Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-08
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Harry Smith, age 80, was drowned
while bathing in the Little Spokane
river at Milan Saturday.
William Davis, for several years
a member of the fire department at
Pasco has been reappointed.
A resident of Walla Walla valley
since 1862, Mrs. Hannah Farrell, age
20, died of paralysis Saturday.
Beginning September II and con-
tinuing for one week the Whitman
county annual fair will be held at
Colfax.
A man supposed to be Harry Bailey
of Sacramento, CAL, was killed by a
N. p passenger train Sunday mile
north of Yakima City.
Mrs. M. ]. Phillips, age 80, was
struck by an eastbound passenger
train at Wilbur Sunday and instant
ly killed. She was crossing the track.
Mrs. Elton Fulmer, widow of the
late Dean Elton Fulmer, who was
killed in a railroad wreck at Cheney,
February 2, will receive $4,000 from
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany as result of settlement just
reached
Senator Thomas P. Gore, the blind
statesman from Oklahoma, will cam
paign this fall in the interests of
Charles H. Masterson of Walla Wal
la, candidate for the democratic nom
ination to congress from the fourth
district, who is also sightless.
The Seattle Construction and Dry
dock with tonnage of $4,000 will be
constructed at the plant of the COM
pany in Seattle, work to be begun
during the present month and the
cost Of the dock to be $450,00O.
Charles H. Clayton, age 73, died
Sunday at Occur d'Alene of Bright's
disease. Mr.. Clayton was a pioneer
Of the city. He was treasurer Of the
city and was treasurer of the Ma
sonic order for several years and in
strumental in the building of the Ma
sonic temple
The body of Glen G. Williams, age
81, well-to-do landowner, stockman
and drilling contractor of Pomeroy
and Waterville, was found dead in
hotel room at Spokane Saturday.
There was a bullet wound and pow
der marks on the right side of his
head and revolver by his side on
the floor.
Three misfortunes crowded one
hour for Mrs. Joseph Govenelli, age
so, widow, living at Renton, near
Seattle. Within the fateful 60 min
utes, Saturday, she lost a, son-in-law
by drowning, fire did $500 damage
to her home, and while receiving the
coincidence Of friends she fell from
the front porch, breaking her right
leg.
+ The home of ]. E. Hilliard at Deer
Park was struck by lightning recent
ly during a severe storm. One side
of the kitchen was demolished and
the bolt entered the bedroom and
scattered the plastering about. 1t
then went through the house and
splintered the side door and went
into the ground near tree Mr.
Hilliard sustained a broken arm.
The Washington regiment is now
camped at American lake, near Ia
coma. The first division pulled out
from the Mexican border at 1:15 p.-
m, the second at 2:30, and the last
division at p. M, Saturday. The
third division, which the Spokane
companies are in, loaded their equip
ment in record-breaking time, one
hour and half. The men are in
excellent condition and some were
rather reluctant to leave.
After hearing the state public SER
vice commission announces that the
railroads would be permitted to put
in a 36,OOO-pound minimum on car
loads of potatoes or potatoes and on
ions mixed from November 1 to April
1, but that from April l to Novem-
Der 1 the present 30,000-pound min
imum would govern The shippers
and growers contended that the vet
etables would be damaged if this in
crease in weight was allowed.
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