Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-10
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.
WAShlN6TCE NEWS.

John G. Brady, governor of Alaska,
was in Spokane last Friday.
Colonel A. ]. Blethen, editor Of the
Seattle Times, is reported i'll.
An effort is being made to reorgan-
ize the Pullman commercial club.
Senator-elect S. H. Piles will prob
ably visit Spokane on February 16.
The session of the legislature was
half over Tuesday, but thus far few
bills have become laws.
Senator Foster has introduced the
interior department bill providing for
opening the south half of the Colville
reservation.
A new Office, representing the pur-
chasing commissary department of the
United States army, has been opened
in Seattle.
The annual meeting of the Retail
Lumbermen's association was held in
Spokane Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Orders have been issued by Chief
of Police Waller of Spokane to saloon
keepers who run winereoms that box
rustling must cease.
Preliminary work to raise the $780,
900 for the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation building to be erected in Wal
la Walla is progressing.
Scott Hively, rancher, living near
Everett, was sentenced to IL years in
the penitentiary for attempted murder
of his wife last December.
The Washington fair commission
was not satisfied with the site given
by the Lewis and Clark fair manage
ment and a new one was chosen.
G. M. Landerkin, aged IS, and chief
to have attempted to kidnap Ellen Bas-
kett. aged Is years, at Seattle recently.
Fire in the tule swamp at the lower
end of Lake Colville, about 10 miles
west of Sprague, caused good deal
of excitement in neighboring towns
last week.
1t has been decided by citizens of
Colfax to unite with all the towns of
| Whitman county in preparing and
maintaining Whitman county exhibit
at the Lewis & Clark exposition in
Portland this year.
Loyal Branham, u year old son of
| Charles Branham, living five miles
north of Pullman, had the sight of one
of his eyes destroyed recently, when a
playmate threw a nail which struck
him in the eye, destroying the sight.
| Detectives are securing the country
for Arthur Ansorge, the missing assis
tant cashier of the Alaska Fisheries
union of Seattle. He left about a
month ago and was, according to the
report of the bond company, about
$1,000 short.
Recently Anthony Rockhill of Day.
ton celebrated his S1st birthday by
inviting his children to a big dinner
prepared by Mrs. Rockhill. This old
couple have 46 grandchildren and 20
great grandchildren and are still hale
and hearty.
| The fourth annual assembly of the
Inland Registered Stock Breeders as
ISOLATION, which met in Pullman Wed
nesday and Thursday, was the biggest
meeting in the history of the season
Stock breeders from all parts of the
Inland Empire were present.
The Bellingham police have captur'
ed a gang of three counterfeiters, who
have been operating there for the last
two years. The men give their names
as Walter Packwood, Fred Smith and
Fred Miller. They have been ostensibly
working as single weavers.
The proposed legislation limiting the
amount of contingent fees to be col
lected by attorneys to 20 per cent and
fixing the maximum amount to be re
covered in case of death through acct
dent at $1,000 was denounced at a
recent meeting of the Spokane bar as
ISOLATION.