Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-03-29
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Suicide.
John Ahlf, an old resident of Lin
coin county, committed suicide by
cutting his throat in hotel at Dav
enport, Wednesday night.
Death of q Pioneer.
Archibald Sailing, aged Is, a pio.
neer of Washington and Oregon, died
at Waitsburg, recently. He crossed
the plains in an ox-wagon in 1853.
A" sand Trust"
Building contractors Of'Walla Walla
claim that a sand trust has been Or
ganized in that city with the object
of getting control of all building sand
tributary to that section.
A Fearful Epidemic.
An epidemic of meningitis is rag
ing at Seattle and North Yakima.
An average of one death a day from
the disease in the former city, is
said to have been maintained for
some time, "a deaths having resulted
the past month.
Opposition IL the Life Of Trade.
1t is announced that the Perkins
papers, which have for years had the
Tacoma field without competition, are
now to have it disputed by morn
ing paper which is to be established
in the near future by the Piper
brothers, who at one time owned the
Post -Intelligencer in Seattle.
A Gruesome Find.
Two skeletons, one a man and one
a woman, were found by wOrkmen
who were quarrying rock for the
dam near Selah, in the Yakima val
ley. The skeletons were void of all
flesh, evidently having been buried a
long time. Gold-filled teeth indicate
that the skeletons are not those of
Indians.
Why Named Medical Lake.
Medical lake, so called on account
OF the remedial virtues of its waters,
is situated on the great Columbian
plateau in southern Washington, at
an altitude of 1900 feet above the
level of the Pacific. The composition
of it's waters is almost identical with
that of the Dead Sea, and, like it's
oriental counterpart, no plant has
yet been found growing on or near
its edges.
Died Of Broken Heart.
Lowen Owesky, aged Is, died last
week in the Wayside Emergency
Hospital, at Seattle, of a broken heart
and homesickness. The lads father
and mother separated, the former re-
siding in Oregon, the latter in Cali
fOrnia. The boy went to Seattle to
make living for himself and sister.
He was found on the street hungry,
out of work and homesick. He lived
a day in the hospital.
How 1t Appears to Some People.
The law passed by the present
Legislature exempting money and
mortgages from taxation, was con-
sidered so important that it had an
clause and the Governor
signed it as soon as it got to him. 1t
is rather a curious piece of legisla-
tion, and the reasons given for ex-
one kind of property and
not another has never been clearly
set forth. Perhaps it is right but it
has frazzled look.-Douglas County
Press.
A Frifhtful Smash-Up.
The double-cut band mill of the
Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Com
pany, in that city, broke Tuesday,
while running at full speed, and that
portion of the mill was completely
The huge wheels were
thrown in all directions, and it was
that no one was injured
or killed. The accident came with q
crash and a portion of the wheel
weighing 100 pounds was hurled
across the >Hoquiam River, a dis
tance of several hundred feet. Other
pieces went up through the roof, fall
ing about the mill.
Aaother Biz Timber Deal.
Within the past five years the E.
4. Wood Lumber company of San
and Bellingham, through
F. J. Wood, has purchased IL square
miles of timber lands in Whatcom and
Skagit counties, paying therefor
$500, 900. March 16, this year, Mr..
Wood paid $3.50, 900 for a tract of tim
Der two miles southeast of Bellingham
and later has announced the close of
D deal for additional timber for which
he has agreed to pay as much more.
This transaction makes the Wood
the second largest holders
Of timber in Northwest Washington.
A Temperance Sermoa.
Alec Nichols, o prominent citizen
and pioneer of Montesano, committed
suicide Saturday morning by shoot
ing himself in the head with q revolv-
or. He had spent his last night in
dissipation, during which he had lost
all of his money at q gambling table.
He was found in his room by q clerk
Of the Montesano house, of which he
was the proprietor. A note was
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goodbye, saying he hoped
his wife's next husband would not
drink, but would mind her. He
leaves a wife and two grown daugh-
ters who reside in Montesano and
are highly respected.
A Costly Blanket.
For buying an army blanket from
D soldier of the Fourteenth Infantry,
stationed at Vancouver barracks, J.
NJ. Flynn was fined 81, 900 and costs
by Judge -Hanford in the Federal
Court last week. Flynn is engaged
in the furniture and second hand
business in Vancouver. The pun
ishment imposed on him carried with
it an alternative pronounced by Judge
Hanford that he be confined in Jail
until the fine and costs were paid.
Flynn paid up his total contribution
to the United States treasury, being
upwards of 81, 400. The sentence was
the minimum provided for the Of
tense, the court being lenient on ac-