The Western news., 1904-08-03
-FOUR NORTHWESTERN STA1ES'
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CulIings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
Bellingham is now city and has
entered class with other large towns
of the state. Whatcom and Fairhaven
are united, after many ups and downs
A disastrous fire occurred at the
junction of the Northern Pacific, one
mile southeast of Pullman, when II
freight cars, seven of them loaded with
wood, were burned.
Preparations are being made for
the fair at Wilbur October 1S to 21.
| Walter Walheter, a farmer four
miles east of Palouse, has sold four
of the heaviest an: best grown hogs
ever raised in thaG section. He drove
onto the scales with the heaviest lot
of hogs ever placed upon the scales.
They were not full grown, but were
wheat fed shoats. The four tipped
the scales at 2120 or an average of $50.
They were of the Chester White and
Poland breed.
The Walla Walla fruit fair is thing
of the past. After this year it will be
races and agricultural association to
take it's place.
While fishing in Lake Chelan, near
Railroad creek, George P. Smith, OF
Alki Point picked up large cusk, a
Lake Chelan fish, which is only to be
found in water over 200 feet deep. The
Efish weighed 10 pounds and was about
two feet and half in length. This is
the biggest one taken from this lake.
Contributions toward the fund OF
$4,000, proposed for the purpose Of
sending team from the National
Guard of Washington to the national
rifle match at Fort Riley, Kan, are
coming in slowly at the Office of Ad-
jutant General Drain at Olympia.
Building operations in Walla Walla
are as active today as they have been
in many years.
From 13 to "a bushels to the acre,
with an average of 16 bushels per acre,
is what sod ground in Franklin county
is producing in wheat this year.
The fields of the Big Bend are noisy
with the whirl of machinery and the
sound of laboring horses and men.
A drowning occurred at Methow,
when Charles Dick lost his life in try
ing to ford the Methow river. The
young man, who was Is years of age,
had been working near Waterville for
H. N. Wilcox, and was going home on
a visit
The Big Bend electric railroad, CAPT.
talized at $1OO0,OO0, which is being
promoted by A. Bettes of Spokane.
backed by Seattle capital, has decided
to make it's southern terminus and
road at Ephrata, Wash. The road will
be nearly 95 miles long and will extend
northward to the Columbia river. 1t
will cost at least $780, 900 to build
lit.
| Whitman county Jail contains but
since year ago.
| With $500 people present, 125 horses
entered for prizes and 80 premiums
given, the annual horse fair held in
Rosalia last Saturday was success
in every particular.
lne fruit oryer has been abandoned
at Walla Walla as it can not be made
to pay profits. 1t is found more pront-
able to ship the fresh fruit than to dry
or preserve it.
| Father Francis C. Dillon has been
appointed president of Gonzaga college
at Spokane by Father de la Motto, gen.
eral superior of the Society of Jesus in
the northwest.
| Dr. Horton, founder of the bank of
Dexter Horton & Co., at Seattle, drop
ped dead recently of heart disease He
had been conducting prayer meeting
in his parlor and had just concluded
when he was attacked.
! Yakima county proposes to capture
the $3.50 first prize to be given by the
Spokane Interstate fair, October to 3.
l.. G.. Monroe, secretary of the cham.
ber of commerce, has succeeded John
L. Smith as superintendent of the fruit
department and agricultural depart
ment of the fair. Mr.. Smith remains
as superintendent of the stock depart
ment.