Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16

Inc spokane county TAX levy FOR
this year is II mills.
Good roads convention will so to
Whatcom next year.
The Spokane telephone operators,
union has collapsed.
The wool clip of the Inland Empire
IS 100000 pounds a year.
l. P. Armstrong, an old time resi-
dent of Spokane, died recently.
Royalty, owned by Harry Green of
Spokane, won the Spokane Derby.
Garfield continues to pay the high
est price in the Palouse country for
wheat.
More than 100000 fruit trees have
been set out this year in the Inland
Empire.
The Whitman County fair opened
Monday, and everything was in read
mess for the opening day.
d. L. Sheppard, the aged convict
who escaped from the penitentiary a
few weeks ago, is still loose.
The first copies of the 1908 house
and senate journals were received by
| IL.
One hundred and eighty delegates
were registered as in attendance at
the good roads convention at Spokane
recently.
In proportion to population, Spokane
stands higher today on the list of bank
clearings than any other city of the
United States.
There were 3S1.5S1 pounds Of but
ter and 175,OOO pounds of cheese pro-
duced in Spokane county last year
by two creameries.
The fruit season is fairly open in
Garfield and large shipments are be-
ing made. A fair sized army of pack
ers are at work in the three packing
houses.
The proposition to issue 100000
worth of school bonds for building
purposes was just barely defeated by
the voters at Spokane last week.
Edward Day, the 16 year old son of
William Day, living at Spokane, ac-
cidentally shot himself while hunting
ducks last Sunday and now lies dead.
According to advices received from
the coast folmaldehyde or borax has
been found in nearly all canned meats
prepared by the big packing houses Of
the west.
At Walla Walla Sunday the most
destructive fire that has occurred in
years was discovered at the rear Of
the lumber yard and planning mill
owned by Whitehouse. Crimmins &
Co. The loss is 100000. The blaze
was undoubtedly of incendiary origin.
Willie Davis, the 16 year old son
of William Davis of Steptoe Butte, was
fatally injured recently by being
kicked in the temple by a horse. The
boy fell through hole in the floor
of hay loft behind the horse, which
kicked him, fracturing his skull.
Samuel Hill, president Of the State
Good Roads association, has been ap.
pointed by the association as its rep
resentative to go to Washington and
urge upon congress the appropriation
Of money to assist in the building of
highways in the various states, with
a special view to securing appropri.
atoms for Washington.
Herbert Macarthur, manager of the
Blalock Fruit company, has received
returns from three cars Of prunes
shipped direct to London and Liver
pool markets from the orchard near
Walla Walla. 1t required just 80 days
for the shipment to reach its desti-
nation and the fruit was in excellent
condition, having been forwarded in
refrigerators. This is the first ex-
pertinent of the kind.
A large number Of valuable docu-
ments, dating back as far as 1858,
have been found among a lot OF old
rubbish stored in the state ormory
in Olympia. The existence of some
of the papers were known to exist,
but had been lost for 10 years. Among
the latter are the muster rolls OF
Washington and Oregon volunteers
who participated in suppressing the
Indian insurrection in 1857.
The office of the state grain COM
missioner reports an unfortunate state
of affairs in the condition of the wheat
Land other grain now arriving at Ia
coma. The losses to the shippers is
considerable, and much of this loss
might be saved did the shippers but
realize that in shipping wet grain into
the Sound country they are inviting
disaster the humidity of the atmos-
phere completing the damage begun
over the mountains. The growers
ought to be advised at once that grain
shipped wet, or even in moist con-
dition, does not dry out at this point
at all. AS a general thing it. heats
and cakes.
An Inland Empire exhibit is to be
gathered and displayed at the St.