The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-16

NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.

J. ". Glr,on. etitor Of The Aberdeen,
Or, Herald. died last week
Potato harvesting is now being engaged
In by ThurSton county farmers
A new paper has been established a,
Paiouse the Exponent. r. u. Nutl s ti'e
editor
The LAlalaw postofflce has been discon-
sifAned Mail for this point viii hereafter 7e
dispatched 70 ocosEa-
The l;fle daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs james
4 Howard of pendieton, Or. was Dadly
scalGet few days ago.
The residence 81 a. r. Stafford. Of Fair
field was destroyed by IRE last radas-
+ Lass 1850 no insurance.
VII Mitchell an employe Of the "yn-
koop Vaughan drug store at Tacoma, mas
been arrested for alleged I'll tapping.
Superintendent Crawford, Of the kaiama
hatchery, has shipped Jo.sD salmon eggs
! 10 ihe Chehaiis hatchery, and -tl.sr 10 the
Samlsh hatchery.
T. +. Clark formerly n teacher OF the
Nooksack school. mas been appointed oy the
Federal authorities resident teacher III the
Yakima Indian school
The first number OF the Ellenshlrg Nor
mai school journal will appear Ia December
and viii greet its readers under the name
OF the Normal Outlook.
The wagon shop OF +. ]. o. rien al
Olympia was entered Friday during the ab-
sence Of the proprietor and SlJ taken from
The Washington Standard Gays that Will
lie Field former student OF Sashon col
Iege. recently died of typhoid fever at Man
liza. Young Field was an enlisted man with
the volunteers.
Rev Dr. Mccullough who recently ac-
eepIed call 10 the Presbyterian church OF
Port Townsend. has written the congrega-
ton 10 be released, MS present charge at
| Dallas viii not LEI him leave
; Yaklrna's new military company is off,
So vrFf ~
- T. Liggest, first lieutenant. and A. S.
Dam, second lieutenant. The regimental
, es.gna,ion Is Company F. Second reg!-
msnt.
A Garfield correspondent of the Spokes-
man Review says that Rev. E. b. Pace.
formerly pastor of the Baptist church in
Pomer0y. has been called from GRANTS
Pass to the pastoraie of the church at
Garfield.
The Ritzville council has decided to grant
a franchise to some corporation 10 put in a
light and water plant. Several companies
are known 20 be figuring on the pFopo-
sition. and the city Will have a plant IN a
few months
Ben Dixon. the 15-year-old son Of VIM.
Dixon. OF Caste Rock, accidentally shot
himself in the hand last Tuesday while
dragging i shotgun over a log. The hand
Was completely torn away save the index
/ finger and thumb.
Tie contract has been signed by Ho-
| GUAM parties with dredging company to
| in front Of Hoquiam. extending up TO the
| railroad grade. This will be supplemented
| by wharves built cut.
The Snoauaignle river IS reported TO be
| quite high and is now navigable for steam
| boats. This will prove a boon 10 the farm
ers and enable them TO get their products
| To market in spite OF the fact that the
| roads ia bad condition.
| Fall fishing on the Columbia river is
practically over for this year. Although
| one or TWO canneries are stll In operation
| and will probably run for another week
| The fish now coming in are exceedingly
| scarce and of a very poor quality.
Tho new line of the r. II. IL r. g road
! 10 the Mount Baker coal fields as new
being surveyed will leave the main line at
EVersou and take what Is known : the
| south pass. where u is claimed not even a
| per cent grade will be encountered.
| After an absence OF several months the
! Coifax volunteers are again ar home.
| When asked II they would again enlist
should war break out, one of them said:
| Not muca. unless We could so into active
! service. for we have had enough OF garri-
| son duty
while on his way home last Saturday
| night Rob Johnson, OF Eilensburx, Was held
4 ~ on the road near SalladaYs place by
/ three men and robbed Of 80. Three men
were arrested the next day and were he'd
! by the Justice court 10 appear before the
/ superior court.
Two RtzyIle citizens have begun an az
/ ton against the city to compel the laying
/ 81 water mains 10 their respective rest
I dences. The city officials have been sow
/ about extending the water system to the
/ newly settled addition for various reasons.
| among them being the shortage of water.
Yakima sheep men have adopted the
! Montana method OF getting rid OF The cox
! CITES usually SO troublesome In the winter
+ season They are buying up AL thu Old
Plug csyuSes they can ind These are kill
/ ed on ths prairie and the flesh poisoned
with stryChnine. The coyotes lake the bait
and die.
Mr. A. u. Davis. OF pomer0y. met with a
painful accident in the moan aims last week
where he was handling logs Ii slipped
srs. Tell and a log weighing many tons
rolled upon BIN 20 his waist and piaue,l
! him 10 the ground where he ax untu the
/ oxen could be hUehed Is the iog and drag
/ IL away.
! TAYLOR Skees who has been iniefatlEah,e
/ IN hls efforts 20 lind some trace 81 his
] # end Charles kogsall VINO d:s3 ppssiretf "a
/ sud..n.y ard completely from Andersonts
I North river camp feN weeks ago has
about given az all hopes OF ever nuting
! han Alive II at all and THE probabilities
( are THAI BunsaA has persisted in tie
+ forest
Some wheat holdings akgyrNat3ux soea
bushels sFyc @J3l 0fsr IA \ "a. Nerk AZ Lew
is;on. idaho Half 81 this amount brought
/ "a cents. thc utaer prices being - ant 51ss,
CENTS The farmers have hvcn holding ths =
crot. for "A ~ ceHt market. Whtch has been
/ Rtfafusf. and they are now willing 70 sea
Tire largest single holding 90 wheat "a oNr4-
/ 81 ny tia8h Tflna'c. 81 ho has .-seN bushels
oa nau3-
tneonraging.
/ Doctor is IL very 3sars.lt ID put a Per