The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-04-04
WASHINGTON NEWS.


Seattle is to have dog show, begin
ming April 8.
Homeseekers from the East con-
tnue to arrive.
The amount OF taxes collected by {,
Spokane county treasurer dur;GS ..o"I
was S919,313.15.
The building of the new Touring
mill at Tekoa by the Tekoa company
IS now an assured fact.
The labor unions of Spokane are
preparing TO take a hand in the sugar
war in the defense of home industry.
The Northwestern Theatrical asso-
citation has purchased the Tacoma
theater property for s105O00 from the
Provident Savings association.
The l. o. o. F. lodges OF Spokane
are making preparations to celebrate
the S3rd anniversary of the founding
of the order on Saturday, April 26.
Much interest has developed in the
meeting of the Inland Empire Teach
ers' association. to be held here We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday, of April
9, 10, II.
Steptoe butte, the historic landmark
of eastern Washington. is to be sold
at sheriff's sale on April &c to satisfy a
Judgment of s1791.51 and 5000 attor-
ney's fees, obtained against the prop
erty by the Canadian & American
Mortgage company of London, Eng
land.
The Spokane team as completed is
as follows: Wood, catcher; Kostal,
pitcher; Bolin, pitcher; Glendon,
pitcher; Elsee. first base; Reitz, sec
ond base; Kelly shortstop; Donohue.
third base Howells, left field: Nc
Laughlin, center field McKevitt, right
field.
The broad acres of the Horse Heav-
en- country within the borders of
Klickitat will attract a strong influx
of the moneyed homeseelSers probably
this season. There is some splendid
land in the Horse Heaven with excel
lent grain possibilities, but water is
remote.
Spokane and the Inland Empire
have been visited by nearly 10000
prospective settlers from the eastern
states since the inauguration Of the
special low rate one way settlers tick
cts, March 1. OF this number 1878,
according to the daily estimates print
ed in The Spokesman-Review, have
left the trains at Spokane.
The records ct the county commits
sioners' Office show that during the
year 1901 206 persons were cared for
at the county poor farm at the expense
OF Spokane county.
A Spokane company is planning to
construct an aerial gravity tramway
from the Big Bend plateau to a point
near Entiat. on the Columbia river
The plan of the tramway is to open up
the Waterville section of the Big Bend
country and give the farmers an op-
portunity to transport their grain more
easily othe Great Northern railroad.
A company composed of Tacoma
capitalists have organized for the pur-
pose of building a large plant at Ia
coma for the manufacture of railway
freightcars. constructed of Washing
ton fir. The capacity at first will be
from eight to ten per day and 200 to
800 skilled workmen will be employed
The company will send part of it's pro
duct to Japan in knock down form.
The sundry civil bill reported pro
vided that the unexpected balance o.
the appropriation made in 1898 foi
continuing the improvements of mill
tary post at Spokane is appropriated
and made available until the close o
the present fiscal year, together witt
such additional sum out of the gen
eral appropriation for army posts al
may be necessary to be expended a
Spokane. The bill also appropriate!
S156,775 for continuing the improve
ments of Grays Harbor and s117,00C
for Everett harbor. Seattle's public
building gets $250,0O0; Boise public
building. $4,000.