The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-11-08
EST NEWS

- pOiO ehdt GHe NulDldult Indian
reservation would he thrown open to
settlement this TALL is denied. and it ia
oeneFeu at Hoquiam that the reserva-
I'on cannot possibly be opened for at
leasC three years. Although an order to
survey the lands has been issued, long
''me must elapse before they can be
opened Tor settlement. 1t will require
TWO years to survey the reservation.
W M contains 224, 900 acres of land.
"hen the survey is completed, examin
ers are put IN the field and they are
never IN strenuous hurry.
1t is reported that buyers of fat hogs
are giving Columbia county owners
20 20 100 pounds for their porkers
ready for market.
robert R. Walsh of Sheridan, Wyo.,
VINO has contract with the British
government to supply 1000 cavalry
horses, to be used in South Africa, the
other day shipped 625 to Billings, Mont.
"nere they will be inspected by British
army officers and sent by rail to New
orleans for shipment The horses were
bought in Eastern Washington, Oregon
ana Northern Idaho. Mr.. Walsh is at
"alla Walla buying more horses.
Aberdeen Bulletin: Evidences of the
hight southwardsof millions of "whale
olrds are to be found on the streets
nearly every morning. Every fall, and
especially SO IN seasons preceding an ex-
ceptlonally hard winter, these birds are
seen IN vast numbers flying southwark
lhey travel day and night in their haste
TO escape the bitterness of the cold
north, and 1T is this fact that results in
many OF the birds being killed, and also
IN the TACT OF their flight being made
Known, for the birds are strongly at
tracteC by light at night, and often
uash out their brains from striking one.
Nearly every street light in this city has
oeen the means Of one or more birds be-
ing killed in the last few days.
Recently little Louise McCarty disap
peared from her home at st. Maries,
Idaho, on the St Maries river. and for
several days searching party of over a
hundred secured the woods in homes of
hndlng her body where it was supposed
it had been carried by a cougar. Blood
hounds and pair of cougar dogs were
| used in the search, but no trace was
found until Wednesday when a partly
eaten apple was found in the river she
was eating an apple when last seen
and playing with pet goat in q skiff in
the river and it is now supposed that
she fell into the river and was drowned.
An oil we'll flowing % barrels daily
has been struck at Pocatello, Idaho, at
depth of $50 feet. Oil stock is not for
sale.
Many settlements on public lands are
reported being made near Wilson creek,
Douglas county, on the line OF the Great
Northern railway.
Walter Fetterly and George Alexander,
recently captured, have pleaded guilty
to stock stealing in Spokane county.
Because j. Nj. Hagerty, we'll known
mining man of Northern Washington
and British Columbia, spoke disparag-
ingly Of the Palmer Mountain Tunnel
Company properties at LOOmis, in
newspaper interview, saying the lodges |
claimed we're not there and Offering to
pay expenses of an engineer to examine |
if he did not tell the truth, a mob at |
LOOMS tarred and feathered him when |
he visited that town Saturday.
Steamship Queen reached Seattle from
Nome, on the last trip out, October 80, |
with 400 passengers and 100000 in |
gold. Only the small steamer Arctic |
was left at Nome. Winter had set in in |
earnest at the time of the Queens sail |
ing, October %, with steadily falling
thermometers. In a 46-mile gale off |
Cape Flattery the ship took a plunge
which came near ending her, threatening
to roll her completely over. She went
nearly beyond the turning back point,
but finally righted:
Mrs. John A. Emmitt, II years old,
do So 4 IaIo a.
gon, suicided with carbolic acid at
Portland hotel a few days ago, while on
her wedding trip. Her husband, who
was barber at Halsey, came to the
room intoxicated.
October was a lively month in the
United States land Office at Walla Walla
One hundred and twenty persons made
application for homesteads covering
total of 1S,203 acres. These are To-
Gated mostly in Franklin county. Nine
teen homesteaders, covering 2O1653
made proof and payment. that ia to say,
instead of living full time on their claims
they paid money for the lands claimed
Twelve parties made final proof on their
hOmesteads, covering total of 1916. Sc
acres. One applicant made final proof
on a desert land claim, covering 100
acres, in AsOtin county. One applicant
made final proof on a timber culture
claim, covering 60 acres.
1t is estimated by R. B. Wilson, travel
ing freight agent of the Burlington road,
that ~ GOO horses have been shipped
from Oregon, Washington, Montana and
Idaho TO South Africa this season.
Mrs A. Drysdale, formerly Margaret
Day of Dayt aged 81. wife of a farm
er II miles north OF Prescott, took a
fatal dose of strychnine while in bed
Sunday night and then told her hus-
band She died soon. No cause can be
assigned.
Astounding Discovery.
From CoopersvilIe, Mich, comes word
of a wonderful discovery of II pleasant
tasting liquid that when used before re-