The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-19
WASHINGTON NEWS.


to hold three day fruit fair within a
short time.
Wheat is in good demand at all of
the mills in Walla Walla if delivered
Immediately.
Considerable wheat is being hauled |
to the Harrington market and harvest
is in full blast.
So large is the fruit crop in the Wal
la Walla valley that shippers will not
attempt to put an estimate upon it.
The total assessment of Franklin
county property this year shows an in
crease over 1903 of over $240,O00.
No less than 20 incipient and in
several instances serious forest fires
are at present raging in King county
The Kerr Clifford company of port
land have purchased the Farmers
warehouse at Garfield and have taken
charge.
Around Endicott and Diamond the
winter wheat is yielding 80 to S5 bush
els an acre. and the market is around
62 cents.
Lloyd Pershall exhibited at Chelan
recently IS dewberries, which, when
placed end to end, measured II inches
in length.
Miss Fannie Jonson, who will teach
as intermediate supervisor in the train
ing school, at Cheney, comes from
Michigan.
Wheat, in the western part of Whit
man and eastern part of Adams coun-
ties, is yielding well and some big prof
its are assured.
Loaded with cargo for ports in the
orient the Boston Steamship companys
liner fremont has cleared from Seat
the for far east
Spokane's interstate fair will be fur
nished this year with music by the
Fifth Regiment Royal Canadian Artil-
lery band of Victoria B. c.
H. E. Smith has been employed as
physical director for men and assist
ant in English at Cheney normal. He
comes from the University of Chicago.
A destructive forest fire is raging in
the government forest reserve 10 miles
from Port Angeles and has already de-
stroyed millions of feet of fine timber.
Louis Long, champion featherweight
of the northwest, defeated Kid Scaler
in four rounds Friday at Spokane, in
what was to have been a Is round
fight
w F. Hickman, living five miles
north of Almonta has threshed his
crop of about 500 acres of barley and
got an average yield of more than 81
:. bushels per acre.
A monster cougar drank a quantity
of vitriol water which is used fol
killing smut in wheat, with deadly eff
feet, on the j. w. Mcdonald place
three miles south of Hartline.
The much talked of wood saving
contest for ladies at Rockford came
of recently. The first prize was wor
by Mrs Rumble, the second by Mrs
Jonas and the third by Mrs. Davis.
The dead body of George B. Cliff
superintendent of the Seattle division
of the Northern Pacific railroad, was
found in the Sammamish river, neal
Kenmore He was accidentally drown
ed
Whitman county, under the direction
of S. G. Armstrong, general agent O
the Pacific Coast Elevator company
is preparing a splendid collection o
specimens of various grains and othe
agricultural productions for exhibition
at the st. Louis fair.
The Wilbur inspector condemned L
boxes of fruit Friday morning, consist
ing of apples and peaches, and order
ed the boxes containing them burned
This was because the peaches were in
fected with mold and the apples witt
worms
Superintendent L. G.. Monroe of tn
horticultural and agricultural depart
ment of the Spokane Interstate fail
October to 9, is receiving many in
quiries from farmers and fruit grower
who propose to exhibit at the fair an
who will compete for the liberal prize
which are offered this year.
Eastern commission merchants cor
tinue to send inquiries to Robt H
Cosgrove, manager of the Spokane II
terstate fair, asking for the date of tn
opening of the fair, and other particr
lars. These firms are planning to sen
representatives to this fair, whic
opens October 3.
Residents of Spokane own Asst
shares of stock in the national bank
of their city, while but 1929 shares ar
owned by nonresidents. The larges
single holder of Spokane bank stoc
is Charles Sweeny, who owns 1875 c
the $500 shares of the stock of tn
Exchange National bank.