The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-09
HER WEDDING GIFTS |NEWS0F NORTHWEST
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
PIace-FaiI Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
real census of Whitman county
by municipal officials shows the popu
lation to be 31,373.
A good showing is made in the
treasurer's Office of Douglas county in
the collection of taxes for 1904.
The MAYHEM grange is one of the
prosperous institutions of Garfield
county. 1t has a membership of 100.
The 5Oth anniversary of the wed
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Loundagin
was celebrated at Waitsburg last
week.
Only one woman committed suicide
in Spokane county last year out of the
16 unfortunates who ended their ex
istence.
That he was tired of life, is the ex
PLANTATION given by Peter Thompson, a
Dane, who shot himself in the head al
Spokane recently.
Manager butcher of the Sprague
roller mills has received an order fol
ALSO barrels of flour to be shipped to
VldulVOSLSCh dl OuCc.
The state board of control will in
future not limit the sale of jute bags
manufactured at the state penitenti
airy to use in the state of Washington
The Harrington school board has de-
cided to turn the seats in a number
of the schoolrooms half way around
to gain better light for the pupils
at work
A huge tree sprayer has been sent
to Spokane from the Washington State
college at Pullman to be used for
the spraying of shade trees, which
have become affected by aphis and
other pests.
Representative Jones has been as.
sured by Secretary Wilson that east.
ern Washington will receive liberal
appropriation of the general funds for
the promotion of scientific farming in
the west.
The highest price ever paid for 10
acres of fruit lands in Yakima county
was recorded recently, when E. ].
Haaeze sold tract on Mob hill to H.
S. Wilkinson of Syracuse. N. Y, for
$4,000. or $1,000 an acre.
On the ground that her husband has
not taken bath for four years and
has not during the seven years of
their married life used soap for per-
sonal cleanliness, Mary Fredericksen
commenced suit against Kristian Fred
erickson in the King county superior
court to obtain divorce.
No officer in the northwest is a more
thorough student of the Bertillon sys-
tenn Of measuring criminals and the
finger print system than Deputy Sher-
iff Maxey of Ellensburg, and no Office
in the northwest is better equipped
for this method of taking and retain.
ing measurements of criminals than
the sheriff's Office of Kittitas county.
About 1000 persons gathered at the
Sunnyside barbecue to celebrate the
coming of the railroad. Two beeves
were roasted, with which bread, but
ter, baked beans, pickles and coffee
were served. The business men of
n
porary table 300 feet in length en-
circling the barbecued beeves was
provided, around which the guests
stood several Deep. All the towns
from Prosser to North Yakima were
well represented.
Judge M. ]. Gordon of Spokane and
other lawyers claiming to have con-
tracts with the Colville Indians for 10
per cent of the amount received by In
dams from the sale of their surplus
lands, are trying to secure an amend
ment to the bill for opening the Col
vile reservation which will provide
for payment to them Of $3.50, 900. Their
contract was approved by Hoke Smith
when secretary Of the interior, but 1t
is now claimed the contract was new
er made with representative citizens
of the Colville reservation.
g. H. Dunford, prominent citizen
of Prosser was run over by freight train
Monday night died few hours after
ward from the shock. He was trying
to climb over the train, when it started
and he fell between the cars.
The entire seasons output of grain
bags from the state penitentlary,
amounting to over 100000 has been
sold. The present out look for heavy
yield of grain may increase the price
of sacks later in the season. The price
fixed by the state is 615 cents. 1t Is
thought the price of sacks may go to 9
cents before the close of the season.
OREGON ITEMS.