The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A coyote drive is planned to take
place at Sunnyside Dec. Is.
The Seattle wheat market was ex-
ceptionally strong last week.
The Harrington city council has
raised the saloon license to $1,000 per
year.
Harold Bush. aged years, sick
from fever, was burned to crisp at
| Spokane recently.
Tacoma city council granted the In
dependent telephone company a fran
cihse by unanimous vote.
Wenatchee Canal company contem-
plates an extension of their canal and
! the irrigation Of more land.
While coasting at Spokane Oscar
Oeschlagel, II years of age, was killed
by sliding under a street car.
Judge Smell of the Pierce county
superior court has called a grand
jury to investigate municipal affairs.
Nearly 5000 acres of land on the
Pend dOreille river near Bossburg,
Stevens county, will soon be opened
for settlement.
men at Colfax is ended. The meeting
was a great success, 376 new mem
bers being taken in.
Jeanne Brooks. vaudeville singer,
working at Tacoma, was left 100000
by the death of her husband, from
whom she was separated. He died in
South Africa.
j. H. Mason was killed in Belling
ham recently by falling from a box
car. Mr.. Mason was a large property
owner and had. a wide circle of &C.
quaintances.
Donations are needed for insane pa
tients at medical Lake. The superin-
pleasant as conditions permit. Every
one is asked for donation.
The recent purchase by the Grote
brothers of the C. B. Upton tract of
wheat land of $500 acres, located in
the celebrated Eureka fiat district, for
which they paid approximately $780,
QUO. is considered a good bargain.
Angus McPhail. the murderer of
Fred Anderson at Darlington, Wash,
May 1, 1903, paid the penalty of his
crime by death on the scaffold in the
prison yard at the penitentiary Fri
day.
In spirited and interesting orator
ical contest held in the chapel at
Whitman college for college orator
Calvin C. Thomanson carried away the
honors against five contestants. The
other speakers were Walter Felthouse,
Peringer and O'Neill. Peringer was a
close second.
Farmers are rejoicing over the
length Of time the snow is staying on
grow under the snow since the ground
was not frozen. There has been more
sleighing since TINS snow fell than at
any time since the winter of 1897,
when there was snow on the ground
for 20 days.
| D. A. Griffin. prominent hotel man
and pioneer politician of Deming, was
recently sentenced by Judge Neterer OF
the superior court to IA years in the
penitentiary for criminal assault on
Winnie Johnson, 16 year old domes-
tic in his household. Notice of ap-
peal was given Immediately. A YER
dict was returned September 20 and
caused a tremendous sensation
The Whitman county commissioners
have granted franchise to the Wash
ington Water Power company of Spo-
kane to erect poles and maintain an
electric power line on any public road
in Whitman county. This is to be a
power line and not a railroad, but is
to supply electric power to towns,
Whitman county.
DR.. ]. Edward Hughes, awaiting
trial at North Yakima on a charge of
bigamy, hanged himself in his cell dur
ing the night. Hughes was arrested
in Seattle on last February on a seri-
Gus charge preferred by Theophilus
Hatch, a wealthy wheat raiser near
Almira, Wash but this charge was
later changed to bigamy. Hughes ran
away with Mrs. Hatch and her IA year
Id daughter. Hughes is claimed to
have married the daughter at Ogden,
Utah. She was granted a divorce at
Spokane three weeks ago. The trial
of Hughes had been set for the Janu-
airy term of court.
While coming from tunnel on their
mining claim on the Colville reserva-
ton about % miles from Wilbur, Lishe
| Heady and Gus Pearson were fired up
on from ambush. Both men were bad
ly wounded.
Director Leach of the San Francisco
mint, has established two facts in con-
nection with the investigation of Cash
Ter Adams thefts from the Seattle
assay Office, both of which refute the
self confessed embezzler's contentious
and establish that his populations ex-
tended over a period of five years.