The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-08-28
WASHINGTON NEWS.

ed postmaster at Bay Center.
It is reported that there is scarcity
of harvest hands throughout the Big
Bend.
The new town of Nighthawk has
been laid out on banks of the Simil-
kameen river.
The boycott of the nondelivery COM
houses by the Spokane Re-
tail Grocers' association is still on.
There is an effort being made to do
away with the heavy grade on the S.
F. 4 N. between Marcus and Myers
Falls.
A material reduction on rates on
sash and doors from Spokane to east
ern points goes into effect on Septem-
Der Is.
The water situation at Waitsburg is
becoming serious. There is a good
supply, but it is bad for drinking pur-
poses.
An electric storm Sunday afternoon
played havoc with the telephone,
street railway and electric lighting sys-
tens.
II. M. Shafer of San Diego, CAL, will
succeed Professor l.. B. Alger as prin-
cipal of the state normal school at
Cheney.
The management of the Interstate
Fair association is working on the live
stock auction sale proposed for the
Sth and 9th of October.
nj 10 haH In
mining man of Spokane, is dead at the
home of his brother, A. B. Campbell.
Death was due to sarcoma.
The Transmississippi Commercial
congress closed in Seattle last Sat
urday the most successful session in
the history OF the congress.
The hay raisers of the Yakima val
ley are experiencing greater demand
for their product than at any time
there for raising feed for stock.
| F. H. Hammond and brakeman
Charles johnson were slightly injured
in wreck on the O.. R. & N. Sunday
afternoon at Buckley, 20 miles from
Spokane.
Friday Sheriff Inkster and deputies
Level and O'Farrell of Lincoln county
arrested w. H. Marcho and James
Shuck at Deep Creek, upon the charge
of horse stealing.
An important defect has been dis
covered in the laws passed by the las
Legislature in relation to the leasing
of state lands. which renders voit
scores Of leases.
Despondent over the fear that h
might be beaten in law suit, J. A
Goettel of Spokane apparently coul'
not stand the shock, and COMMITTEES
suicide. He was tailor.
\, John L. Smith, superintendent Of tn
Interstate fair, is making tour O
coast cities for the purpose Of interest
ing fruit growers, stock raisys an
farmers in the fair here from Octobe
, 5 until Is.
The Spokane county board of equa
ization has completed it's annual labor
and the records Of it's proceeding
show that the personal valuations re
turned by the assessor have been re
! duced about 100000.
The state insurance department
> figuring up it's receipts to date find
that they are $17,42S.3S ahead of wha
!, the receipts of the Office were for tn
= entire year Of 1902. The total receipt
g to date are $2S,612.49.
A $1,000 fire occurred Saturday q
!, Walla Walla, burning the mattress an
- npholstering factory, blacksmit
shop and four shacks occupied by Oh
nese The insurance is $1,000. Til
> fire started in the picker" at the ma
u tress company's building.
Seneca G. Ketchum, printer an
. newspaper man, we'll known, and pa
ticularly in the northwest, died r
Gently at his home in Sedro-Woolle.
Skagit county, of Inflammation of til
o bowels. He leaves a widow and or
r child, living in Sedro-Woolley.
The record yield of wheat for WIFI
e man county so far reported this seaso
is that Of Adam Lust, farmer livin
l. one mile from Endicott, who threshe
l. fraction over 81 bushels per acl
n from field of 100 acres. The whe;
s was of the red variety, sown last ia
on summer fallowed land.
n Deputy Collector of Customs Thoms
q R. Delaney and Inspector Stephen
q Brinker of Seattle recently seized II
pounds Of ambergris, alleged to hay
II been stolen at Victoria. The value
d the concretion is at the present Who'll
e sale market list $50 an ounce. makir
@ the seizure worth about $4,000.
The detailed plans for the hours
IS amusement to be given at the Spoka1
'e Interstate Fair grounds are being di
l. cussed by the fair management. I'll