Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-22
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered From changes-Culings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oregon-Numerou Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

q NOrtnern WaSneu away one END OF
a bridge on that road just south of
Deer Park, effectually blocking traffic
on that line.
The senate committee on commerce
has decided to attach to the emergency
river and harbor bill Fosters amend
ment providing for preliminary sur
vey Of the Columbia river between
Wenatchee and Kettle Falls, with a
view to opening this stretch for navi-
cation to fat bottom stern wheel
steamers.
The burning to ueath is reported of
Mrs. Mary X. Hanson. aged GA years,
five miles east of Olympia. Mrs Han
son was alone in the house at the
time and it is supposed that her cloth
ing caught fire while she was attempt
ing to light the kitchen fire. She was
dead when discovered.
Here is Bradstreet's summary for
Washington for the first quarter Of
each of these years:
For 1903 20 failures; assets, $114,-
1874; liabilities, $1y5,264.
For 1904 81 failures; assets. $751;
653; liabilities. $174,006.
A movement is on foot for the es-
Enlistment of a school for the deaf.
dumb and blind in eastern Washing
ton. There is one school for this class
of unlucky ones on the west side.
Company M of the Nineteenth Unit
ed States infantry are at American
10 lrn tn tho rffn
for the joint use of the regulars and
militia of the northwestern states.
The G. A. r. and W. r. c. will give
another campfire in Chelan April rs.
The official call for the Whitman
county republican convention, which
will be held in Colfax Saturday. May
Z, to elect "a delegates to the state
convention. has been issued.
Chelan is to have boat running
from there to Stehekin by May /.
The preliminary survey for the Pa
louise & Spokane Electric railroad has
been completed from Colfax to Wa
verify. in Spokane county. and the
grade found to be mucn easier than
was expected.
The Spokane Northern Pacific land
office has received notice of the with
drawal of all Northern Pacific lands
in Oregon, Washington and Idaho from
the market. They were ordered to sell
no railroad lands, but to keep the
offices open for receiving payments
and transacting business for the COM
pany.
While playing about the old millrace
Just outside the Walla Walla city linn
it's, Clyde McGrew, years of age,
fell in the stream and was drowned.
Walter Davis of Pullman has bought
the one half interest of Mr.. Hardesty
in a band of several thousand sheep
and four sections of pasture land near
there: consideration 10000.
North Yakima-A man whose name
could not be learned fell off the rail-
road bridge in Yakima canyon and
was drowned in the river.
Potatoes are booming in the Yakima
market. From 1872 the first of the
week the price has jumped to $3.50.
The high water in the Colville val
ley promises to break the record for
nearly so years.
Washington Agricultural college won
the debate with University of Mon
tana. The question argued was IRE
solved, that the Monroe doctrine
should be abandoned" The Washing
ton college had the affirmative.
A meeting of the state irrigation
commission is scheduled to be held in
Tacoma on April &c. The board has
planned to hold meetings in various
parts of the state during the coming
summer.
Eleven persons were injured recent
ly during the fire departments run to
a fire at Seattle A hose wagon from
headquarters ran into Yesler Way
car that was started across Second
avenue ahead of the wagon, and a girl,
Alma Omley, was fatally injured.
Recently George Nelson, contractor
on the Cascade canal near Ellensburg
was thrown from his horse and quite
seriously injured. The horse kicked
him in the eye. cut his face and frac'
tured his skull.
Another big Odd Fellows building
TO cost $4,000, viii be started in a
few days at Walla Walla. This will
be the second structure owned by En-
terprise lodge, which is one of the
wealthiest, per capita, in the United
States.
Sheep shearing has begun on man!
of the hie sheep ranches of western
Whitman. Adams and Franklin coun
ties. Scores of professional shearer'
are going into the sheep districts
where big wages will be earned during
the next three or four weeks.
Two boys were playing at the bot