The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-11-29
NORTHWEST NEWS.

Counterfeit five and ten-dOllar gold
pieces are now being circulated in the
northwest near the border line between
the United States and British Columbia.
There are $50 men employed in the
manufacture of jute fabrics, hop cloth,
mating, wool bags and burlap in the
state penitentiary, and during the past
year 100000 sacks have been turned
out.
There are at present $50 prisoners in
the Walla Walla penitentiary. OF this
number seven are women, three of whom
are colored. Two OF the women are in
for murder, four for grand larceny and
one for receiving stolen goods. Bur-
glary, forgery and manslaughter are the
chief charges heading list of thirty six
possible crimes.
The Northern Pacific officials say that
the fruit shipments from Washing
ton have been larger this year than ever
before. There was also a better home
market for fruit earlier in the season, oc-
casiOned by the strike in California, and
the reported shortage of potatoes and
apples IN the east and middle west Gre
ated quite a heavy demand for the
Washington product up to few weeks
ago.
1t is gratifying to note the rapid in
crease in lumber shipments from eastern
Washington and Northern Idaho to
eastern and middle western points, says
New West Trade. Railway officials state
that during the past few months lum-
Der shipments from this section to east
ern points have almost doubled. Now
that Washington and Idaho lumber has
been fairly well introduced in these east
ern markets, where the timber supply is
rapidly becoming exhausted, this trade
is bound to thrive and steadily increase
A movement is on foot for the reclaim
alton OF 100000 acres of the semi-arid
land of Harvey county, Oregon. The
Harvey valley irrigation company has
been formed for the purpose, aud has ex.
pended several thousand dollars in max
ing preliminary surveys. About half
OF the land in the Harvey valley is va
cant government land, and the improve
ment company has made application to
the state land board to have all the
land in that vicinity set aside as an ir-
rigating district, under the Carey irri-
cation act, which allows the state to
furnish water for irrigation purposes on
government land and then sell actual
settlers the land for the cost of placing
it under irrigation.
Garfield county has just completed O
new court house at Pomeroy, at a cost
of $4,000, exclusive of furnishings.
Work has begun on a big match fac
tory at Tacoma.
A Seattle jury last Thursday brought
in verdict OF not guilty in the case of
John Considine, theater manager and
gambler, who killed W. L. Meredith,
former chief of Seattle's police.
Frank King, Is years old, awaiting
trial for robbery in the Moscow, Idaho,
jail, attempted suicide with morphine
Saturday night, but was unsuccessful.
In row over a dollar at Walla Walla
Friday Henry Schierman was twice
knocked down by Conrad Barnhart. As
he arose the last time Scherman struck
BarDhart in the head with rock, crush
ing his skull. Death resulted Sunday.
A cOrOner's jury eXOnerated Schierman.
Representatives W. l. Jones of Wash
ington and Tongue of Oregon, announce
themselves as uDreservedly in favor OF
an isthmian canal.
Edward Melmoe, a ColvilIe rancher,
visited Spokane on a sightseeing expe-
dition one day last week. He went to
sleep in the wine room of saloon and
was robbed of $500.
David A. Garrett, 80 years old and
long resident of Dayton, fell Saturday
while in an epileptic fit and broke his
neck. His chin struck an urn.
A Michigan company has purchased
5000 acres of timber land near Albany
Oregon, at $14 an acre.