The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-03-25
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES.
LATE NEWS OF.THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanoes-Culling
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oreqon-Numerous Accidents
aad Personal Happenings Occur.
WARRINGTON NEWS.

The Bellingham Bay Steamboat COM
pany has been placed in the hands OF
J. ]. donovan az receiver.
King county republicans will hold
one county convention for all purposes
and that convention will be held on
May 8.
The basket ball season for this year
has closed in Colfax and the High
School Girls team claims the cham
pionship Of the Inland Empire.
After much delay Grand Exalted
Ruler J. F. RAINING Of the Elks has
finally fixed on monday, March rs, as
the day when he will visit Spokane.
Seven men are under arrest charged
with being the whitecaps who SO bru-
tally outraged c. w. Thomas at his
ranch home q few miles east of Col.
Vile.
Thomas r. Delaney, at present Gus
toms inspector AT Seattle port, has
been named by h.ayor-elect Ballinger
to be chief of police to succeed John
sullivan.
At Deming. on Puget sound. Frank
Blomquist was crushed to death by a
tree which he was Telling and which
split as his saw was only half way
through it.
| Mr.. and Mrs. 8. ]. Tant and family,
who were the frsl settlers in Garfield,
and pioneers of Whitman county, have
gone to Long Beach, Cal, to make
their home.
Thomas l.. Greenough. the million
aire mineowner and operator of Mis-
soula, Mont, will erect a quarter of
a million dollar Office building at Spo-
kane this summer.
The general store of A. D. Cowan,
postmaster at Camden, was totally de-
stroyed by fire recently. 1t is believ-
ed the fire was of incendiary origin.
The loss is about $4,000, partially in
sured.
s. N. McCroskey, Whitman county
school superintendent, has issued the
program for the annual teachers in
stitute, which will be held in the Col
fax high school building April I to
8. inclusive.
Commercial clubs, chambers OF com.
merce and prominent men throughout
of the Franklin county chamber OF
commerce, asking them to lend their
influence in forwarding the Palouse
river irrigation plan.
, At a recent meeting of farmers Of
Lincoln county, an organization to be
; coin county, an organization to be
I known as The Farmers Club of Lin
q coin County" was formed with tht
object of promoting the milling ant
warehouse project.
Two German homesteaders, Harthia'
e and Martin Lrue have been missin,
r from their homesLeads on Little Quill
q layute prairie, in the western part o
;, the state, since February 10, and it Il
(, believed they missed the trail through
s. a cedar swamp and have psrisned.
> walla Walla property holders hav
united in petition to pave the streets
- A selection of v36.35 acres Of tim
q Der lands for the washington norma
Il school grant has been approved by tn
y secretary Of the interior. The land
- are in Snohomish and Skagit countie
n and are well timbered. Inc selection
practically completes the grant to tn
20 normal schools.
- The Washington delegation has bee
~ assured by General Counsel Bum c
N the Northern Pacific. with whom the
\ took up the lap-over case of Clar
= county settlers, that the company
70 about to put out circular advisin
II settlers of their rights. according t
al Mr.. Bum the company desires to trss
&c settlers with great liberality.
After winning the negative Of a sui
ject against the University Of Oregon
- the Whitman college team won the q
- hrmativs of It against w. A. c.. {
- Pullman. The subject was: Resolves
- mat the Incorporation of iauor union
is desirable WA4lman's speaker
- were H. E. Brown. Gaius Grsenslad
-. and Louis sutherland; w. A. ~. Wa
~ tiers. Early and Hinch4-As.
N. The farmers of Wenatchee vicinit
as some time ago organized the Farmer
ut Telephone & Telegraph company, ar
cd is now rapidly extending the line
ad When completed the line will traver!
or the Wenatchee river as far AZ Lea
euWOFlu, anu VIII pO OAeShuOu w"
the Columbia a. far as Colockul
creek, giving service over 60 miles
- territory, with numerous lateral line
en- The North Yakima school board, =
Us. ter maAlng an examination into tt
hazing of Spruce Cox. who was throw
into an irrigation ditch by cadet boy
passed resolutions reducing the OF
a GERS of the cadet company, who TOT
of part In the affair. to the ranks. aba