The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-10
NEWS OF the NORTHWEST

SEATTLE.-S. II. Stevens, pub
Usher of the Daily Gold Digger at
Nome, Alaska, returned this after
noon from visit to the east and
California. Mr.. Stevens has secured
a concession at the Alaska Yukon-
Pacific exposition for the publishing
OF daily paper on the grounds.
SEATTLE.-A Siwash smallpox
patient, who attempted to escape
from the pest house yesterday, was
brought to a sudden halt when Pa
trolman Fleming fired shot from
his revolver. Fleming did not care
about holding the patient, but stood
him up against wall of the Broad
way high school until health officer
arrived. The Siwash made his
break for liberty, but the revolver
shot caused him to change his mind.
He was later taken to the pest
house
REPUBLIC-What miners call 4
bug" of the richest ore ever found
in Republic camp has been discov-
cred in the three-foot vein of ore at
No. level of the New Republic
mine. The pocket, literally scanned
with tellurides, runs $4,000 ton.
The company is having trouble with
high grading" miners, SO rich has
the ore become.
TACOMA.-Sheriff Thomas G..
Teal of Batavia, Ohio, arrived tonight
with requisition papers for DR.. H.
C. McClelland, a prominent dentist.
who is charged with deserving his
wife and two children several years
ago.
| PORTLAND. Ore.-Negotiations
for the sale of the United Railways,
promoted and constructed by Thomas
L. Greenough of Spokane and Missou-
| la, Mont, to the Hill interests, which
have been on for the last 10 days,
are. according to excellent authority,
closed. the papers having been signed
by the local representatives of the
railroad yesterday. If this is true
Hill has secured 16 miles of excel
lent roadbed and track. running from
Portland. through Linton and to Hol-
brook. with partially constructed
line as far as Forest Grove.
Senator Paulhamus
has introduced a resolution asking
for the appointment of special in
vestigating committee to investigate
the office of Insurance Commissioner
j. H. Schively and covering. in gen,
eral terms, all other state Offices, and
will back it by preferring direct
charges against the conduct of the
insurance commissioners Office I'M
der Schively and Secretary of State
Sam H. Nichols, charges supported
by the written statements of persons
who have had dealings with the office.
CHENEY.-Thel roblem of secur-
ing an adequate supply of water is
engaging the attention OF the coun-
ell and the commercial club. Two
years ago $4,000 worth of bonds were
voted to defray the expense of maxi
ing wells. These wells supplied the
demand for a time. but are now in.
adequate. though they can furnish
100000 gallons day. A new we'll
has been drilled to the depth of 300
feet and it Is believed large head
of water has been tapped.
Observation-Disclosures will have a
baseball team this season. An ath-
letic organization has been perfected,
with John Pearson as president and
j. H. Rogers manager. and business
men and citizens have subscribed
1875.
VANCOUVER new passen-
| SCI cASlhCo nave OCCh oiUCiCu ~
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail-
road company for use between Port
land and Spokane. The engines have
been built and are now leaving the
factory of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works in Pennsylvania, and are due
to arrive in Vancouver in 90 days
or less
| CONNELL.-Many of the farmers
have finished their spring seeding
and report that the earlier-sown grain
is coming up nicely. There will be
large acreage of spring-sown grain
and the largest acreage of fall-sown
ever recorded in this section.
QUINCY, Wash.--At a meeting OF
citizens last night. the Commercial
club was reorganized, after a period
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