Northwest notes and regional briefs from Washington state
Coyotes killed 27 of 100 sheep in a Wallowa County corral while one night’s losses left 10 wounded and two coyotes still feeding the next morning. Logan Schaeffer returns home from Wallowa with son Roy. Elliott to speak to Washington State College students in Pullman. if late, afternoon labs may be dismissed. Questions arise whether recent tremor was quake or explosion. Jefferson county taxes permit delinquent interest collection. King and Pierce counties may sue corporations for interest. Chesaw reports juror Lamb declared insane after murder trial. Lamb’s musical works cited. Dayton notes Uncle Sam aiding trap for the cougar Old Sleuth in the Blue mountains with poisons to be spread. success uncertain. Wallula reports four prisoners returned to state pen, two from Spokane. cases include burglaries and escapes.
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Logan Schaeffer
Wallowa
Roy Schaeffer
Baker City
Corral
Ile
Wallowa County
Olympia
Wash
W. P. Bell
Jefferson County
Bell
Seattle Electric Company
King County
State Tax Commission
King
Pierce
Chesaw
Dantel Lamb
Thut
Kathe Gallagher
Miller
Lamb
Viele Sam
Cougars
Dayton
Sam
Blue Mountains
Forest Rangers
Twele Sam
Sunnyside Canal irrigated 60,672 acres in year report
Waters 50,000 acres in North Yakima district. Sunnyside canal supplied water to 60,672 acres last year, 3,186 acres previously ung irrigated. It directed 1,260 acres to young orchards and other crops, with alfalfa at 20,383 acres and about 1,200 acres in young bearing orchards, the rest in various crops.
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North
Yakima
Wash
Sunnyside
Miner N A Peek Died at Morning Mine Near Greenhorn
Word came yesterday of the death of N A Peek a miner at the Morning mine near Greenhorn. He left Sunday for Greenhorn to fetch mail and a search party found his body under the anew. His remains will be shipped to North Carolina for burial. Peck about 80, leaves a widow who was with him at the mine.
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Baker
N. A. Peek
Greenhorn
Herald
North Carolina
Peck
Washington's Insane Population Calls For More Prisons
In Washington state the board of control estimates 238 insane or feeble minded residents, plus four criminals, outside private institutions. The 1890 ratio was 1 in 646, rising to 1 in 315 by 1900, prompting a push in the legislature for more prison cells and facilities for the feeble minded and insane. In Victoria B C two earthquake shocks, the second stronger, rattled windows and startled pedestrians at 11:66 last night, felt mainly in the east and Onuksbay area.
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Washington
Olympia
Jatla
State Board of Control
Victoria
B. C
Onuksbay
Parole Violator Shelved in Snohomish Case History
Three men from King County with sentences up to 15 years were recaptured in Bellingham after a store robbery. They totaled 16 guns among them. John Herring faced parole violations and a renewed sentence of 16 years for a Snohomish beating from nine years earlier. Everett capture linked to holdup suspects.
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Lar
King County
Charlton
Bellingham
John Herring
Everett
Elephant Hero Saves 1000 Drowning Pilgrims in Calcutta
Pilgrims report a noble elephant named Jung Bahadur, owned by Keer Jaswant Singh, rescued over 1000 people during floods near the Ganges at Sorong. He swam to marooned travelers, delivering loads until exhaustion, earning decorations, while floods claimed about 260 lives.
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Mion
Calcutta
Sorong
Acra
Jung Bahadur
Ganges
Keer Jaswant Singh
Miss Marie Corelli Buys Motor Car
London report notes Miss Marie Corelli has purchased a 32 horsepower Lashborough Limousine with cloth upholstery and a writing table. The author, once critical of motoring, now joins motorists, while her works are cited for cautions on the craze. Her recent book features a devil figure in a motorized ruin, and she has begun writing sacred poems for children included in a Methodist hymnal.
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London
Marie Corelli
Lashborough
Corelli
Miss Corelli
Cockney Dialect Defended as Historic English Form
London scholar MacKensie Mac Bride argues cockney is an ancient English speech deserving preservation. He disputes efforts to remove it from schools, calling it the tongue of early English literature and education. He offers a sample dialogue illustrating cockney speech with notes on its cultural value.
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London
MacKensie MacBride
Devonshire
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire
London County Council
MacBride
Fresh eastern and Olympia oysters at Hohhbachs
Fresh eastern and Olympia oysters are available at Hohhbachs, advertised with telephone ordering via Main 80.
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Eastern
Olympia
Hohhbach
Telephone
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