The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-01
WASHINGTON STATS NEWS.

WASHINGTON STATE NeWS.
At Centralia w. H. Ramthun, an
aged man, committed suicide by
hanging himself with strip of cloth.
The town of Granger Is soon to have
a cannery.
The census takers report that the
necessary 10000 names have been
obtained for the advancement of Ho-
GUAM to a city of the second class.
In connection with the Good Roads
association convention, which Is to be
held in Bellingham November II and
IL, it is proposed to hold suitable COM
memorative exercises of the 18th an
niversary of the settlement of the
state.
The retail merchants Of Olympia
have announced general and uniform
advance in the price Of staple grocery
products.
While showing some friends a new
revolver in his room at the Summit
hotel in Seattle w. A. Sigrist accident
ally discharged the weapon, the. bull
let passing through the head of Irv-
ing G. Baker, Sigrist's roommate.
Baker is in a critical condition.
Charles Churchill, the slayer Of Ray
Ziegler at North Yakima, has been
held to the superior court on the
charge of murder in the first degree.
Bail was denied.
To build a steam railroad As miles
long, connecting Metaline, on the low
er Pend dOreille river, with Colville,
in Stevens county, project has been
launched in which prominent men OF
both places are interested.
The Klickitat Development league
has been organized with rs members.
H. N. Frazier was elected president,
Nv. N. Canplan, vice president, and
L. A. Duncan, treasurer. Goldendale
expects an era of development with
the completion of the North Bank
railroad, and the club has been or
ganized to promote the interests of
the city and county.
The city of Colville has 452 pupils
in it's schools.
Three inspectors will be stationed
at Lynden by the United States i'm
migration department to prevent, as
far as possible, Japanese from en-
tering this country unlawfully through
that border town.
|, No more women can bel elected
county superintendent of schools In
this state unless the new direct pri
mary law is wiped out, is the con.
, tention of Attorney Gordon Mackay
of Olympia.
, Thomas Payne, private secretary to
Samuel H. Piles, and for years con
/. junior senator, has resigned and will
not go to Washington with Senator
, Piles next week. Ill health is giver
as the reason.
Dow Smith, ~ years old, was con
, victed in Seattle of murder of his wife
} and her mother last June. The jury
was out four hours. Insanity was the
, defense, but the verdict was for sec
) ond degree, meaning sentence o.
5 20 years to life.
The feature of the Tacoma marke
Saturday was the sale of ITS bales O
: strictly prime hops to Isaac Pincus &
v Sons of Tacoma by Ernest Hill. Tit
price paid was cents, which wa!
, considerably below the cost of produc
. ton.
Members and directors of the Walls
D Walla County Fair association are
congratulating themselves upon thu
success attained by the association
during the fifth annual exhibit an,
race meet. With an attendance
J. greatly exceeding that of any othe
year. it is estimated that the associa
ton will have nearly $1,000 to appl.
on Indebtedness.
Following the shortage of cars TO
: wheat shipments the fruit dealers o
the Walla .Walla valley are unable t
= get refrigerator cars for transports
! ton of the immense apple crop whlc'
s. is being marketed Very few refrie
!, orators are seen at the various shiI
l. ping centers.
9 Next Saturday, in the city of tOal
/ esdale, there will be held stock sho'
70 and fruit fair.
: Henry Kelly, brakeman on tn
y Great Northern, was run over by a
u engine at Trinidad and killed recentl,
y James O'Donnell, a painter, "a year
u old, fell from scaffold 80 feet frol
X the ground Saturday at Seattle, ha
5 ing failed to fasten the guy rope, an
died a few minutes later.