The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-12-20
FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through th- Week
Harvesting In In Full Himst-Hig
Crop. Assured - Many Accidents
OccUr-Personals.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The town OF Lind Is TO be incorpor
ated
New Whatcom is flooded with coun
terfeit money OF all denomination:
from dollars to dimes.
/ David S. Baldwin. one of the oldest
/ pioneers of the Walla Walla valley
4 died recently OF senile decay. aged rs.
/ The Great Northern track laying ma
chine now at Marcus lays rails at the
rate of one and one-haf miles daily.
Walla Walla valley farmers are be-
coming alarmed at the recent cold snap
and the severe frosts which have visit
ed that section.
The mining students of the Pullman
college have completed an organization
10 be known as the Society of Mining
Engineers Of the state mining school,
The grain report. as compiled by
Deputy Grain Inspector Goodsell. shows
that there were 207 carloads OF grain
Inspected at Spokane during November.
State Superintendent Bryan has de-
cided TO give the teachers the benefit OF
the doubt raised and will renew first
and second grade certificates as often
as necessary.
Nine hundred people crowded into
EAks' hall last week 10 see James j.
Jefrries, champion heavyweight pusillst
OF the world. give an interesting and
exciting exhibition OF his powers In the
ring.
Sitting In the White House at Wash
ington. President Roosevelt touched the
button that threw a food of ght into
the Spokane theater and formally open
ed the big Woodmen OF the World cele-
bration al Spokane last week.
w. w. Phillips. freight brakeman.
was instantly killed at Alfalfa, near
Toppentsh. last week. PHI Hips was go
ing over the train, and In jumping from
the first car to the tender. slipped and
fell between, IL cars passing over the
body, cutting and mangling IL In ter
rable manner.
The most remarkable potato yield
that has been reported in the Yakima
valley comes from C. II. Winner OF Mob (
Hill. Last spring he planted five acres /
to potatoes. He has harvested so tons. I
or 1850 bushels, an average OF $50 bush /
els to tire acre.
During March and April the North 1
ern Pacific will put on sale daily at 81. 4
Paul, Minneapolis. Duluth and the Su-
periors second class one way settlers
ticket to Spokane at $3.50; Helena.
Butte and Anaconda. Mont, $50. and
Portland. Ore. and Northern Pacific
coast common points. SIS.
w. w. Landes, a prisoner convicted
Of horse stealing, sentenced to three
years in the state prison and refused
bail while his appeal Is pending. was al
owed TO ride TO LOOMS from Conconul-
y on private business alone by Sheriff
H. H. Nichols OF his own accord the
prisoner returned after two days spent
n Loomis. He is now In Jail again.
Copies Of Representative Jones bill
or the sale of grazing lands In the
tate OF Washington provides for the
ale OF purely grazing lands at s1.25 per
ere. rs cents in cash and the balance
u four equal annual payments. Sales
an be made in tracts Of not more than
20 acres. The bill further provides
hat only persons who own land or who {
re occupying land under the land laws {
the United States can purchase. and ,
My one purchase can be made by an
ldividual. Furthermore. the tract pur-
nased must be contiguous TO the tract
wned or occupied by the purchaser.