The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-08-04
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-OutIook 10 Bright
WASHINGTON NOTES.

preparations 1OI harvest WOTk are
being made and many machines begin
the seasons run this week.
Hortculturists of Stevens county re-
port that the orchards are growing an
abundant yield of late fruit.
From the school census nearly COM
pleted, Ballard figures out a popula-
tion of 1000, or more than double
what it was five years ago.
Operations are progressing rapidly
on the Northern Paciic's new turn
table at the Spokane roundhouse. The
new turntable complete will cost $4,000.
Thomas Warren, a pioneer, who
crossed the plains from Kansas before
railroads were thought of west of the
Missouri river, died recently at North
port.
The members of the state board Of
health are reported as fearing an cpl
demic of typhoid fever in certain Sec
lions of the state where the disease
has been prevalent for several weeks.
Gus Deluge, a truckman employed
by the Grimmer Truck company, at
Spokane, was instantly killed in the
basement of the ROOkery building Sat
urday afternoon by a boiler rolling
on him.
Archie R. Cannon of Spokane sus-
tanned a compound fracture of the
right arm and other injuries by being
caught in the betting Of threshing
machine recently.
That early estimates of damage
done by the hot wave were eXagger-
ated is now conceded by many of the
best posted farmers and grain men
who have been examining the grain
and crop conditions.
The announcement is made that j.
OBJ. Scobey, receiver of the Olympia
land Office and a politician of state
wide reputation, would soon resign
his position and remove to Portland
to enter the land law practice.
More than 20 experienced telegraph
operators have been employed by the
Northern Pacific railway for duty on
the line between Tacoma and Port
land within the past two weeks, neces-
STATED by the installation of COM
plete block signal service on the south
end.
Nearly four score mountain climb
ers, men and women Of the Mazama
club, with the added forces of the
Sierra club of California and the APP
palachian club of the east, have spent
two weeks in PARADISE, and have ac-
complished the feat of climbing the
great Rainier-TacOma peak.
Lester Richardson, of Seattle, ~
years of age and son of respectable
parents, was arrested recently for bur
glary and confessed that in the last
two months he has looted 20 rooms
in various hotels in the city, securing
money and jewelry, which he lavished
on his friends. From one room Rich
ardson stole $500 that he spent in
two weeks.
Just across the Columbia river north
of Wenatchee lies a fiat of land con-
tanning nearly 5000 acres, which at
the present time is only dotted here
and there by an occasional shack OF
the homesteader. This land is known
as Columbia valley, and it is now a
settled fact that at least 5000 acres
will be irrigated.
A sudden drop in temperature, bring
ing with it severe hail storm, accom-
panied with thunder, swept suddenly
over the Dalles Sunday afternoon. The
storm was entirely unexpected and
after the drop in temperature had oc
cured. the thermometer again took
jump and the heat was almost as op'
pressive as before. A hail storm fol
lowed of a peculiar nature. Small ir-
regular chunks of ice, differing entire
ly from the regular stones, poured
from the clouds.