The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-08-24
NEWSOf 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
Place-FaII Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Four-year-old Archibald Casaing was
drowned in a well at Tacoma re-
Gently.
The last of the single mills OF
western Washington, shut down on
account of the recent strike Of the
weavers, has resumed operations.
The state board of education has
decided the custom of calling the roll
in schools and then dismissing the pu-
pills for a holiday must be discontin-
ued.
Mrs. N. E. Munson, wife of the late
N. e. Munson, the Great Northern en-
gineer who was killed in the wreck
of passenger train at Chain lake on
July 20, has offered reward OF $3.50
for the recovery of the body.
The drill team from Spokane Aerle
of Eagles won first money in the
prize drilling contest at the national
convention at Milwaukee.
William Henning, So years of age,
committed suicide by hanging himself
in a cell in the Everett city Jail.
Several Walla Walla grocers have
taken up the proposition Of recon-
mending to the next legislature the
passage of law requiring the stamp
of the manufacturer to be placed on
every package of butter offered in the
market to furnish means of ident1
fication in case of short weights OF
adulteration.
The fruit harvest is on in earnest II
the Wenatchee valley.
Superintendent Jesse Smoot of the
government reclamation service has
begun work on the Okanogan irriga
ton project, and the plan requiring
years to mature promises swift frui
tibn.
Claire Hunt of Colville has been ap
pointed special locating agent in thu
Spokane Indian reservation.
Invitations have been issued for
triple wedding to take place in Puy
allup. The principals in the unusua
ceremony will be Miss Agnes
Barry and John Mills Jr., Miss Gather
inc L. Decker and Fred L. Mills, Mis-
Frances B. Mills and Shirley D. Barry
Two of the bridegrooms and one o
| the brides are the children of Mr.. an,
Mrs. John ills.
The Spanish War veterans hold mex
convention at Spokane.
Fire consumed the residence Q
Charles Biery at Wenatchee Saturda
and incinerated a 5-months-old bah
who was sleeping in the house Will
the mother had gone into the garde
with the father.
| Stockholders OF the Farmers Telt
phone & Telegraph company turne
down the proposal of the Pacific State
Telephone company to merge the tw
systems.
| One of the largest cold storag
plants in the southeastern section {
the state is that just completed g
the state penitentiary.
The fiercest forest fire Pierce coul
ty has experienced this year is n
ported raging over a big tract {
logged off land about three mile
south of Ruyallup.
There was wild runaway of 8
horses with a combined harvester an
thresher in Adams county, in whic
IL horses were killed, nine cripple
and the harvester and thresher wa
broken into splinters. The damae
from the runaway amounted to $500
/ The Waitsburg council has let til
| nf Nf
and motor for the new filter syster
The Chelan forest fire is dying on
Cuba and Rex the two original di
ing elks, fought desperate duel ;
Spokane, which ended in Rex being {
badly injured that he had to be kille
Harvest work is again in full bias
having been resumed since the rain
and is being rushed.
a The death of William Baldwi
whose body was found floating in tt
Columbia near Bossburg, about tv
weeks ago, looks like murder.
Willard Rabbits was accidental
killed recently while rolling logs {
the bank of the Pend d'Oreille riv,
| about 40 miles below Newport, opp
, site McInnis' mill.
: Mike McHale, who shot and killt
William Drugan, his mining partne
r near Chewelah recently, was liberat,
/ on recommendation of the prosecr
? ing attorney.
, OREGON NOTES.
, The State Normal school will
crowded.
| William I Wilkinson axrnauor