The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-04-14
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
4 Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Outlook 10 Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

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/ WASHINGTON NOTES.
"Patronize home dealers" is the cry
of the Boosters club at Tacoma.
Governor Mead has designated Tues
day, April 25, 1905. as Arbor day for
the state of Washington.
The appointment of Charles w. Cor
ham, editor of the Snohomish Tribune,
as state printer, is announced.
There are more buildings in course
Of construction in Sprague now than
at any time since the fire of 1896.
Work was begun last week at Seat
tie on three skyscrapers. The build
ings will be 10, IL and IL stories, re-
spectively.
Dr. w. H. Anderson of Medical Lake
will succeed DR.. w. James Howells as
superintendent of thesstate insane asy-
lum in October.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tichbourne, sur
rounded by many Of their direct de-
scendants, celebrated their golden we'd
ding last week in Spokane.
labor Commissioner Hubbard an
nounces the appointment of two more
deputies. They are Frank York of
Montborne, Skagit county, and George
Gregg of Tacoma.
Professor Trevor Kincaid of the fac
ulty of the University of Washington,
has received an invitation tor join the
Harvard expedition to the Bermudas,
which leaves in June. He has accept
ed.
In fire which consumed the board
ing house Of the Day Lumber company
at Big Lake, late Sunday night, G. w.
Jones Of Buckley, Wash, was burned
to death. Nothing was left Of his
body.
Forty wholesale firms and business
men of Spokane have subscribed $500
to the fund which is to be offered for
evidence that will lead to the arrest
and conviction of the murderers OF
Policeman Henry A. Stotko on the
morning of April 4.
| D. G. Corbin's announcement that he
will build the Spokane International
railroad to connect Spokane with the
Canadian Pacific without asking one
cent Of bonus or concession from the
citizens of Spokane, and that he will
build it right away, brought forth many
expressions Of admiration.
| H. A. Fairchllu of Bellingham will
be chairman of the state railroad COM
mission; Stephen J. Chadwick of Col
fax will be the second member, and
King county has been promised the
third. Either w. L. Benham or Geo.
w. Dickinson is likely to be appointed
as the King county member.
| The Washington State college debat-
ing team lost to the Whitman COL
lege team on the question, Resolved,
That it should be the policy of the
United States not to hold territory
permanently unless with the intention
that it should ultimately enjoy state
hood" Whitman upheld the affirma-
tive.
James Nicholson came in contact
with live wire carrying $500 volts of
electricity at Seattle, fell 20 feet from
a roof on which he was working, and
still lives. When he landed on the
roof below, his clothing was ablaze.
Physicians say he may live, although
one leg and both hands will have to
be amputated.
Commissioner Leupp of Indian af-
fairs has favorably recommended to
Secretary Hitchcock of the interior de-
partment the proposition of 10 year
leases on the Yakima Indian reserva.
ton for sugar beet growing. If the
secretary concurs in the recommends
ton it means a great deal of material
wealth for Yakima county.
The death of Father Leopold Van
Corp, for several years general supe-
rior Of the Jesuits' Rocky Mountain
missions, during which time he was a
resident of Spokane, is announced. For
nearly half a century he had been one
Of the most prominent missionaries for
the church In the northwest. Father
Van Corp died at, st. Ignatius mission,
Montana, from pneumonia.
The Lewis and Clark fair commits
sion has decided to allow each of 10
largest cities and towns in the state
a week each at the exposition, the
time to be allotted by selecting cities
alphabetically. During this week each
city will be allowed $50 by the COM
mission for the use of hostesses in
providing entertainment at the build
ing. and it was agreed that the host
esses for the different cities should be
selected by the respective mayors.