The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-06-16
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON news ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Outlook Is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
The cerfew bell at Ellensburg now
rings at $50 p. m.
Grain near Wilbur is well advanced
and barley is beginning to head.
The May tax receipts at Tacoma
amounted to $4,000, an increase OF
about $4,000 over last year.
Collegiate work at the University
of Washington has now been closed
for the present year.
The annual reunion Of the pioneers
of Spokane county held last week was
enioyed by between 600 and 700 peo-
pie.
The May -four shipments from Sc
attic amounted to 122,6Sl barrels, val
ned at nearly one half million dol
lars.
Governor Mead has decided that
Judge S. J. Chadwick of Colfax is in
eligible to the office of railway COM
missioner.
Ernest Tough, aged Is, son of Jas.
Tough, farmer near Rock Lake, had
his left arm shot off while hunting
coyotes recently.
The body of George Wright, a de-
serter from Vancouver barracks, was
found Sunday in the river, about a
mile below Spokane.
The congressional irrigation COM
mittee has agreed to spend one day in
eastern Washington, devoting three
hours to North Yakima and the re-
mainder of the day at Spokane.
A grand jury to probe into rumors
of corruption in the Spokane city and
county government was drawn in the
superior court Saturday morning by
direction of Judge Poindexter.
Mark A. Fullerton of the supreme
bench of the state of Washington is
to be given the degree of doctor OF
laws, by the Washington State col
lege on commencement day, June %.
Arnold Kohler shot himself with
suicidal intent at sheep camp on the
Columbia river. He died just as rela-
tives reached town with him. He shot
himself in the head with big re-
volver.
The annual encampments of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Women's Relief Corps for the depart
ment of Washington and Alaska, will
begin at Vancouver June 20 and con-
tinue for three days.
John S. McMillin of Roche Harbor
and J. G. Lawrence of COlfax will as
sist Chairman Harry Fairchild of Bel
bingham in regulating the railroads Of
the state of Washington, according to
the governors latest determination.
A fine flow of water has been struck
in the we'll drilled on the farm Of
John Bradley, in Horse Heaven, eight
miles south of Prosser The water
was encountered at a depth of 16S
feet and stands "a feet deep, the sup
ply being ineXhaustible.
The Woolgrowers' association of
Pierce county has sold their clip to
Theodore Berheim at Portland at 27A
cents, the highest price received in
many years. Six bidders competed,
all figuring at about q cents. The
clip will be about 5000 pounds.
Peter Curry, man who had been
convicted a short time ago i'm the SUI
perior court at Olympia on the charge
of horse stealing and who was out
on bail pending an appeal to the SUI
preme court, shot and killed himself
in Lewis county.
William Lowering and Thos. O'Con-
nor who were arrested at Seattle a
few days ago after duel with officers,
IN which a number of shots were fired
last Sunday morning, have pleaded
guilty to the charge of burglary and
been sentenced to serve IA years each
in the state penitentiary.
Beginning with the goth of this
month and lasting until after the
Fourth OF July, hundreds of Indians
Will assemble at Nespelem, on the Col
vile reservation, and hold a meeting
that Will be one of the most noted
gatherings of the red men ever held
IN the west. The occasion will be com
memoratlve of the death of Chief Jo-
seph.
Chrls Parkhurst, proprietor of the
Cecil hotel at Aberdeen, hes in the
hospital with a cracked skull as the
result OF shooting scrape which oc-
c1Tred early Sunday morning between
hlmsef and rOOmer named r. A.
Welsenberger. The quarrel was over
Parkhursts stepdaughter, whom, it is
alleged, Weisenberger had insulted
Welsenberger fired two shots, one TAX
ing ehect in the skull. He also fired
at Parkhursts wife, but missed her
MONTANA NOTES.
Bonner is beyond doubt the banner