The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-02
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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 Hanford
presiding, commenced its fall term at
Spokane Tuesday morning.
The attendance at the Washington
Agricultural college is larger than at
the close of the first week of any pre-
vious year. About 400 students are
enrolled.
Major General II, c. Corbin of the
regular army visited Fort Lawton,
near Seattle, in the course of his in
spectiOn of construction work at west
ern army posts.
A burial fund for the Spokane police
force, to be used in defraying the flu
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 Oh
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 vas found that was
taken from a man in street car hold
up at Portland. has been sentence.
Judge Smell to IA years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Not in many years has there been
so large an acreage of excellent sum
mer fallow in Walla Walla county
ready for the seeder and harrow as
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 OF
Lewis Levy representative from
King county. against the MetrOpoli-
tan Press Gncorporated), the State
Printing company, the Pioneer Print
ing & Binding company and others
for $4,000 damages for alleged libel,
has been dismissed by Judge Smell at
the cost of the plaintiff, the latter be
ing in default.
The wood supply of the Blue noun
tain district, and especially for the
sections including Walla Walla, Pen
Oleton, La Grande and the country ly-
ing west of Pendleton. has been cor
nered by Eugene Tausick. Although
Mr.. Tausck will give out no infOrma-
ton of his scheme. it is reported that
he has purchased in the neighbOrhoOd
of $4,000 cords.
One of the most destructive fires in
the history of Garfield took place re
Gently when the big implement and
carriage house at the corner of Main
and First streets, owned by Farms
worth e Foster. and the Mechanics
street, owned by John Drew and oc
cupied by Charles Grant, burned tC
the ground with their contents.
John Patton of Spokane was
rushed" by pickpockets and robbed
of $500. The men crowded around
Patton in a store and were apparent
ly examining some goods. Two o.
nm CT Of 4 nnf
on the other They finally said ,uel
didn't want to buy. and left the store
Mr.. Patton walked ont of the store
and Just as he went out of the dool
he felt for his money and fOunu i
was gone.
Clifford PinchOt. chief of the bureau
of forestry of the agricultural depart
ment, has notified Senator Foste
from Ogden Utah, that it viii be i'm
pc ssible for him to spend more thar
a couple of days in Washington il
connection with his investigation o
the forest reserve question and Ques
tions appertaining to forest reserv
extensions AMI eliminlIOrs He ma
be in Tacoma October and T.
The hop growers Of North Yakim
valley are apparently in a position {
dictate terms. Since the first of tn
week the price of the 1903 crop ha
Jumped cents Twenty-seven cent
was offered, but no sales have take
place. 1t is understood the grower
will let go at 80 cents. and it is cor
fidently expected that this figure wi
be paid in a few days. The crop thi
wear will be at least 1880 bales
which will bring $750.00O into tn
hands of the Yakima growers whe