The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-03-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.

United States Senator w. A. Clark
states that he will be in Butte in about
a week.
Honey Melody is going to night wi.h
Jerry Mccarthy of Butte on st. Pat
rick's day.
Spring seeding is farther advanced
in Whitman county. than for many
years at this season.
The glee club of the Washington
State college, Pullman, is on it's annual
tour of eastern Washington.
The last legislature passed many
bills, but there were comparatively few
in which the state as whole will be
concerned.
Since the passage of the bill Great
ing Benton county, with Prosser as the
county seat, there are prospects OF
quite building boom.
Cyrus Victor came into Wilbur, on
his return home from Davenport, after
being declared not. guilty OF the muir
der of Charles Thennis.
Fer. the second time Frank Taylor
has been found guilty of murder in the
second degree in the killing of b. A.
Mcintyre at Bossburg, July 70 last.
The Whitman county commissioners
have appropriated $4,000 to prepare and
maintain an exhibit Of their county pro-
ducts at the Lewis and Clark fair.
]. M. Snow of Spokane has been ap-
pointed highway commissioner under
the new road law. Mr. Snow is the
present surveyor of Spokane county.
w. H. Babcock. the well known
wheat man of Walla Walla, says the
new wheat is in fine shape on Eureka
flats and in the Columbia river district.
Bee Hive Rebekah lodge, No. 70, OF
Walla Walla celebrated the 10th ami
versary of the establishment of their
order at the l. o. o. F. temple last
Friday.
The Hastings shingle mill at Sumas
burned recently. In addition to the
plant, 100000 shingles were destroy
ed. The loss is placed at $4,000 with
small insurance.
County Fruit Inspector Frank Morse
reports a large number of spraying
outfits at work in the various parts OF
the county spraying trees with sulphur
and lime for San Jose scale.
Governor Mead honored the requisi-
ton of Governor Vardaman, of Aiissis-
sippi for William McPhay, a negro
wanted in Pike county, Miss, for a
murder committed three years ago.
Five school boys of Georgetown,
suburb of Seattle, have been arrested
charged with robbing many houses
and boats in the town. They range in
age from IL to 10 years and all con-
| fessed.
With his neck broken by fall from
the sidewalk bridge to the gulch below,
H. A. Carpenter, aged IS years. an
inmate of the soldiers home at Orting,
was found dead near the Tacoma &
Eastern depot.
Pointer & Sons have sold their farm,
or portion of it, to Frank d. Garrett,
for $22,320, or $31 per acre. The land
sold lies near Diamond and consists
of 720 acres, all under cultivation, with
fairly good house and barn.
The Walla Walla land Office has re-
ceived a telegram from Washington or
idering township 9, range 43, which is
Is miles south Of omeroy. opened up
to enable the squatters who have set
tied within 10 years on forest reserve
to receive title to their homesteads.
The chess tournament between the
Anaconda Chess club and the CONNER
cial club of Missoula resulted one
game for each club, with the
third a draw. The games were played
by long distance telephone, and three
chess boards were used in the game.
Not single member of the congress
sional delegation will attend the
launching of the cruiser Washington
at Camden, N. j., next Saturday, and
the only representatives of the state
present will be those designated by the
governor to participate in the chris
tening.
The Prosser city council has instruc
ed the marshal to strictly enforce the
cigarette ordinance, which provides
fine of $25 and 10 days in Jail for an!
boy under 81 years Of age smoking o.
Having cigarette material in his peck
cts. The same penalty prevails TO
: dealers selling the goods to minors.
Charles Loriensky, the travelling min
, strel Snowman arrested on the charg
of attempting to kidnap the daughter
, of ]. ]. Dawson of Zillah, was releas
ed. The father refused to appear an
testify against the prisoner, saying h
I had enough notoriety over the affair
He also refused to permit the childrel
4 to testify.
The site for the new school TO
feeble minded at Medical Lake will b
I. selected by the board of control an
Governor Mead this week. On tn
l. same trip the site for the new detache
), wing of the eastern Washington insan
J. asylum at Medical Lake will also b
r selected. The legislature allowed $55
1000 for this wing.
l. The sum of $3,O65,647.39 represent
a the total amount appropriated by tn
IS ninth legislature out of the gener'
e fund. To provide for these appropri
A. tiopc tho reveuues of the state for III