Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.

| heHsldl Funston recommends that
large tract of land at American lake,
near Tacoma Wash, be acquired for
the purpose of drill ground and camp
Tor concentration in case Of war.
j. L. Ballaine, formerly of Colfax.
chairman of the finance committee of
the Alaskan Central railway, who mas
been before the departments at Wash
ington. D. c., fer the past week OF
matters connected with the construc-
ton of the road, has been successful
in his efforts. The projected road will
extend from Seward, on the southern
coast of Alaska, north to the Tanana
river. APO miles, and will open, when
completed, all of central Alaska to
daily communication throughout the
year. 1t is being built at the rate of
125 miles year.
The consolidation of the Methow
Valley bank and the Commercial bank
Of Conconully is announced.
The hop growers of the Yakima val
ley were surprised when it was an.
nounced that the yield for 1908 would
reach at least $4,000 bales.
The disagreement between masters
and men in the Tacoma building trades
continues.
The Northwestern Home Finding
association has turned down an offer
of large bonus COR the establishment
of its industrial school at Walla Walla
and will continue on its present plans
for the establishment of the institution
near Hillyard.
Carpenters of Spokane are earning
nearly $4,000 every week day, accord
irg to Off cials Of their organization
AS the metropolis of one of the finest
farming regions in the Urited States,
Spokane has come to be one of the
most important distributing centers
for the sale CT agricultural implements
DR.. Sinclair, dominion quarantine Of
ficer at Northport, says information
has reached him that black smallpox is
eriden'c among the Indians of Ste
vens county in the vicinity of Che.
welah.
A so foot addition IS to be made to
the Northern Pacific ieport at Pa
louise.
The Knapp irrigation canal, near
Ertiat, has been declared open and is
now ready to serve water to the farm.
ers holding lands under it. The ditch
waters 1900 acres of land.
Sentence of 25 years Imprisonment
in the penitentiary was imposed by
Judge Bell at Seattle upon Frank Van
Waters, the dentist, convicted of Grim
inally assaulting a child of 8 years of
age.
Whitman college walked away with
Spokane high school by score of 23
to 0 Saturday afternoon on field
where clouds of dust made playing
disagreeable.
On the road between Chelan and
P?teros and about eight miles from
the former town, is a natural ice cave,
in which ice is to be had any month In
the year.
Walla Walla fair opened Monday.
Superior Judge Brents made the open
irg speech.
On account Of the unsettled condi-
tons in the eastern building trade the
output of the mills in the Inland EN-
pire is falling off considerably.
The farmers institute, held at Spo-
kane this week under the auspices of
the state agricultural college at Pull
man was very successful affair.
The streets of Palouse are again
lighted by electricity.
A sale of a Whitman county farm
for $50 per acre has been made by L..
c. Irvine Of Pennington to a man
from Pendletor, Ore. Mr.. Irvine sold
200 acres lying on the state line near
Pennington for $4,000. The farm is
well improved, with good buildings
and has five acres in orchard.
A daring holdup took place in Ia
coma about 8 o'clock Sunday evening.
The victims were Mr.. and Mrs. Weeks
of 905 South ]. street. They were
stopped on the street by a masked
man, who, with drawn revolver, COM
PEELED Mr.. Weeks to part with his
pocketbook containing 1922. The rob-
berry occurred Immediate in front Of
the brilliantly lighted Jewish syra-
gogue.
George Turner, native Of Nova
Scotia, aged 20 years, was killed by
premature explosion Of dynamite re-
recently. He was employed in digging
caral on the Hcneyfenger place,
about Is miles southwest Of Sprague
and was tamping some dynamite in a
hole he had just drilled, when some
way the explosive was discharged.