The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-09
WARRINGTON.
olfax is to have a new armory.


Colfax is to have a new armory.
Dir. Preston, of Lake Chelan. was
drowned in the lake last week.
Whitman county saloons have been
ordered to close on Sundays hereafter.
There will be an excursion on Sep
TENDER and to Wallace, Idaho, from
Spokane.
James c. Broad, Spokane contrac-
tor. will install the new city water sys-
TEN at Davenport.
James Templeton, who was injured
in runaway accident one mile from
Colfax last week, is dead.
A burglar going about his business
on bicycle is one of the newest things
in criminal life at Seattle.
Nelson Devendorf, an old soldier,
was found dead on the beach seven
miles east of Port Angeles last week.
1t is announced that the Great North
ern will Immediately commence the
construction of a branch to Republic.
The Spokane city council has let
contract for the paving of a number
of the principal streets with asphalt.
The people of Arlington are puzzled
by the mysterious disappearance of
Dante Commit, a young married man.
The first freight team has crossed
over the state road from Republic to
Marcus. making the trip of Al miles in
two days.
Judge Millard T. Harrison, of Spo
kane was accidentally shot in both
legs by Smith Ely while the two were
out cunning last week.
About 200 acres of the asylum farm
at Medical Lake are under cultivation
this season. The oat crop is light, but
the wheat is good, threshing % BUSH
els per acre.
Prof. Dorsey, of the Field Column
bian Museum. at Chicago, is spending
several weeks in this state collecting
curios, making his headquarters at the
Ferry Museum, Tacoma.
Judge c.. H. Hanford, of the United
States circuit court has decided that
as soon as lands are allotted to Indians
and patented, the Indians may sell
such lands as they see fit.
George P. Wright, state grain in
spector, says the wheat is turning out
we'll in eastern Washington, consider
ing the season, and will be about 33 per
cent short of full crop.
"All pupils that want to attend
school in Spokane this year will have
to furnish a certificate signed by doc
tor that they have been vaccinated
within the past seven years, or they
can not attend"
Mrs. Beste, keeper of a Palouse
boarding house, publicly horsewhipped
a man who goes by the name of Scot
ty.' The whipping was the result of a
quarrel over board bill which Scotty
refused to pay.
A fire at Ballard recently destroyed
the plant of the Bay Lumber and Shin
gle Company, the public school build
ing and a small dwelling. The total
loss is estimated at 100000. Fifty
thousand falls on the mill company.
A man named Hall of Oakesdale was
severely injured while riding in q
large farm wagon, and in some way fel
out, frightening the team and causing
it to run away. Hall was caught in the
harness and dragged a long distance
Negotiations are in progress between
Gov. Rogers and the United States de
partment of the interior whereby this
state will acquire forty acres of LAND
adjoining the state penitentiary Of
Walla Walla and the building of 6
wing to the penitentiary.
Mrs. Arthur Seely, of Port Angeles
gave birth last week to triplets, two
girls and one boy. The girls weighed
little over three pounds each and the
boy four. They are all perfectly form
ed and as lively as crickets. Mrs. Seely
is now the mother of four children, al
born within twelve months. 1t is be
lieved these are the first triplets borI
within the state.
State Food Inspector Mcdonald ha'
announced the following ruling: "Al
adulterated goods purchased prior t
April l may be sold, providing tn,
word. 'Adulterated' is printed diagon
ally across the face of the package, OF
a white label with black letter one
quarter of an inch high; providing fur
Their, that they are not injurious t.
health"