Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-12-13
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
NEWS Is BRIEFLY TOLD HERE
Ch0ice Selection of Imt~restinx Item.
"athered Through the Week.
harvesting IL In FUN B:Ast-Bix
crops Assured - Many Accident.
OccV-Persona3s
WASHINGTON NEWs

AT Walla Walla, Wash, Dec 9Th
Waila Walla valley as sugar beet grow
ers is in prospect.
Perry Queenan, of Milwaukee. knock
Ell 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 30 900 bush
els.
Pullman is TO have a pork hacking
estaDl. shment, on small scale at first.
but with increased capacity as occas on
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. Considlne, recently acnui..
ted at Seattle Of the murder Of W l..
Meredith. has avowed his intention to
remain in Seattle.
President Bryan, Professor Spillman
and Professor Smith will attend the
safe Da.rymen' 5 association at Eyerett
December 26 and q.
Word was received at Palouse tina.
Edward Smith, for many years a resi-
dent OF Pullman. had been killed Ia
Montana by the premature explosion
Of blast.
freight train from Nelson ran into
a rock slide on the banks Of Dead Man =
Eddy. four miles north OF Northport
iast week. The engine and TWO empty
boxcars rolled down the bank and near.
y into the river. No fatalities.
w. j. Sp:ilman. who for the pas. sew.
en- years has been professor of agrlcul-
! ture at the Washington Agricultural
college. has been offered and accepted
the position Of government agrostrlo
gist, with headquarters at Washington
ID. c., and salary much better than he
has received while with the college.
series Of farmers Institutes. begin
ming December 10, will be held. com
mencing at Waterv.lle and continu ng
in order at Couloe. Hartline Davenport
and Creston. A two days session Will
be given AZ each place. An. institute
Will also be held at Pomeroy between
Christmas and New Year Professor c.
L. Smith Will conduct these meetings.
A serious train wreck near Tyler.
about six miles west of Cheney, occur.
red on the Northern Pacific railroad
and Was caused by a defective truck
which broke jus. as the train was roun-
ding sharp curve. The defective
truck was about in the middle OF the
train. The break ng OF the truck pre-.
c.p.tated The whole train into the ditch
car load Of matches was included in
the train, and as the cars went tumo.
ling into the ditch the matches lgni ed
and in a few moments the whole coun-
try around was lit up by a fierce and
brilliant blaze
Word comes from Yellow Dog. a cross
roads station 10 miles cas-. OF Garfield
in the edge Of the woods that E. F.
Bean, the village blacksmith, was kill.
ed in distressing and peculiar man
ner. Mr.. Bean had been TO Garfield in
buggy and returned home started toun-
hitch the horses. He hal fastened the
lines 70 the dash board and anhitchel
the traces, when he stumbled and fell
across he lines. behind the horses
This jerkei the animals backward v. n
sucA violence that they fell upon their
launches and literally sat upon their
unfortunate owner. crushing him be-
meath their weight.
MONTANA ITEMS