The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-15
WARRINGTON.

A state anti-secrecy convention met
in Seattle April 10th.
A rate war is waging among the pea
nut vendors of Seattle.
Spokane has 5,210 pupils in the pub
lie schools, the largest enrolment on
record.
George Schwegeler, % years of age.
was instantly killed at Polson's camp
near Hoquiam, last week.
The Transfers and Team-owners'
Union will be the feature of the Arbor
Day parade at Spokane.
Articles of Incorporation of the new
Walla Walla theatre have been filed
in the county auditors office.
A company has been organized at
Brinnon, near Port Townsend, to build
trail into the Olympic mining region.
An electric road is to be built be-
tween Index and Galena. Tracklay-
ing will begin in about thirty days.
Mount Vernon, in line with other
progressive interior towns is agitat-
ing the formation of board of trade.
The o. r. & N. Co. will build a spur
of five miles from Fairfield to Waverly
where the beet sugar factory is to be
located.
c. Kalahan, of Southern Cowlitz
county, announces that an immense
cave was discovered in that section
last fall.
Ferry county is a county of the 9th
class. The salary of the county attor-
ney is $3.50 year. and other salaries
are in proportion.
Checks in payment Of a second divi-
dend of 20 per cent on all claims
against the Bellingham Bay National
Bank are now ready for delivery.
The ladies of Fairhaven have organ
lied an athletic club, which commence
ed with 20 members, but has become
so popular that the number has in
creased to 80.
Walla Walla will hold a fruit fair
during the latter part of September.
The announcement is made at this
time so that the date will not conflict
with the Spokane fruit fair.
A petition is being circulated in
Walla Walla to Hon. Charles d. Wal
colt, director of the United States ge-
illogical survey, to have Lake Chelan
surveyed anu pldlLeu.
The number of bicycle tags issued
during the month of March by the
Spokane city controller was 1913. This
makes the total that has been issued
1916, and means a revenue of $1S16 in
the bicycle fund.
Three 10-inch rifles, consigned tC
Captain Harry Taylor, United State:
engineers, and destined for the FORTH
cations at Marrowstone point, have
!, reached Seattle from South Bethlehem
Penn.
, The coming summer will witness al
attempt to revive the usefulness of thu
} neglected and almost forgotten 'Sno
qualmie pass wagon road, once thu
| great thoroughfare between eastern
and western Washington.
The farming industry in Kittata!
valley is enjoying a boom such as hal
e not been seen since the early '90s
q More farm machinery has been sole
e there this spring than ever before II
the same length of time
2 AS a result of chance shot from ;
e rifle Albert Colther, the 5-year-old sol
T. of George Colther, of Moran Prairie
e near Spokane, is dead, and his 12-year
t old companion, who shot him, Home
= HASTE, is almost crazed with grief
?, State HorLiculturist ]. e. Bake
f states that more trees have been sol'
e by nurserymen this spring than in an.
season for the past eight years. Es
e pecially is this so in Eastern Washing
: ton, where a very large acreage ha
I been put out.
8 A million dollar deed was filed wit
d the county auditor last week, in Sc
s attic. W. T. Baker and wife, of Chi
l. cago, conveyed to the Snoqualmi
s Falls Power Company all the propert
n acquired by Mr.. Baker in the estat
It lishment of the big power plant at SnC
Qualmie Falls. The revenue tax o.
e the deed was 1000.
= The Tacoma city treasury receipt
n for March footed up 500, 553.32. TIL
8 disbursements amounted to 4,969.21
There remains a balance on hand @
$187 ,519.19 During the month 1,16
bicycle licenses were taken out at
= each. The money Is turned into tn
:, bicycle road fund. Tax collection
: were made during the month to tn
s amount of $4,000.