The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-02-12
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

All the tunnel work of the Cascade |
canal is finished and the excavation /
is progressing satisfactorily. 1t will |
be finished and ready for water by the /
time specified in the contract, April /.
Faro and roulette games are again
accessible in seattle, according to re-
ports.
While Neal Oleson. a rancher. was
riding between Dryad and Eagleton
his horse fell, pinning him down and
breaking both his legs. Oleson lay
under the horse for 80 hours before
he was discovered. He died shortly
after being found, from suffering and
exposure.
An opinion by the attorney general
which will cause a reversal of custom
followed by nearly every town in the
state in regard to quarantinipg Of con-
tagious diseases has been handed down.
The attorney general holds that the
county physician in all Incorporated
towns, except cities of the first class,
and not the city health officer is the
person in authority in quarantining
contagious diseases and that expenses
should be paid out of the county funds.
The Prosser Falls Land & Irrigation
com pany's ordinance for an electric
lighnt franchise passed the council.
The Northern Pacific railway has
assumed active operation of the Wash
ington 81 Oregon and Portland, and
Vancouver e. Yacolt lines, acquired
some time ago.
A forfeit of $1,000 has been raised
by the promoters of the Boise baseball
club and forwarded to President Lucas
of the Pacific National league, with an
application for a franchise. 1t is UNI
derstood by those behind the movement
that the franchise will be forthcoming
directly the forfeit is received.
The state assessors convention at
Spokane for 1904 has adjourned. Nine
teen assessors have asserted their
majority rights over a minority, and
signed a paper pledging themselves
not to be bound by the will of the
railroad minority, and further agree
ing to assess railroad tracks at
higher rate than that adopted at the
first days meeting, when several as
SCISSORS were not present. Under this
agreement the 10 assessors will as
sess first class roads 1920 per mile
and their rolling stock at S2112 pc
mile, making total of $1,000 pc
mile.
Whitman county commissioner
have granted a franchise to the Pa
louise & Spokane Electric Railwa
company for an electric railroad fror
Spokane to Colfax, via Waverly, Re
salia and Thornton, and eventually t
: Pennewawa, on the Snake river, wit
branch lines to Sprague, Pine City an
y St. John.
= The prophecy of the grounding
! being fulfilled in the Palouse coul
try.
A hop contract for 20 cents a pour
for the 1904 crop has been made
pl North Yakima by Joe McNeff for Ut
man Bros. Of New York with S. Hun
ington. The contract calls for 600
Il pounds. This is the first contra
made at 20 cents this year.
- The Washington State Stock gro
y ers' association was recently perma
= emily organized at Walla Walla.
. Hayden lake may be connected wi
% Spokane by trolley. 1t Is reports
. that the Occur d'Alene & Spoka
. railway has in contemplation an
- tension of its electric line to Hayd
"a lake, up the Hoodoo valley to the I'll
. Der districts near Athol and Spi
: lake, and then on to Albani falls a
- Newport.
- A Spokanite has bought 3840 acl
g of farm lands near Bickleton, Klickit
% county, for $50, 900 as an investmel
= Mrs. Guy Defender of Colfax h
~ received word from Toronto, Ontar
r stating that the court had awarded
T $4,000 damages against the Ora
Trunk railroad for the death of
\ husband, who was killed about c
year ago in a collision on that road.
The Chelan Falls Milling g. Pow
company's mill has started up ag'
and is running day and night. Amo
n other foreign orders recently receiN
III was one for over 20, 900 sacks of dC
&c to be shipped to the Orient.
William H. Morrison died recently
o. Kettle Falls, of paralysis, aged 20 yes
"a In 1862 he enlisted in Company A,
~ Iowa infantry and served for tn
x, years in Smiths corps of Sherma
seSs army.
. Aged Mr. Calkins, known throu
out the Waterville community
Grandpa Calkins," died recently
old age. Shortly after his body