The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-05-18
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.
Public lands embraced in $50 town.
ships in eastern and central Wash
ington, withdrawn during 1903, 1904
and 1905 pending Investigations to
determine the feasibility Of the Big
Bend, Priest Rapids, Palouse and Che
Ian projects, have been restored to set
Element by secretary of interior.
Spokane will entertain the Washing
ton State Federation of Women's clubs
in annual convention next year.
David E. Gould of Boston has made
application to the city council at North
Yakima for a franchise for an electric
street car system there.
Preparations for the fourth annual
picnic and race meet of the Lincoln
County Pioneers association, June 10,
20 and 81, are now we'll under way,
and the affair this year promises to
be a great success.
Lying in the water of Mission creek,
back of his fathers barn, the body of
W. P. Fly, son of C. B. Fly of Cash
mere, was found where it has lain
since the disappearance of the young
man from his home some two weeks
ago.
The annual basket picnic of the Spo-
kane County Pioneer society will be
held at Medical Lake on Saturday,
June 9, 1906.
No Cirnrahi0 ,ho fob
Charles Rossi at Trinidad some time
ago, from the effects of which Rossi
died, has pleaded guilty in the superior
court at Waterville and was SEN
fenced to serve five years in the state
penitentiary.
The Woodmen of the World are to
hold monster meeting and competi-
tive initatory contest in Spokane
July %.
Crops in eastern Washington, parti-
fects of the long continued dry spell
and the warm wave of May.
Chief OF police Iva A. Brown will in
stall an up to date Bertillon system,
to which will be added a rogue's gal
lery at the Walla Walla police station.
The Albion State bank was organ
lied at Albion recently with a capitali-
zation of $25,0O0
1t is said that the orchards from
Ellensburg down through the Kittitas
and Yakima valleys to the Columbia
river comprises three quarters of the
orchard lands of the state of Wash
ingtOn.
Strawberry growers at Kiona re-
Gently engaged party Of IS Yakima
Indians to pick at 40 cents crate.
Upon discovering the urgent demand
for pickers in all parts of the valley,
these up to date sons of the forest
struck for so cents a crate-and will
get it.
Attorneys j. W. Brooks and Guy
Bartlett of Walla Walla have pur-
chased a one half interest in the old
Baldwin and Day ranch, near Chard
station, on the line of the o. r. & NJ
road between Starbuck and Pomeroy.
There are about 5000 acres in the
ranch, which was purchased on the
basis of $15,400.
Reno Hutchinson of Portland has
been chosen general secretary of the
Young Mems Christian association
in Spokane.
One of the future industries Of
Spokane will be shoe factory.
The judges in the recent inter.
scholastic oratorical contest at Wash
ington State College. Pullman, decided
Chester Lehman of Spokane as winner
of the gold medal and the best orator
Of the high schools in the Inland
Empire.
Harry Draper, slayer of the Ore
gon outlaw, Frank Smith, accom-
panied by Tom Hopper, both of Spo-
kane have gone to Kamloops, B. c.,
where they will take up the trail
OF the two bandits who recently held
up the Canadian Pacific passenger
train near there, securing nearly $40.
600.
Mes" Cole, the aged rancher of
Ten Mile bridge, who disappeared
from home March %, was found MUIR
dered in the Spokane river q miles
below Spokane
The May term of the supreme court
began Monday with 164 cases to be
heard, the largest May docket in the
history of the court.