The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-09
NORTHWESTERN NEWS NOTES.

A new station house has been built at
SkyKomish.
Oats are $3.50 per hundred and cordwood
IS per cord at Cascade City.
Hugh Anderson under sentence of three
years at Wal,a Walla for burglary has
escaped from Jail at Montesano.
Owen Jones. of Hoquiam, has been elect
ed president of the Montesano State bank
and First National bank of HoQuiam.
Gate City is taking steps to fund the
a. ioJ of bonded Indebtedness of that
school district, which is now outstand-
ng at per cent.
Mr. c. L. wilcox, OF North Yakima, ex-
poets to dry about 5000 pounds of fruit
per day on a large evaporation which has
just been erected
resigning his position OF game warden for
that section of Eastern Washington. The
position pays SIS per month.
Miss Elzora Koontz has begun action
for damages against Frank Mallory. re-
siding on Malloy prairie, in the sum Of
$i2 800, for breach OF promise
The pastorate of the Congreg ational
church at Colville has been vacant for
three months and the congregation is be-
coming anxious for minister
James r. Dever, OF olympia, has been
granted patent for a window and wall
c,eaning device. A late number of the
Scientific American contained an Illus
trated description of this invention.
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valley for about twenty-seven years. was
found dead in his bed Thursday morning
He had been afflicted with kidney trouble
for several years. He leaves wife, four
sons and one daughter.
DR. j. A. Best was Monday elected
mayor OF Weston. Or. defeating Senator
George w Proebstel by q votes. The
other officers elected are: Recorder, l.. s.
Wood reelected: treasurer, Mr.. Brent:
councilmen. Dave Lavender. William Blair
and Marion y Harra.
A parior OF Native Daughters Of Wash
ington has been formed Walla Waia
with the following officers: Mrs. Jennie
Nesmi;h Ankeny, queen: Miss Mary Gil
liam. princess; Miss ). A. Pemhertou,
countess; Irene Goodman. conductor; Miss
Stella Nixon. sentinel; Miss Rena De-
lauey secretary; and Miss Laura Nixon.
treasurer.
oregon has been selected by the Nor
mon church as a place for founding a
new colony. The church has purchased
large tracts OF Land in Eastern Oregon
which il @ili colombo. Already the Nor
mons have painted the land. surveying "a
street through the center OF the entire
tract, and divided the land into forty-acre
lots. a Norman family Will be placed on
each forty-acre tract
Auditor Graham. OF Thurston county.
lately in looking Up some data in answer
20 an inquiry found the election returns
for ls52 which were labeled for Stella
COON. Thurston county, territory OF Ore
gon." The total vote cast TN this then
large county was forty-ssx. Among the
poll list are the names OF d H Bige,o"
George Shazer. r. Nj Sargent and Ira
Wood. who are still living in the county
J. \ Kuhn, organizer OF the order Of
Native Sons Of Washington completed an
organization of the order a; Waila Walla
recently and installed the following as
officers of Blue Mountain Camp: X. L.
Yrantnn captain; j W Brewer. first
lieutenant; h. 4. York. second lieutenant:
Or F. " Rees orator. NJ f. Brewer
offacer Of The day: j. +. Miller. sergeant.
William Merchant, corporal The new
camp starts OF with good membership
William Harper. mail contractor on the
Rossburg- Myrtle Point route, Or, was
badly injured Wednesday al Brockway.
the stage driver stopped At the station 10
&c; the mai. leaving Mr. Harper in charge
OF the team. The team started To run
striking tree throwing Mr.. Harper from
the st2se. cutting his head ard .aee badly
4 messenger. who came sor a physician.
reported that Mr. Harper was unconscious
The 1ktant q his tniartnA r 10t r. 1870.