Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-11
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Chelan county will exhibit at the
St. Louis exposition.
c. w. Frick. an old and respected
citizen of Spangle, died recently.
Wheat is nearly all In market around
Govan. The crop has been quite sat
isfactory.
The Washington State Game & Fish
Protective association has been or
ganized in Seattle.
Farm work has been stopped in the
Palouse country because Of hard freez-
ing of the ground at nights.
W. A. C. second team. IL; Univer-
sity of Idaho second team. 0. This
represents a good game in Pullman
Saturday.
Milton Keeper, freshman, won
first prize in the annual defamation
contest at the Washington Agricultur-
al college Saturday night.
The destruction of the home of Geo.
Wright, at Whatcom, by fire recently
caused the death of one child and the
pedhaps fatal injury of another.
AS result Of the strike Of the
plumbers for $3.50 day Spokane is
apparently on the verge Of one of the
bitterest labor wars in its history.
NJ. L. Starr of Medical Lake was
run over by passenger train at Hat
ton last Sunday morning and had his
left hand and right arm ground to a
pulp.
Floyd L. Daggett and DR.. G. S. ALI
son were recently elected school d.
rectors for school district No. 81, EN-
bracing the city of Spokane and one
outlying addition.
One Of the finest church edifices in
Washington was opened for public
worship Sunday, when the first SER
vices were held in the auditorium Of
the Central Christian church at Spo-
kane.
10 months ago, in Seattle, killed Lot
tie Brace in fit of jealousy. has been
affirmed. Champoux's defense was in
sanity, but he was convicted of muir
der in the first degree and must hang.
The steamers Flyer, Bellingham and
Dode, all Sound vessels, were in col
lision in the bay at Seattle last Sun
day. The Flyer had a large hole torn
in her portside abreast of the engine.
Fifteen thousand dollars will probably
cover all damage.
Building operations during the year
1908 in Spokane will aggregate nearly
$3,500,000 in actual cost, independent
of street railway construction, public
works, machinery installed or build
ings projected for future construction.
Tom Fitzgerald, aged 66, railroad
laborer, was found almost dead in
boxcar recently. He cut his throat
with razor and crawled into the
car, where he lay four days. He will
probably recover. Fitzgerald is from
Missoula, Mont. He was respondent.
With solemn yet simple ceremonies,
the members of Spokane Lodge, No.
22s, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, Sunday held their annual
lodge of sorrow, in memory of their
departed brethren. The services were
held in the Auditorium theater, and
the crowd packed the house. Many
people remained standing throughout
the ceremonies.
Rudolph Butzaw, stenographer in
the employ of M. E. G E. T. Hay,
was drowned in lake about seven
miles south of Wilbur Sunday after
noon. Butzaw was skating with a
party of friends when he went through
the thin ice. Efforts to rescue him
were fruitless. The body has not been
recovered. Parents of the deceased
live at Loda. Illinois.
The damage to the work now under
way on the irrigation canal on the
Yakima Indian reservation is more Sc
rious than at first anticipated. Prac-
tically all the work at the headgate
will have to be done over again. The
food came at time that nothing
could be done to save it. The rise in
the river covered everything to a
depth of about 10 feet.
This state has Jared exceptionally
well with the committees assigned her
delegation in the house of representa-
tives. Congressman Jones was assign
ed to the rivers and harbors, Con-
gresham Cushman to the interstate
and foreign commerce and Congress
man Humphreys to the merchant ma
rine and fisheries committees. In con-
nection with this Congressman Cush-
man also goes to the private land
claims committee.
The Bible and the Schools.
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