The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-09-16


ernment.
The university Of Washington opens
September IL.
A steel bridge is to be built at Menlo,
Pacific county.
There is shortage Of school teach.
ers in Jefferson county.
Tacoma will need $f18,000 to run it's
public schools the coming year.
Walla Walla county's wheat yield il
now estimated at not less than $500, 900
bushels.
Active preparations for the opening
of the Colfax college September 20 are
being made.
The Yakima Indian reservation is
expected to yield 250,000 bushels Of
grain this year.
Joseph b. Barck, bailiff in the su-
perior court at Tacoma, was drowned
in the bay last Friday.
James w. Current, deputy auditor of
Klickitat county. has mysteriously dis
appeared from Goldendale.
The total precipitation in Walla
for August was ZIG inches, which beats
the record for twenty-seven years.
SOAh hhuCioOuy l1-yCdi-Olu uOy, vi
Loon Lake, is missing. 1t is feared
that he has met with some accident.
A number OF new silver trophies have
been provided for prizes at the Spo-
kane Industrial Exposition this year.
The normal school, which opened last
Monday at Cheney. is progressing very
satisfactorily to faculty and students.
Athletic sports are to be interesting
features of this years Spokane Indus
trial Exposition, which opens on the Sd
of October.
1t is learned that Don Cameron, who
was badly hurt in an explosion at
Horseshoe basin. Chelan, a few weeks
ago, is dead.
Pullman has genuine smallpox
scare. There is one well developed case
in the new pest house, and two suspic-
ious cases under quarantine.
Between 600 and 700 delegates to the
Columbia river conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church assembled in
Spokane for the conference.
College hall. at Pullman, has been
successfully moved and now stands OH
the foundation built for it in the rear
of the administration building.
w. M. Herbert, musician of Spo-
kane, by the death of his father in Eng
land, has fallen heir to $4,000 in cash
and considerable amount of property.
A Governors day is another feature
which is being added to the many at
fractions at the Spokane Industrial Ex-
position which opens on the Sd of next
month.
Spokane celebrated Labor day in
grand style. They had magnificent
parade in the morning and speaking
and sports at Medical Lake in the af-
ternoon.
The editors of the Pacific Northwest
have been invited to a banquet at Spo-
kane to be rendered them on press day,
October Z, at the Spokane Industrial
Exposition.
The premium list for the Spokane In.
| dustrial Exposition is out. 1t is a
handsome illustrated souvenir book,
which will be priced by every one who
secures copy.
No American contralto enjoys a wild
er reputation as musical artist than
does Lenore-Sherwood Pyle, who is to
sing every afternoon and evening
throughout the Spokane Industrial Ex-
position.
1.-TWO amateur bicycle worlds rec
ords were lowered at the Y. M. c. A.
meet in Spokane recently. c. c. Hol.
eel, on a heavy track, unaided by any
favorable wind, made the half in As As
and the quarter in 20 Is.
| Professor Frank Miller made high
ly successful balloon ascension at Spo
kane one night last week, which was
seen by several thousand people. The
ascension and the drop with the para
chute was kept in full view all the time
by means of a mammoth nautical
searchlight.