The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-12-28
NEWSOF Northwest
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges OF the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Aeei'
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaoe-Fall Trade ls Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Officers of Spokane county have ar
rested Frank Havlin and Thomas
Blair, expert safe blowers. The prison
ers were caught with the goods on"
having a grip filed with $4,000 worth
of plumber secured by blowing open
the safe at Troyer & Engels' jewelry
store at Tekoa three days before.
Five violent deaths occurred in Spo-
kane county in the past week.
Near Holcomb, in Pacific county, re-
Gently two Japanese were killed and
three were SO badly hurt that they
will die, by a dead tree which fell
across their bunk house. All were en-
ployed by lumber company.
A gigantic subway project, costing
nearly million dollars, to connect the
freight and passenger terminals Of the
Spokane & Inland Railroad company
has been submitted to the Spokane
city council and franchise asked. The
proposed tunnel would be nearly a
mile long, would follow beneath Front
avenue for nearly the entire distance,
and the floor of the tunnel would be
about 80 feet from the surface of the
street. The franchise asked for pro-
vides for a double track tunnel from
the passenger station at Main avenue
to Front avenue under Lincoln street,
thence under Front to about Center
street, between Bernard and Browne,
thence diagonally from Front avenue
coming out into the freight grounds OF
the company at some point between
Division and Sheridan streets, with the
right to carry power lines for the
operation Of it's electric railway sys
tenn.
Two men were killed, one fatally
| injured and fourth badly scalded In
a collision near Spokane between
light engine and freight train on the
Great Northern.
Ellensburg met defeat at the hands
of Prosser on the ship subsidy de
bate. Prosser defended the negative
while Ellensburg supported the affirm
atives
From IL acres of apple trees in hi:
orchard at Zillah. ]. R. RammermanI
sold this fall 5000 boxes or $3.50
From 191 Winesap trees he obtained
LOS boxes and from IT'S Yellow New
ton trees, 1000 boxes. He sold thes'
apples at $1.25 a box.
Andy De Young, a young man abou
Is or 80 years of age, supposedly from
Pullman, committed suicide at SpC
kane recently.
Because Christian Fredriksen ha
not bathed in three years, Mary Fred
riksen, his wife, obtained decree @
divorce in Seattle.
Charles Buckingham has been al
pointed to succeed Charles ]. Bake
for the unexpired term of two years.
A young woman known as Maggi
Dooley took carbolic acid in an a
tempt to commit suicide at Spokane.
Washington, Idaho & Montana eI
CINE No. 2. hauling a constructio
train, ran over William Burgan at tn
:. gravel pit switch, one mile west {
Harvard, near Palouse, killing him IL
stantly.
Many Lincoln county residents ar
interested in the Yuma country an
the freakishness of the Colorado rive
r who are closely watching the effort
to keep the river from doing irrepa
= able damage.
, The floods in the Palouse are SUI
siding. The streams are going dow
rapidly and the damaged RAIDS wi
soon be in condition to repair.