The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-13
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
NEWS Is BRIEFLY TOLD HERE.
Choice Selection of Interesting Itens
Gathered Through the Week.
Harvesting II tn Fsil Biast-Bis
Crops Assured = Many Accidents
Occvr-Personais.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

AT Walla Waila, Wash. Dec. 9Th, 4
Walla Walla valley as sugar beet grow
ers is in prospect.
Perry Queanan. OF Milwaukee. knock
ed out Dick Case OF Seattle. Wash, in
the 18th round at Seattle last week.
The Yakima Milling company has let
the contract for the construction OF an
elevator with a capacity OF $4,000 bush
els.
Pullman is 10 have pork packing
establishment. on small scale AT nrst.
but with increased capacity as occasion
demands.
Track laying on the Republic and
Grand Forks railway is completed in
TO Nelson. Wash. about six miles from
Grand Forks.
More fruit trees are being planted In
Whitman county than ever before. fall
and winter apples being the principal
fruits planted.
John W. Considina. recently acquit'
ted al Seattle Of the murder OF W. l..
Meredith, has ayowed his intention TO
remain in Seattle.
President Bryan. Professor Spillman
and Professor Smith gAi attend sha
State Dalrymen's association al Eycr-tt
December z6 and q.
Word was received al Palouse that
Edward Smith. for many years a resi-
dent OF Pullman, had been killed In
Montana by the premature explosion
of blast
A freight train from Nelson ran into
rock slide on the banks OF Dead Mans
Eddy. four miles north of Northport
iast week. The engine and Two empty
boxcars rolled down the bank aud near.
Is Into the river. No fatalities
W. J. spsilman. who for the past sey-
en- years has bevn professor of agrleui'
tnr~ al the Washington Agricultural
college. has besen offered and accepted
the position Of goyeruncn, agrossrlo-
gis,. with headquarters 3; Washington.
ID. C.. and salary much better than he
has received while with the college.
A series OF farmers institutes. begin
ming December 10. will be held. com.
snvnrsng AZ wascrslile and continuing
In order a; coulcr. maritime. Davenport
and cr~s,on. A tao days session VIII
be given a. each place. An Institute
will also b. held .; PomeroY bet~ess'i
Christmas and New Year. Professor G.
L. Smith will conduct these meetings.
A serious train wreck mar Tyler. |
about six miles west OF Cheney. occur.
red on the Northern Pacific railroad.
and was caused By defective truck.
which broke iust a. the train was ronn-
ding a sharp curve. The defective
truck was about In che middle OF The /
train. Tn. breaking OF the truck pro.
e INFLATED the whole train into the ditch /
A car load Of matches WA included in
the train. and as the cars went tumb'
ling into the ditch the matches ignl nd
and In a fcw moments The whole coun.
try around was iit up BY fierce and
brilliant blaze.
Word comes from yellow Dog, cross
roads station Is miles cas-, of Garfield,
in tho edge OF she woods that +. r.
u.an. che village blacksmith. was kill.
"a in a distressing and peculiar man
ner. Mr.. Bean had been 10 Garfield In a
buggy and returned home started tout-
hitch the horses. lie had fastened the
Inca to khe dash board and unhiiched
Inc traces. when he stumbled and fell
across the lines. behind the horses.
rhis jcrked the animals backward with
suca violence that they fell upon their
naunchca and literally sat upon their
unfortunate owner. crushing him be-
icath their weight.