The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
WARRINGTON MorEs.


WASHINGTON NoTEa.
Wilsoncreek is preparing to cele-
brate the Fourth OF July.
The Frye-Bruhn company of Seattle
recently purchased 1000 sheep from
the Wesley & McRae company of XII
ona.
Judge Poindexter of Spokane made
B. G. Mosby permanent receiver of the
Spokane Columbia River Railroad &
Navigation company.
The executive committee of the
Portland Commercial club will be in
Spokane next Saturday and Sunday,
May 26th and 9th, as guests of the
city.
Eight divorces have been granted
during the present term of the supe-
rior court at Conconully and the end is
not yet. This is the record for Okano-
gan county.
Wheat in the Big Bend country
across the river from Wenatchee is in
an exceptionally good condition and
the ranchers expect the yield will be
heavy again this year.
Charles w. Wappenstein was ap-
pointed chief of police of Seattle re-
Gently by Mayor Moore. The new
chief has been a member of the detec-
tive force of Seattle since 1896.
Fire caused $12,S00 damage in the
row of frame stores on Lake avenue,
Medical Lake, Sunday morning. The
total insurance is $500. For a time
the whole town was endangered.
John H. Ransom, a broker of Spo.
kane, accidentally shot himself in the
abdomen last Sunday and died shortly
after. He was about SIS years of age
and left a wife and three children.
A. A. Kelly of East Spokane was
chosen president of the Spokane Fruit
& Vegetable Growers association by
the trustees. The other officers are ]
F. Strong of Five Mile Prairie, vice
president; c. L. Smith of Spokane, sec
rotary; w. M. Jones of East Green
acres, treasurer.
Conconully.-Ab 175,OO0 pounds
of wool will be shipped down the river
as a result of this springs shearing
which begins on May 20. Wool was
never in better condition or of higher
grade.
The steamer Selkirk, which met hel
fate on the rocks at Rock Island rap
ids near Wenatchee few days ago, is
now below the rapids partially sub
merged and made fast to rocks on tht
bank
Warren Goodwin, the s year old sol
of George Goodwin, three miles east o
Pennington, was shot and probabl.
fatally injured by accidental discharg
of a small rifle in the hands of hi
| brother
The program for the graduating eX
ercises of the North Yakima higl
school, which win take place Friday
June LIST, at the Yakima theatre, ha
been arranged. There are Fl member
in the class.
| So great was the damage to straw
berry plants by the big windstorm an
the accompanying cold weather O
March that the 1906 crop around Ker
newick, variously estimated up til
that time at from $4,000 to 5000
crates, will be reduced to bare SOU
or 5000 crates.
| The grazing season has opened an
many thousands of sheep which hav
been wintered in the Big Bend countr
are being taken to the mountains ives
of Wenatchee. One hundred and fit
thousand sheep will be taken to tn
mountains this season. About $500
are being taken from the vicinity {
Winchester.
Dedicatory services were held SUI
day afternoon at o'clock in the Swe'
ish tabernacle at Spokane.
A number of farmers owning sma
lots of wheat which they have bee
holding for higher prices in the vicil
ity of Valley Grove, Eureka Flat an
Walla Walla have sold the Kerr-Gi
ford company an aggregate of abol
$4,000 bushels at Ga and 65 cents
bushel for bluestem and 60 and
cents for club.
In the defamation contest betwee
| pupils of Washington high schools
; Seattle Robert Denny of Everett We
: first prize, his selection being the t
: rum scene from Julius Caesar; Il
second prize went to Miss Eva Der
: of Colfax, on THE Deathbed Scene
l Benedict Arnold" Miss Berry al
4 won second place at Pullman recent
S Miss Bessie Graham of Seattle W
t third, Miss Myrtle Rowell of Eller
|, berg fourth, and Fred Inkster of Da
e export was fifth.