The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-06-24
WASHINGTON.

Street grading is going on at lively
rate in Republic.
Republic will celebrate the natal day
of the republic in proper style.
The Columbia river continues to rise
and high water is anticipated.
Spokane has raised bonus Of $12,-
900 for its industrial exposition.
The Whatcom city council has de-
cided not to use asphalt pavement.
Chewelah is prosperous town and
is enjoying quite building boom.
The Olympia council has relieved
Police Justice Dobbins of his duties.
8. B. Stratton has begun extracting
gold from the beach sands near Monte
sano.
The schools Of Lincoln county have
been closed on account of a small pOx
scare.
The Spokane police are enforcing the
ordinance against scattering handbills
in the streets.
There were $50 arrests by the Ia
coma police in May. and 1897 meals
we're furnished prisoners.
Levi Ankeny has declared that he
will not be candidate for governor
on the republican ticket next year.
The body Of Bert Whitney who was
drowned in the Snake river several
weeks ago was found in the Columbia
near Columbus.
The defalcations of ex-Deputy State
Auditor George d. Evans, of Olympia,
Wash, will figure up nearer $4,000
than $4,000, as was at first supposed.
A thief stole a gold-tinted cross from
the Episcopal church at Walla Walla
the other night. Wnen he found that 1t
was not gold as he supposed he threw
it away.
It is reported that there will be an
other stage line put on between Marcus
and Republic in the near future. This
route is claimed to 10 miles shorter
than via Bossburg.
| Owing to small pox in light form
having appeared in Lincoln and Ad
ans counties, the authorities have es
tablished quarantine and ordered 9
general vaccination of the inhabitants
Samuel Collyer, vice-president of the
road at Centralia, gives out the infor
nation that the road is to be extended
eastward to the coal fields at Hanna
ford creek. and the heavy timber lands
between there and the Cowlitz valley
1t is estimated that since the fire II
Republic at least rs per cent of the un
desirable element of the population
have folded their tents and departed
for pastures new. There was no gen
eral mourning over the exodus.
After holding several meetings ar
rangements have been completed
whereby wagon road will soon b.
completed from Kettle Falls to Repub
lie. About $4,000 has already beel
raised by subscription toward doing tn
work.
A novelty in the form of a puffball
81 inches in circumference and weigh
ing 81 pounds is on exhibition at tn
bank of Colfax. The puffball wa
grown in the garden of Fred Metz IL
South Colfax. 1t is attracting grea
deal Of attention.
The management of the beet suga
factory at Fairfield have in 1,400 acre
|, of beets, and will have their $400,00'
plant ready for sugar making next fall
They expect to make 5000 tons thi
year. They will pay $400 ton TO
beets at the railway station.
Rev. w. A. Smith, who died at Col
Vile recently had most remarkable
record Of having preached for so year
without missing a Sunday. and it wa
his earnest desire to die in harness
, but it was to be otherwise. For NOR
; than a year he had been hopeless in
valid. He was born in Ohio and wa
70 years old.