The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-07-24
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CulIinss
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

by the Bellingham Bay & British Co
lumbia Railroad company. The arti-
cles were amended at San Francisco
July 2, and propose an extension of the
line to Spokane, distance of 295
miles. This will be the shortest, most
direct route from Spokane to tidewa-
ter on the Pacific, 10 miles shorter
than the Great Northern.
The route lies through the Methow,
the Okanogan and the Spokane valleys
to Spokane. 1t taps Mt. Baker, Slate
Creek and the Methow Valley mining
country.
Seattle was chosen by the labor COM
missioner as the field for the first in
spection of bakeshops under the law
passed by the last legislature.
The greatest irrigation enterprise in
the northwest was set on foot when
the Yakima Development company
capitalized at $3.50, 1000. filed articles of
incorporation. The scheme is the de-
velopment of every foot of desert land
in the Yakima valley the water to be
taken from the Yakima river, it's tribu-
taries and storage lakes.
A novel sight recently was that Of
Misses Alice Mullen and Minerva Fo-
ley, respectively business manager and
operator in the telephone office at Re-
public, climbing a telephone pole to
put a new cable fuse in the box. Ow-
ing to the linemens strike now on, not
man could be found to do the work
One of the most horrible accidents
recorded in the annals Of Clarke coun-
ty occurred recently at Flatwood, IL
miles north of Vancouver, in which
an estimable mother lost her life. Mrs.
Asa Sturgess and husband were riding
upon a load of hay, when a portion of
the load slipped off, precipitating Mrs.
Sturgess. A three tined pitchfork fell
from the load at the same time, tines
upward, and upon this Mrs. Sturgess
fell, all three tines piercing her body,
the middle one her heart, killing her
instantly.
Rev G. Tsuruda is pastor of the
Spokane Japanese Methodist church
organized recently.
Grief over the sudden death of her
husband, followed almost Immediately
by the confinement of her daughter in
an asylum for the insane, has caused
Mrs. F. c. Yonnie, a well known resi-
dent of Tyler, to lose her mind.
The Weyerhaeuser syndicate has
purchased 14,7OO acres of land in Sno
homish county for which it paid $SS,
74O.
Ellensburg women are raising S125C
for a public fountain.
The personal property Of Whitman
county is assessed at more than $500,
900 more than last year, nearly ever!
line of property assessed showing {
marked growth for the year.
The official call for the next meeting
of the transmississippi commercial
congress at Seattle, has been issued b.
Secretary Arthur F. Francis. Thu
dates fixed are August IS, 10, 20, 81
1903.
T. J. Pitzer, a Garfield grocer, i
missing. He has not been heard from
since he left home a week ago TO
Spokane
Mrs. Annie Null died at Seattle sue
denly a week ago and her infant daugf
ter SO hours later. An autopsy ind
Gates poison by carbolic acid or sim
lar drug
Herbert Bolster. one of the bes
known citizens of the Inland Empire
a pioneer Of Spokane, and for severe
years manager of the Spokane fru
fair, died last week at his home. Fc
many months Mr.. Bolster suffered wit
nervous malady, which bafhed tn
skill of physicians.
( F. A. English has sold his fruit farm
! four miles north of Pennington. fC
2 $4,000. An Iowa man is the buyer.
/ The first catch of sockeye salmon {
. the season has reached Seattle por
f It consisted of 5000 fish taken on tn
{ San Juan island banks.
e The ninth annual fair of the Viii
!, man County Fair association has bee
/ decided upon, and it will be held
y the fair grounds west of Colfax, b
r ginning Monday, October II, and clio
a ing Saturday, October II, being in o
: Grafton for six full days.
Harvest in Whitman county has b
S gun.
: The body of Fred Payne, browne
y recently off the steamer Chelan at w
natchee. was found near Rock Islam
He was about 80 years of age al
a unmarried. Charles Hare was all
u drowned in attempting to rescue hil
g Elvin Nicholson, "a years old, of I
lensburg, committed suicide at Nor
Nakina rnnnntlu nv shooting him 81