The Western news., 1904-09-21
NEWS OF NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-CuIlinqs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Several new buildings are being
erected in Govan this fall.
The second week of the ColfaS
school has closed and the enrolment
to date breaks all previous records
for this early in the year. It has
passed the 700 mark, and is constantl,
increasing.
Oil will supplant coal as fuel at
the Everett paper mill, tests just made
having proved satisfactory.
A seven foot shark was captured in
gillnet the other morning by two
fishermen off Hat Island. 1t weighed
500 pounds.
Seattle reports that one logging
camp at the head of Lake Washington
has been almost entirely wiped out
and others are in danger as the result
OF fierce forest fire raging in the
vicinity.
The Washington Water Power com
pany is increasing it's plant at Spo-
kane by installing an immense 5000
horse power generator to replace a
700 horse power machine
The town of Hillyard may come in
under the parental care of the city OF
Spokane, provided the Great Northern
property must be excluded.
The navy department has ordered
that Midshipman James H. McCool OF
the state of Washington be dropped
from the naval academy on account
of continued infractions of naval acad-
emy regulations.
The schedule of personal property
as returned by the county boards of
equalization has been prepared by F..
L. Houghton, clerk of the state board.
The returns show the total value of
taxable property as equalized by the
county boards to be $5S,3S2, ,999, SUBJ
stantial increase over last years fig
ures of $56,5SO,SS1.
The date of the ninth annual meet
ing of the state fair (September 26 to
October u at North Yakima, is near
at hand. The exhibits will excel any
thing of the kind ever attempted in
the state.
The publishers of the Wenatchee
Advance, Messrs. Lindsay & Spencer,
have sold the newspaper plant and
good will of the business for $4,000.
Mrs. Gunda Sparby, the victim of
John Halls rifle week ago. died at
her home near Rockford.
The Stevens County Producers as
sociation opened four day second
annual county fair at Colville last
Monday.
Tuesday night, October 4, will be
Children's night at the October carni
val in Spokane All children under Is
years of age will be given free admis-
sion to the grounds.
A new union of the grocery clerks
is one of the latest projects discussed
by Spokane labor circles.
The forest fires which have been
burning in the hills west of Valley
for two weeks have become danger
Gus. Blazes are sweeping the whole
western part of the Colville valley.
A new feature of the Woman's ho-
tel at Spokane, Sprague avenue and
Madison street, is the rest for farmers
wives. Lunch may be secured at a
small cost, and the use of the room
is entirely free. 1t is fitted with
couches, mirrors, lavatory and toilet
adjoining. and is tastefully decorated
with flowers. pictures and comfor tlble
chairs. There is also a little closet
where parcels may be stored and
checked during the day free of charge.
Four men-Ed Stickney, Charles
Harmon, N. p. Anderson and A. +,
Brown-were surprised in their quar-
ters in Tacoma in the act of making
counterfeit 25 cent and cent pieces,
but made smooth on one side to play
Slot machines.
The Wenatchee city council has let
the contract for the construction of a
reservoir, the capacity of which will
be 100000 gallons.