The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-12-14
AROUND THE COUNTY.

Palouse hopes TO have rural free do
llVeTy oi mail after January / 1901
uhder the rules for securing free de-
iIFerE,the postotiice department requires
that lOV heads ut families shall aprp, tp
paIrnnize each route of twenty-five miles
ana the citizens Of Palouae have taken
me matter ~ hand, with every prozppct
OF securing the desired number of ma
irons Committees are at work solicit
ing names oil farmers who will patrpnize
the Tree delivery, and three routes are he.
ing worked. Farmers are anxious 70
secure the delivery, and are ASSISTING the
committees to secure pledges to patron
lze the system if it is iuaugurated
The residence Of Mrs. NJ. 4. Slnght an
aged widow, at Paf0use, wns burgIarizpd
Friday night, and $50 in cash. n gold
watch and chain and some valuable
papers taken. Mrs Slaght was away
from home at the time. All the propcrty
taken was IN trunk, which was broken
open, and the house was ranzackrd
There is no clew to the robbers.
There are two mild eases of scarlet
lever IN Garfield both being children
years Old. There il another ease of
smallpox near there. The victim i
George Gill, ll-yrar-old son OF William
Gli, a iarmer living five miles from
town. The case is mild and no seriou5
results are anticipated Mrs. Gill VIM
GlI's daughter law, who brought the
disease rom Oregon, is recovering and
VIII soon be out. IL is now believed
that no other members of the family will
nave the disease, although all have been
exposed.
RosaIia Citizen: The city election
passed OF quietly there being but one
ticket in the field Only 2S votes were
cast. ID. +. Anderson was reelected
mayor and Il A. Whitman was reelected
treasurer l.. l.. Calhoun aud VIM.
Iralnor were elected councilmen. The
retiring counciImen are II. l.. Tatom
and W. +. Dwyer.
NJ Meuli OF RORalia a few days ago
sold span Of 4 ypar-Old horses to n
Spokane man for 1929.
The Touring mill at Guy has been re-
moved to new location on a bank Of
the South PalOuse and will hereafter be
operated bV water power. j. W. Janney
OF ColiaX removed the big building.
Pullman Herald: The champion
heavyweight hog Of the season was sold
to the local meat market this week Inv
Dave Clark. The hog. q l6-months-old
Chester White dressed 587 pounds. which
at SIX cents, the market price. netted
S35.22. pretty nice figure for Pa
louise hog. Henry Young brought eight
head OF dressed hogs to this city last
week, the animals netting him SIS per
head on an average.
Pullman Herald: VIM. zoe Of Union
fiat, was offered S4S per head for ten
head Of three-year-od steers recently,
but refused the offer, holding the bo-
vines at 500.
b. Jacobs was reelected mayor of
UmOntOwn; 5. Hilliard, treasurer, and
}. 7. Reilly and Il. Michels, councimen.
Cotton News Letter: Mother Joanna
returned yesterday from Switzerland
where she has been since last summer.
visiting her old home She was accom-
panied by six young ladies' who will
enter the convent here
Pullman Herald: Frank Gano has
sold 200 acres of land at the head of
AlmOta Canyon, four miles above Al
mOta, to parties from the east. getting
$40 per acre. The Pacific mutual life
insurance company has also sold a
quarter section Of land in the same
neighbOrhOOd to parties recently from
the east, for $50 per acre. The latter
property is part of the Duff ranch.
Oakesdale has few cases Of scarIatina
and diphtheria.
The city dads Of Palouse have cut
official salaries sufficient TO save about
$500 a year. The marshal, who must
also act as street commissioner, is to
receive 500 month, the superintendent
OF waterWOTks $50, clerk and treasurer
so each, health officer ) and attorney
s 1.3 cents.
The following municipal officers we're
elected at Tekoa: Mayor, O. G. Truax;
treasurer, D NJ. Sparks councimen, j.
w. Hutchinson, John Lauritzen, J. II.
Miller, E. Schmidt, / S Woods.
Garfield town officers recently elected
are: F. l. Gwinn, mayor; II. d. Irwin,
treasurer; l.. W, Carson, j. &. Lawrence
and {. L. Whistler, cOuncilmeu. They
stand for prohibition OF liquor selling
William f. Yohnka, former resident
Of Oake-dale, was in the city Tuesday
calling on his old friends, says the Sun.
He left here April % last for Cape Nome
and says be has been successful in locat-
ing some valuable mining property
there. He will leave about the first of
the year on his return trip and will
make an ice trip of 900 miles with dogs,
carrying in mining machinery The
richness Of some of his property s
shown by the fact that $1,000 was taken
out in pIpht davG ruu NOT hstandiDoy
the water prevented bed rock cleanups,
which they estimate would have in
creased their output Of gold more than
two fold.
Following are E!berton's new officers:
Mayor H. c. Eitel; treasurer, c. v.
Roberts; cOunciImen, Ira ). STILES, c. l..
Eastabrooks, j. Hinchiff.
Among the tens of thousands who
have used Chamberlain Cough Remedy