Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-06
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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Hal J. Cole has assumed the duties
of register of the United States land
office at Spokane.
Lett Adams, whose parents and
home are at Detroit. Mich, committed
suicide at Spokane.
The output of Washington loggers
will be curtailed so per cent during
the months of May and June.
The Spokane bank clearings for the
month of April as reported by Brad
streets, amounted to $9,973,24S.
Work on repairing the iIrIgatins
ditch of the Palouse Land & Irrigation
company will begin in the next few
days.
The annual army athletic competi
tion for this department will be helu
at Vancouver barracks. May 10. 20.
and 81.
Final arrangements have been made
for the state trap shoot to be held in
Harrington on the 18th, goth and 21st
of May
The Master Horseshoers and Black
smiths Protective association held its
fourth annual convention In Yakima
Saturday.
The trustees of the state normal
school at Cheney have decided to re-
tain the entire faculty for the coming
school year.
The first Seventh Day Adventist
campmeeting of the upper Columbia
river conference will be held at Col
fax June Z to ~.
A big stock parade has been arrang-
ed by the management of the Spokane
Interstate fair association for Friday
afternoon. October T.
State inspector says conditions are
best ever for grain. The acreage is
the largest known in states history.
No wheat winter killed
Another attempt is to be made this
week to organize all the lumber deal
ers of the northwest, except the coast
shippers, into one association.
Edwin A. Snow. assistant professor
of English at the Washington Agricul-
tural college, has severed his connec-
ton with the school and left Pullman.
Merchants and people handling mon
ey should watch for counterfeit coins.
as several bogus ten dollar gold pieces
have been passed in Colfax recently.
Rates for Bellingham on hay. grain
and -four from eastern Washington
equal to the carload lot schedule in
effect to Everett and Seattle. is in eff
feet.
The proposition for a filter for Col
faX's water supply carried by vote
of 293 to III in a recent election. The
plant will be installed as soon as pos
sible.
Victor Ahern, the 16 year old son
of Mrs. Ahern, widow living seven
miles northeast Of Ritzville, was killed
at Ritzville by train striking his wag-
on while crossing the tracks.
In trial test of Greene Smiths new
reversible hillside disc harrow near
Colfax proved perfect success and
no doubt exists but that it will meo
the requirements Of the country.
Frank p. Bell Of Fairfield is the
inventor of device which he claims
will prevent lightning from striking a
or giving a person who may be using
it at the time shock.
Two switch trains coming together
with crash Sunday morning in the
Northern Pacific yards at Spokane, in
jured Switchmen S. l., Whipple and
Waniel A, Carrigan. and Engineer
Charles Beadle, partly demolishing @
boxcar and damaged one engine.
Sheriff J. A. Denholm of Tacoma was
shot through the head and seriously
injured by Bob Taylor, who later sho
and killed an English tramp and ther
wounded boy companion of the tram
on the Indian reservation between Ia
coma and Puyallup. Denhom was try
ing to gain admttance to the cabil
where the crazy man war hiding. The
injured boy lives in Butte. where h,
saws his father is a physician.
Robert d. Williams accidentally kill
ed himself while STOPPING over to drinl
from a spring, while bear hunttn,
about two miles from Northport. TIL
accident was caused by revolve
dropping from its holster, the hamme
striking a rock.
The scarfold on which ChampOuY
Seattle wifemurderer. will be hanget
MAY G, is ready at the state peniten
tiary. Champoux will be the first MAJ
to suffer capital punishment under tn
new law which provides for all ext
cutions at the prison there.
We were very much surprised, whiI
in Spokane few days ago, to not