Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-15
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of interesting Items
Gathered From chanees-Cullinss
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.


over the figures of 1908.
Fred Rainwater, boy of II years,
was drowned recently in the Touchet
river, about five miles south of Dayton
Spokane's population has increased
50 per cent in the past four years and
has now reached $4,000 people,
A. j. Swanson, representing the
Farmers Warehouse & Elevator COM
pany, will start bank in Spangle at
once.
A sad feature Of the Fourth was the
funeral of Mrs. Mary Hardness, wife
of o. w. HARNESS, a pioneer of Walla
Walla county.
With wages higher than customary,
Walla Walla farmers are experiencing
difficulty in securing enough help to
harvest their crops.
The fourth annual convention of the
Washington State Funeral Directors
association will take place in North
Yakima September 81.
Washington won in the three days
competitive target shooting at Amer
lean lake, 26 points ahead. The army
team second, Oregon third.
A report issued by the comptroller
of the currency says that there are 81
national banks in Washington, % of
which are insolvent, 81 in voluntary
liquidation and "a in operation.
In spite of the fact that H. B. Tin.
ker fell 40 feet. from the roof of a
barn at Walla Walla, sustained trac
ture of his skull and lay unconscious
for over 70 hours. he is slowly improv
ing
Black aphis are playing havoc in
apple trees in the Big Bend. The
prospects are excelent for a big
peach crop. 1t is said the birds carry
other.
The monthly weather report for Col.
vile covering the month Of June, has
just been issued, and breaks all rec
records for small rainfall for that
month. The total precipitation was
1.67 inches.
The funeral of w. d. Jackman,
who died recently in Spokane from
Brights disease, was held Sunday.
The Spokane trades council, of which
Mr.. Jackman was president, and 9TH
err labor organizations attended the
funeral.
Private Thomas c. Vandiver of Com
pany X, Nineteenth United States in
fantry, was shot by Private Frederick
R. Stubb Saturday night at the maneu-
vers camp and died few hours later.
The men had had a petty quarrel, and
Stubbs says he fired when he believed
his life was in danger.
After being shot at by Detective
Martin Burns and held under the muz-
zle of Captain McPhees big Betsy"
gun, Martin Schomers, all round bad
man, and suspected highwayman, who
held up Policeman Nick Warner and
robbed the officer of his revolver, is
safe in the Spokane jail.
Charles Burton, 10 years old, was
arrested recently on a charge of arson
preferred by President De Force of
the Bellingham Oil & Fertilizer com.
pany who AYERS that the boy set fire
to his plant on June 80 last, which
resulted in its destruction, entailing
loss of $1,000, with no insurance.
With election of officers the eight
zenith annual meeting of the state bar
association closed the most successful
convention in its history at Seattle.
Next year the association will meet in
North Yakima. The following officers
were elected, President, Edward
Whitson, North Yakima; secretary, c.
Will Shaeffer, Olympia; treasurer, M.
S. Porter, Olympia.
Rev. Oscar Smith, Methodist min
lister Sundays and postal clerk in the
Seattle postoffice week days, could not
withstand the temptation afforded by
money passing through his hands and
rifled the mails for money to buy
liquor. After making an incomplete
confession to postal inspectors he dis
appeared With fine irony he admit
ted taking as his last theft money in
tended for the antisaloon league.
Earl Foraker Harris, aged 10
months, was drowned in a candy pail
half full of water recently at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George H.