Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-30
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
NEWS Is BRIEFLY TOLD HERE.
Choice Selection Of 1nterestjng Items
Gathered Through the Week
Harvesting II In Full Biast-Bi&
Crops Assured - Mamy Accidents
tOccur-lscrs0nals.
WARRINGTON NEWS.


WARRINGTON NEWS.
The steamer Selkirk Is again on the
river, running to Brewster.
Wenatchce section Is shipping about
e 200 boxes OF fruit day now.
The pack Of Whatcom county Gamer
aes reaches the enormous figure OF 6l4.-
ZOO cases.
A new line of railroad 10 tap the
country east OF the Yakima river Is
also under advisement
Charles w. NOrdstrOm was hanged
In Seattle for the murder on November
n. 1891, OF William Mason.
National guardsmen who fall to fre
nifty rounds In practice between June
and Nov. are to be dropped.
Prunegr0wers OF Clarke county are
making active preparations for gather
ing and curing the seasons crop.
The Seattle cricket eleven defeated
the Portland eleven in Seattle In an
interesting game. with score of 125
to 112.
A new passenger service. "the C0lum-
bia Flyer" Is TO be inaugurated Sep
temher / between Dayton, Walla Walla
and the Sound.
Word comes from Riparia that bold
holdup. which nearly resulted in muir
der. occurred In the railroad yards at
that place recently.
After October LIST. saloonkeepers OF
Walla Waila will pay 1855 per annum
license. II they sell to minors their
licenses will be revoked.
From the reports Of threshing opera
lions 1t Is estimated that the wheat
yield OF Adams county this year Will
not be less than 100000 bushels.
Phenomenal yields Of wheat similar
II not In excess Of those reported from
whitman and Walla Walla counties are
reported by prominent farmers In Pom
eroy.
John w. Dccamp. who was terribly
burned while searching In his blazing
home In Seattle for a servant he sup
posed to DO Imprisoned In her room,
died last week.
by charter and purchase. Dodwell &
Co.'s Alaska feet, operated as the
Washington Z Alaska Steamship COM
pany. has passed into the hands OF the
Pacific Coast company.
The IS months old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ramsey. living on milk
farm just north Of Colfax. was proba-
bly, fatally injured recently by drink
ing a quantity of concentrated I've.
In the falling contest OF loggers at
the Elks' carnival In Tacoma J. Fl.
Bode Of Olympia and George Digs OF
Shelton broke the worlds record. fell
ing a 81 inch tree In 4 minutes ~
seconds.
A murder Is reported to have been
committed on the Yakima Indian reser
walton. Charley Honnewashe Ia miss
ing. and the Indians believe he has
been killed and his body thrown into
the Yakima river.
George M. Forster. Of Spokane. has
been elected one Of the vice presidents
Of the American Bar association. The
other Vice presidents from the north
western states are as follows: william
II. Wood. Idaho: Charles II. Carey. Ore
Gon: John w. Cotter. Montana. and p
i. Williams. Utah.
The observation Of the first "strav
day" In Walla Walla county seems Il
have been successfully carried out. I
was nothing more nor less than q com
bined effort on the part Of the farmer
to improve dusty roads by laying straw
ON the thoroughfares most freQuentl!
traversed and In this way make travel
ing more comfortable. 1t has resultet
In . decided benefit.