The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-10-07

uOiVu W nptHu lWeuly hours Oh IL In
bath tub, and to burn his clothes
and bury his bicycle.
SPOKANE.-While 10000 SPELL
bound persons looked on, Flashlight,
blue-ribbon horse that has been ex-
hibited at the big horse shows all
over the northwest, bolted with his
rider, Miss Eleanor Laidlaw, when he
first appeared on the half-mile track
at the horse show Monday afternoon
and ran twice around the track at
full speed before stopped Many
times it appeared as though the ami
NAL would attempt to leap the fence
and thousands held their breath while
the horse dashed around the track
with its fair rider. Miss Laidlaw was
the coolest person on the grounds
during her wild ride, and she rode
the badly frightened horse with nerve
and skill, sitting straight in the sad
die as if the action were a part of
the program. She, smiling, signaled
she was all right when stable attend
ants rushed to the track and tried TO
stop the horse. She refused to hui
NOR the horse and brought him back
to enter the class again, but once
more he bolted and raced around the
track. Flashlight was awarded the
prize.
SPOKANE.-Mors than 10000
persons attended the opening day at
fractions at the interstate fair Mon
day. This is the record crowd for
the first day in the history of the as
ISOLATION. The stock exhibit is larg-
err than ever before. The poultry
show also has many exhibitors. AL
though no pools are being sold on
the races, there are more entries than
ever before in both harness an0 run
ming races. TIL, fair will continue
all week.
OLYMPIA.-The original plan to
assess railroads, steam and electric,
and telegraph lines at 60 per cent of
their value has been abandoned and
state board of equalization figures
given out today show these companies
have been assessed, for the counties
in which the properties lie, at what
the board found was the percentage
of the county assessment of other
property in that county, 81 GA per
cent in Spokane, 46.7S per cent in
King, 1928 per cent in Pierce and
down as low as 23.42 per cent in
Chehalis.
SPOKANE-By a deal involving
$4,000, 900. the National City Bank
of New York. owned by the Standard
Oil interests, has purchased Charles
Sweeney's stock in the Exchange Ma
tional bank, large block of stock
in the Traders National bank, and
will consolidate the two banks un-
der the name of The Traders Ex-
change National bank, with capital
stock Of 100000 and s200.0O0
surplus. Aaron Kuhn, president of
the Traders bank, will be president
of the new institution, and E. T. CO.
man. vice president and manager of
the Exchange bank, will be vice pres
ident of the new bank. Charles
Sweeney, by the terms of the deal,
buys back the Exchange Bank build
ing rom thfe bank for $4,000, the
price at which he turned it over to
that institution eighteen months ago.
The National City bank buys the Ira
ders' building for 100000.
STATE COLLEGE, Oct. Profit
ing by the experience of former lee
turing tours, and equipped with new
lecturers and additional data for dis
cussion, the station staff of the state
college this fall hopes to present I'M
usually instructive lectures along the
newly chosen institute routes in King
and Pierce counties
Under the arrangements recently
completed the latter district has been
designated a zone in which will be
given lectures pertaining to dairying,
poultry raising, soil management and
farmers organizations. The speakers
will be Ira P. Whitney, instructor in
dairying; H. l.. Blanchard, of the
Puyallup station; w. H. Kaufman of
Bellingham.
The subjects designated for this lee
turing route will include fruit grow
ing problems, bee culture and soil
management. The lecturers will be
w. H. Lawrence, superintendent of
the sub-station at Puyallup; Mrs.
Edith (McDermott) Lawrence, for
merly head Of domestic economy of
the state college: DR.. F. ]. Soule of
Spanaway, and o. NJ. Olson, instruc-
tor of farmers institutes at the state
college.
Woman Holds Desperate Man.
SPOKANE Sheriff Hall
left Wednesday morning for Mount
Vernon, in Skagit county by way of
the state trail through the Horse
shoe basin and is returning stolen
horse and saddle recently brought to
this section of the state by one OF
Skagit county's most notorious
horsethieves. says a Twisp special to
the Spokesman-Review
The culprit succeeded in trading
the stolen property to forest ranger
in the vicinity of Twisp and was re-