Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-04-12
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Chewlng preparation of tar in
tended to be used as roofing. caused
the death of Armory Stevens. of Ia
coma.
, The Woolly West.
, Montana leads in wool producing,
Wyoming second, New Mexico third,
Idaho fourth. Washington makes a
good showing.
Dropped Dead.
w. Keith, aged 81 years, a pioneer
OF the Pacific Coast and veteran of
the Civil war, dropped dead at his
home in Pullman, Wednesday.
Child browns in Shallow Creek.
Dorothy Louise Crimp, the 20
months old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. G. Crimp, of Ellensburg, ac-
cldentally fell into shallow creek,
lately, and strangled to death.
Boy Incendiary Sent to Asylum.
Morris Williams, the 16-year-old
boy, who attempted to burn the West
End hotel at North Yakima some
days ago, was sent to the Medical
Lake insane asylum from that place
Monday.
Another Boy and a Gun.
Arthur Roberts, a 7-year-old boy
living at ROza, ii miles east of FL
lensburg, was killed by the accide ntal
discharge of a rifle. The boy was
dragging the gun about the back
yard when it went off.
Pay $1,000 for Timber.
The Milwaukee timber agents still
continue their timber buying in Lewis
county. A deal recently announced
was the purchase of John Fuller's
farm, near Salkum, for it's timber,
the consideration being $1,000.
Fatally Injured by Premature Explosion.
S. c. Cooley, of Lynden, was ia
tally injured, Saturday, by prema-
ture explosion of dynamite. He was
engaged in blasting to break log
jam in the Nooksack river when the
accident took place. A flying root
struck him, fracturing his skull in
two places.
DAMAGES Afainst Tenino Firm.
In the case of J. T. Withiam Us.
the Tenino Sandstone Co., for dam
ages sustained by fall from a de-
fective scaffolding, erected by the
company's agent in building the
high school gymnasium, at Walla
Walla, a jury at that place Saturday,
awarded the plaintiff $1,000.
Burglary Near Spokane.
Four burglars broke into the bank
at Ephrata, Saturday night, and Sc
cured $50. They blew open the safe
and in doing so fired a number of
charges of dynamite which awakened
the citizens. The burglars succeeded
in getting away but a number of
shots were fired. So far as known
no one was injured.
Z New Hotel for Hoquiam.
1t was given out Saturday that
enough money has been raised for the |
erection of q $50, 900 hotel, and work
on the same will be started in very
short time. The stock company COM
prises nearly all of Hoquiam's bust
ness men and the project of a new
hOstelry equal to any on the coast |
meets with general approval.
Opens an Animal Hospital.
An animal hospital will soon be
established by DR.. w. G. Mcdonald,
a veterinary surgeon. The hospital
will be open for ailing animals of all
kinds. Animal hospitals are seldom
found in cities the size of North Yak
ina, but DIR. Mcdonald is certain |
the hospital is needed and he will
have staff of competent men en-
ployed to look after all variety of pa
tients.
Constantine Found Guilty.
William Constantine, who on Oct.
I'd last, at Seattle, shot his son-in-
law, Jesse Hall, six times, was found
guilty of assault with a deadly weapon
last week. The trial, which lasted
two weeks, attracted intense inter-
est. A plea of insanity was entered
by the defense, alleging transitory
fury, induced by recital of marital
cruelties on the 18-year-old wife by
her husband.
Road from Everett to Mukilteo.
Everett is to be connected with
MukilteO by wagon road. Work is
to begin at once to build the con-
Meeting link between the twO-mile |
piece of road running out from Muk-
ilteo with the road leading out of the
former city. The new piece of road
will be about two miles in length and
will give people in the Mikilteo dis
trict that for which they have long
been asking.
A New Town.
Local real estate men, backed by
Seattle capitalists, are to establish a
new town at Byron Siding, on the
Northern Pacific, o few miles south |
of Spokane. The section in which |
Byron will be plated is tributary to
20, 900 acres of fine fruit land, and |
arrangements have been made for an
electric pump irrigation plant. Elec-
trio light and city water will be
furnished from Prosser by contract.
Telephone Company Gets Franchise.
The Northwestern Long Distance |
Telephone Company, which proposes
to connect Portland with Tacoma
and Seattle, has been granted 80 |
year franchise by the Lewis County
Commissioners. Much of the con-
struction work at that place is now
well under way. A large force of
men is engaged in putting up the
poles as fast as possible, and wires
are being strung as. fast as poles are
got out by the contractors. The Che
halls City Council has not yet taken
final action on the company's request
for franchise.
Has Luxurious Tastes.
L.. L. Ingalls,, an aged man, ap-
peared before the board of County
Commissioners at Bellingham, this