The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
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NEWSNOTES
ITEMS CULLED FOR OUR
BUSY READERS.
ABOUT PEOPLE IN MONTANA,
IDAHO, WASHINGTON
AND OREGON.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Negotiations are pending for the
sale of the Gawley Mill company
across the bay from Tacoma.
While operating his threshing ma
chine near Pullman Friday John Stein
burg was probably fatally injured.
The death of Nathan Keith, aged sc
years, occurred at Waitsburg recent
ly. He was a pioneer of the west.
The Spokane bartenders' union has
purchased large burial plot in Fair
mount cemetery, paying 5000 for the
plot.
H. M. Ludlow, 6S years old, fell to
his death down the elevator shaft OF
the Oriental building in Seattle Sun.
DAY.
James Ragsdill, aged about 60
years, was fatally injured near
Springdale Saturday in a wood haul
ing accident.
The hardware store of McClintock
& Simpson at White Salmon was en-
tered recently and about $500 worth
of cutlery carried away.
Harry Long and an unknown assist
ant, groundkeepers of the Seattle Ten
mis- club, were asphyxiated in their
room at the clubhouse last Sunday.
The Hazelwood company, ltd, has
sold its cattle to John L. Smith, the
veteran superintendent of the live
stock department at the Interstate
fair.
A harvest hand giving his name as
James Bovard was given a Jail SEN
tence at Oakesdale for being drunk.
Soon after he succeeded in hanging
himself with towel and breaking his
neck.
e. F. Daily has been arrested at Sc
attic on the charge of stealing about
$4,000 worth of jewelry from trunk
in the room of Mrs. Carrie s. Erne,
of the Ertyl hotel, fash
ionable rooming house in Seattle.
Joseph A. Bloch, a rich Pacific
coast banker and real estate broker,
wanted in Portland on the charge of
deserving his wife, who is destitute,
with Mrs. Y. Weiss, an attractive
brunette, with whom he eloped, were
in Seattle.
Fire early Saturday morning at
Starbuck destroyed property valued
at $4,000, two stores, the Odd Eel
lows hall, and other buildings being
q complete loss. The blaze started
near Sprout & Barnhart's store, pre-
from a match thrown into
the rubbish.
Eight thousand dollars was paid
Saturday to the 500 Indians compris-
Ing the Occur d'Alene tribe, by Indian
Agent G. o. Worley, at Tekoa. Each
person, including men, women and
children, received SIG. The money
Is payment due on reservation lands
sold some years ago.
A recent statement made at Wash
Ington, D. c., by the surveyor gen.
erals Office shows that on July 1
there were 2,347,S25 acres surveyed
and 2,287,176 acres unsurveyed, unap-
propriated and unreserved public
lands in Washington and 36S,021, sos
acres left in Alaska, all unsurveyed.
Spokane, Columbia & Western
company is the name of the
new electric and steam road which
the Graves interest will build from
Spokane into the Big Bend country.
Articles of incorporation for the new
railroad were filed recently at the
county courthouse, the capital stock
being 100000.
The Protestant Episcopal church
has IS bishops, including the presiding
bishop, in the United States; two in
China, two in Japan and one each in
West Africa, Cuba, Haiti, Brazil and
Mexico. The Methodist Episcopal
church has 10 bishops and seven mis-
sionary bishops. The Methodist Epis-
copal Church South has II bishops.
While T. j.. Maynard was threshing
at the Ranch of H. A. Spills, west of
Cotton, in moving from one setting
to another, along a steep hillside, the
separator overbalanced and rolled
down the hill. 1t turned completely
over three times. Mr.. Maynard dis
charged his crew, left the wreck lying
where it was and gave up threshing.
There are more than 100000 chill
dren of school age in this state, ac-
cording to the census taken in July.
This is gain of about $4,000 over
the previous year. The 1850 school
houses in the state in July, 1908, and
sites, libraries and other school prop
erty are valued at an aggregate Of
about $15,500,600, as against but $12,-
44S,291 the previous year.
IDAHO NOTES.