The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-06-09
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
Place-OutIook Is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

j. |. carver, pollCShdA VI fAudCol
tes was shot, perhaps fatally, by Rich
ard Peltier, while attempting to ar
rest Peltiers companion, Frank Erd,
who was creating a drunken disturb
ance early Saturday. The bullet
lodged just above the officers heart.
His chances for recovery are small.
With characteristic Japanese indif-
ference Arao, the slayer of Sam Chow
of Spokane, met death on the scaffold
at the Washington state penitentiary
Saturday morning.
At a recent meeting of the Lincoln
County Pioneers association, final ar
rangements were made for the picnic,
bv the association, June 20, 81, %, and
the program was completed. Over
$500 in purses will be hung up for the
races on the 21st and 22nd. &C.
The Tacoma postoffice will hereaf-
ter be open until 9 o'clock p. m. for
the issuance of money orders, register
ed mail, general delivery and the sale
of postage stamps.
Joseph Schaff has bought A. K. Fin
ley's farm of 600 acres four miles west
of Cotton for $21 900.
Bellingham mills will furnish half
of the 100000 feet of lumber to be
last contract awarded.
The cost of public improvements in
Seattle since January l amounts to
100000.
C. F. Negius, for the past three
years secretary of the Y. M. c. a. at
Muscatine, Iowa, has been chosen Sec
rotary of the Tacoma organization
to succeed George Botsford.
Between o'clock Friday and noon
Saturday 155 inches of rain fell at
Ellensburg, which is the heaviest fall
ever recorded in the valley in "a
hours.
Charles Sweeny, who recently sold
his interests in the Federal Mining &
Smelling company to the American
Smelling & Refining company for 3d.
100000, will continue as president of
the Federal company.
In all probability a grand jury will
be called by Superior Judge Poindex-
ter of Spokane, to sit during July to
investigate alleged croOkedness and
grating in city and county affairs.
Jesse T. Mills, who retired June l as
chairman and member of the state
board of control, will become deputy
state treasurer July 1, position that
in remuneration is equally as good as
the one from which he so lately re-
signed.
A. P. Baker of Columbus, Ohio, SUI
perintendent of the National Antisa-
loon league. is coming to Seattle in an
effort to arbitrate the differences that
have brought the members of the
Washin gtOn organization on the verge
of civil war Soon after his arrival a
man will be appointed to succeed Or.
J. c. Thomas.
The city of Prosser is to have a
celebration on July 4, which is expect
ed to be the greatest event of the kind
ever held in central Washington. The
celebration is to be a joint affair to
commemorate the nations birthday
and the founding of Benton county, OF
which Prosser is the seat of govern
ment.
A party of about 80 Modern Wood
men will leave Spokane June IA for
Milwaukee, where the national head
camp will meet June 10, and the ma
tional convention of the clerks asso-
citation will begin its session June IL.
Wednesday, June Z, the acts passed
by the last legislature which do not
carry the emergency clause, and are
not strictly appropriation acts, become
laws. June is the Goth day after the
adjournment of the legislature, and ac-
cording to a decision of the supreme
court that is the day on which the
laws take effect.