The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
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 Is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Garfield public schools will
open on the 18th inst. with S. NJ. NC
Croskey in charge.
William w. Bailey, manager OF the
Portland store of Tull & Gibbs, died
at Spokane Saturday night.
Granger is one of the new towns on
the Sunnyside branch of the Northern
Pacific railway, in Yakima valley.
Robert Colby, living near Reardan
crop averaging 100 bushels to the
acre.
The county superintendent OF
schools has apportioned $6429.2O OF
school funds among the 1872 districts
of Douglas county.
The Ritzville public schools opened
Monday morning with IA teachers
Three will teach in the high school
and II in the grades.
Senator Samuel H. Piles has &C
copied the invitation by the Walla
Walla County Fair association to make
an address during fair week.
Complaint is made by farmers liv
ing in the vicinity of Oakesdale
Thornton, Sunset and St. John, be-
cause of their inability to get grain
threshed.
E. A. Bickford of Mob Hill has sold
his 10 acre ranch near North Yakima
for $4,000. He paid $500 for it a year
ago. The purchaser is E. w. Hines
of Glendive, Mont.
"A. R. Arbuckle, who was at Wilbur
for three months publishing the Sen
tinel, has been appointed state organ
izer for the Fraternal Union of Amer
lea.
The II year old son of J. G. Parker
of Granger, was killed recently by the
caving in of a cistern in which he
was working with his father. The lad
was dead before he could be rescued
Ferrets may become an important
factor in agriculture in this country
as destroyers of the squirrels which
levy heavy tribute on the grain crops
of Whitman county every year.
Deaths during August as recorded
by the Spokane board of health mum
UtlS Gu L, VI w 90 WClC IhdlCO ohN
33 females. For the same period
there were 1O1 births, of which SIS
were males and 46 were females.
Alice Durkee, the 10 year old girl
who was shot by Harry Stanley, who
committed suicide, at Spokane, is
dead, and the number of homicides in
Spokane since January 1, 1905, not
counting the large number of suicides
was swelled to eight.
With 200 passengers aboard, many
of whom were women and children
who almost created panic, the stem
ran full speed into the Olympia Oyster
cOmpany's dock while making land
ing at her own wharf in Seattle.
Fire did $4,000 damages at Dayton
Sunday. 1t destroyed the Great West
ern hotel. The residence of Jesse
Samuel was damaged to the extent
of $500. The Baptist church and par
sonage were scorched. A general store
and the residence of Mr.. Engel were
burned
A corps of engineers of the govern
ment reclamation service is in Yakima
valley. They are making surveys, in
specting pumping plants, pipe lines
ascertaining arid land acreage, in fact
gaining full and complete knowledge
of the Sunnyside canal, preparatory
to report to the government.
The steamer Jerome, loaded with
1000 bushels of wheat, consigned from
Kennewick to Cello, struck rock in
the Columbia river when just above
the mouth of the Snake river and
sank in about 80 feet of water The
cargo is ruined, but it is believed the
boat can be raised. Captain Daniel
was in charge of the boat. No one
was injured.
Following is a condensed report Of
the business done at the United States
land Office in Walla Walla during Au
gust: Cash entries for 1628.84 acres
"a; receipts for same, $242675; desert
land entries for 2569.61 acres, 10; re
ceipts, $642.41; homestead entries fol
6424.S7 acres, receipts, $S31.22; fina
proofs for 15l4.32 acres, receipts
$64.07; miscellaneous fees, $1O2.S9.