The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-05
WASHINGTON NEWS.


Bellingham is now a city and has
entered class with other large towns
of the state. Whatcom and Fairhaven
are united, after many ups and downs.
A disastrous fire occurred at the
junction of the Northern Pacific. one
mile southeast of Pullman, when IL
freight cars, seven of them loaded with
wood were burned.
Preparations are being made for
the fair at Wilbur October 10 to 81.
Walter Walheter, a farmer four
miles east of Palouse, has sold four
of the heaviest aDa best grown hogs
ever raised in that section. He drove
onto the scales with the heaviest lot
of hogs ever placed upon the scales.
They were not full grown, but were
wheat fed shoats. The four tipped
the scales at 212O, or an average of $50.
They were of the Chester White and
Poland breed.
The Walla Walla fruit fair is thing
of the past. After this year it will be
races and agricultural association to
take its place.
While fishing in Lake Chelan, near
Railroad creek, George P. Smith, of
Alki Point picked up large cusk, a
Lake Chelan fish, which is only to be
found in water over 200 feet deep. The
fish weighed 10 pounds and was about
two feet and half in length. This is
the biggest one taken from this lake.
Contributions toward the fund of
$1,000 proposed for the purpose of
sending a team from the National
Guard of Washington to the national
rife match at Fort Riley, Kan, are
s. coming in slowly at the office of AID
jutant General Drain at Olympia.
Building operations in Walla Walla
are as active today as they have been
in many years.
From 10 to "a bushels to the acre
with an average of 16 bushels per acre
is what sod ground in Franklin county
is producing in wheat this year
The fields of the Big Bend are noisy
with the whirl of machinery and the
sound of laboring horses and men,
A drowning occurred at Methow
when Charles Dick lost his life in try
ing to ford the Methow river. The
young man, who was Is years of age
had been working near Waterville fol
H. N. Wilcox, and was going home oil
"a visit.
The Big Bend electric railroad, CAPT
talized at $1,O00,000. which is beini
promoted by A. Bettes of Spokane
backed by Seattle capital, has decided
to make its southern terminus ant
junction with the Great Northern rail
road at Ephrata, Wash. The road will
be nearly 95 miles long and will extend
northward to the Columbia river L
will cost at least s1,250,00o to bulk
it.
Whitman county Jail contains blu
one lone prisoner the lowest humble
since year ago.
With $500 people present, 125 horse
entered for prizes and 80 premium
given, the annual horse fair held il
Rosalia last Saturday was a success
in every particular.
Inc fruit uryer has been abandoneC
at Walla Walla as it can not be mad'
to pay profits. 1t is found more pront
able to ship the fresh fruit than to DIR.
or preserve it.
Father Francis c. Dillon has beef
appointed president of Gonzaga colleg
at Spokane by Father de la Motto, gen
eral superior of the Society of Jesus il
the northwest
Dr. Horton, founder of the bank O
Dexter Horton & Co., at Seattle. drop
ped dead recently of heart disease. H
had been conducting a prayer meeting
in his parlor and had just concludes
when he was attacked.
Yakima county proposes to captur
the $3.50 first prize to be given by tn
Spokane Interstate fair, October to
~ l.. G. Monroe, secretary of the cham
Der of commerce, has succeeded Johl
L. Smith as superintendent of the frui
department and agricultural depart
ment of the fair. Mr.. Smith remain
as superintendent of the stock depart
ment.
OREGON ITEMQ