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ITEMS CALLED FOR OUR BUSY READERS. ABOUT PEOPLE IN MONTANA, IDAHO, WASHINGTON AND OREGON, WASHINGTON | ITEMS. A party of mountaineers of Belling ham with members, the Seattle Mountaineers’ club will leave Wednes day afternoon for #x ascent ‘of Mount Baker, with a new scientific purpose in view, that of ascertaining how much of the old mountain can be broken up and whipped away. While swimming in the Hanford pond, 12 miles above Hanford, John P. Pearson, recently of Moscow, Idaho, was drowned recently. While riding up a steep incline at the new Milwaukee bridge at Tekoa recently, three workmen were injured by the parting of the cable, letting the car rush to the bottom of the Incline. It is thought none of the men are totally injured. Williams Co., who have in vestigating the accounts of the county vMcints of Franklin county, are said to have found several shortages. The shortages are believed, however, to be largely due to bad bookkeeping. Over a quarter of a million dollars was paid to the teachers of Spokane during the last year, the exact amount being $293,253.13. While swimming in the river at Spo- Edward Smith, 23, a negro la tor of S24. Bernard street, was drowned Sunday. Looking to the necessities of the Grand lodge of Masons of the state of Washington, Grand Master Royal A. Gove has appointed a committee con sisting of Daniel J. Cornell of Tacoma, ‘William V. Reinehard, Sr. of Seattle and William W. Witherapoon of Spo kane, to report at the meeting of the grand lodge next June pon the de sirability and practicability of erect ing a building for the grand lodge. | ©. T. Erickson of Seattle was th lowest of five bidders whose proposals were opened at the navy department for the construction of a granite and concrete drydock at the United States toy guard. Puget sound, for which can a THB appropriated $2,000,000, the Wenatchee Valley Northern, the new railroad building from Leny aworth toward Wenatchee lake, has received permission from the govern ment to continue its road through the forest reserve, and work will be start ed immediately to finish the one. ‘That the country tributary to Pull man will produce almost as much grain as last year and that, with the increased price, the farmers will re ceive nearly as much money as they did for the crop of 1907, is believed by those who have investigated condi tions. A rancher named Rose lost his life in the Columbia river near Grays land ing recently, having been thrown in the water violently by a runaway team. The wheat market has opened in Walla Walla, and new grain is slowly fining its way to the warehouses lo cated along the two lines of railway At Intervals of a few miles, Clarkston is to have a first-class box factory. The people of Quincy are making a fight to get the government inter ested In a plan to irrigate the Quincy] ‘fata. The Cashinere Fruit Growers’ union has decided to have a representative in the east to aid the growers in find ing a market, and has selected George N. Johnson to visit the larger places in the Dakotas and middle western states. Work on the Asotin county exhibit at the Lewinton-Clarkston Interstate Tair will begin this week, with William McCarron in charge. It is expected that the display will be the best ever shown there. The grand lodge of Masons of Washi ngton will lay the cornerstone of the new executive mansion at Olympia on, August 1. Mrs. John Kisler of Hatten, the other day threw some boiling water SUL OF window directly on the head of her 2 year-old child, who she sup posed Was in the house. The child was 60 badly scalded that he died shortly afterward, property to T. M. Hodgins of Butta! for $66,000, Rufus B. G. Smith, better known as Windy Smith,” is held to ayat the action of the grand jury on a charge ‘of Introducing liquor on the Nez Perce reservation, ©. O'Neill placing Smith's bond at $1500, One hour each in the county jail and a fine of $30 and costs each were the sentences imposed iustice Boomer’ court at Wallace on Jerome Jacobs, and J. H. Carter, charged with violating the Sunday closing law. William Falconer, aged 75 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Ward Butler, In Independence, Ore., recently. Mr. Falconer was one of the old-time settlers of the Coeur d'Alenes. Edward M. Hubbard, engineer of the Short Line passenger train that ran over and killed Mellus Thrasher, a S-year old boy, near Weiser three Weeks ago. Was acquitted last night of the charge of involuntary man slaughter. ._ 3. L. Campbell, a farmer living near Speok one, during the hailstorm narrow ly escaped electrocution of his team and himself. The lightning struck a large pine tree only three rods from Mr. Campbell, splitting it into splin ters. On the same day a mare and colt belonging to Pat Nugent near Chesley were struck and instantly killed. The animals were running an open pasture. Two weeks at ightning struck a barn on the Edward Hollingsworth farm near Lenore and killed three valuable horses. Robert Roman, the bandit who held up the Great Northern train one and a half miles east of Naples, Idaho, on the afternoon of July 9, and who was shot through the chest by a passenger, ig recovering wonderfully. He was given a preliminary hearing In his cell several days ago by Justice of the Peace William J Costello ast was bound over to the district court His ball was set at $5000. Roman told Prosecutor Peter Johnson that he was willing ‘to plead guilty in the district ‘court and urged the county attorney to have him sentenced in the coming term.
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Kendrick Gazette
Kendrick, Idaho, US
Fri, Jul 24, 1908
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