The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-10-28
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Hoquiam has an indebtedness Of but
$4,000.
The P. A. F. cannery will probably
run all winter.
Anacortes Is to have new bank, Of
which w. T. Oden will be manager.
Another vein Of fne-looking coal has
been uncovered on the upper Taenmm.
Whatcom county has 80 miles Of
trunk line wagon roads, costing $751;
900.
The receipts Of the walla walla fruit
fair this year were $500 and expenses
only $4,000.
Menlo creamery, at South Bend, won
first prize for cheese and second on but
ter at the state fair.
Washington dairymen are to hold q
convention at North Yakima on De-
cember 2S. 20 and 30.
John Thomas. Of Tacoma, claims the
distinction of helping to start Sir
Thomas Upton in business.
Aug. Smythe shipped from Grants.
near Goldendale, for Chicago. the 9TH
er day $500 head Of lambs.
The boys at the reform school are
making 100 suits Of clothing for the In
mates Of the Steilacoom asylum.
Thieves at Everett last week stole
about 1000 feet Of copper ground wire
from the street railway company.
August Soapley. farmer living
north of Ritxville, was found dead last
week on the floor Of his residence.
A sockeye salmon hatchery is about
to be established on Chilliwack lake,
which empties into the Fraser river Of
British Columbia
| Five hundred thousand sacks have
been sold to wheat raisers in Lincoln,
Wash. Every warehouse is full and
still grain Is coming In.
Waverly, Spokane county, and Berry
man, Walla Walla county. have been
made money order ofIices with Spokane
as their depository.
The Whitman county fair has been q
great success, having over 1000 individ-
ual entries and large attendance.
There were over 800 displays of fruit.
i John Mccall. brakeman on the
Northern Pacific, fell between the
wheels Of moving caboose near
Grays Harbor and his leg badly crush
ed.
The superior court Of Spokane coun-
ty has decided that the school board
has no right to refuse admission to the
schools to children who have not been
vaccinated.
, The Northwestern Improvement Com
pany was awarded the contract Of sup
plying 1000 tons of coal for the state
institution at Walla Walla by the state
/ board of audit last week.
: M. A. Short Of Pleasant postofhce,
better known as "Pony" Short, and the
only breeder of Angora goats In Kick
itat. is said to be stricken with small
i. pox at his home on Rock creek.
!, Red clover measuring feet 6h
a inches. a squash Weighing 95h pounds
!, and three apples weighing 4 pounds
: and 2 ounces are among the dig proo-
Q ucts of Kittitas county.
The Pacific American Company az
Q Fairhaven will supply large order OF
o canned salmon for the use of the Brit
< ,sh troops in the Transvaal during the
r Boer war. .,.
t The Pacific Coast company at Seattle
4 has announced an advance In wages OF
d 70 to Is per cent for all the men en-
ployed in the coal mines at Newcast.s'
8 Coal creek, Lawson and Franklin IN
t all about 1900 people. The advance 10
l made retroactive, and will include the
= entire month Of October.
John Prussia, who was on the Con
federate gunboat Alabama, when sne
k was destroyed by the United states
o warship Kearsarge, of the harbor OF
r Cherbourg. France, in 1864, Is employ
ed in the box factory at Cosmopolis
When the Alabama was sunk by ner I'LL
tagonist, Prussia was saved Dy
IA French fishing boat.