Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31
LATE NEWS OF THE PAs wEEI
BRIEFLY ToLDI
Choice Selection Of ntersltlng Items
Gathered From Exehanges-culilngs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

ducing county in the state this year.
AT this stage Of harvest it looks like
a Sc per cent crop for Walla Walla
county.
The first sale of this seasons wheat
at Huntsville was made at 70 cents
per bushel.
c. J. Lord Of Olympia was elected
president Of the Washington State
Bankers association.
The cost of maintaining the public
schools of Spokane was increased
ne~"'" sl3O.OOO last year.
S. H. Webster. the princi-
school of business at Agri-
ollege, has resigned.
sive damage to several ranches
4 Spokane was done by violent
...i storm which ragged for few
minutes last week.
Professor Henry Landes, the state
geologist, is gathering the specimens
for the state mineral exhibit at the
st. Louis exposition.
The second inquest over Mrs. Addie
Null and her year old child resulted
in another verdict Of death by poison
ing. They resided at Seattle.
There was an increase of 140 pupils
this year of the school age over the
previous year. The census gives 2516
male and $3.50 female children, a total
of 5113.
The surveyors for the Great North
ern are now following one of the pre-
liminary surveys from point one mile
south Of Meyers Falls through Kettle
Falls to Marcus.
Charles D. Atkins Of Tacoma, grand
master of the grand lodge of Wash
ington. F. & A. NJ, laid the corner
stone Of the new Universalist church
at Spokane recently.
Hay harvest is in full blast in the
Palouse and fine crop is being har-
vested. The timothy crop is about
equal to that of last year. but the
acreage is larger.
The body Of Fred Pea, the - year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pea,
of Bossburg, who was drowned while
swimming in the Columbia river re-
Gently. has been found.
The remains of William Miller, an
old resident Of Wenas valley, were
found at the foot of the cliff recently
on the road leading to his home. He
fell over the cliff and was killed.
Carl Johnson, aged 10 years, whose
parents reside 10 miles east of Dayton,
was accidentally killed recently. It
is supposed the victim tried to load a
shotgun, when it was discharged.
The body of Ethel Housinger, who
was drowned July II at Blue Slide, on
Pend d'Oreille river, was found July
81, three miles north of Metaline,
about rs miles north of the place of &C.
cident.
The De Tillion bridge across the Spo-
kane river between Davenport and the
Cedar Canyon mining camp has been
condemned and the approaches have
been boarded up by order Of the coun-
ty commissioners.
The safe of the Lyse Mercantile
company at Wilbur was blown open
recently and rifed of its contents in
money amounting to $112. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY the work Of professionals, as
the job was neatly done.
Monroe Martin, an extensive farm
er living on Alkali fiat, miles south
west of Colfax, is threshing his wheat
crop and the grain is yielding more
than 80 bushels per acre. The quail
ity is excellent, being plump and hard.
The quarterly statement of the treas
urer of Lincoln county shows balance
on hand Of $90,94S09. The total
amount Of taxes collected for the year
of 1902 is $49,952.14. The bonded in
debtedness Of the county is about $780,
900.
Miss Eva Booth, the daughter of
General William Booth, founder and
commander of the Salvation Army,
was in Spokane Thursday. Miss Booth
is the commissioner of the Canadian
command of the army, to which Spo-
kane is attached.
H. M. Sarvant of Tacoma and DR..
William Belts of New Orleans have
returned to Tacoma from an ascent
of Mount Rainier. This is the first
time in four years that the big rock
has been scaled, as the ascent is
growing more difficult every year.
The sound steamer Walsh caugh,
fire while lying at the dock at Sidney
on Port Orchard bay, and was burned
to the waters edge and sank. There
were no casualties. The fire broke
out amidships in the vicinity of the en-
CINE, presumably from the heat of thu
furnaces. The vessel is a total los
and was valued at $4,000 and insured
for $4,000.
The county bridge two miles nortl
of Wenatchee that spans the Wenat