The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-01-22
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CuIiIngs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
'' Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur q.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

route in response to the request of
Victoria business men who are indig- /
nant over the Clallam disaster. -er
By far the fiercest war among the
single men in the history of the state
of Washington industry is on, as re-
suit of the organization of the Inter
state Single company at Seattle
Spokane -four has gone up five cents I
4 sack in its retail price.
At the recent annual meeting of the
state board of health DR.. s. B. Nelson |
of Pullman was reelected president
and DR.. E. E. Heg Of Seattle secre-
tary.
Spokane, Butte, Ogden and Salt
Lake will be the four towns in the
Pacific National league. Seattle is out
and Ogden was admitted in it's place.
There is a move on at Waitsburg for
the establishment of a club for young
men.
Harry H. Morgan, aged "a years, an
assistant chemist, met a horrible death
at Seattle recently by splitting gallon
carboy of carbolic acid over himself
and died in intense agony Is minutes
after the accident. va
The remains of the late Rev. Sam
uel G.. Havermale were laid to rest in
Paramount cemetery at Spokane last
week.
The report of the state fish COM
missioner shows falling off in out
put of the industry compared with last
year, thus giving evidence of poor
fishing season in the chief Puget
Sound district.
The railroads announce a special
rate of one and one third fares to
Spokane for the annual meeting of the
Inland Empire retail lumbermen Feb
ruary 10-11.
Beryl Sargent, the 3 year old
daughter of George Sargent, drug
gist of Tacoma was burned to death
recently. While the mother had step
ped down stairs to answer the tele'
phone the child fell against the ali
tight stove, and when the mother re
turned to the room the child's cloth
ing was in flames. She died in an
hour.
Beginning Monday, the merchants Of
Cheney will close their places of bust
ness at 6 o'clock, except Saturdays
This arrangement is to be in force un
til June Is.
Thieves, or a thief, presumably the
latter, broke into the Catholic church
of. Our Lady of Lourdes at Spokane
and stole two large gold goblets ant
one piece of the silver and gold alta
service.
Francis Asbury Pugh, aged "a,
pioneer of 1916, died recently at Spo
kane, after a lingering illness.
Francis A. White, we'll known resi-
dent of Everett, died in San Francisco
recently at the age of 80 years. MI
White had an active career in the dc
velopment of the west.
The body of man supposed to b
w. E. Rooklidge of Tacoma was foun
on the beach near Port Angeles. O
the body was life preserver bearin
the name "Clallam," proving conclus
lively that the dead man was victir
of the disaster.
The most daring jailbreak ever Pc
petrated in Adams county occurred a
Ritzville, when a prisoner going III
der various names and aliases escape
from the county bastile, leaving 81
curely locked therein the county she
if, ]. G. Shorno. The deed was con
mitted at supper time when Sheri
Shorno was taking the three count
charges their evening meal. All tn
prisoners were at liberty in the con
modious Jail room, and when Shorn
unlocked the door and went to 81
the food on the table, the escapin
prisoner stepped past him into tn
outer hallway, turned the key thu
had been left in the door and took
with him.
L.. The Masons of Chewelah have
ganized lodge of F. and A. M.
Petitions are being generally Giro
lated in Whitman county to be presen
ed to the county commissioners as
ing that $4,000 be appropriated towal
the expense of gathering and displa
ing an exhibit from that county at II
St. Louis exposition.
Owing to failure to complete the ne
creamery at the Washington Agrlct
tural college it has been found nece
sary to postpone the opening OF II
annual school of dairying until Febr
airy 20.
Some outside persons are figurir
on putting up -four mill at Edws
in the spring. 1t is one of the be
milling points on the Great Norther
as the wheat is nearly all blueste
and good locations are plentiful.
An unknown man, walking along Il
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