The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-02-06
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

ROCKFORD is soon to have a broom
factory.
Vancouver is agitating the erection
Of 30 barrel hour mil.
Mohler, six mines south of Harring-
ton, is to have -four mill.
Springdale and Chewelah, two Stew
ems county towns, have voted to in
corporate.
North Yakimi is now a wide open
town, or at least will be so within a
very short time.
The Portland FIGURING Mills com
pany is making arrangements for the
construction of a 400 barrel mill at
Lind.
1t is stated that A. F. Slater. a
newspaper man of Walla WalIa, will
be Senator Ankeny's private secre-
tary.
A wholesale jailbreak was frustrat-
ed in the Snohomish county Jail re-
Gently by the prompt action of the
officers.
The seventh annual session of the
school of dairying is open at the state
agricultural college, continuing eight
weeks.
Ed Spencer, who killed Ella Mundt
at Spokane January 10, and attempted
suicide, is slowly regaining his
strength.
1t is estimated that the damage by
forest fires in Washington and Oregon
the past summer and fall amounts to
about $19,00O,UOO.
The new 175 barrel Eagle roller mill
at COlfax, replacing the mill destroyed
by fire last August, is completed and
has begun running.
The hOmeseekers' rates of $25 from
st. Paul to North Pacific points will
be again put into effect February 15,
by the transcontinental lines.
The Columbia River Railway & Nav
igation company, which for several
years has been deemed a sure enough
railroad corpse, is giving signs of
life.
Mrs. Marguerite Allen, the oldest
woman in the state of Washington,
Mrs. John Morrison of Tamoca, last
week
G. B. Aubin, a well known farmer
living four miles south of Colville,
marketed the largest hog ever sold in
Colville. 1t dressed 628 pounds and
was disposed of to ]. P Hessel.
Herbert Hupp, the year old son of
William Hupp, a farmer residing 10
miles west of Walla Walla, died re-
Gently from wounds inflicted by the
accidental discharge Of shotgun.
James Boise, an eccentric character
so years old, died recently at his home
near the state line, alone and unat-
tended. The deceased came to Walla
Walla valley from New York 40 years
ago.
A meeting of the prominent lumber
men of eastern Washington and nor
thern Idaho will be held at the Spo
kane hotel on February IL for the
purpose of considering matters of i'm
portance that may be brought up.
Burglars recently got into the sa
loon of F. ]. Melton at Lind and blew
open the safe, using two charges Of
nitroglycerine, one charge on the out
side door and one on the inside door
obtaining about $500, of which abou
5000 was in silver.
The following dates have been SCI
for the inspection of eastern Wash
/ ington militia companies: Headquar
tiers Third battalion and Company H
!, Spokane, February 25; Company
J Waitsburg, February 10; Company E
. Yakima. February %; Company l., Col
} fax, February 81.
There will be meeting in Spokan
= early in February, probably next week
between Mr.. Parkin, agent of the trus
tees of the Cecil Rhodes will, and lead
} ing educators of Oregon, Washington
5 Idaho and Montana when plans for tn
selection of candidates for the Rhode
3 scholarships from these four state
will be discussed, and the matter fina
. ly determined if possible.
+ The farmers of Rockford sectio
s are quietly agitating the question c
r forming some sort of an alliance wit
}. he people of the Idaho panhandle 70
n I united and decisive move in the d
d 'ection of securing measures lookin
: the opening for homestead settl'
nent Of the Occur d'Alene Indian re-
;. 'rvation during the present session {
l. congress.