Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-29
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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fractured his leg in two places.
At Garfield the new Baptist church,
just completed, was occupied for the
first time Sunday. The building is
one of the best in Whitman county.
The program for the tenth annual
shooting tournament of the Washing
ton State Sportsmen's association. to
be held at Harrington, Wash, May 10,
20 and 81. has been announced.
The University of Washington track
team and rowing crew, accompanied
by Coach j. G. knight, have sailed
for San Francisco, where they will
meet the University of California next
Saturday.
r. S. Griffith, proprietor of the Glen
Tana Stock Farm Collie kennels, at
Spokane, has received word that Glen
Tana collies win 10 first prizes at the
Portland bench show, held April q,
%, 23 and "a.
The suit brought by the American
Bridge company to compel Whitman
county to pay claim once allowed
but unlawfully collected by its former
auditor, c. G. Raby, has resulted in a
victory for the company in the su-
preme court.
Ranchers say the country north of
Walla Walla was damaged consider
ably greater by the recent rain than
at first supposed. Wheat, roads, brid-
ges and in some places even small
outbuildings were more or less dam
aged by the storm.
President Roosevelt has removed
Major A. M. Anderson. Indian agent in
charge of the Colville reservation in
this state, as the result of an investi-
CATION of alleged Irregularities in his
administration of agency affairs.
Representative Jones has been noti-
fed that the secretary Of the interior
has temporarily withdrawn from home
stead entry 100000 acre tract of land
west of the Yakima reservation pend
ing the result of legislation on the bill
confirming the title of the Indians to
these lands and the opening of their
reserve to settlement.
Peter Wilson, owner of the Palace
saloon at Stanwood, near Seattle, was
shot down by a lone highwayman Sat
urday night. The bandit entered the
saloon masked to the eyes and carry
ing a revolver. He ordered the sa-
loonkeeper and several patrons to hold
up their hands, but they paid no at
tention to him. After the second COM
mand he fired, wounding the saloon
keeper in the breast The wound is
not considered fatal. Wilson is in a
Seattle hospital.
According to a recent decision of
the supreme court of this state the
blanks used for Tue past few years In
foreclosing upon delinquent property
in Lincoln county are illegal. A large
amount of property has been bought at
tax sales and the titles thus obtaineu
are not valid.
Franklin county expects to market
500 900 bushels of wheat this year.
Resolutions of Franklin county
chamber of commerce urges irrigation
work and the state officials, congress
sional delegation and commercial
bodies asked for support.
Washington, D. C.-The chief Of the
reclamation bureau considers the Pa
louise scheme the most promising pro.
ject at the present in the state, with
the Okanogan q close second. Agents
of the department are now at work on
these two projects, as well as one In
the Big Bend country.
The United States protected cruiser
Tacoma, Captain R. F. Nicholson COM
manding, has arrived In Tacoma for
weeks stay, during which time the Of
a~ars and crew will be the city's
guests.
A shipment OF Japanese gold that
amounts to more than 100000 yen,
passed through the hands of the Wells.
Fargo Express company for the east.
1t is said it is to be used for the pur-
pose of supplies for the Japanese gov
ernment.
The motion of William Marcho for
new trial was denied by Judge Neal
of Lincoln and the convicted horse
thief was sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary.
Wheat was washed to some extent
by the heavy storms, but ranchers re-
port no serious damage.
Two large bloodhounds and six pup
pies have just been brought to the
state penitentiary from Wichita, Kan,
and will be trained to trail convicts.
Spelling is getting more attention
in the Spokane schools and Superin-
tendent j. A. Tormey is working to
give the students such grounding in
orthography as the children o. gen
Grafton ago received from their old