Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-06-01
GENERAL NORTHWEST MEMS.
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
An Interesting Collection Of Items
From the -Four NOrthwest states
of miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

Lind a fine new depot this summer
The illuminated bicycle parade in
Spokane was a big success.
The Spokane Carpenters union has
subscribed 5000 to the exposition fund.
| Registration at the Office of the Spo-
kane city clerk has now reached nearly
1000.
! The Spokane militia companies will
go to Tacoma to celebrate July 3, 4
/ and 5.
The meeting of the State Red Cross
Society at Spokane last week was a
great success.
The Touring mill at Cheney will be
moved to Paha, village nine miles
! east of Lind.
Frank Reed, a logger of Tacoma. shot
and killed his wife last week and then
shot himself
A camp of the National Association
OF Spanish-American War Veterans has
/ been organized in Walla Walla.
Unless special legislation is enacted,
the north half of the Colville reserva-
tion will not be opened to homestead
entry until October 10.
The clerks Of the Spokane postofice,
| members OF the United National Asso-
citation of Postoflice Clerks, have joined
In a petition to congress asking shorter
hours and more pay.
w. w. Fish, the millionaire of Ell
mira, N. Y, who has been making such
extensive preparations for farming on
the Yakima Indian reservation, has
sold all his interests in that invest
ment.
Gen. Charles King Garrison of Span
ish-American War Veterans, OF Spo-
kane, at their last regular meeting un-
animously indorsed their comrade and
former lieutenant, E. X. Erwin, in his
candidacy for the county clerkship.
The banks Of Puget sound cities hav-
ing fixed rate Of discount for all
Canadian money, the Canadian banks
at Victoria and Vancouver have retail
ated by imposing discount of 10 cents
on the dollar for United States bank
notes.
The season is far enough advanced to
allow something like an accurate esti-
mate of the crop to be made, and the
opinion is general that the yield of
grain per acre this season will be one
of the largest in the history Of the In
land Empire.
The Spokane summer school will op-
en- in the High school rooms June 18,
to continue 80 days. The teachers will
be ]. F. Saylor, Elmer Drake, ]. A.
Mitchell and J. l.. Dunn. Sessions will
open at $50 and close at o'clock on
week days.
that instructions were in process OF
preparation to Superintendent Shelter
to permit the grazing Of 900 sheep
on the Mount Rainier forest reserve
this summer, and also the same number
of cattle heretofore allowed.
Adjutant General Fox has received
word from Senator Foster which states
the house and the senate committee has
agreed to report favorably on it's pas
sage. This means about $4,000 from
the government for this state for mill
tary matters instead OF $3,450 yearly,
as at present.
Dayton is getting in readiness for
the firemen's tournament, which will
occur early in June, The Eastern
Washington and Oregon Firemen's AS
sociation will hold two days tourna-
ment. when six hose companies will
compete for prizes. The $500 cash has
been collected, and arrangements are
completed for the event.
The bill providing for the setting
aside of certain public lands for estab-
lishment OF a school OF mines at yari-
Gus agricultural colleges throughout
the country has just passed the senate.
Washington has an interest in this bill.
for If it becomes law the agricultural
college at Pullman will have one Of the
schools established there.
The board of regents of the state uni.
versity have leased to ]. c. Levbold. a
Seattle broker, the old university
grounds on Union street. including the
armory and the old university buildings
for period of thirty years. Mr.. Le-
void must improve the property at a
cost Of not less than $500 900, and must
pay in rents to the state during the
period covered by the lease, $162,500
At the end Of the term the buildings
and all improvements revert back to
the state, which becomes the owner OF
them
The abstract OF the condition OF ma
uonal banks Of Washington at the close
of business April 26. as reported to the
comptroller Of the currency. shows the
average reserve to have been 34.35, as
against 31.s5 per cent Feb. 13; loans
and discounts increased from $l0,97s,-
23S to $11 1.65S,057 stocks and securi-
ties from s1.423.33 to $1.431 $50; gold
coin decreased from $2.341,971 to 81
2s0.194: total specie increased from
$2.5s9.9so to $2.675,1oS; lawful money
reserve from $2,720.151 to $2.S26,591;
individual deposits from $18,032.943 to |
$685. 1876.