The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-07-28
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the -Four Northwest States
of Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.


started in Pullman.
The recent hot weather did consider
able damage to spring sown grain.
Soldiers at FIT. Wright at Spokane,
are all prepared to go to China to fight.
Spokane is building the largest and
best base ball grand stand north Of
San Francisco.
Elberton is to have the largest fruit
dryer in Whitman county as soon as
it can be erected.
S. A. Perkins of the Tacoma News
has secured control of the Tacoma Led
ger on private terms.
The nickel-in-the-slot machines will
be the next thing for license considera-
ton before the Walla Walla council.
w. A. York. whose home and farm
are near Dry Greek, IA miles from Wal.
la Walla, has mysteriously 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-
ty is the best for years. Apples are
coming into market, and large ship
ments of fruit will be made direct to
the northern mines.
By an explosion in the Isoletta mine,
near horseshoe basin, Chelan, Robert
Pershall, the we'll 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 stockholders of the
Kittitas Valley National bank that
dividend of 33 40 per cent has been
declared
Work on the Seattle terminal depot
and Improvements will begin in about
60 days. The improvements have
been delayed by many obstacles in the
way of land titles, etc, and call for an
enormous outlay of money.
The long time mystery OF the sud
den disappearance of T. E. Bowman,
of Spokane, has been solved. Bow
man did 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 a 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.. L. Mobiles confectionery store
are in ashes.
The Spokane property of the Holland
Horn Mill company is total wreck
from fire. The property, worth $780,
900, went up in smoke, the hottest day
of the season being noted by the great
est confiagration of the year The in
surance total is about $4,000. OF this
$4,000 is on the Holland-Horr proper
ty, the rest being on the Crescent shin
gle mill, also destroyed. The shingle
mill loss was $4,000
Thirty-fve car loads of Snake river
fruit have already been shipped east by
Spokane dealers, and it is estimated
that there are 225 carloads more to go
from the same section. To this the
Wenatchee district will add 80 cars,
and in all probability the Columbia riv-
er will furnish as much or more. This
means a shipment of fruit from the In
land Empire of Is trains of 20 cars each
anu ILLS QOto nOl lnIluAlC llC w aha
Walla crop, which is handled almost en-
tirely by dealers there.
The Rosyln coal train, No. 252. on its
downward trip last Friday, was wreck
ed as she was pulling into the Cle-Elum
yards. The cause of the wreck seems
to be on account of the engineer los
ing control of the air and being unable
to stop before running into an open
switch. The weight of the coal train
kept pushing the train ahead until the
engine struck some cars standing on
side track, telescoping the engine
and eight cars and spreading coal over
the yards. No one was hurt and the
tracks will be cleared by morning.
Malcolm McLennan, of North Yak
ina, shipped Is double-deck cars oil
sheep to the Chicago market recently
They were the first and the best of the
! spring lambs and will sell for So to Sc
per head in Chicago. A company OF
competent men accompanied the train
to see that the lambs arrive in good con
dition. They were pronounced the fin
est lot of sheep that has been shipped
! from here to the eastern markets
! Shipments of baled alfalfa hay are be
ing made every day. The crop is es
timated at fully 100000 tons for the
year, if four cuttings are made. Prices
range about Sc per ton loaded on the
cars. Shipments are made to the east
and west markets, much going to the
Hawaiian islands from the Sound
points.