The Western news., 1904-10-12
NEWS Of NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CulIinqs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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John Pope, real estate agent of
North Yakima, committed suicide Sun
day morning by shooting himself
through the head with revolver. He
was despondent on account of business
troubles.
Tom Foy met with very painful
accident at Wilbur in runaway.
Prosecuting Attorney Dye of Lin
coin county has left Snohomish with
Mrs. Mary Taylor, formerly cook in
the hotel at Harrington run by Henry
Fay, and which burned September 20
Lawrence Tierney lost his life in the
flames. Mrs. Taylor alleges Fay fired
the hotel and sent her on to Snoho-
mish to wait for him. She voluntarily
gave her story.
The Spokane high school won the
first game of the season against Blair
Saturday morning, after one of the
fiercest games of football played by
school elevens in Spokane, by score
of 6 to 5.
The prune crop in Clark county will
be only about one fifth of yield, as
compared with former years, says
Vancouver report.
Jesse B. Sutton, aged 76 years, pres
ident of the Puget Sound Savings bank
of Tacoma. dropped dead while talk
ing at the telephone. He had been a
was highly respected.
Owing to the judges on grain over.
looking a sack of bluestem wheat en-
tered at the Spokane interstate fair
by William Gimmel of Wilbur, their
decision was reconsidered and Mr..
Gimmel was awarded first premium.
Mr. Gimmel has for several years won
first premium on wheat. His grain
weighed trifle less than 63 pounds
to the bushel.
The fruitgrowers of Spokane and
adjoining counties have formed the
Spokane County Horticultural union
The principal object of the organiza.
tion is to see that the horticultural
laws of the state are enforced.
Warning has been given to farmers
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Fire burned the general store of
Blummauer & Son and the saloon of
Joseph harrington at Bucoda. near
Olympia. The store and building oc-
eupied were insured for about $12 800;
the saloon was worth about $4,000. The
of the Blumauer store, and the first
class mail, stamps and money in the
postotfice comprised practically all
that was saved from the building. The
telephone exchange, in the same build
ing was destroyed. The origin of the
fire is not known.
o. G. France of Wenatchee won the
first prize for the biggest apple at the
Spokane interstate fair. 1t is Pip
pin. II inches in circumference, and
weighs 20 ounces. r. kiesling Of
Spokane county won second prize, with
an apple 161a inches in circumfer-
ence.
A serious condition confronts the
people of the Yakima valley. If relief
is not given in very short time the
There is famine in freight cars a.,
all shipping points in the county.
Mrs. James Gard of Chelan Falls
killed bunch of 10 rattlesnakes on
| the Chelan butte. There were 40 rat
ties on the lot. She says five snakes
got away.
Out of spite, it is thought, and evi-
IDENTIFY in order to put NJ Kelley of
kelso, Wash. out of the way so as to
prevent his marrying young woman
who had refused the attentions of a
less successful suitor, Kelley was
seized, gagged and bucked, bound by
wire to tree in a dense wood and
abandoned to die. for a period of four
days. from Monday until Friday last,
when he was found and released. Sat.
urday the young woman whose prefer
ment for Kelley nearly caused his
death, procured a marriage license and
late the same day the two were mar
ried.