Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-14
NEWS OF NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-Cullings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oreqon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Tom Foy met with very painful
accident at Wilbur in runaway.
John Pope, real estate agent of
North Yakima, committed suicide Sun
day morning by shooting himself
through the head with a revolver. He
was Respondent on account of business
troubles.
Prosecuting Attorney Dye of Lin
coin county has left Snohomish with
Mrs. Mary Taylor, formerly cook in
the hotel at Harrington run by Henry
Fay, and which burned September 20.
Lawrence Tierney lost his life in the
! flames. Mrs. Taylor alleges Fay fired
the hotel and sent her on to Snoho-
mish to wait for him. She voluntarily
gave her story.
The Spokane high school won the
first game OF the season against Blair
Saturday morning, after one of the
fiercest games of football played by
school elevens in Spokane, by score
of to 5.
The prune crop in Clark county will
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compared with former years, says a
Vancouver report.
Jesse B. Sutton, aged 76 years, pres
ident of the Puget Sound Savings bank
Of Tacoma, dropped dead while talk
ing at the telephone. He had been a
resident of Tacoma for 16 years and
was highly respected.
Owing to the judges on grain over.
looking sack of bluestem wheat en-
tered at the Spokane interstate fair
by William Gimmel of Wilbur, their
decision was reconsidered and Mr.
Gimmel was awarded first premium
Mr.. Gimmel has for several years won
first premium on wheat. His grain
weighed trifie less than 63 pounds
to the bushel.
The fruitgrowers of Spokane and
adjoining counties have formed the
Spokane County Horticultural union.
The principal object of the organiza.
tion is to see that the horticultural
laws of the state are enforced.
Warning has been given to farmers
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Fire burned the general store of
Blummauer & Son and the saloon Of
Joseph harrington at Bucoda, near
Olympia. The store and building oc-
cupied were insured for about $12,5O0;
the saloon was worth about $4,000. The
Bucoda postoffice occupied portion
of the Blumauer store, and the first
class mail, stamps and money in the
postoffice comprised practically all
that was saved from the building. The
telephone exchange. in the same build
ing, was destroyed. The origin of the
fire is not known.
o. G. France of Wenatchee won the
first prize for the biggest apple at the
Spokane interstate fair 1t is Pip
pin, II inches in circumference, and
weighs 20 ounces. r. Kiesling Of
Spokane county won second prize, with
an apple 16k inches in circumfer-
ence.
A serious condition confronts the
people of the Yakima valley. If relief
is not given in very short time the
people VIII lOSe luOuSduuS VI uOIdlo ..
There is a famine in freight cars al,
all shipping points in the county.
Mrs. James Gard of Chelan Falls
killed a bunch of 10 rattlesnakes on
the Chelan butte. There were 49 rat
ties on the lot. She says five snakes
got away.
The Huntington mill at the Column
bia mine is being installed. Five
stamps of the old mill were removed,
reducing the number formerly install
ed to fifteen. The change about
doubles the capacity of the plant. Ore
is now being taken out of Nos. l, 2
and tunnels above the mouth Of the
main shaft.
Five representatives of the Alpine
Mining company are inspecting the
property and the 20-stamp mill just
completed. The party is from Gin
cinnati, and includes Thomas Lee,
PRESIDENT; j. f. Deitz, vice president;
IJ. G. Gibson, c. r. Talbot and NJ. Jung,
directors of the Alpine Gold Mining
company.
Out of spite, it is thought, and evi-
IDENTIFY in order to put NJ. Kelley OF
Kelso, Wash, out of the way so as to
prevent his marrying h young woman