The Western news., 1904-07-27
-FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CuIIings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The Sprague Roller mills will re-
sumo operations soon.
A short crop south Of Wilbur is re.
ported. Not much over half last
years yield.
A special excursion will be run from
Spokane to the log rolling at North
Yakima August 6.
BY the death of Judge John r. Nc
Bride Spokane and the west have lost
one of their best citizens.
Two rural routes at ST. John have
been established by the postal authori-
ties, to go into operation August Is.
John Flynn, a native of New York
state, aged 81, was run over by a
freight train at Tacoma anu instantly
killed.
harvesting Of winter wheat is in full
blast and threshing will began inside
of 10 days. The crop is expected to
be good.
John Calvert, an old Palouse settler
and business man, has purchased the
Hypotheek warehouse south of the riv.
er, near Palouse.
The government threw open for en-
try $4,000 acres of pasture and timer
land in the extreme western part OF
Washington Tuesday.
Mcintyre, the hotel proprietor at
Bossburg, was shot in the abdomen
Saturday evening by Joe Taylor, a
restaurant keeper, and will die.
Spangle is on the boom. A new bank
has been established, there is large
elevator in the course of construction
and a new meat market is being erect
ed.
Spokane led all other northwestern
cities the past year in increase of post
office business. 1t gained 1S IL per
cent. Butte suffered a decrease of
$3Uu.
Adjutant General Drain has issued
"a highly commendatory order concern
ing the work of the Washington Ma
tional guard at the maneuvers just
closed.
w. H. Dorchester. a conductor on a
Northern Pacific freight train, was kill
ed at Mabton Saturday night. There
is some doubt as to the cause of his
death.
Prescott farmers are elated over the
heavy yields of grain in that locality.
Harvesting is we'll under way and the
yields in most instances are from 35
to IS bushels per acre.
Jas. Mccormick met his death at
the hands Of Barkeeper j. B. Rouse in
a Seattle saloon recently. The slayer
says the dead man refused to pay for
drinks and provoked the assault.
The John J. Busch farm of 26O acres,
adjoining Oakesdale, was sold this
week to H. H. Roberts through Nee
gard & Morgan of this place for $4,000
cash. Mr.. Roberts will make it his
home.
The Very Rev. Robert Perine, the
well beloved dean of All Saints ca
thedral at Spokane, is dead. His
death resulted from hemorrhage of the
lungs at the home of his niece in
Newark, N. J.
Preliminary surveys in the Okano-
gan country have shown that an area
of at least $4,000 acres of good agri-
cultural land may be reclaimed by ir
rigation and that the required amount
of water is available,
Peter Mullen of the Colville agency
Indian police was seriously. if not ia
tally, stabbed in a saloon in Addy Sat
urday night by John Mclean, a half
breed. who is wanted at the Occur
d Alene agency for abducting an In
dian woman and child.
With the binding of all kinds of
books as it's exclusive work, The
American Bindery has been opened at
Spokane by J. F. Edwards 1t is the
only institution in eastern Washington
that does only book binding and the
manufacture of blank books.
Plans for the new gymnasium at
Whitman college are almost COM
pleted. The building will be of brick,
"a by 110 feet, one story and base
ment. The new gymnasium will be
ready for use sometime during the
present year. 1t will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Stewart, aged IS, was
shot in the head by her grandson,
Claud Adams. Saturday evening at
Black Lake, near olympia. The young
man was cleaning a loaded revolver
when he accidently discharged it.
While Mrs. Stewards wound is not
necessarily fatal, her age makes her
recovery unlikely.
IDAHO SQUI1S.