The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-03-25
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CuIIinqs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

pany has been placed in the hands OF
J. ]. Donovan as receiver.
King county republicans will hold
one county convention for all purposes
and that convention viii be held on
May 3.
The basket ball season for this year
has closed in Colfax and the High
School Girls team claims the cham
pionship of the Inland Empire.
After much delay Grand Exalted
Ruler ]. r. RAINING Of the Elks has
finally fixed on monday, March rs, as
the day when he will visit Spokane.
Seven men are under arrest charged
with being the whitecaps who so bru-
tally outraged C. w Thomas at his
ranch home a few miles east of Col
Vile.
Thomas r. Delaney, at present GUS
toms inspector at Seattle port, has
been named by MayOr-elect Ballinger
to be chief of police to succeed John
sullivan.
At Deming, on Puget sound, Frank
Blomquist was crushed to death by
tree which he was telling and which
SpilI as MS saw was Ouly hall way
through it.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Tant and family.
who were the first settlers in Garfield
and pioneers of Whitman county, have
gone to Long Beach, Cal, to make
their home.
Thomas l.. Greenough, the million
aire mineowner and operator of Mis-
soula, Mont, will erect a quarter of
a million dollar Office building at Spo-
kane this summer.
The general store of A. d. Cowan,
postmaster at Camden, was totally de-
stroyed by fire recently. 1t is believ-
ed the fire was of incendiary origin.
The loss is about $1,000, partially in
sured
s. M. McCroskey, Whitman county
school superintendent, has issued the
program for the annual teachers in
stitute, which will be held in the Col
fax high school building April to
8, inclusive.
Commercial clubs, chambers OF com
merce and prominent men throughout
the state are responding to the request
of the Franklin county chamber of
commerce, asking them to lend their
influence in forwarding the Palouse
river irrigation plan.
At a recent meeting of farmers of
Lincoln county. an organization to be
coin county an organization to be
known as The Farmers Club of Lin
coin County," was formed with the
object OF promoting the milling and
warehouse project.
Two German homesteaders, Marthias
and Martin Lrue, have been missing
from their homes Ieads on Little Quill
layute prairie, in the western part of
the state, since February 10, and it is
believed they missed the trail through
a cedar swamp and have perished.
"A selection of O3635 acres Of tim.
Der lands for the washington normal
school grant has been approved by the
secretary of the Interior. The lands
are in Snohomish and Skagit counties
and are well timbered. me selection
practically completes the grant to the
normal schools.
Julius Koenig, an emigrant from
Gibson City. H., to Medical Lake, re
ported to the Spokane police that he
had lost $265 in cash and a draft for
$21C0 He thinks that he was robbed
by pickpockets either around the sta
ton or while he sept in a car which
contained his household goods. Koe
mig is an old man.
The washington delegation has been
assured by General Counsel Bum OF
the Northern Pacific, with whom they
took up the lap-over case of Clark
county settlers, that the company is
about to put out a circular advising
settlers of their rights. according tc
Mr.. Bum the company desires to treat
settlers with great liberality.
After winning the negative of a sub
ject against the University of Oregon
the Whitman college team won the af
irmative of It against w. A. c., OF
Pullman. The subject was: Resolved
mat the incorporation of .avor unions
is desirable. M.--.man's speakers
were H. E. Brown. Gaius Greenslade
and Louis sutherland; w. A. ~. Wal
ters, Early and Hinch.--4s<
The farmers of Wenatchee vicinity
some time ago organized the Farmers
Telephone e. Telegraph company. and
is now rapidly extending the lines
When completed the line will traverse
the Wenatchee river as far as Leav
enworth and will be extended dowT
the Columbia as far as Colockum
creek, giving service over Go miles Of
territory, with numerous lateral lines
The North Yakima school board, af