Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-19
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LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of interesting Items
Gathered From xchanges-Cullings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Bodie mountain, southeast of North
port, is ablaze from base to summit.
Harvest help is still in demand in
the Wilbur section Of the Big Bend.
Forest fires west and north of Usk
are increasing to an alarming extent.
The citizens of Chelan have decided
to hold three day fruit fair within
short time.
Wheat is in good demand at all of
the mills in Walla Walla if delivered
Immediately.
Considerable wheat is being hauled
to the Harrington market and harvest
is in full blast.
The total assessment of Franklin
county property this year shows an in
crease over 1903 of over $240,000.
No less than 20 incipient and in
several instances serious forest fires
are at present raging in King county
The Kerr Clifford company of port
land have purchased the Farmers
warehouse at Garfield and have taken
charge. -
Around Endicott and Diamond the
winter wheat is.yielding 80 to 35 bush
els an acre, and the market is around
62 cents. :
Lloyd Pershall exhibited at Chelan
recently IS dewberries, which, when
placed end to end, measured 27 inches
in length.
Miss Fannie Jonson, who will teach
as intermediate supervisor in the train.
ing school, at Cheney, comes from
Michigan. "a
Wheat, in the western part of Whit.
ties, is yielding well and some big prof
its are assured.
Loaded with cargo for ports in the
orient the Boston Steamship company's
liner fremont has cleared from Seat
the for far east.
Spokane's interstate fair will be fur
nished this year with music by the
Fifth Regiment Royal Canadian Artil-
lery band Of Victoria, B. G.
H. E. Smith has been employed as
physical director for men and assist
ant in English at Cheney normal. He
comes from the University of Chicago.
Louis Long, champion featherweight
of the northwest, defeated Kid Scaler
in four rounds Friday at Spokane, in
what was to have been Is round
fight.
w. F. Hickman, living five miles
north of Almonta, has threshed his
crop of about 500 acres of barley and
got an average yield of more than so
bushels per acre.
A monster cougar drank a quantity
of vitriol water which is used for
killing smut in wheat, with deadly eff
feet, on the ]. w. Mcdonald place,
three miles south of Hartline.
The much talked of wood saving
contest for ladies at Rockford came
of recently. The first prize was won
by Mrs Rumble. the second by Mrs.
Jonas and the third by Mrs. Davis.
The dead body of George B. Cliff,
of the Seattle division
of the Northern Pacific railroad, was
found in the Sammamish river, near
Kenmore. He was accidentally drown
ed
Whitman county, under the direction
of S. C. Armstrong, general agent of
the Pacific Coast Elevator company,
is preparing splendid collection Of
specimens of various grains and other
agricultural productions for exhibition
at the st. Louis fair.
The Wilbur inspector condemned II
boxes of fruit Friday morning, consist
ing of apples and peaches. and order
ed the boxes containing them burned.
This was because the peaches were in
fected with mold and the apples with
worms.
Superintendent L. G. Monroe of the
horticultural and agricultural depart
ment of the Spokane Interstate fair,
October to 8, is receiving many in
quiries from farmers and fruit growers
who propose to exhibit at the fair and
who will compete for the liberal prizes
which are offered this year.
Eastern commission merchants con
tinue to send inquiries to Robt II.
Cosgrove, manager of the Spokane In
terstate fair, asking for the date of the
opening of the fair, and other particu-
lars These firms are planning to send
to this fair, which
opens October 8.