The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-10-02
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS. Il
Kettle Falls is. to have. electric
lights soon. /, z4s
There were Eve deaths from, chol-
era infantum near Colfax recently. -
Monday morning the state fair at
Yakima was opened to the public. ~
Congressman Will e. Humphrey of +
Seattle and Miss Helen Jackson were
married recently.
The federal court, Judge Hanfordl
presiding, commenced Its fall term at
Spokane Tuesday morning. , Il
The attendance at the Washingtonl'
Agricultural college is larger than att
the close of the first week Of any pre-
vious year. About 400 students are
enrolled.
Major General H. G. Corbin of ths4
regular army visited Fort Lawtopsk
near Seattle, in the course of his inf
spection of construction work at west
ern army posts. +" Il
A burial fund for the Spokane police |
force, to be used in defraying the fu-
neral expenses Of policemen who die
in poor circumstances, will be raised |
by the members of the force.
Threshing is about completed in
the Thornton neighborhood. The yield
is much smaller than in former years.
No wheat sales are being made.
Farmers are holding for better prices.
About $4,000 bushels of wheat
have been stored in warehouses up to
date. Only about half this amount is
sold.
Harvest is over and the great bulk
Of grain has reached the warehouses
along the lines of railroad. Farmers
are waiting for advance prices before
selling.
The attorney general has rendered
an opinion to the effect that there is
no law permitting the admission OF
non-residents of the state to the state
insane asylums by the payment for
their care and treatment.
Joe Davis, the street car robber who
held up a street car in Tacoma on the
night of the Fourth of July, and upon
whom a watch was found that was
taken from a man in a street car hold
up at Portland, has been sentence II
Judge Smell to IA years in the peni-
Tertiary.
!, Not in many years has there been
mer fallow in Walla Walla county
ready for the seeder and harrow az
at present. On every hillside can be
seen large tracts Of land with scarce
/. ly a weed in sight and the surface
resembles a garden in spring time.
). The one time sensational case a
< Lewis Levy, representative from
1 King county, against the Metropoli
tan Press Gncorporated), the Stat'
: Printing company, the Pioneer Print
ing & Binding company and other'
!. for $4,000 damages for alleged libel
has been dismissed by Judge Smell a
J the cost of the plaintiff, the latter be
y ing in default
e The wood supply of the Blue noun
J. tain district, and especially for tn
r sections including Walla Walla, Per
?. 0leton, La Grande and the country ly
; ing west of Pendleton, has been col
nered by Eugene Tausick. Althoug
Q Mr.. Tausick will give out no informs
: ton Of his scheme, it is reported tina
q he has purchased in the neighborhoo
e Of $4,000 cords.
u One Of the most destructive fires Il
h the history of Garfield took place re
n Gently when the big implement an
carriage house at the corner of Mai
and First streets, owned by Farms
worth & Foster, and the Mechanics
n Hotel, a few feet distant on Mai
C. street, owned by John Drew and o,
n cupied by Charles Grant, burned t
9 the ground with their contents.
l. John Patton Of Spokane wa
o rushed" by pickpockets and robbie
h Of $3.50. The men crowded aroun
Patton in store and we're apparen
o, ly examining some goods. Two {
10 on the other. They finally said .Ae
;, didn't want to buy, and left the stor
=. Mr.. Patton walked out of the stor
- and just as he went out of the doc
$ he felt for his money and founu
was gone.
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the burea
of forestry of the agricultural depar
h ment, has notified Senator Fost'
at from Ogden, Utah, that it will be IL
q. pt ssible for him to spend more tina
:, couple of days in Washington
:, connection with his investigation
ie the forest reserve question and que
Oh tons appertaining to forest reser,
eA. ensions AMI eliminations, He me-
Of be in Tacoma October 3 and 4.
z, The hop growers Of North Yakin
20. valley are apparently in posiuon
nj dictate terms. Since the first of II
I'd week the price of the 1903 crop hi
-, jumped 4 cents. Twenty-seven cen
y was offered, but no sales have tax,
7u place. 1t is understood the grove
will let go at 80 cents, and it is co
fidently expected that this figure W
be paid in few days. The crop tn
he year will be at least 1880 bale
in which will bring $75o,000 into Il
1 q hands of the Yakima growers VIII,