Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-19

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The gold product of Alaska was
Sl1 ,63O, 100 last year, against 50, I60,-
800 In 1904.
The President shook 1852 hands at
his New Years reception. To half of
them he said "De lighted" and to the
remainder " So-glad."
Both our imports and exports for
1898 exceeded those of past years.
Exports from Atlantic ports since
1894 have increased 50 per cent, from
Gulf ports, 80 per cent, from the
Mexican border ports, 27O per cent,
from Pacific ports, 264 per cent. and
from Northern border and lake ports
237 per cent.
Judge Albertson, of Seattle. has OBJ
tanned an ample fortune from title
to certain tide-lands handed him IA
years ago, by an impecunious client
in lieu OF fee of $500, which was then
regarded as worthless. The other day
he sold less than two thirds the land
for SOC, 900, and the remainder of it is
said to he worth $4,000.
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The United Cigar Stores Co., al
lied with the American Tobacco Co.,
have rented from Charles Sweeney, of
Spokane, two OF the largest building
blocks in Portland, to put Gunst &
Co., of San Francisco, who have for
merly controlled the tobacco trade on
this Coast, out of business, at the
instigation OF the giant trust.
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Not till she suddenly fell heir to
$4,000 did it occur to Mrs E. S. Dow
dell, of Los Angeles, CAL, that she
needed business education. When
the money came to her, she felt totally
incapable of taking care of it, and real
izing that she now had time to spare
she commenced all over again to 60 to
school, and has entered local business
college to learn bookkeeping.
The many oranges Patrons of Hus-
bandry of Oregon are planning for
a general rural telephone system
throughout the State. If it ia carried
into execution, every farmer in Oregon.
if he chooses, may be able to COM
municate with his neighbors far and
near, and by connection with the tele-
graph and cable systems have the
worlds business within call.
The Oregonian shows that Sheriff
Ward, Of Multnomah county, has
been making nearly five thousand
dollars year, in addition to his salary
of 81 800 per snnum, from a rake-of
of 100 per cent. in feeding county
prisoners. His total compensation for
1908 has amounted to So, 343. ii, nearly
twice as much as the salary of the
State Executive, the Mayor of Port
land, or of U. S. Senator.
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The term cid" applied nowadays
to secret political methods, originated
from Rev. Charles Parkhurst, Of New
York, sensational politico preacher,
who in an address prior to the election
of Mayor Mcclellan, in 1904. declared
that If Tammauy was successful New
York city would be as bad as hell with
the lid off. He seems to have been a
true prophet notwithstanding bis stsl.
wart form Of expression.
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All OF the more important events OF
the Spanish American war happened
within the year 1898. 1t was Feb.
18th that the Spanish mine was fred
that destroyed our battleship Maine
May LIST, that Admiral Dewey annihi.
lated the Spanish fleet in Manila bay;
July Sd, that Admiral Schley destroyed
Cervera's fleet off Santiago; July 10th,
that Santiago surrendered, and Aug
ust ID, that Manila finally surreu.
dered to the Americans.
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The Republicans OF South Dakota
have decided, through their State Com.
mittee which recently met at Sioux
City, that the State Convention, to
meet in the same city June S shall
nominate the party's candidate for U.
S. Senator to succeed Senator Gamble,
whose term expires next year. The
convention will be composed of 1869
delegates, selected from the respective
counties on . basis of q delegate for
each fifty votes cast for the Republican
candidate for Governor in 1901.
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At the annual convention of the
National Reform Association in ALLIE.
gheny, Pa, the following officers were
elected: President, Doctor Scovel;
Secretary, William Parsons, ID. D.,
Beaver Falls; General Secretary, the
Reverend T. p Stevenson, d. d., Phil
adelphia; Treasurer, the Reverend r.
c. Wylie, d. D., Williamsburg. To the
list of vice presidents were added Gov.
ernors Warfield of Maryland, Hanly OF
Indiana, Hoch OF Kansas, Micky OF
Nebraska and Folk of Missouri.
Andrew Carnegie still tops all the
New York city millionaires in the
amount of his personal tax assessment
10 the new tax rolls for 1906, which
was made public this week. Of New
York's three thousand and odd mil
lionaires, he is the only one who pays
personal tax on $4,000, 900, which is
the amount he is assessed this year.
Rockefeller pays on personal value OF