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WASH I M, I UN. a Pacific ooaM Mat.-, a.ln 

 i<> tli.- t n i.>n N,.v. 11. isv.i : nn . a< 00,180 snuare 

 nu la lion, according to the census of 1890, 

 MUM ' ..! MI." - i 



Got IT n in cut. The Slate officer* for the year 



rrnor. Thunrton Daniel*: Srrrvtar. Will 



rrvaMin-r. < . \\ . N -iing; Auditor, 



X ! I rhf-tham: Qammimtonn -f Public I 



Robert Bridge*: Sui- nntcnd.-nt ..f Public ln-trm 



the Supreme Court. 



M. K.ax:-; Attorn- Pat nek Henry 



'n all Populists except Win-ton, who is a 

 Silver Kepablkan. 



M* a. BOOBM, OOYERKOR OF WAHHINOTON. 



I nance*. The levy made liy tin- Slate |',,,ard 

 .f Initialization for 1H97 f.r State i.urjioses 

 mill*: for school purposes, 2'7 mills. This lew 

 will nmduro for State purposes s.-7'M'i; f,,> 

 school purpose*, $610..Vtt; a total of $1.198,498. 

 Ust jear the total amount of the State tax was 

 jgj 6 ' >: a total of $1.282.- 



' - si , i whool purposes ii 

 $88.002 less thi- year than 



tal valuation of railroa.1 pn^-rtv in the 



Mate M phrj.1 at $2f.624,VW. again si $1 -.10. 171; 



- FJ ' i n.iHMl these valua- 



$l,8ra61.as return<-(| l.y the 



s. judgn 

 - lift-tin 



The total amount of taxe* levied in King County 

 for 1*97 i* $1.017.1."" : 



don is nmUM. In Snohonn-h County the total 

 amount of taxes levied for all purp 

 90. and the average rate of taxat;. n i- :',(] M ,il]- 



I -'islative s, !. r( . w)li( . h 



organi/^nl on Jan. 11. 1V7. passed, among others. 

 the following bills, which were approved bv the 

 rnor: 



|M.|J 

 In- 



CP virol. It cr.'atrv our 



rial, rharital.li- ami n-f.-nn. 

 iiistitiitinns. leaving tin- eiluratiniial. \vanl- of the 



tO IN- maililge<| I iy sej.ara' 

 -. .Mi: onlerof pgynMnf of <leltsof ilereilentv. 



Debts Shall be Mid a- follow-; rum-ral e\|M*nses; 



cjK-ns4-s of last sickness ; (lol)is liaxini: pt 



BJ ilelit-. or dues owing tin- 8l 



'iiilgmeiit- ren.j. :urin^ hi- 



ifetime. which are lien- upon real olale. on \\hieh 



.tion might have issued. 



hefining the crune of rajM>. ami fixing the age of 

 .1 at eighteen yean. 



Mting lioiinty for production of sii-iir. Tins 

 l>il| provide^ that the Stale shall pay 1 cent a 

 pound, as bounty, to iimnufaetuivr- T-'r all 

 manufactured within the Slat.-, ami provides fur- 

 ther that no lioiinty shall lie paid on -iiL'.'ir not con- 

 taining at lca-t '.MI per cent, of orjstalTized ^i-ai. 



and only upon sugar j.roduced from 1.,-ei-. f,,r svhicli 

 a- much as $5 a ton ha- lieen paid to the pr.: 

 The iH.nnty to l,e paid lv tin 



$6tM)00, 



Providing that property assessed for -I reel im- 

 provement may be sold on ten day-' notice after 



the aexxnient falls (hie. without foreclosure. 



miiting from execution and attachment to 

 householder* and freeholder- per-onal property to 

 the amount of $1,000. When any per-on die- 

 M-i/ed of exempt | in| ierl y. leaving heir-, -uch prop- 

 rty shall be set u>ide for the use of such i 

 from all claim* against the dec. . 



regulate insurance companies, requiring that 

 licies !H written hy local agent-: that a license 



ured from the Stale, and that 'J per cent, on 

 all policies he paid to the Slate; that statements |,e 

 published in two daily j.aper- each year: that in 



f a toial loss the full amount of "the pol;. 

 paid, and prohibiting insurance combination-. 



i-ge Turner. Populist, was elected to the 

 United States Senate. 



hiiiric-. -The annual report of the Dairy Com- 

 missioner for 1H97 shows in Washington 'an in- 



of more than 150,000 poondfi of cheese ami 

 200.000 pounds of butter. A total of 7" 

 pound- .f cheese was produced during the 



mpan-d with .Vil.l'j:! pound* in ISIMJ. The 

 butter production was: : <I.IJ7 pounds; 



1896. pounds. The large-t creamery in 



the Slate i- that ..f Martin \ llubbard. of Spokane. 

 where 189.876 pounds of butter and IM:;. >:;:, pounds 

 <.f chee-4- were proiluced la-l Near. 



Kittitas js the leading dairy county in the > 

 a- -hown by the report of t he'commi i'.ner. T 

 the number of dairie- in other count ie- are located 

 in Kittita-. and the report -hows that they have 

 done a good business during the year. The num- 

 IKT of dairies in each county i- : " Adam-. ', : Clal- 

 lam. 4: Clark. 6: Columbia. 1: Cowlit/. :{ ; I>ou- 



: I-land. 1 : .b-ffer-on. 1 : King. 7: Kit 



iekitat. 1 : Lewi-. 0; Lincoln. 'J : I'n-n 

 Snohomish. :{ : Skatrit. 2: Spokane. -J : S- 

 Thurston. :{ : Wahkinkum. 'J : What.-om. '.', : Whit- 

 man. 4: Vakima. 6. 



The total amount of cheese ship|ed to out-id.- 

 w;- irJ.-IO'J [M.unds; of butter. 174,778 

 pound-. 



Mil..-. The Mine In-per-ior's report i-ued in 

 bowl that the coal mines ,,f Wa-liington pro- 

 duced nearly 2/100.000 ton- of ,, al la-t year, ami 

 employed the largest number .f miners" ever en- 



