The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-01-14
WASHINGTON.

Ihe Salvation Army Mt Spokane fed 500
homeless people Christmas.
Water is selling at 80 cents barrel and
five cents a bucket in Republic.
The .Courier-Pres of Dayton, WASH,
has discontinued its daily issue.
Adams county farmers believe the fall
sown wheat has been sufficiently protect.
ed by the snow.
Thirty-eight persons have met violent
deaths in Spokane during the past year,
three of which were murders.
Spokane's city directory, shortly to be
issued, gives that city q population of
$4,000, a gain of 5000 over last years 3
figures.
Oyster men claim that If the present
siege of cold weather continues cultivated
oyster beds on Puget sound and Willapa
harbor, valued at nearly $l,OOO,O 900, will
be ruined.
Professor Spillman says that the dairy
school in connection with the Washing
ton Agricultural College and School Of
Science begins on Monday, March l3, and
continues 10 weeks.
In the superior court today Judge Car.
roll handed down decision which, if sus-
tanned by the supreme court, will invali.
date nearly $l,0OO,OO0 Of warrants of the
city Of Tacoma now outstanding.
Plans are on foot for opening the Spo-
kane race track this year under new man.
agement, and to conduct racing in this
city on higher plane than has hereto.
fore been in vogue.
The Robinson slide in the Methow, on
the new state road, has become impass.
able. The road is sadly in need of an.
other appropriation, which the coming
legislature will be petitioned to make.
The length of the bridge of the Kettle
river, which is now being constructed near
Cascade, will be 1900 feet, and at the
highest point over the swift flowing river
will be $50 feet. There will be two spans
Of l50 feet each.
Ex-United States Marshal Drake of the
state of Washington is to be sued by the
United States government for an alleged
deficiency in his accounts, claimed by the
comptroller of the treasury to aggregate
between $500 and $1,000.
The following patents have been issued
to Washington inventors by the patent
office: E. Courtwright, Tacoma, bicycle
driving gear; ]. R. Grinsfelder, Spokane,
label holder; j. w. Price, Belfast, car
coupling; L. H. Bowman, patent window
for railroad cars, Walla Walla.
1t is learned that the steamer Ellens-
burg, owned by the Wenatchee and Okan.
ogan transportation Company, has been
condemned by the inspectors, and that
the company is having new boat built
in Seattle. Work on the new boat was
begun two weeks ago.
The first biennial report of the state
| board of audit and control has been re-
ceived by Commissioner of Public Insti.
tutions Lister from the state printer. The
report is voluminous, covering about ITO
pages, and treats matters in connection
with the institutions under the control
of the board in systematic and compre-
hensive manner.
The superintendent of the various for.
estry reserves in the northwest held a
meeting recently in Tacoma and decided
to allot the pasturage in the Pacific for
estry reserve to the sheep ranchers Of the
state. The reserve will be apportioned of
into districts, sheepmen being charged SIS
for every thousand sheep pastured. Not
more than $500 sheep will be allowed in
one district and the boundaries of these
last will be marked by rivers or some
of the natural features of the reserve.
Over 300, 900 sheep will be pastured in the
reserve in the aggregate the coming sum.
mer.