The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-01-10
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WARRINGTON NOTES.

i. About 60 per cent Of the clearing
, house certificates issued in Spokane
during the recent financial furry have
been retired.
The state book will show 100000
population for Seattle, 10000 for Spo-
kane and 10000 for Tacoma.
Hopgrowers of the Yakima valley
have formed union.
The city of Colville is now ain the
third class.
There are entries of 700 birds Cor
the poultry show at Walla Walla.
There will be no cut in the price Of
hair cuts aD1 other tonsorial work at
Tacoma as announced some time age.
Tacoma, Wash.-While his accom-
plice stood at the door of the wool
sned frightening away inquisitive chill
dren with revolver, John Vargo, a
miner at Carbonate, recently stole a
chest containing 5000 in $40 gold
pieces, the lifelong savings of Johl
VaselinO of Carbonate, and made his
escape.
The body of P W. Dillon, who diel
at his home in Davenport, was shipped
to Tacoma for burial
Injuries that may prove fatal to
both were sustained by Abraham Neil
sen and Albert Olson, who jumped
from the second story window of a
Spokane lodging house while that floor
of the building was enveloped in
flames.
During the year 1907 over 100000
Of county and school funds were han
died in Spokane
During the past year Tacoma has
spent $S7,5O1.95 for new fire houses
and fire equipment.
There is little hopes of rescuinS
Harry Joyce and John Hager, who
were buried in caving well on the
ranch of Miss Tillie Bleck, two miles
north Of Ethiopia.
The Toppenish school district has
commenced suit to annul $4,000 worth
OF school warrants, declaring them
fraudulent.
Steve Philips has been charged at
Seattle with murder in the first de-
gree in the killing of Mrs. Madge Hen
derson, a negress.
A meeting of all county commission
ers of the state has been called at
Tacoma for February II to form
state organization and make a system
attic campaign for good roads,
Filing of candidates. under the di
rect primary law for the city election
in March closed with 1O4 aspirants
listed for the 10 offices in Seattle
Earl Musselman, aged IA, was killed.
and Clyde Damaske, aged 10, fatally
injured, recently by heavy shingle
bolt, which crushed them.
At the meeting of the state teach
ers' association at Seattle it was de-
cided to hold the next annual meeting
IN Spokane, commencing December 20 |
1908. Officers were elected for the
ensuing year as follows: President.
A. II. Yoder of Tacoma; vice presi-
dents, N. d. Showalter Of Colfax. and
Miss Nettie Sawyer of Seattle; treas
urer. Chas. Pagan of Seattle; secre-
tary, o. c. Whitney OF Tacoma.
The Sedro Woolley postoffice was
recently.
1t is reported that state general fund
are being discounted bv
banks of Seattle, Spokane and else
where per cent.
The trim new steamer North Star
of the Columbia & Okanogan Steam
BOAT company has made her first trim
Up the Columbia.
The snowfall has interfered with
'ompietlng the approaches to the new
Nenatchee bridge and >the formal
opening of that structure consequently
nay be delayed until about January
5. i
The Walla Walla auxiliary to the
State Stockgrowers' asso-
iation was formed recently.
N. N. Carroll, a Colfax stock buyer {
as made the largest shipment of live
JOCK that ever went out of the Colfax l
ARDS IN one day. The shipment con-
listed Of five cars of stall fed steers
nd three carloads of hogs.
Two laborers were killed and eight
ably injured by a dynamite explosion X
supcamp OF contractor Taylor on
ne Portland & Seattle road, Is miles l
outh OF Sprague, Saturday.
Six members Of the Law Enforce.
lent league who eanvassed Spokane y
unday gathering evidence against
nose saloon proprietors who kent =
heir places open found 10 saloons =
losed in one district, in another 20
nd In the third 40. making total of =
saloons which were closed. y
With a complete counterfeiting out n
in their possession, two alleged =
orkingmen. giving their names as
7. II. Hawley and c. A. Quaife, were n
rrested In Tacoma along the North. G,
n Pacific tracks in South Tacoma.
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