Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-10
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwesf states
Of MireeIianeous Natnr. Gnth~
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

There are al present 4.l2O bicycle
tags issued In Spokane
Fifty-one entries are reported for the
month at the Walla WalIa land Office.
There was a slight frost last week in
some localities in the Colville valley.
Alfred Lee Of RosaIia VIII ship a
trainload OF horses to st. Paul this
werk
The annual catalogue OF the Wash.
ington Agricultural College and School
or Science Is on tho press.
Wesley L. Lloyd Of WaIla Walla. lost
800 sacks Of wheat by IRE last week on
his farm near Waitsburg
The first carload Of watermolons
shipped from Yakima county was bilis d
from Prosser by Warren ViIes last
week
Fire at Republic told town. last
week, destroyed three or four thousand
dollars worth Of property
The Great Northern branch to Re
public will be built this year. The
Wenatchee route will be chosen.
Prices for canned salmon will be adj
yanced at least % per cent when the
schedules are fixed on August 10.
Duke Robear. youngest son OF Joseph
Robear. pioneer farmer OF Addy, was
drowned in the Colviile river last week.
The State Fair Commission has
sent out over $500 premium lists Of
! the fair TO be held in North Yakima
next September.
Harvesting Is about all finished in
tho vicinity Of Walla Walla. The
wheat crop viii fall below expectations
both az to quantity and quality.
Harvest Is advancing rapidly despite
the shortage OF help. and fullY 60 per
cent of the grain In the vicinity OF
Palouse City is cut aud in the shock
! Last week w d. Buchanan was shot
| through the heart by j. NJ. Simmons at
/ the residence Of the latter corner Of
Second and Oak streets. in Walla Walla.
Coifax ls threatened with a water
famine. The North Palouse rRer, from
which the city water is taken, Is lover
than ever known at this season of the
year.
The cutting OF the wheat crop In the
vicinity OF Cheney Is about finished and
threshirg Il well under way. The sea-
son Is about 80 days In advance of last
year.
At the special election held IN We.
natchee bonds were voted IN the sum
OF 81 500, the money to be used for the
purpose Of constructing n system OF
water works
Palouse country wheat growers, NOR
chants and business mon are signing
|
tho Great Northern and the o r. & N.
to give them special rates this season
to enable them To ship their wheat to
eastern markets.
Harvesting IN Lincoln county has he
gnu, Most every farmer IN the county
was last week busy with the header or
thresher. The grain Is small but hard
and of good quality.
J. NJ. Frnk. the choice of Iohn T..
Wilson ard the remnants of the old
McGraw ring. has been lnaorsed by
King county rs her candidate for the
republican guherr atorlal nomination.
Mr.. Harlow. located east OF Farming.
ton, sowed 20 acres Of his land 10 tim
othy. The average yield this year was
two and onehalf tons TO tho acre. ara
tho price obtained for he hay was 81
per ton, After all expenses Of halinr
etc. the land yielded more than SIS
per acre.
Tho scarcity OF help prevailing In al
PARTS OF the country ia much folt In Pa
i louise AND vicinity and all Industries
are affected Farmers are running
short handed" and every day they are
on the street hunting for men and find
Ing none. although they are offerue
! higher wages than we're ever paid In
the harvest fields % this country.