The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-01-07
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
The Olympia fire department is 70 be
The postoffice at Forks, in Clallam
county, has been made money order Of
fee.
Dwelling houses are now scarcer in
Rockford than they have been before in
years.
Munroe Wyckoff of Port Townsend has
been appointed deputy state fish com
missioner.
All of the merchants of Palouse have
signed an agreement to close their stores
at $3.50 p. m, beginning Jan. End.
The bOndsmen of the defaunlting Walla
Walla banker, j. X. Edmieton, are being
sued by the state for the sum of $4,000.
Mining companies are now being incor-
porated at the rate of three or four day.
Most of the properties are located in Re
public camp.
The First National Bank of Olympia
has been purchased by George NJ. Heller,
of Tacoma The consideration is said to
have been $4,000.
Spokane's city council has adopted an
ordinance aimed at travelling merchants
by establishing their license to do bust
ness at $l2O yearly.
Workmen are now engaged in sewing
the carpet for the senate chamber at the
state capitol. Altogether 400 yards of
new carpets will be laid in the building.
Chehals county has more standing tim
Der than any other county in Washing
ton. 1t has 1858, 900 feet. Skagit
county comes second Win l0,362, 1922 ,999
feet.
Herman Dubois, Bosfort farmer, shot
and killed himself the other day while
hunting. Three weeks ago the son-in-
law Of Dubois met death in the same
manner.
/ Travel to Alaska has set in with greater
magnitude than has ever been known for
this time of year. Every departing
steamer is loaded to its capacity with pas
sengers.
Joe Henderson, an employee of the Ia
coma Drydock Company, was drowned
Sunday. He fell from the Drydock whar
striking a pile in his fall. Henderson
leaves a family.
w nlAdAn a MCh hhO0h oAAtAANi
employee at Northport, was found dead
a few days ago in the front stairway o
Shea's hotel. An inquiry showed that h'
he'd died a natural death.
w. c. Hancke, who was injured in &
threshing machine belonging to w. c
BabcOck last fall, has commenced suit TO
$4,000 damages against Babcock in thu
Walla Walla superior court.
Hoquiam's new water system was giveI
an official test in the presence OF the cit!
officers and larger property holders. Tn
plant is conceded to be one of the best OF
the Coast. 1t was accepted by the town
Judge Hanford, presiding over the fed
eral court at Seattle, has fined Orville A
Bemis of Cathlamet, Or, 500 and cost
for sending obscene matter through tn
mails, III violation OF the postal regula
tiOns.
A couple of divers from Vancouver, +
c., will examine the steamer Ainswortl
and ascertain whether she will be WORT
raising. None of the bodies of those los
in the wreck of the steamer have been re
covered.
The Walla Walla Electric Light Com
pany has submitted proposition to fur
nish light at the rate of $3.50 per mont
on basis of 60 lights. Additional light
over 60 are to be furnished at So pc
month
The Spokane Street Railway Compan
presented eacn of its employees with a tur
key for Christmas. 1t took l45 turkey
to go around. Lester Notbohm, superin
tendent, was the recipient OF handsom
diamond pin from the employees.
Archie Hutton, II years of age, acci
dentally shot and killed himself the othe
day while duck hunting. He pulled tn
gun towards him over a seat in his boat
His head was blown almost off. His HON
was at Anacortes-
There is plan on foot to organize
new county in this state, which plan wi
, come up before the legislature for actio
/ at its coming session. The proposed neN
county will include portions of Lincol
and Douglas counties. 1t is proposed t
divide Lincoln county by line runnin
north and south at point west of Daver
/ port and just east of Harrington. Tn
3 western line of the new county will be tn
Grand eoulee.