The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-03-18
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanqes-Culling
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oreoon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
Ray Morgan. the II year old son of
Daniel Morgan of Oakesdale. while
climbing the elevator shaft with two
companions, slipped and fell the full
height Of the shaft, about 20 feet The
fall was broken by striking against
other boys, who were below him. He
will live.
The safe in the Enumclaw postof-
fee was broken into recently and about
1925 in money and stamps were taken
by the robbers, who made good their
escape.
A. Van Holderbeke. state fruit in
spector, says hundreds of thousands
of trees are coming into the state. Last
year, he says, $4,000 trees were i'm
ported into Yakima county. This year,
he says, the number will be 100000.
The K. Of P. district convention,
comprising Walla Walla, Waitsburg.
Dayton, Pomeroy and Pasco lodges,
has been set for March % at Pomeroy.
The usual competitive drill will be
INDUCED with various contests.
A company is being formed by Ken
newick and Spokane people to estab-
fish large plant at Kennewick for the
manufacture of agricultural imple-
ments.
The transcontinental roads have de-
cided to extend homeseekers' rates to
May, August, September and October
Of this year.
Instructions will be sent out by Man
ager Reilly for the members of the
Spokane ball team to report not later
than March rs. They will train at
Lewiston, Idaho.
The annual bean bake of the G. A.
R. and w. r. c., held at Pullman, was
decided success.
Despite the mixed up weather condi-
tions and the amount Of seeding still
at all dismal.
Farmers of eastern Adams county
are in good spirits. The unusually
heavy rains have put the ground in
splendid shape for wheat and insured
fine grass.
The spring thaw has come at last
and with it have come the annual snow
slides which occur along Conconully
lake.
The directors OF the Reardan school
district have decided to call a special
election April 16, to decide the ques
ton of bonding the district for $1,000
to build a wing to the schoolhouse.
William Hendricks, a pioneer Of
Whitman county, is dead, aged about
10 years.
G. G. Heifner of the democratic state
central committee has changed the
date of holding the state convention
from June to May 5, six days before
the republican state convention.
The Whitman county commissioner
have granted the franchise for an cleo
trio railroad asked for through thu
north part of Whitman county to Col
fax. The promoters purpose building /;
line from Spokane via Spangle, il
Spokane county, to Pine City, in Whit
man county, thence via St. John t
Colfax.
A shutdown of the single mills o
the state is now on. The duration o
= the shutdown is indefinite, but is ex
pected to be from 10 days to tw'
= weeks. 1t will continue as long as 4
believed necessary to preserve tn
> market.
Senator Fosters bill appropriately
$4,000 for lighthouse and fog sigma
station at the entrance to Bellinghan
bay has passed the senate.
= The Medical Lake Driving associa
ton is incorporated, and work on tn
new track, which has been surveyed
will be commenced at once. 1t will b
first class, regulation track.
The season for trout fishing open
April l, and salmon may be caught
days later.
A terrific dynamite explosion, tina
: shook the entire northern part Of Seat
tie, resulted in the instant death o
Terrence Scott, a nine year old boy.
The merchants of Lincoln count
held meeting recently and organized
The objects of the association are t
establish a system of cooperation IL
), tended to be beneficial to the me-
I chants of the county.
MONTANA NOTES.