Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-04-20
WASHINGTON.

the Dayton q WaIlula railway route
has been discontinued.
The Crittenton rescue home in Spo-
kane was opened last week.
Forty-eight were born and 38 people
died In Spokane last month.
Outside towns are getting less severe
in their isolation from Spokane.
A wholesale Jail delivery was narrow
ly averted at Walla Walla last week.
Representative Jones is pushing the
claims for Spokane public building.
The population of Walla Walla, &C
cording to the latest director, is 9087.
Spokane dentists have organized and
will entertain the state dental society
in May.
The Gun Club of Spokane is pushing
the cases against restaurant men for
selling quail.
The gambling houses and places of
illrepute have been ordered closed In
North Yakima
Oakesdale has a smallpox scare and
the council has forbidden public meet
ings of all kinds.
A case of smallpox has been reported
from Starbuck, and the patient has
been quarantined.
Williams was found guilty last week
of his attempt to kill Of1cer Richard
Gemmrig last fall.
The entire stock of merchandise of
Hiestand, Warner & Co. of Oakesdale
was sold In Portland, Ore.
In failing to cork the bottle, chloro-
form came near killing Rev. Paul Kru-
ger recently at Huntsville.
Last week Frank H. Grierson of Spo-
kane took an overdose of morphine to
relieve neuralgia suffering.
George Webster of Spokane must die.
His last feeble hope has vanished.
Gov. John r. Rogers, for the second
time, has refused to interfere.
DR.. J. H. Carper, Whitman county
physician, died last week in Spokane.
He was prominent Palouse pioneer
and member Of the State senate.
The fight between Jack Rowett of
Butte and Bill Stewart of Rosalia was
pulled off in the armory at Colfax be-
fore $50 people, and resulted in draw.
Spokane bank clearances for Febru-
airy, as reported by Bradstreet's, show
ed anincrease over February of last
year Of $565,598, or more than IA per
cent.
The new contracts signed by the Spo-
kane municipal board of works and the
Alcatraz Asphalt Company for the paw
ing of the cross streets, provide that
the work must all be done by July 1.
Sheriff KEGS of Walla Walla is adver-
Using to sell at public auction on the
21st of March all the property of the
Pacific Slope Seed Grain Cleaning Co.
under judgment for $40,446.72 in ia
vor of H. e. Johnson, trustee.
The Tacoma Kennel Club has set the
dates for the spring show for April A.
Z. The Seattle bench show will be held
the following week, and the Portland
club Immediately after Seattle. This
will allow exhibits from California,
British Columbia, Oregon and Wash
ington without conflicting dates.
Orlando Beck, Yakima county fruit
inspector, reports that the late severe
cold weather has injured the apricot |
crop so that not more than one-fourth
the usual yield may be expected. In
dications point to a large crop of all |
other fruits, and vigorous efforts are
being made to save this from the raw
ages OF pests by systematic spraying.
The Mckee artesian basin, lying
about seven miles east of North Yaki- |
ma, is the scene of activity not notice
able in many sections of the United
States. There are 20 flowing wells
forth great volumes of warm
water, and many parties are working
% secure additional flows in the dis
rict. The wells average 900 feet in
iepth and have been drilled at great
Expense. They constitute an indepen-
lent water supply, which, to an irriga-
Ion farmer, means permanent crops,
Increase in land values, and freedom
rom corporations In the matter of an
lual rental on water In most of the
districts Of the arid west
Tater is worth $25 to $50 an acre for
right to use 1t, and from 81 to So an
ere per annum for rental. Under the
Independent artesian well system the
riginal cost of sinking the we'll is all
he expense, hence numerous farmers
I the Mckee are trying to secure this
recious boon. The water has a uni
orm temperature of n degrees, and
} relished for culinary purposes as
'ell as by animals.
OREGON.
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