Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-27
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
An Interesting Collection of items
From the Four Northwess states
Of . Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WARRINGTON.

There Is rumor OF a new bank to be
started in Pullman.
The recent no. leather did consider
able damage to spring sown grain.
Soldiers at FIT. Wright at Spokane,
are all prepared 10 go to China to fight.
Spokane IL building the largest and
best base ball grand stand north of
San Francisco.
Elberton IL to have the largest fruit
dryer in Whitman county as soon as
1t can be erected.
= A. Perkins OF the Tacoma News
has secured control OF the Tacoma Led.
ger on private terms
The nlekel-in-the-slot machines will
be the next thing for license consideru.
ton before the Walla Walla council
w. A. York whose home and farm
are near Dry Creek. IA miles from Wal
la Walla. has mysterously disappeared.
Bossburg has unearthed a gang OF
robbers and firebugs. The gang was
given twelve hours to leave town and
started at once.
| The fruit crop all over Stevens coun-
| - IL the best for years, Apples are
1
coming into market, and large ship
ments OF fruit will be made direct to
the northern mines.
BY an explosion In the lsOletta mine.
| near horseshoe BASIN Chelan, Robert
fer5hali, the vel! known lake Chelan
mining man. was badly injured and will
probably be disabled for months.
| Charles G.. DAVIS, comptroller OF cur
rency, Washington, d. c.. has notified
the depositors and stock of the
kittltas Valley National bank that a
dividend OF 80 7-10 per cent has been
declared
Work on the Seattle terminal depot
and improvements will begin In about
go days. Tho improvements have
been delayed by many obstacles in the
way Of land titles, etc. aud call for an
enormous outlay Of money.
| The long time mystery OF the sud
den disappearance of r. T. Bowman,
OF Spokane, has been solved. Bow
man ala not commit suicide nor was he
murdered. He went away OF his own
accord, and Is now In San Francisco,
alive and we'll.
The main street of Pomeroy is n des.
olate looking place since the fire OF last
Wednesday All business houses on
either side of Main street. including the
county Offices and the court house, east
Of l.. H. Mobiles confectionery store
are In ashes.
The Spokane property OF the Holland
/ iIorr Mill company Is total wreck
| l fire. 30
900, went up In smoke. the hottest day
of the season being noted by the great
est eontlagraton of the year The in
surance total Is about sli 900. or this
$4,000 is on the llollandHorr proper
". the rest being on the Crescent shin
gle mill. also destroyed. The shingle
mill loss was $4,000
Thlrty.fye car loads OF Snake river
fruit have already been shipped east by
Spokane dealers. and It Is estimated
7 that there are 225 carloads more to &c
from the same section. To this the
: Wenateheo district will add 80 cars
and In all probability the Columbia riv
, er will furnish as much or more This
l means shipment of fruit from the In
: land Empire of rs traiGs of 30 ears eact
. and this does not include the Walls
J Walla erop. which Is handled almost en-
: trely by dealers there,
Tho Rosyln coal train. No 252. on It.
downward trip last Friday, was wreck
ed Ms she was pulling into the Cle-Eluu
0 yards The cause OF the wreck seem.
/. 10 be on account of the engineer los
, Ing control OF the mir and being unabl,
!. TO stop before running into an opef
/, switch, The weight of the coal trair
. kept pushing the train ahead until tn,
, engine struck some ears standing OF
a side track. telescoping the engin,
and eight ears and spreading coal owe
!, the yards. No one was hurt and IN,
= tracks viii be cleared by morning
:, Malcolm Mcl.ennan. OF North Yak
|, ina. shipped Is donhle-deck ears o
!, sheep TO the Chicago market recently
They were the first and the best of tn,
spring lambs and will sell for s. To s,
:, per head In Chicago. company %
: competent men accompanied the trair
TO SEE that the lambs arrive In good con
ditlon. They were pronounced the fin
: est LOT OF sheep that has been shippe,
; from here to tho eastern markets
Shipments of haled alfalfa hay are be
ing made every day, Tho crop Is eS
= timated at fully 200. 900 toas for tn
= year. II four cuttings are made Prices
: range about 81 per ton loaded on tn,
cars. Shipments are made to the cas-
:. md west markets, much going 10 IN,
y Hawaiian islands from the Scum,
u points.
u IDAHO.
Roeutgen N.ray machine ha. hee'
: used ut the Moscow hospital recent,