The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-14
WASHINGTON.

Public schools have opened for the
fall term all over the state.
The next session of state insurance
will be in Seattle.
Seattle's assay Office will rank next
to New York in amount of deposits.
William Skyhock, one of Garfield
county's pioneer farmers. is dead.
Gen. Baden-Powells nephew of Jane
son raid fame, was in Seattle last week.
Four hundred Spokane people went |
to Portland on the excursion last week
Wenatchee fruits will lbe feature at
the Spokane Industrial Exposition this |
year.
About 700 of Seattle's citizens took |
the trip on the Elks' excursion to Port
land.
The Seattle business mems excursion
to North Yakima will be great COM
mercial event.
Auditor j. B. Gehr of the state peni-
Tertiary, has rendered his resignation
to Governor Rogers.
circus employee was killed last
week. His body was found on the rail-
road track near Kent.
Twelve cars loaded with eight hun
bred excursionists went from Tacoma
to Portland last week.
1t was a thirty thousand dollar fire
loss to Shaw-Wells Implement company
of Spokane last week.
The state fair has not been declared
off by the commission and all reports
to that effect are untrue.
The cannery at Cosmopolis reports
that fish are extremely scarce and that
but few traps will be put in.
Mrs. Aaron Wood, for many years
missionary in South America, died
at Port Townsend, aged SO years.
Final orders to the troops at Fort
Wright, Spokane, to leave, have been
received. They will leave Sept 16.
The trial trip of the battleship Wis
consin will not be made in Puget sound.
The navy department was so disposed.
Farmers in the Columbia valley have
their threshing nearly done, and the
yield and quality of both oats and
wheat are below the average.
An old Indian chief, known as Able,
; was murdered by Indian Johnnie, at
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Yakima county, Sunday night.
> The lockwood Creamery Company
recently incorporated, has purchased
the local station of the Spokane Hazel
wood Company in North Yakima.
e. E. Paddock, of Pennington, has
begun the erection of a building 40x6C
feet, which will be used for packing
and storing fruits and vegetables.
Last week the Cedar Home Lum
bering Company's single mill near &c
dar Home, was destroyed by fire. Los:
was $4,000, with an insurance of $500
Prune shipments have about ceased
for this year from North Yakima. ThC
o sales have been very satisfactory to al
1 concerned. About so carloads have
gone to the eastern or western markets
n A fatal accident occurred three miles
+ west of Pullman when w. F. Colgrove
' farm laborer was thrown from hi
o wagon by a runaway team. He wa
r thrown on his head and his skull frac
=. tured.
d The Point Wilson fertilization work.
+ have been completed and all of the EN-
: ployes have been discharged. TIT
:. gun mounting will lrequire from eigh
5 to ten months. The fort has beer
christened Fort Warden.
At Puyallup. the Valley Fair Asso
citation is making final preparations 70
f the first annual fair to be held at Puy
: allup October 4, and g. The premium
0 lists have been published and are nov
4 in process of distribution.
n The Labor Day celebration at Spo
kane was a great success financial,
: and otherwise. Senator George TUT
/. ner, congressman Jones and Cushman
j. M. Frink, republican candidate TO
governor, and f. G. Robertson, demo
cratic candidate for congress, delivere
speeches.
Harvest is we'll advanced in the viciI
{ ity of Palouse and grain is coming a
3 a lively rate, nearly one-half of the GRO
= being now in the warehouses here
Y Fully 80 per cent of the crop is Gu
r and about 65 per cent threshed, an
c threshing is being rushed as rapid