Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-24
NEWSOF NORTHWEST
Washington, idaho, oregon
and MONTANA items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding country-Numersus Acel.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fa.. Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

q. r. MCCLURE mas QurcnbScV AIoAA
George F. Stivers 232 acres near Gar.
field for $3.50 an acre. or $1S,212.
1t is said work is soon to begin on
the 100000 building with which Aug.
ust Paulsen Is to replace the Marion
block at Spokane. There are build
ings either completed during the pres.
ent year or under way which will to-
tai in value fully 100000.
The unwilling of the Monaghan mon
ument took place October Is.
No further developments have come
out in the case of Reno Hutchinson,
general secretary Of the Young Mems
Christian association, who was muir
dered Monday night at Spokane.
In celebration Of the most prosper
GUS year in the history Of the We
natchee valley and Chelan county the
residents of the counties Of Douglas
and Chelan joined in a harvest festi-
val and race meet at Wenatchee on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
this week.
Sheriff Painter of Walla Walla has
in custody Nelson Melander, suspect
ed of being implicated in the murder
of an unknown man near Simmons
Siding on Snake river, about two
weeks ago. So far as known there is
no direct evidence connecting Melan-
der with the crime.
The contract for the construction Of
the new city hall building at Walla
Walla has been let. The building will
be of Tenino stone and will cost $780,
900.
Two collisions on a piece of track
20 miles long, occurring within an
hour Of each other, is the record made
Saturday evening by the Great North
ern at Malaga and at Trinidad. AS a
result two men, both engineers, are in
the hospital in Wenatchee, Engineer
James e. Barr with a crushed foot
which it is feared will necessitate am.
putation and Engineer Harry Halter
injured in the back SO seriously that
his life is in danger, and a fireman is
injured more or less seriously.
To prevent an invasion Of Seattle
during the winter months by the
crooks now said to be operating in
San Francisco and the northwest
Chief Wappenstein declares that he
must have 80 additional patrolmen at
once and If necessary he would ask
the public to subscribe $4,000 to pay
their salaries for six months.
Safe crackers got in their work at
Tyler early Saturday morning. Two
safes in the store of s. Wolf and COM
pany were blown and $125 belonging
to the postofice taken.
Dates have been settled for the Sec
ond annual school Of music Of the
Washington state college for May 2,
3 and 4, 1907.
The Potlatch fire department has
been organized with a membership Of
100.
The first horse show ever held in
Franklin county took place in Cornell
Saturday.
A cave-in in a sewer recently at
North Yakima caught Newt Green and
Dick Noreen, two laborers, and before
they we're rescued both had died.
Great quantities Of rocks and loose
dirt fell upon the men.
William Constantine, worth $780,
900, who shot and wounded his son.
in-law, Jesse Hall, on October Q, at
Seattle, because Of stories of domestic
infelicity told him by his daughter,
has been re-arrested and placed in
jail. He had been out on bail but the
prosecuting attorney feared that he
would make an attempt to leave the
city should Hall die. Hall Is not ex-
pected to live.
M. e. Kincaid Of Seattle, chairman
Of the state board of control, has re-
signed that position and was appoint
ed superintendent Of the state peni.
Tertiary at Walla Walla in place of
A. F. KEGS. Governor Mead has an.
nounced the appointment Of Mathew
Piles Of Olympia, brother Of the Unit.
ed States senator, as member Of the
state board of control to succeed M.
e. Kincaid.
While going to Coulee City recently
with her husband and his mother,
Mrs. Mary G. whitley was accident
ally killed In q runaway.