Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-28
WASHINGTON NEWS.

| ttODeTl ". l<duldIt Lao pSSA opPoAhS-
ed postmaster at Bay Center.
1t is reported that there Is scarcity
of harvest hands throughout the Big
Bend.
The new town OF Nighthawk has
been laid out on banks Of the Simil-
Kameen river.
The boycott of the nondelivery COM
mission houses by the Spokane Re-
tail Grocers' association is still on.
There is an effort being made to do
away with the heavy grade on the s.
f. & N. between Marcus and Myers
Falls.
A material reduction on rates on
sash and doors from Spokane to east
ern points goes into effect on Septem-
Der Is.
The water situation at Waitsburg is
becoming serious. There Is a good
supply, but it is bad for drinking pur-
poses.
An electric storm Sunday afternoon
played havoc with the telephone,
street railway and electric lighting sys-
tens.
H. NJ. Shafer of San Diego, CAL, will
succeed Professor l.. B. Alger as prin-
cipal of the state normal school at
Cheney.
The management of the Interstate
Fair association is working on the live
stock auction sale proposed for the
sth and 9th Of October.
Capt. 1. N. Campbell, a well known
mining man Of Spokane. 10 dead at the
home of his brother, A. B. Campbell.
Death was due to sarcoma.
The Transmississippi Commercial
congress closed in Seattle last Sat
urday the most successful session in
the history of the congress.
The hay raisers Of the Yakima val
ley are experiencing greater demand
for their product than at any time
there for raising feed for stock.
f. H. Hammond and brakeman
Charles johnson were slightly injured
in wreck on the o. R. & N. Sunday
afternoon at Buckley, 20 miles from
Spokane.
Friday. Sheriff Inkster and deputies
Level and O'Farrell of Lincoln county
arrested w. H. Marcho and James
Shuck at Deep Creek, upon the charge
of horse stealing.
| An important defect has been dis
covered in the laws passed by the last
legislature in relation to the leasing
of state lands. which renders void
scores Of leases.
Despondent over the fear that he
might be beaten in law suit, j. A.
Goettel of Spokane apparently could
not stand the shock, and committed
suicide. He was a tailor.
| John L. Smith, superintendent Of the
Interstate fair, is making a tour Of
coast cities for the purpose of interest
ing fruit growers, stock raisers and
farmers in the fair here from October
s until 10.
The Spokane county board of equal
ization has completed its annual labors
and the records of its proceedings
show that the personal valuations re-
turned by the assessor have been re-
duced about 100000.
The state insurance department in
figuring up its receipts to date finds
that they are s17,42S.3S ahead of what
the receipts Of the office were for the
entire year of 1902. The total receipts
to date are $2S,61249.
A $1,000 fire occurred Saturday at
Walla Walla burning the mattress and
npholstering factory, blacksmith
shop and four shacks occupied by Chi
nese. The insurance is $1,000. The
fire started in the picker" at the mat
tress company's building.
Seneca G. Ketchum, a printer and
newspaper man, we'll known. and par
ticularly in the northwest, died re-
Gently at his home in Sedro- Woolley,
Skagit county, of Inflammation of the
bowels. He leaves widow and one
child, living in -Woolley.
The record yield of wheat for Whit.
man county so far reported this season
is that Of Adam Lust, a farmer living
: one mile from Endicott, who threshed
: fraction over 81 bushels per acre
i from a field Of 100 acres. The wheat
was of the red variety, sown last fall
> on summer fallowed land.
Deputy Collector of Customs Thomas
!. R. Delaney and Inspector Stephen A.
Brinker of Seattle recently seized 100
pounds Of ambergris, alleged to have
+ been stolen at Victoria. The value of
d the concretion is at the present whole
e sale market list $50 an ounce. making
o the seizure worth about $4S,0o0.
The detailed plans for the hours of
s amusement to be given at the Spokane