The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1903-02-07
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Rockford is seos to have a brsst

factory.
Vancouver Is agitating the ersstion
Of 50 barrel four mill.
Mohler, six miies south Of Harrins'
ton. is to have a nour mill.
Springdals and Chewslsh. two Stew
ems county towns. have voted to In
corporate.
North Yakimi Is now q wide open
town. or at least will be SO within
very short time.
The Portland FIGURING Mills COM
pany is making arrangements for the
construction Of a 400 barrel mill al
Lind.
1t is stated that A. f. Slater.
newspaper man of Wslla Walla, VIII
| Oe Senator Anksny's private secre-
,ary.
A wholesale jailbreak was frustrat-
ed in the Snohomish county jail re-
Gently by the prompt action Of the
officers.
The seventh annual session Of the
school of dairying is open at the state
agricultural college, continuing eight
weeks.
Ed Spencer, who killed Ella Mundt
at Spokane Jan uary 19, and attempted
suicide. is slowly regaining ais
strength.
1t is estimated that the damage by
forest fires in Washington and Oregon
The past summer and fall amounts to
about s13,000.V00.
The new It's barrel Eagle roller mil
at Colfax, replacing the mill destroyed
oy fire last August. is completed and
mas begun running.
The homeseekers' rates Of SIS from
st. Paul to North Pacific points viii
De again put into effect February 10
oy the transcontinental lines.
The Columbia River Railway & Nav
CATION company, which for several
ears has been deemed a sure enough
abroad corpse, is giving signs OF
life.
Mrs. Marguerite Allen. the Oldest
woman In the state of Washington
lied at the home Of her daughter
drs. John Morrison, Of Tamoca, last
week.
G. B. Aubin, a well known farmer
living four miles south Of Colville
marketed the largest hog ever sold In
,olville. 1t dressed 62s pounds and
/, yas disposed Of to ]. P. Hessel.
Herbert Hupp, the 9 year old son o.
William Hupp, a farmer residing II
lilies west of Walla Walla, died re
entity from wounds inflicted by the
occidental discharge Of a shotgun.
James Boise an eccentric character
years old, died recently at his homs
ear the state line, alone and unat
nded. The deceased came to Walls
Ialla valley from New York 40 year
90.
A meeting of the prominent lumber
zen of eastern Washington and nor
lern Idaho will be held at the Spo
ane hotel on February IL for tbs
iurpose of considering matters of i'm
,ortance that may be brought up.
Burglars recently got into the "a
I On OF +. J. Melton at Lind and blew
Jpen the safe. using two charges o
litroglycerine, one charge on the out
.ide door and one on the inside door
obtaining about s40a. OF which abou
| SzOU was IN silver.
The following dates have been Sc
Tor the inspection of eastern Wash
.ngton militia companies: Headquar
ters Third battalion and Company II
Spokane. February rs; Company |
Waitsburg. February 10; Company e
Yakima. February 90; Company L, Col
fax, February ~.
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There will be a meeting in Spokane
early in February, probably next week
r between Mr.. Parkin. agent of the trus
tees Of the Cecil Rhodes will, and lead
ing educators of Oregon, Washington
Idaho and Montana, when plans for tn,
selection Of candidates for the Rhode,
scholarships from these four states
will be discussed. and the matter fnal
ly determined If possible.
The farmers of Rockford section
are quietly agitating the question Of
forming some sort Of an alliance with
the people Of the Idaho panhandle fol
a united and decisive move in the di
rection OF securing measures lookinr
to the opening for homestead settle
ment Of the Occur d'Alene Indian res
ervation during the present session OF
congress.
A s21,00o deal in farming land In
Waitsburg district was made last
week, when A. w. Phillips, a promin.
emit county farmer, sold his $50 acre
farm. with extensive improvements
at about s55 an acre, The ranch and
orchard are located on the Coppel
Frank MCGOWAN another Coppel resi-
dent. was the purchaser