The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-01-24
FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
NEWS is BRIEFLY TOLD HERE.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week
Every section shows General
Growth-Msny Accidents Occur
Personals.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

"6bniNolON NG" -
There were 377 alarms OF fire in Sc
attic last year.
A social club OF men has been or
ganized in Cheney.
Thomas Harbine died in Tacoma last
week, aged So years.
The fourth annual Poultry show at
Pullman was a success.
Work on the Seattle-Tacoma street
car line has been resumed.
The Fairhayen city council has decid-
ed TO make that an open town.
Cheney and the neighboring commu-
mites held coyote drive last week.
The State Hotel Mems association
was organized in Seattle last week
The Pacific Northwest Racing asso-
citation was organized in Seattle last
week.
The expense of running Spokane
county's business affairs for 1901 was
$685.. 4I74s.
North Yakima is to have sheep
shearing plant that will be the largest
in the state.
The steamer Fairhaven. which ran
on the rocks at Miller Point last week.
is afioat again.
The order of Red Men will hold
winter carnival at Walla Walla from
February 3 20 s.
Jerome Rice. postmaster at Fairfield,
has rendered his resignation. TO take
effect April /. 1902.
kenewick is rejoicing over the pros
poets OF getting water for irrigation
the coming season.
The state agricultural college will
have two intercollegiate debates this
year with Whitman.
About $50 delegates attended the
nth state labor congress OF Washing
ton al Tacoma last week.
Student Ray and .Bruiser" Ford
slugged each other for ten rounds at
University In Seattle last week. IL
WAS the sixth of series OF battles for
en-.
The y. p. and G. n. companies are to
have union depot al Seattle. over
million and half dollars will be
spent on facilities.
The state board OF control. consisting
OF three members will on February 10
start TO make the round OF the institu-
tions under it's control.
Trinity Episcopal church. the finest
church in Seattle. was 10 ally destroyed |
by fire at O'Clock Monday morning. |
Property loss about $4,000.
The movement to induce homeseek-
ers 10 locate In the Inland Empire
should be heartily supported by every
body. both in city and country.
The marriage OF S. w. George. well
known as the blind man running a fruit I
stand at a Spokane variety theatre, and
Miss Anna C. Haines was solemnized
last week.
The young man named Prendergast.
Lying below Daisy. who shot himself
In the breast and arm short time ago,
has suffered the amputation OF his left
arm at the shoulder.
The state agricultural experiment
station will give series OF farmers
Institutes at Thornton, January % and
rs: Sunset. % and so; St John, Janu-
sry 81 and February /.
washington's congressional delega-
ion was before the house committee
N rivers and harbors the past week,
irging appropriations for Washington
'ivers and harbors. II asked for
rand total OF s2,s57,ss7, and OF this
um $4,000 is wanted for eastern
rivers. or this latter sum
N even half million is asked to start
york on the obstruction In the Colum.
ia river between The Dalles and Ce-
10. These distractions overcome. and
minor improvements made of the
make river. it Will be feasible to trans
ort the products of eastern Washing {
On and northern Idaho. directly from '
he fields, forests and mines. to sea G
ding vessels on the lower Columbia. q
The delegation declared to the COM
littee that this project affects more {
irectly more people in the two states e
ian any other, and is OF more import =
nee to them than any other" G
IDAHO GLEANINGs. r
Agitation looking toward the incor. e