The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-08-08
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during July represent s15S570.
Twenty-seven bushels per acre is the
estimated average for Eureka fat.
John Dooley, one Of the first pion-
GERS of the country, is dead at Walla
Walla.
The wheat yield of Franklin county
for this year is estimated at 100000
bushels.
Harvesting Of Columbia's big million
and half bushel crop is now well IN
der way.
Miler's hotel. for many years the larg-
est in Tcloa, was totally destroyed by
fire recently.
Commencing this morning Republic,
Curlew and Danville will have a daily
mail service.
Eugene B. Hyde has succeeded Sam
uel A. Wells as receiver of the Spo-
kane land office.
The fruit crop of Yakima valley
promises to be much larger than ever
in its past history.
The total number of bicycle licenses
issued at Spokane since April 1 up to
the close Of July was 1888.
The changing of headquarters of the
Department of the Columbia from Van
couver to Seattle is announced.
The new -four mill at Seattle, erect
ed by the Hammond Milling Company.
will be ready to start by September I.
An incendiary fire has destroyed two
large barns. EIGHT horses and quantity
of farming implements seven miles from
Everett
Thomas NJ TDley was accidentally
killed at Fort Casey recently by a
chain slipping from log and striking
him on the head
The -four mills at Ritzville for the
year ending July I ground 100000
bushels of wheat into flour, aggregat-
ing $4,000 barrels.
A band of about 10000 sheep have
just been driven in from Oregon to
the vicinity of West Fork, where they
will be grazed during the summer.
Fire totally destroyed the plant of
the Bryant Lumber & Single COM
pany at Fremont, a suburb of Seattle
last week. The loss is estimated at
about $4,000.
mass meeting of the people of
eastern Yakima county has decided
that a new county, to be known as
Riverside. must be created at the next
session of the legislature.
The contract for the construction Of
a coaling plant at the PUGET sound
navy yard has been awarded to the
Puget Sound BRIDGE & Dredging com
pany Of Seattle at S265.OOO.
c. G. Raby, ex-countv auditor of
Whitman county, is still in jail hay
ing failed to give $4,000 bonds to Sc
cure his release pending the appeal of
his case to the supreme court
The Centennial mill. at Spokane,
caught fire last week and in less than
an hour was total loss Samuel elias
COW. MANAGER of the mill company. es-
Inmates the loss at $4,000, fully in
sured
A. E. Taylor a sheepherder, was ac-
cidentaiiy shot at Kaiispei valley last
week. After all night ride to the scene
of the accident the fatigued coroner's
jury was preceded by the corpse lash
ed astride a mule and turned loose.
The o. p. & n. is making improve
ments which demand a large amount
of labor while at the Naples cutoff
on the Great Northern. between Spo
kane and Bonners Ferry, several hund
red men for 81 could be accommodat
ed.
William Henry Martin, who has Ions
had the distinction of being the oldes
Odd Fellow in the state, is dead a
Farmineton. He was over SIS year.
old. He had been a member of the !
o. o. +. for over "a years, having Join
ed the order in Kentucky in 1913.
1t is reported at North Yakima tina
the Congdon canal is to be enlarge
and rebuilt to supply water for 100
additional acres now in sagebrush. Fo
the purpose of setting men to worl
water users have been notified tina
the water would be shut off on Octobe
1 and remain until NEXT April.
Mrs. c. e. Scriber of Colfax lost tn
power of speech more than six month
ago and had it restored as suddenl
as it had left her while fishing on tn
st. Joe river in Idaho a few days age
Her father was similarly Athlete
many years ago. having lost the powe
of speech. which suddenly returned 4
about six months These two case
are quite interesting from a scientif
standpoint
OREGON NOTES.
Bricllaying has begun on the ne7
Strain buiIdin0 at Milton Two hus