The Western news., 1904-09-14
NEWS Of NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CuIIinqs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
Chelan's public schools opened Mon
day with good enrolment.
The Wallace and Ritzville baseball
teams are to play in Spokane on Sep
tember 25.
The Washington Agricultural col
lege opens for the fall semester Sep
tember 81.
The North Yakima city council has
decided to shut down oh granting
franchises to gas companies.
Mrs. Susan Clark, of Pullman, cele-
brated her S1st birthday lest week.
Mrs. Clark is hale and hearty.
Lake Chelan will place an exhibition
of fruit and vegetables at the Chelan
county fruit fair, to be held in We
natchee
A four year old daughter of James
Lane, living on the Cory ranch, five
ed to death recently.
The Whitman county fair promises
to be bigger and better than ever be-
fore. Everything is being done to make
the fair a success.
The taxpayers of Spokane county
may expect total levy of 81 mills for
state, county, city and school purposes
for the coming year.
DR.. Otto A. Martiny has been locat-
ed and placed under arrest at Eagle
Pass, Tex. He is wanted for forgery
of school warrants at Eatonville.
In riding bicycle with a broken
coaster brake, w. M. Wagy, a travel
ing solicitor, was killed at the bottom
of country hill near Wilbur.
Farmers in Huntsville vicinity and
on Whisky creek, south, are cutting
their third crop of alfalfa. The yield
is good, considering the long dry spell.
Whitman county's school superin-
tendent, McCroskey, says there is
shortage of teachers in his county, and
he has 40 schools which want teachers
at salaries ranging about $50 month.
Purses to the value of almost $4,000
will be given away at the coming race
meet of the Walla Walla Fair asso-
citation, which is to be held from Oc-
tober 10 to II.
Sixteen out of 20 of the public
school buildings of Spokane show an
increase of fraction less than ii per
cent over the enrolment for the first
week last year.
Remains of Vincent Capell of Spo-
kane, from which the flesh had nearly
all been eaten, were found on the
river road in the brush west of the
| Lewis and Clark fair grounds at Port
| land.
In the opinion of the coroner of
Spokane an insane fascination, locked
caused Mrs. Constance Tingley, 2S
years of age, to take the weapon and
kill herself.
Charles Wilson, arrested at Spokane
on suspicion that he was Frank Peters,
the escaped murderer Of J. A. McDon-
ough at Weippe. Idaho, about fourteen
months ago, has been released. being
the wrong man.
1t is said Jay P. Graves of Spokane
is seriously considering the construc-
tion of an electric railroad from Spo-
kane to Colfax, and with branch lines
to Moscow, Pullman, Palouse, Pene-
wawa and other points in Whitman
county.
/ Jacob Skalopla marketed at Wenat-
chez box of peaches that were re-
markable for their size. The fruit was
packed in regulation size peach box,
six inches deep. 1t was possible to
put only Is peaches to the layer, or
; 80 to the box. 1t was necessary to
use cleats on the top of the box be-
fore the lid could be nailed on. The
! peaches were OF the Elberta variety
, and were larger than the average size
of apples.