The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-25
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Scarlet fever has made its appear
ance in Colfax.
The tax levy of Pacific county has
been fixed at 23 mills.
The tax levy on Vancouver property
last year was fixed at 81 mills.
Herman Hadlon, who had resided in
Thurston county for 35 years, is dead.
]. S. Elliott has been appointed re-
ceiver of the Gray's Harbor Brewing
Co.
Six lots on the Snohomish river have
been bought as the site of a new ship
yard.
Work has been commenced on the
ground for the new Medical Lake salt
works.
Lillis F. Smith has a total of $4,000
bushels this year, and he is termed
the wheat king of Whitman.
The Yakima county commissioners
have fixed the limit Of levy of taxes
for the coming year at 20 mills.
At Dayton Emma McCreary, wife of
Robert McCreary, burst blood vessel
while coughing recently, and bled to
death.
Everett's postal receipts for the past
fiscal year show an increase of 38. 80
per cent as compared with the preced-
ing year
The building of the capitol annex
will probably be delayed. The struc-
tural iron has not been contracted for
or ordered.
An Early Rose potato Weighing five
pounds and twelve ounces, is on exhib-
ition ait Tacoma, the product of one of
the gardens of that city.
Within ninety days work will COM
mence on the first electric street rail
way system ever built in Walla Walla,
if E. S. Isaacs carries out his plans.
Jacob Best, an elderly poultryman,
committed suicide by shooting himself
on his little farm near King & Bend
ers slaughter house in East Spokane
recently.
Last Friday the Washington Agricul
tural College football team won it's mi
tial game on the home ground over a
mixed team from Lewiston and the
Lewiston normal school.
J A meeting of the teachers of south
: eastern Spokane county will be held in
Fairfield on Saturday. October 26, a.
, which time and place permanent or
ganization of the association will bI
effected.
Assistant Postmaster General Bris
: tow ordered the establishment of ;
!; postoffice to be named Mckinley il
Franklin county, thirteen miles ives
lOC ,.nlx Il, 10 f- t1nn Eoeot afff
/ named so since the death of the presi
5 dent.
as+ week as Frank Monk a 15-year
2 old boy, was driving down Brown
!, canyon, near Waterville. en- route to tn
g river with "a Load wheat, he lost hi
D balance and fell under the wagon, tn
= front wheel passing over his head, kill
t ing him Instantly.
Definite action is to be taken agains
4 the Goblin moth. A. Van Holderbrekt
! state commissioner of horticulture
q says tree inspectors will be appointe
5 in all counties not having them alread
S and these inspectors will meet in cor
d vention ait Tacoma as soon as pract
cable.
In the cleanest game of football eve
played in Seattle, Whitman college d,
: feated the University of Washington b
score of IL to 0. Only once durin
= the entire game was Whitman goal i
danger, and then the sturdy youn
+ giants from eastern Washington &c
down close to she ground and took tn
g ball from their opponents on downs.
st The beet sugar factory of d. c. Corbi
at Waverly will produce about $4,000
D. 10000 bags of sugar during this year
s run. 1t will supply nearly one third
the demand for sugar in the Inland En-
h pire. 1t is all disposed of in the hon
e market. The factory started for the Sc
st sons run about a month ago and w
finish in another month. 1t employs l;
II men.