The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-07-20
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Esther Mitchell, the 18-year-old girl
who cruelty slew her brother George,
is in the King county Jail, penniless
and deserted by her family. Mrs.
Creffield, who, to avenge the Staying
by George 4..Lchell of her husband, the
notorious holy roller" induced Esther
to kill George, is also behind the bars.
with only her father and brother to
befriend her.
The funeral Of the late Judge George
Meade Emory, shot and killed by'
Chester Thompson in Seattle, was
held Sunday morning at the family
residence Two hundred prominent
lawyers and members of the Elks and
Loyal Legion attended. The body was
cremated.
1t is said that Colfax is in need of
carpenters.
In running fight with officers near
Zillah, an unknown young man, want
ed for horse stealing, was wounded
three times and will probably die.
A hurricane passed three miles
northeast of Valley recently A vast
amount of valuable timber was blown
down, crops were beaten to the ground
and fences destroyed and telephone
wires dismantled.
The farmers in the cove east of Pa
louise have during the recent hot
weather been turning night into day.
Those who are blowing land tor sum
mer fallow, instead of working teams
in the heat, plow during the night.
That North Yakima is singularly
free from fevers of all descriptions
this year is attributed to the care
taken by the authorities in keeping the
city clean.
Three grain warehouses are under
construction in ka-lotus.
Secretary of War TAFT will visit
Fort Wright, American Lake and
Fort Lawton and other Washington
posts next October for the purpose of
locating a brigade post at one of the
places.
Spokane has captured the 18th an
nual convention of the Baptist Young
Peoples union for July 1907. i his was
az OIAohd, 4NCU.
DR.. S. B. Nelson, professor of vet
Urinary science at Washington State
college and state veterinarian, has Of
fered a sold silver cup for the best
team of mares or geldings, or mare
and gelding, at the Interstate fair in
Spokane. The team must weigh not
less than $500 and be driven to a
truck or wagon.
That the American lake site will be
by the government for the
location of brigade post is vouched
FOR by government surveyor.
The supreme court has decided that
man who goes on unsurveyed gov
lands and builds a cabin and
opens a coal mine is entitled to the
cabin and mine and necessary land for
his improvements as against any other
person that may come along in his
ABSENCE and take possession.
The Hessian fly, the most dreaded
wheat pest, has made its appearance
n Clarke county.
Mlcheal Burns, one of the men con-
lned in the county jail at Asotin on
ne charge OF burglary committed at
and who with his compan-
ons escaped from Jail but was later
captured, has become insane as the
esult OF his experience while endeav.
'ring to evade the officers.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
las adjusted the allotments for the
'arious irrigation projects in Wash
ngton as follows: Okanogan, $780,
700; Tieton, $1,25O,OOO; sunnyside,
i 100000; work in the Indian reser-
alton, 100000; a total of s2,95O.O0O.
Contracts for the purchase of land
long the Columbia river for the right
way for the branch of the Great
'orthern between Wenatchee and
'roville are being signed up, the con-
racts including the purchase of this
ears crop.
The body of Krisjan Johnson of On
ario was found beside the railroad
'ack in secluded nook near Seattle.
brick is supposed to have been used
MS assailants. He is supposed to
ave been killed in drunken brawl.
me total expense for the Spokane
ty schools proper was $316,766.74.
dded to this is $7,767.96, interest on
arrants, and $32,537.5O, interest on
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