The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-06-05
WASHINGTON.

| WASHINGTON.
| George Shaw was drowned in the
| Columbia river recently.
! A state bank with capital of $685.
! 900 has been started at Edwall.
| A fruit cannery is to be put in opera
| ton at North Yakima on a large scale.
| The Universalists are preparing TO
| build SIC, 900 church this year at Spo-
kane.
! A new bank for North Yakima has
been organized. with a capital stock of
| SIS. 900.
The Spokane river is reported to
| have reached the highest level since
| the food of 1894.
The Washington and Great Northern
track laying crew has reached Curlew
and it Is hoped that rails will be laid
into Republic by June Is.
Last week the athletic team from
the state university at Seattle easily
defeated the state agricultural college
men at Pullman by q score Of "a to
Il 81
In accordance with the policy adopt
ed by the Northern Pacific. the en-
ployees OF the Spokane shops will re-
ceive an advance of about Ave per cent.
in wages. beginning June l.
The saw mill plant of Charles Rus
sell & Son at Dragon was destroyed
by Are few days ago. LOSS, $4,000;
insurance. $4,000. The mill had a
daily capacity OF about 10000 feet.
Dayton, Wash. and coast capitalists
are to build shortly a $2OO,000 mailing
establishment to care for the immense
barley crop Of Columbia county. Elec-
tricity. generated from q power plant
near Turner'S. is to be the motive force.
In the report Of the division Of stat.
istics Of the department Of agriculture
for the frst third Of the year Everett
Is given prominent mention. 1t Is stat.
ed that the lumber shipments OF Ever
EFT alone for the month Of April aggre-
gated 18.50O.O0O feet
| Attorney-GeneralS tratton has often
been asked al to whether there was
any provision In the state law where.
by = veteran Of the Spanish-American
war could be exempted from payment
| Of poll tax in cities Of the fourth class
| Mr.. Stratton announces that after q
careful investigation he finds nothing
providing for such an exemption.
| Mrs. Peter Hudson. living at the
head OF Wenas creek. IS miles from
North Yakima. was killed recently
while on her way to the cemetery to
decorate the graves Of deceased chill
dren. In crossing . bridge over the
creek the team backed. upset the We
and threw her into the deep water
the wagon and horses falling on her
She was IS years old and leaves sever
al children.
At Missoula. Mont. last week Uni
versity hall was filled for three hours
to hear the debate between teams Of
the Washington Agricultural College
from Pullman. Wash. and the Univer
sity Of Montana, ON the proposition to
legalixe railroad pools. The afirma
tive side OF the question was handled
by the Montana boys. but the debate
was awarded to the Washingtons BY
tu0 OO0iu VI JuuScb
Samuel Billiard. an oiler ON the
steamship Valencia. met q horrible
death recently at Seattle on the voy
age Of that steamer from San Francis
co to Seattle. Bullard was cleaning
parts Of the machinery in the neigh
borhood OF large propeller shaft and
In some unknown way was caught fast
on the projecting rod. His brains
were pounded out by the big shaft
before his fellow workmen could re
move him from beneath II.
4 Engineer j. c. Wright. of Everett
last week performed an act OF signal
heroism as his train was running full
speed south Of Milltown: on the coast
line. when he saved the life Of three
year old girl
| The little tot was playing on the
track entirely obliyious Of the ap
preaching danger. The engineer blew
his whistle, turned on the air brakes
and reversed the engine. but he saw II
was impossible to stop in time to save
the little child. Apparently becoming
aroused from her play and seeing the
engine coming. she started straight to.
ward it without leaving the track.
The engineer quickly left his cab and
climbing down on the pilot. caught the
little girl in his arms In time to save
her from being cut to pieces.
The right kind OF wife sets out to
save all the money her husband squan.
| dered on her when thew were engar