The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-10-17
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASd1NGION ITEMS.
3 Governor Henry Mcbride will tax
the stump soon for the republicans.
Little Margis Bjornson of Blain
was fatally burned last week.
The Washington Good Roads assoc
alton was formed in Seattle recent,
]. w. Brown of Salem, Ore, has d,
cided to establish creamery at Watt
: burg.
The bank clearings for last wee
were the heaviest ever known. The
amounted to $2,242,734.
| J. J. State, farmer, who has 70
several years resided near Waitsburs
is missing.
All the grain warehouses of Teko
are filling UP rapidly with wheat, oat
and hay.
The Northern Pacific has purchase,
the Bellingham Bay & Eastern rail
way.
One OF the largest cargoes of Orien
tai goods ever received in Seattle ar
rived last week.
Bob Childers, who is wanted in Ida
no on charge of horse stealing, was
arrested at Medical Springs recent,
by Sheriff Lawrence.
J. +. Lynch. one of the most popular
members of the Spokane fire depart
ment, was killed recently in an acct
dent at Vancouver.
The letting of the contract for cleo.
trio light fixtures in the new capital
building has been laid over until the
December meeting.
Shadrach Davies, formerly of Spo-
kane, has mysteriously disappeared
from San francisco, whittier he went
about a month ago.
The steamer Clan Mcdonald was
burned recently at Whatcom as it Law
on the beach undergoing repairs. The
loss is $4,000; insurance $4,000.
From these data the total amount
OF timber in the state under the Wash
lngton numbering practice is estimated
at 1858 million feet B. M.
DR.. B. H. Yount OF Wilbur, commit
ted to the Medical Lake asylum from
Davenport about a month ago. has
MS release via the habeas corpus
route.
Fruit shipments from points be-
tween Waitsburg and Dixie, along the
w. & G. R., have been quite large
this year, the apple consignments sur
passing last season.
Five hundred dollars was ordered
contributed to the relief fund for suf-
ferers from the forest fires on the
coast by the Walla Walla council last
week. Hollon Parker has contributed
a ton Of flour.
Bertha Lerner, 1O-year-old girl
was badly and perhaps fatally burn
ed IN Seattle recently by the explosion
OF can of kerosene. The explosion
was due to the girl pouring the fluid
on the flames in stove.
1t is estimated that there are 900.
200 acres of arid lands.in Washington.
Ill OF which are in the central Dor
Ion of the state, east of the Cascade
Mountains, and in the drainage ba-
I'm of the Columbia river.
About 300 head of sheep belonging
o Judge Stockslager are dead at the
mouth CT East Fork, and others are
eported to be dying. 1t is believed
nat the sheep have been poisoned
md an investigation is being made.
W. H. Gilstrap of Tacoma is plan.
ing to paint series of historical pic.
ures for display at the louisiana Pur-
hase exposition of 1904, as we'll as at
he Lewis and Clark exposition at
Ore, in 1905.
Arthur Cox, living on farm of 500
cres between Garfield and Belmont.
lalms the record yield of oats for this
ear. Mr.. Cox had 5000 bushels Of
ats on 30 acres OF land, making an &
verage yield of 118 bushels per acre
superintendent Catron of the state :
has announced the OF.
clal report OF the jute mill az fol-
VS.: Grain sacks manufactured this !,
JASON. 1,4S9,000; number Of sacks to =
carried over, 10000; number dis. :
fbuted in Walla Walla valley. 95s..
%; revenue. $4,000.
A broken rail wrecked a Northern
acific freight train recently at the :,
estern end of the Cascade tunnel. 81
he engine was overturned and the ~
glneer, William Mischo of Tacoma \.
Is Killed. Several loaded cars were II
ed up. -
The Spokane. Portland and Seattle oc
sh schools have been placed upon re
accredited list at the University
California at Berkeley, and here st,
.er graduates from these schools w
IL not be required to take entrance hi
aminations. de
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