The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-10-05
NEWS0f NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
AND OREGON News items.
\ Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaII Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

| Eugene Persons, instructor in the
| Colfax high school, who engaged in
fistic bout with one of his students re
Gently, has resigned.
| The Washington State College ex
cursion train over the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation company to Spokane
was Cancelled as the project met with
a frost.
| The bank clearings at Spokane for
the last month are the second largest
in the history of Spokane, second only
to the month of May this year. The
clearings for September amounted to
$1S,114,S96.
| ]. M. Perry, who was taken to North
Yakima a month ago from Kennewick
suffering from an attack of lumpy jaw
died Saturday.
| 1t is reported William Jennings Bry
an, presidential possibility, and Sam
uel Gompers, labor leader, will stump
this state for the democratic congress
sional ticket.
| That the allied Hill lines, through
| the Portland & Seattle railway, will
extend their road down the north bank
of the Columbia to the Pacific ocean
is now practically certain.
Work on the Spokane & Inland Elec
trio railroad is being rushed within
the city limits of Colfax.
The largest apple crop in the history
of the Wenatchee valley is now being
harvested.
In honor of the beginning Of 6
o'clock closing in business houses and
to celebrate the victory of Wenatchee
at the Spokane Interstate fair in Sc
curing the $1,000 prize offered for the
best permanent exhibit, the CONNER
cial club held a jollificatiOn Tuesday
evening.
J. M. Bowes, an undertaken of Aber
deem, is asking that Mrs. Tweedy be
notified that Myrtle had died.
Five of the largest locomotives in
the world are now in the Great North
ern shops at Spokane, and are being
set up for use On the line between
Leavenworth and Skyhomish.
Wilsoncreek is shipping more wheat
this season than ever before, and
warehousemen report that they have
handled twice as much grain as at the
same date last year.
The homeward movement Of sheep
from summer to the winter ranges is
under way.
Lumber manufacturers at recent
meeting of the Southwestern Washing
ton Lumber Manufacturers associa
ton in Centralia made a kick agains;
the alleged discrimination III lavor OF
shippers from eastern Washington
Idaho and Montana, who are said to
| he receiving all the car; they need for
shipments.
Shipments of hay in carload lots
from Waverly and Fairfield to Spo
kane will be charged for at the rate OF
five cents a hundred pounds hereafter
reduction of over SO per cent.
D. G. Penney has sold his interest
in the Lincoln County Times to his
partner, J. A. Prudhomme.
Work on the new sewerage system
at Waitsburg is progressing rapidly
and it is thought will be finished with
in a week.
1t is estimated that out of tota
output of 100000 busheIs of barley
raised in Columbia county this season
$4,000 to 100000 sacks have been sold
at IS to 80 cents a hundred. About
100000 sacks have been pooled and
held for $1.00 hundred.
| The body of an unknown man abou;
As years of age was found recently in
a reef of rocks in the Snake river
about As miles above Wauula, near
Scott station.
James McAuliff, one of Walla Wal
las most prominent pioneer residents
is dead.
| Following is the quarterly statement
of cash balances in the hands of the
state treasurer at the close of business
September 80:
General funds, 1913, 6O1.S5; military
$50, 7O5.19; permanent school, $685.,
234.37; current school, $60,991.31 ;
harbor. $3896.73; special land deposits
$186.40; revolving (penitentiary)
$3.50, S82.25; grain inspection, $4085.62;
fish hatchery, $19,756.3O; university
permanent, $3S,11O.30; United States
soldiers home. $13,1O2.S7; state Ii
brary, 81 ,061 .05; scientific school, cur
rent overdraft, $12,Os0.2S; scientific
school, permanent, $49,839.95; capitol
building, $345.59; agricultural college
current, $31O1.54; agricultural college
current, $31O1.54; agricultural college
permanent, $33,s89.90; C. E. P. and R
institutions, current, $16,221.53; c. E.
p and r. institutions, permanent, $55,
88437; normal school current
$6S25.75; normal school. permanent
$13,399; game protection, $579.11; fac
tory inspection, $49S4.32; oyster
$495118; Spokane armory, $2S,333.O6;
Seattle armory, $26,66s.75. Total, 81,
O19, 64029; less overdraft of $12,OSO. %
leaving a balance on hand of $1,OO7,
56O.01.
| OREGON NOTES.
With the largest crowd of the week
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