Metal Co. is plan.
ming the erection OF an ore testing
plant at Seattle.
A corporation has been formed in
Spokane for the manufacture of gaso.
line locomotive engines.
A Seattle residence, that OF N. F.
Gates, was entered in open daylight
one day last week, and jewelry val.
ued at $40O stolen therefrom. Just
like Seattle.
Centralia is making preparations
for fair and races to be held by the
Western Washington Live Stock and
Agricultural Association, to be held
sometime in September.
The Olympia Brewing Co. has let a
contract of $1,000 for a cold-storage
warehouse and bottling works at Spo.
kane. This cost does not include the
ice plant and machinery.
1t is reported that Robert Forbes
has sold the Gray's Harbor Packing
Ca nnery to Samuel Elsmore, of As.
toria for $28,OO0. About 1900 cases
of fish were packed by it last year.
San Francisco capitalists con template
the establishment Of a plant at Aber-
deem, for the manufacture of alcohol
from mill refuse. The project, if car.
ried out, will necssitate an investment
OF about $l25,O00.
J. F. Boies reports finding q flow Of
oil on bis property, near Ellensburg.
A stock company will be formed to
develop the flow. The oil breaks out
in springs aud in the branch at q
dozen different places.
Senator Piles has placed the plan of
Robert Moran for life-saving tug be.
fore President Roosevelt, and the Pres.
ident has shown considerable interest
in the same, and will undoubtedly look
further into the matter.
James A. Moore, of Seattle, has re.
ceived inform alton that $4,000, 900
worth of bonds had been taken by
Pittsburg people and the contract for
the construction of . 300-ton blast
furnace will Immediately be let.
The bsrkentine Amaranth lately
made the run from open water
off Shanghai, China, to the mouth OF
the Columbia river in % days, q dis.
tance of $500 miles which indicate an
average speed of 240 miles day.
The Puget So und Iron Works OF
Everett is soon to move to Chehalis,
occupying asplendid building that is
almost completed for it in the north
end of that city. IF. Groenke & Son
will operate the plant with complete
foundry and machine shop.
The Chehalis Brick and Tile Works
of that city is building new down
drift kiln with q capacity of 100000
brick. Forty.seven carloads OF brick
and one carload of tile we're shipped
in 1905 and 100000 brick and $4,000
feet of tile sold at Chehalis.
The business men of Seattle, are
planning for an excursion to Cslifor.
mia, about the 17th inst. 1t is to be
fashioned somewhat after the late
visit OF prominent Porllanders, &C.
companied by their State Executive
Gov. Mead, our peripetric executive
has consented to head this party.
Tho largest cement company on the
Pacific Coast has been practically com
pleted. within SO miles OF Anacortes
according to the statement of E. c.
Miller. General Manager of the com;
pany. He stated that the plant would
be ready to begin active work next
April and that it had been equipped
with machinery which will make il
possible to turn out daily 5000 bar.
rels.
I The American Flax Fiber Co. OF
Chebalis, is developing q most promis
ing industry for the Pacific Northwest
Last season the company demonstrated
that flax can be grown in the Chehali'
and Newaukum valleys as fine as any
in the world. The company con
templates planting q large area il
fax. A carload of fiber is soon to b,
shipped to Eastern spinning mills I,
show what splendid results have beer
attained. The field offers grand prom
ise for the textile industry in tn,
Northwest.
After the most strenuous efforts O
his lawyer, kid" White was executed
in the State Penitentiary last Frida,
afternoon. The last OF these was al
appeal to the Supreme Court Friday
morning, for q writ of habeas corpus
and writ Of error, which were denied
The vonnu criminal want IN the Gal