The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-07-06
NEWSOF NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the sur.
rounding country-Numerou Accl-
dents and Personal Events Take
Place--Faii Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

A freight on the Northern Pacific
was wrecked in the Chehalis yards
recently. Twenty-three cars piled vi
in every direction, the main track and
all sidings being entirely blocked.
In the presence Of packed court
room at Davenport Judge Miles Poin
dexter of Spokane rendered a deci
sion that Attorney H. N. Martin
against whom disbarment proceedings
had been brought because Of alleged
attempt to bride the court commits
sioner, had not been proven guilty.
The Tacoma strike, declared short
time ago by Italian laborers and sec
tion hands employed by the street rail
way company. was declared of to
night.
The Inland Empire Railway com
pany has started development of its
power site at Nine Mile bridge on the
Spokane river about nine miles below
town.
The omnibus public building appro.
priation bill as enacted into law car,
ries the following Washington pro.
visions; Tacoma and Spokane, $780,
900 each; Bellingham. $4,000, and
North Yakima $4,000. The last two
provisions represent outlays for build
ing sites.
The funeral of o. o. Peck, a Spo-
kane pioneer and one Of the original
owners of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
mine. occurred at Spokane Sunday.
The supreme court has affirmed the
judgment Of the King county superior
court which held that the election of
April % to determine whether certain
property should be annexed to West
Seattle was null and void.
Three men, whose identity is un-
known. are believed to have lost their
lives by drowning in Lake Washing
ton. Seattle, recently.
Lieutenant Governor Coon was elect
ed president OF Eagles at the state
convention in Seattle. $50
e. F. Waggoner. grand master of
the Masons. has been requested to
convene the grand lodge at Davenport,
July 3, and lay the corner stone of the
$4,000 courthouse there.
The farmers at Dixie, who are
among the heaviest stockholders of
the new company formed to develop
the oil fields In their locality, are ne
gotiating with an experienced oil well
driller from Los Angeles to come here
with his outft and put down a test
well.
ThereAere now grazing in the Cas-
cade MOUNTAINS, mostly in the vicinity
of Leavenworth, about $50, head of
sheep. These have wintered in the
counties of Douglas. Adams and Frank
lin and are driven there for summer
grazing.
Mrs. Sallie Caller of North Yakima
secured verdict for $500 against
James Mcmahon and his wife, Gather
inc Mcmahon, which sum Is alleged to
have been stolen from the plaintiff by
the defendants during a fire at her
home about year ago. ,-
The prospect for wheat in Franklin
county is the best by far since the land
has been under cultivation.
Attorney General ]. d. Atkinson. in
an opinion rendered recently holds
that the railroad commission has full
authority under the law creating 1t to
define reciprocity demurrage" as the
right Of shipper to demand empty
cars within reasonable time after
making application to the railroads for
them, and that the commission also
has authority to fix and enforce penal
tioo IN a rao oon hIo raoinronol dnmur
rage rule or regulation.
The members of the Washington
State Beekeepers' association have de-
cided to hold the next meeting at
Pullman in January.
The wheat harvest has begun on
the farmers in that locality having
commenced to cut winter wheat The
wheat now being harvested is we'll
filled out and will thresh from rs to
30 bushels to the acre.
Governor Mead has received an off,
cial announcement of the National IT.
rigation congress to be held in Boise,
Idaho, September to 8 inclusive, with
a request to give it wide publicity.
Washington is entitled to Is delegates
to be appointed by the governor, 10
delegates to be appointed by the
mayor of each city having 10000 or !
over and in addition to the delegates
from commercial clubs.
Blind drunk two Indians drove on
the railway track near Yakima city
Sunday afternoon while the west
bound North Coast Limited was ap-
preaching at high speed and were
struck. The engine threw them so
feet distant to a barb wire fence and
both were instantly killed. The men
were badly nutilated. Their names
have not been learned.
Representative Jones will stop en-
route at Chicago and ST. Paul, arriv-
ing home about July z.
John Hodan. age 81, was run over
. BY cars and killed at the town of
Kent, last Saturday. He was en-
sployed as brakeman on a private rail-
: mad Onaratad nv the Godinpton LINN