The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-01-06
WASHINGTON NEWS.

It Il stated that PssSsa City will
enlarge their opera house this year.
Over $4,000 worth of property was
wiped out BY the recent fire in the bus
mess section Of Colfax.
J. A. Tormey. superintendent Of the
spokane city schools, was chosen pres
ident OF the Washington State Eduea-
tional association.
Rural free delivery route Na 2 has
been ordered established February /
at Spokane, Wash, serving 420 peo-
pie and los houses.
Governor-elect Mead was Saturday
night initiated by the Woodmen of
the World into the branch Of their or
der at Bellingham.
The Washington State Horticultural
association held a three days conven.
ton at Wenatchee, beginning Wednes.
day Of this week.
R. G. Powell, a Spokane boy, has
been honored at the University of Cal
ifornia by being elected to assist in
the physics department.
Governor Mcbride has announced
that he will not hear any new applica.
lions for pardons during the remain.
der Of his term of ONCE.
Washington postmasters as follows
have been appointed: Lake Bay, e. H.
Cooper; Napocatta, Henry j. Brown:
Wehsville, A. George Wehe.
Ben Williams of Seattle, railroad
man, business. man and attorney, will
be appointed state labor commissioner
by Go%vernor-elect A. e. Mead.
Forty-fve business men of Spokane
attended the Spokane day celebration
at the state horticultural convention
at Wenatchee last Wednesday.
Subscriptions of $76,629.3O have
been raised for the new Young Mems
Christian Association building at Spo-
kane, and the construction of the fine
new home Is assured.
The Whitman County Bar associa-
ton held its annual meeting and ban.
quet in Colfax Friday night, and the
affair was the most brilliant in the
history of the association.
Fire broke out in the dry goods
store Of D. A. Hanna at North Yakima
and destroyed about $40, 900 worth of
property. e. o. Keck's clothing store,
in the same building, was also destroy.
ed.
Bert Aldrich, a carpenter, was
brought to Colfax recently from Two
Rivers, Wash, suffering from severe
injuries received by falling from a
scaffold. His condition is considered
grave.
After a three days session, which
was remarkable in point of numbers
and amount of work transacted, the
Washington State. Teachers associa-
ton closed its labors at Spokane last
week.
The acting commissioner of the land
Office has ordered the withdrawal from
all entry $500 acres Of public lands in
the Walla Walla district. This with
drawal is made on account of the Pa.
louise irrigation project.
The Washington state building at
the worlds fair, recently offered to
the city of st. Louis, has been sold for
$1,000 to a Missouri stock raiser. The
bill Of sale does not include the mar.
bic staircase, nor the booths of Spo-
kane and Seattle. The building cost
about $50, 900.
The supreme court of this state has
handed down its decision in. the case
involving the validity Of the eight hour
law that went up from Spokane, in
which the court holds that the city
ordinances providing that eight hours
shall constitute a days labor on all
municipal work. and fixing the wages
at 1925 per day, is valid.
Referring to his message to be de-
livered January IA Mr.. Mead says: at
will recommend the passage of a bill
providing for an appointive railway
commission and an appointive tax
commission as two separate institu.
lions, and these possibly will be the
most important matters that I will
touch upon. Generally speaking, /
will not recommend any appropria.
lions for enlargement or maintenance
of any state institution" Practically
all the Mcbride appointees, the in.
coming executive states, will be allow.
ed to serve out terms.
Notwithstanding Spokane's reputa-
ton as a place where divorces are
easy and swift, over FIVE times as
many marriage licenses were issued
last year as divorces were granted.
The total number of marriage licen.
ses issued during the year was 1893.
The superior courts during the same
period granted ZIG divorces.
There is a strong likelihood that the
Washington Agricultural college may
lose the services of E. e. Elliott,
professor Of agriculture and head of
that department. Professor Elliott
has received an offer of the manage
ment of the experiment station con.
nected with the state agricultural col.
lege Of Kansas.
E. Neichoff. an inventor of Tacoma,
Is In Washington, D. G. His father was
engineer. and for many years he
himself was the proprietor of a bak.
cry In the northwest. He is here to
lay before the navy department the
merits of a new torpedo and shell in
vention, which, If successful, he be-
lieves would revolutionize present tor.
pedo construction and methods of
naval warfare. Patents were taken
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