The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-05-27
WASHINGTON NEWS

crop prospects continue good.
The new Sprague theater is open
for business.
The Tekoa public schools have clos
ed after a successful term.
The prospects for a big fruit crop
were never better in the Yakima val
ley.
The prospects of a large fruit crop
are the finest ever known in the his
tory of the state.
The warm weather following the
rains of this week is having its effect
on the growing crops.
Memorial day, May 80, will be OBJ
served generally by the G. A. r. posts
and Women's Relief Corps, Of the
state.
The graduating exercises OF the Col
fax high school class was well at
tended and was a pleasing entertain
ment.
Northport is preparing to celebrate
independence day in a style calculated
to draw extensively from neighboring
towns and vicinity.
The recent commencement exercises
of the Davenport graduating class of
the high school were listened to by
500 people and the orators were enthu-
siastically applauded.
The new Country club at Spokane
will be opened Saturday, and will be
the finest country club north of SaI
Francisco. The club, when complet
ed, will cost about $4,000.
After a chase of $50 miles, Sheriff
Thomas of Ellensburg captured Leor
Macy and j. c. Collins one mile east
of Winchester, Wash. The two mer
escaped from the Jail at North Yak
ina.
Yakima County Fruit Inspector Beck
has been notified by the state inspec
tor, A. Van Holderbeke, to make 9
canvass of the county and gather data
for a forthcoming report on the fruit
industry of the state.
The transfer has been made of one
of the best building locations on Alder
street, Walla Walla, by Adolph Sch
wartz to the Masonic Building associa
ton, which will erect this summer q
$4,000 Masonic building.
The Tacoma police are continuing
the hunt for the murderer of Charles
S. Gray, who was shot in the freight
: yard. Gray was a resident of Inter
, bay, Wash, where his mother and sis
ter reside. He was 81 years of age.
!, The delegation Oh business men from
Spokane achieved what they believe
are satisfactory results in the con
? ference at Chicago with railroad rep
J resentatives on the question of read
justment of freight rates for that city
One of the largest lodge sessions
; held in Spokane for some time wa:
held during last week by the Knight!
of Pythias and the Rathbone Sisters
1t was the 21st annual session of tn,
| Knights and the 18th annual session
, of the Rathbone Sisters for Washing
ton.
B. M. Kent was seriously and per
haps fatally hurt recently about a mil,
from Starbuck when driving to hi
farm. Mr.. Kent's seat slipped, an,
he fell under the front of the wagon
which passed over him and broke hi
collarbone and hip, besides causing in
3 ternal injuries.
Seattle won the eighth annual west
ern Washington nterscolastic an,
track meet at Tacoma. The victor
scored rs points, Tacoma getting sec
ond place with A points, Ballard thir,
with IL points, and Everett last witt
four points, no other high schools be
: ing represented.
The tenth annual shooting tourna
>. ment of the Washington State Sports
2 mems association closed Saturday a
2 Harrington, and was pronounced b.
[ the shooters to be the best since OIL
= ganization. Exceptionally good aver
ages were made all through the shoe
and most every one of the shooter
succeeded in getting into the money
: McBroom of Spokane got away wit
= the lions share of the prizes.