The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-09-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.

teams are to play in Spokane on Sep
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The Washington Agricultural col
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The North Yakima city council has
decided to shut down on granting
franchises to gas companies.
Mrs. Susan Clark, of Pullman, cele-
brated her S1st birthday lest week.
Mrs. Clark is hale and hearty.
Spokane's new public library, a gift
Of Andrew Carnegie, was formally
dedicated last Monday morning.
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
miles northeast of Rockford, was burn
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.
hO eHAPoJ Sio VI OPOhNhO OCoheJ
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 a bicycle with a broken
coaster brake, W. M. Wagy, a travel
ing solicitor, was killed at the bottom
of a 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 a
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 IT.
Sixteen out of 20 of the public
school buildings of Spokane show an
increase of a fraction less than IA per
cent over the enrolment for the first
week last year.
Remains of Vincent Capeli 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
in the charms of a loaded revolver,
caused Mrs. Constance Tingley, rs
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 ]. A. McDon
ough at Weippe, Idaho, about fourteen
months ago, has been released, being
the wrong man.
Enormous snowsheds, framed from
massive IL inch fir timbers, will be
built at once on the Great Northern
railway in the Cascades, west of Well
ed several months ago by forest fires
1t is said Jay p Graves of Spokane
is seriously considering the construc
ton of an electric railroad from Spo
kane to Colfax, and with branch line:
to Moscow, Pullman, Palouse Pene
wawa and other points in Whitman
county.
The steamship City of Topeka, bis
passenger vessel of the Pacific Steam
ship company, running between Seat
tie port and southeastern Alaska, SUM
at the dock at Seattle port at 6 o'clocl
Sunday while loading freight for Skag
way. Still moored to her dock, sh
now rests on the bottom of the ba
with only the top of her smokestac
and her two masts visible. Cause III
known.
Jacob Skalopla marketed at Wena
chez a box of peaches that were rt
markable for their size. The fruit wa
packed in a regulation size peach DO,
six inches deep. 1t was possible I
put only Is peaches to the layer. O
80 to the box. 1t was necessary
use cleats on the top of the box be
fore the lid could be nailed on. TIL
peaches were of the liberia variet
and were larger than the average siz
of apples.
OREGON ITEMS.
The breach of promise suit of Mis-
Birdie Mccarthy against James 1