The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-14
|NEWSOF NORTHWEST
washington, IDAHO, oregon
and MONTANA items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaoe-Fali Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES,

WASHINGTON NOTES.
Patrick Burns, aged 80 years, died
recently of general debility. Mr.. Burns
was one of the first settlers in the Big
Bend.
In clearing away the wreck near
Garfield last week the terribly man.
gled body of tramp who was stealing
a ride was discovered.
Several Spokane dairymen are talk
ing about raising the price of milk on
account of increased expense Of feed
ing during the midwinter months
Rev A. B. Chaplin died recently in
Tacoma after long illness from heart
trouble. He was a pastor Of EpwOrth
M E. church and we'll known on the
north coast.
Chief Of Police Waller of Spokane
has issued an order that all boys and
girls found lettering around the streets
at night who are under years of age
be placed under arrest.
Spokane lumbermen regard the re-
duction on lumber freight rates from
Spokane to Dakota points as one of
the most signal victories scored by the
lumber interests in recent years.
In the Lincoln county superior court,
Judge Carey imposed the minimum
sentence Of one year in the peniten-
tiary on M. J. Toohey for forging an
order for a sewing machine, near
Sprague.
Congress will be asked to appropri-
ate 100000 with which to make a
proper exhibit of the resources and
products of the entire Alaskan country
at the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition
in Seattle.
According to the report Of State La
Dor Commissioner Charles Hubbard
1860 plants we're inspected and $11, 900
was collected from fees, as against
$4,000 expended from the $4,000 ap.
preparation made by the legislature.
The official count of the last state
election, just completed at Olympia,
shows that both constitutional amend
ments proposed lost by $4,000 votes
each. The state rolled up republican
majority of 10000, Cushman leading
the ticket.
B. T. Beckwith, a resident of New
London, Conn.,, committed suicide by
jumping overheard from the steamship
Northwestern while the vessel was en-
route to Seattle from Valdez. Jealousy
is thought to be the motive for Beck
| with's rash act.
The funeral of the late George E.
Cole, formerly territorial governor Of
the state of Washington and ex-post-
master of the city of Portland, took
place in Portland, Ore, Saturday af-
ternoon, and the interment was in the
family plot at Lone Fir cemetery
Walla Walla is, in all probability, at
least $4,000 poorer than it was a
week ago, before the departure of IL
Cinnamon for their native homes in
China. None of those who returned
to China recently had less than $4,000
in American money, and some more
than double that amount.
The little child of M. King, who
lives west of Sunnyside, died from
burns sustained the day before. The
child's clothing became ignited from a
stove. The mother seized the child,
whose clothing was enveloped in
flames, and partly extinguished the
fire. She then ran with the infant to
the neighbors. The blazing clothing
set fire to the house and it was burned
to the ground.
A great change in the condition of
affairs has taken place in the town of
Chesaw during the past few weeks.
Stimulated by the completion Of the
Great Northern into this section of the
country and the purchase of the Grant
copper mines on Copper mountain by
Boundary capitalists, together with the
establishment of steady cash grain
market there for all grain raised in the
Chesaw country, the people in all lines
show marked signs of the prosperity
for which they have been waiting for
years.