Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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fall was broken by striking against
other boys, who were below him. He
will live.
The safe in the Enumclaw postof
flee 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 X. of p. district convention
comprising Walla Walla. Waitsburg
Dayton, Pomeroy and Pasco lodges,
has been set for March rs 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'
lish 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.
Gambling has been closed through
out Seattle. Everything, even Cigar
stand poker games, is shut down.
Despite the mixed up weather condi-
tons and the amount of seeding still
to be done, the wheat outlook is not
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 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, 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 s, six days before
the republican state convention.
The Whitman county commissioners
have granted the franchise for an cleo.
trio railroad asked for through the
north part Of Whitman county to Col
fax. The promoters purpose building
line from Spokane via Spangle. in
Spokane county, to Pine City, in Whit
man county, thence via st. John to
Colfax.
A shutdown of the single mills Of
the state is now on. The duration Of
the shutdown is indefinite, but is ex-
pected to be from 10 days to two
weeks. 1t will continue as long as is
believed necessary to preserve the
market.
Senator Fosters bill appropriating
$4,000 for lighthouse and fog signal
station at the entrance to Bellingham
bay has passed the senate.
The season for trout fishing opens
April l, and salmon may be caught Is
days later.
The Medical Lake Driving associa-
ton Is incorporated, and work on the
new track. which has been surveyed.
will be commenced at once. 1t will be
first class, regulation track.
A terrific dynamite explosion, that
shook the entire northern part of Seat
tie, resulted in the instant death Of
Terrence Scott, nine year old boy.
The merchants of Lincoln county
held meeting recently and organized.
The objects of the association are to
establish system of cooperation in
tended to be beneficial to the mer-
chants Of the county.
Spencer Cox, boy IA years old, was
taken to the waste canal of the Yaki.
ma Milling company the other day and
thrown in the icy. water by number
of his schoolmates, who were hazing
him for wearing cadet stripes on his
uniform, to which they say he is not
entitled. The water in the canal is
very swift and young Cox had mar
row escape from drowning. The hazers
left Cox to his fate and ran to the
school house. Cox reported Immediately
to the principal who suspended II of
the boys.