The Western news., 1904-11-23
FOURNOR7HWES1ERN STATES'
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CuIling
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

| WASHINGTON NEWS.
DR.. NJ. D. Thurston, one of the best
known dentists in the state, died at
Spokane Thursday evening, as a re-
suit of two operations for appendicitis
and gall stones. The funeral was held
Sunday.
Governor-elect Mead has announced
that his private secretary will be Ash
. nun L. Brown, city editor of the Post
Intelligencer
/ Brooding over the death of his part
ner, who was killed by being tossed
from trestle by switch engine, west
of Spokane, John HOllingren of SpO-
kane deliberately lay down on the rail.
way track and a few moments later a
switch engine struck him. He is not
expected to live.
The mortal remains of Seattle's for
mer mayor, Mr.. Humes, are to be
brought to Seattle from Fairbanks,
Alaska.
| The official count of the vote of Stev-
ems county shows that Martin Maloney,
democrat, is elected representative,
over W. G. Gray by plurality of eight
votes.
More than 100000 fruit trees were
shipped into the state of Washington
and planted last year, and the outlook
is that fully 100000 more will be add
year, says A. Vanholderbeke, state hor-
ticultural commissioner
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Cole celebrated
the Goth anniversary of their wedding
last week at the residence of their
daughter, Mrs. A. G. Kellam, at Spo-
kane. Mr.. Cole was born in Jefferson
county, New York, June 5, 1916. Mrs.
Cole was born in the same county on
April "a, two years later.
The meeting of the Washington Live
Stock association is to be held in Spo-
kane December 22
The state irrigation commission is
to meet in Tacoma on the 29th inst
and expects to remain in session until
code of laws is adopted to present
to the next legislature.
Wilson Tieo, half breed allotment
Indian of the Yakima reservation is
under arrest charged with killing En-
ma Harker, an Indian girl.
Colfax again proves her claim to be-
ing the richest agricultural town in the
west, if not in the United States The
statements just issued by the two ma
tional banks show total deposits of $2,-
1859. The population of Colfax is
now estimated at $500. This gives
bank deposits of $S45.47 for each man.
woman and child in Colfax.
The biennial report of the state
treasurer, just completed, shows a re-
duction in the state debt in the last
four years of $235,S33, and an aggre-
gate amount of business done in the
last two years of $2,750,O in excess of
! the business done by the state in the
last two years of the preceding admin
| istration.
For hours Saturday telephone and
telegraph wires were paralyzed all
over northwestern Washington by the
greatest windstorm experienced in
years The greatest loss was sustain
Su W a Sdt AuSloIy III
whose loss amounted to $4,000. Plate
glass windows were smashed, side
walks and fences overturned and boats
driven from their moorlngs. Aside
from small yachts being pounded on
shore no marine disasters are reported
1t is learned on good authority that
the survey preliminary to the building
of the Tacoma & Eastern road to
North Yakima via the Cowltz coal
fields will continue on to Spokane at
some future date. A survey is under
way to Sunnyside over the divide
from the Mckee valley in an endeav-
or to find a shorter route than that
via Mckee valley and Union Gap.
The vault in postoffice at Centralia
proved too hard to crack when dyna-
mited by burglars Saturday night. The
outer part of safe was completely
wrecked, while inner portion remains
intact
Hoquiam. C. E. Drummond, a
papular young lady of Iron Springs, a
summer resort on North Beach. is re-
ported to have been thrown from
buggy into Joe creek and drowned.
Five thousand. perhaps 5000 people,
should find seats in the new armory
in Spokane says Adjutant General
James A. Drain.
The first snow of the season in the
Big Bend fell Saturday afternoon. Last
year the first snow fell November I.
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