Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-05
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

| Memorial day was observer III wi
fax in the usual manner.
A good roads association was organ
lied in Spokane recently.
Washington Pioneers association
was held in Seattle June 2-3.
A new national bank is to be opened
in Spokane in the near future.
The Tacoma Federation of Women
organizations has been organized.
The commencement exercises OF the
Yakima high school will be held June D.
Forest fires are again prevalent In
the timber in the neighborhood OF
Hillyard.
Slot machines are again running in
Tacoma under the tacit consent of the
city authorities.
George NJ. Mitchell, pioneer of Spo-
kane, died recently. Mr.. Mitchell was
rs years of age.
The dedication of the new Presby-
terrain church will take place Sunday,
June Z, at Yakima.
Congressman w. l.. Jones has &C.
cepted an invitation to speak at Pa
louise City on the 4th of July.
The German scientists who are In
America, sent here by the government
of Germany, will be in Spokane June 5.
Admiral Charles ]. Barclay, formerly
in charge of the Boston navy yard,
has arrived in Seattle to take command
~ +bo pronarton pouu ward
The home of ]. s. Olson, the Touchet
blacksmith who was killed in Walla
Walla recently by being run over by
hack, was in Memphis, Tenn.
Adjutant General James A. Drain
has mustered into the service of the
national guard new company Of 40
men.
After 20 working days of idleness.
the differences between the master
builders and the building laborers at
Spokane have been amicably adjusted.
The Spokane League baseball team
is now in second place for the PEN
nant. They are playing star ball and
when in that city all should see the
games.
Russell Harding, formerly stationed
at Spokane as assistant general super
intendent Of the Great Northern, is
now general manager of the Gould
roads.
The convocation of the missionary
district of Spokane of the Protestant
Episcopal church will be held in Spo-
kane June 16, II and IS, at All Saints
cathedral.
Lewis Mayhem, a well known young
business man of Whatcom, was drown
ed Sunday afternoon in Bellingham
bay. He walked off the stern of his
launch while it was in motion and was
struck by the propeller.
The fraternal and benevolent soci-
eties of Spokane city and county are
concerned over the decision of Asses
scr Stewart to assess this year their
paraphernalia and lodge furniture and
also their money in bank.
The jury in the case of Edward Spen-
Ger at Spokane found him guilty of
murder in the second degree for killing
Ella Mundt on January 10 last Cou-
pied with the verdict was a recon-
mendation to the court for clemency.
A number of recent happenings have
served to emphasize the importance Of
Spokane as railway center, a propo-
sition primarily due to the geographic
cal location of that city. Spokane has
more railroad lines passing directly
through it than any other city in the
northwest.
Memorial day in Spokane was ap.
propriately observed by the Grand
Army organizations of the city. Sedg
wick post conducted the services al
Paramount and ]. L. Reno post al
Greenwood and at Fort Wright. The
Women's Relief Corps, Sons and
Daughters of Veterans of each posi-
participated.
81 never saw two such cities any
where as Seattle and Spokane. If my
eldest boy was big enough to be choos
ing a place | would advise him to 10
cate in one or the other of those two
cities, and it is shakeup between
them. Extract from a conversation
which Colonel James Hamilton Lewi
had with the president at Pocatello.
The next meeting of the State Den
tai association will be held in Seattl,
next wear. The officers for the ensuin,
year are: DR.. A. w. Phillips of Sc
attic. president: DR.. R. A. Munroe o
Spokane, first vice president; DR.. 3
s. Scott of Tacoma, second vice pres
ident; DR.. Appleby of Everett, treas
secretary.
The remains of ex-Commander B. c