The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-11-13
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NEWSNOTES
ITEMS CULLED FOR OUR
BUSY READERS.
ABOUT PEOPLE IN MONTANA,
IDAHO, WASHINGTON
AND OREGON.
WASHINGTON ITEMS,

WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The New Ridgeway theater at Col
fax will open December 16.
William Fl. Taft's plurality in the
state of Washington reached a total of
44,12s.
Wenatchee apple growers are ship
ping at the rate of 200 barrels of apples
per week.
The only hotel at Elberton was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday morning. It will
be rebuilt.
The carpenters union of Spokane has
voted to contribute 500 to the National
Apple show.
Sheepmen in Douglas county are re-
Joicing over the fall rains and the
warm weather.
The teachers of Whitman county held
an interesting educational meeting in
Palouse last Saturday.
Glen, the 4-year-old son of Charley
Jones Of Dayton, was kicked to death
by mule Saturday evening.
William L. Webb of Everett. aged 55
years, committed suicide Sunday at San
Diego, CAL, by drowning himself.
The big &C. c. G. c." farm near
Lind has been sold to W. J. bennington
OF Ritzville. The consideration was
$4,000 for the 1900 acres.
A, searching party is out to look for
M. c. Ormes, the timber cruiser who
disappeared two weeks ago from the
homo of Carl Engfer, near Puyallup.
Mr.. Leonard, who runs the Garfield
roller mill, flour mill with a capacitv
OF 80 barrels day, states that ship
ments to South Africa and South Amer
lea are to be made
Construction work is in full blast for
the big irrigating plant being installed
by the Northern Pacific Irrigation COM
pany to water $50 acres of the rich
highlands adjoining Kennewick on the
west.
1t is expected that the immense Nab
ton siphon, which will bring the water
from the Sunnyside canal, under the
Yakima river to the level fields of Nab
ton, will be completed some time this
week.
Early in the spring another industry
will be started in Columbia county
which promises to develop a phase of
farming that has heretofore been neg.
lected. The Hopkins dairy will then
cheese.
&. A. Draper of Elberton, breeder of
red polled cattle, will leave for the east
soon and will add new blood to his herd
before he returns. The last two wears
his cattle have won him in cash prizes
$4,000, besides making sales amounting
70 several thousand dollars.
Special trains are being planned to
larry visitors to the educational con.
gross to be held at Walla Walla No.
7ember II and 10. The transportation
committee has secured from the railroad
companies an open rate of one and one
hlrd fares for the round trip. -
Wenatchee' postofice has gained in
'eceipts 20 per cent during the year.
he office business amounting to SIG. 526. ,
IS compared with $13,615 for 1907. The
census Of the city is now being taken
" directory men and they state that
will run close to 5000 people.
Albert P. Gill, ex-printer, ex-railroad !
nan and former evangelist himself,
las arrived in Spokane to make final
Preparations for the visit of Billy Sun. !
ay, the converted baseball player, who {
as been secured by the ministerial as.
ociation of Spokane to hold a four j
Veeks' revival service in this city com.
nencing December 20. I
Judge Clifford has rendered a de-
ision in the suit brought by the West. t
m Union Telegraph company against g
fierce county and Assessor H. v. Rails. '
ach to prevent the assessment of its 9
in that county. The court
ecided that the plaintiff should not be
ssessed $4,000 for its franchise, as at. t
empted by the assessor.
Work will be started this week on .
he reclamation of an additional 1000 y
cres on Brewster fat and the project +
} unique in that it will include nearly y
II of the engineering feats known to 9
he larger irrigation projects. The ;,
'ork now undertaken will mean an r
Expenditure of approximately $4,000, =
be land being portion of that sold +
n the fiat by the state last June. a
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