The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-07-07
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Cur.
rounding country-Numerousf AccI.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaee-outIook 10 Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
( Spokane has abolished the vertics
system Of writing in the publ
q schools.
8 ]. Fl. Gillis. retired rear admire
8 OF the United States navy, accompar
: led by his wife and daughter, are visi
: ing Spokane.
Thursday and Friday, July 20 an
} FL, have been decided on as the date
| for the Spokane business mems excul
J sion,. which this year will go to tn
Occur d'Alene mining country.
The second annual picnic of tn,
, Stevens County Pioneer association
held at the fair grounds in Colville
was one Of the most enjoyable events
of the year.
The comptroller of the currency ha.
approved the application of Auguste
Peterson, Harvey, N. D., and associates
to organize a new national bank al
Sedro-Woolley, to be known as the
First National Bank of Sedro-Wool
ley" Capital, $4,000.
John F. Stevens, former Spokane
man, will be chief engineer to the
Panama canal.
Arthur H. Holmes, a lineman EN-.
ployed by the Washington Water Pow
er company, while working on a pole
Saturday afternoon, in some way took
hold of a high voltage wire and was
instantly killed.
Trains will be running over the
Spokane-Medical lake line by Aug.
ust l.
In Judge Poindexters court at Spo-
kane Saturday afternoon eight felons
stood at the bar and received senten-
ces to the penitentiary aggregating II
years. -
vertical writing has been discarded
In the public schools at Seattle.
A Bellingham company has secured
contract to furnish 1900 tons of dog
salmon to Japan.
Arrangements have been made to
place 10000 rainbow trout in the lakes
and streams of western /Klickitat
county.
A house owned by ]. e.. Culzer and
occupied by John Campbell as a resi-.
dence near Valley, was struck by
lightning recently and set afire. Mr..
campbell and family saved most of
their furniture and personal effects.
The house was total loss.
The Yakima Commercial club has
passed a resolution to be presented to
the secretary of the interior asking
that official not to approve the state
selections of lands in the Yakima val |
ley. Inc sentiment of the commercial /
club Is practically the sentiment of
the whole people of the Yakima val.
ley.
The annual picnic and live stock
snow OF the Evansville grange open
cd Monday in Lyle's grove, seven
niles west of Pullman.
The little town of Diamond. 10 miles
vest OF Colfax, was almost wiped out
~ fire recently.
ID. G. Klinefelter, proprietor of the
'alouse Electric Light & Power COM
'any, has closed a contract with M
!. Shields of the Moscow Electric
4lght & Power company, whereby Mr..
shields will furnish the Palouse plant
Win 275 horsepower for local use. The
Vlres Will be strung and the available ,
urrent turned on November 1. next.
Saturday was Tacoma day at the {
lewis and Clark exposition and an ex. {
ursion party Of nearly a thousand
eople made the trip. Ii
Believing that an attempt has been
1ade to vote a number of illegal yot-
rs In the coming Walla Walla cleo.
ION, 1nformations against eight EN-.
loyes OF the state penitentiary have
cen signed and sworn to.
Inc state board Of control has =
warded to F. G. Tubbs of Seattle the
ontract for building the new hospital
the Soldiers Home; contract price ;,
1893. ~ b
That about IA per cent of Spokane's i
opulation derives it's support directly
ON the railroads running out of the
ty is fact.
Lewis county added another sensa- 5
onal murder to her record Sunday.
le murderer committing suicide soon
Ter killing his victim. The tragedy o.
,curred near Rife, a postofice AZ lp
lies from Chehalis, in eastern Lewis lie
'unty. Mack Justice about noon met
llian Coleman near Rife and thew v,
larreled over liquor. During the M
larrel Coleman shot Justice in the
'ad with revolver. Both men were re
med with pistols. Coleman fed down d,
q road about half a mile and shot OF
mself with the same revolver with d,
hich he had killed Justice. Justice 10
ID Coleman were unmarried and each of
'out rs years old.
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