HAPPENINGS INWHITMAN COUNTY

EVENTS OF INTEREST TO GAZETTEREADERS.TRANSPIRE IN MANY

NEIGHBORING TOWNS.

ROSALIA.Rosalia is up and doing every day.

The latest publicity move of impor-tance was the securing of the nextmeeting of the federation of commer-cial clubs of the Inland Empire. Themeeting wi'l be held in Rosalia sometime in April.

The Commercial Club has endorsedthe proposition to bond the.city for asufficient sum to pay off the warrantindebtedness and build a suitable cityhall.

Another big sales day will be heldFebruary 17. This was decided at ameeting of the Commercial Club at-tended by 35 members. The last sale

\u25a0was a great success.The Rosalia Telephone company

is out of debt. This report was madepublic at the annual meeting of thecompany which was attended by over100 stockholders.

The Home Poultry association wasformed last week with 20 members.Officers elected were:

President, Rev. D. M. Helmlck.Vice President, L. Blaukenship.Secretary, E. J. French.Treasurer, W. H. Wright.Executive Committee, Messrs. Per-

ry, Durham and Terry.The President appointed R. P.

Turnley, L. Blankenship and O. E.Bennister a committee on member-ship.

TEKOA.Carl Schulerud and George May,

two Tekoa men, are among the home-steaders on the Coeur d' Alene reser-vation who will lose their claims bythe recent ruUng of the departmentof the interior that the state cannotlose its title to sections 16 and 36which were set apart as school lands.

Fire escapes have been put on theTekoa opera house and the building\u25a0will be reopened with a ball by trTekoa Eagles, Friday evening, Feeruary 9.

An Indian agency will be built onthe reservation one and one-halfmiles from Lowell. The quarters willconsist of a superintendent's cottage,four employees' cottages, barn, po-lice barracks, and agency office.

Saturday, February 10, is sack andtwine day with the local FarmersUnion.

J. W. Janney is erecting a dwellingon property which he recently pur-chased in the North end of town.

PAIAHJSE.C. W. Waters and Geo. A. Weldon

have entered partnership under thefirm name of the Palouse Land Com-pany.

J. W. Simpson has returned from athree months' trip through the mid-dle west.

Isaac Hibbard is at the HarrisonBrothers hospital recovering from abullet wound in the arm inflicted byJanes Williams. The shooting wasth« result of a quarrel. Both menwere residents of the Deep Creekneighborhood east of Palouse. Wil-liams left the country immediatelyafter the shooting.

Ward McLam has gone to Irby inLincoln county where he has pur-chased a farm.

The difficulties over the new highschool gymnasium have quieted down.

The Palouse schools were thor-oughly fumigated a few days ago andthe board of health has requestedevery student to be vaccinated, evenoffering to have it done without costto the students. Only a few mildcases of small pox are reported.

Money is being raised to erect atabernacle for the Lowery evangelis-tic meetings which will probably be-gin here later in the spring.

OAKKKDAIiK.The funeral of C. H. Smith, the

druggist who died of heart failurewhile going to his store after being

in poor health for some time, washeld last week. Burial services wereconducted by the Odd Fellows. Hehad been a resident of Oakesdale forten years.

A dramatic entertainment will begiven by Miss Ruth Orpha McLean,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc-Lean, at the Oakesdake opera houseFriday evening, February 9. MissMcLean is studying dramatic art inSpokane.

Richard R. Barry, telegraph opera-tor at the Northern Pacific station inthis place, and Miss Annette J. Smileyof Garfield were married a few daysago and will make Oakesdale theirhome after a trip to Portland andother coast cities.

COLTON.John K. Becker, a Colton pioneer,

has sold his property here and hasgone to California, where he may de-cide to locate in the Sacramento val-ley.

An interesting program is to befciven by the pupils of the GuardianAngel school Thursday evening, Feb-ruary 8.

The bond issue of district No. 178,the new school district on the Snakeriver, has been turned down by theattorney general on a technicallythe same as in Colfax, Palouse andother places.

MALDEN.According to the report of Health

Officer Van Pelt there were 29 birthsin Maiden last year and 9 deaths.

Maiden Odd Fellows are planningto form a stock company and erect abuilding in this city.

Mrs. J. A. Smeaton died last weekafter a two months' illness.

Jack Dempsey is visiting old homescenes in Kentucky.

F. Sullivan, the enterprising cloth-ing merchant, is moving to the Peter-son building formerly occupied by theMaiden Hardware company.

ST. JOHN.J. T. Cudmore, the new agent for

the Potlatch Lumber company in thisplace, took the job last week.

The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. ArthurBailey's little son was held at Medi-cal Lake. The child was drowned by/ailing off a bridge into Cottonwoodcreek.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hull have re-turned to their home at Freewater,Oregon, after a visit with relatives inthis vicinity.

UNIONTOWN.Joseph Lattenmaier has returned

from a visit with relatives in the mid-dle west.

Miss Kate Mayer and Mrs. FrankBsser are visiting in Portland andCalifornia.

Matthew Schumacher is on a twomonths' trip to California.

Miss Anna Michels has resigned herposition as telephone operator afterthree years of faithful service.

The following officers have beenelected by Ivanhoe Homestead, No.3653, B. of A. V.: J. A. Schoenberg,H. F.; Swen Swneson, M. C; A. F.Bchmidler, Cor. and M. A.; AugustaA. Rogers, Chaplain; Wm. L. Rogers,Overseer; Edward H. Bornnecke,Watchman; A. A. Warnecke, Senti-nel; Oza N. Myers. Lady Rebecca;Mrs. M. M. Grube, Lady Rowena;Wm. Komenda, Guard; Harry Grube,Capt. Drill team.

THORNTON.The masquerade ball on Friday

evening of this week is the big eventof the season at the new hall.

A new electric sign gives a city ap-pearance to the front of the Elk drugstore.

A Masonic lodge was institutedhere last week with a membership of20.

WINONA.Tom White has gone to Montana

where he has taken a homestead.Miss May Straub, teacher in the

Texas Draw district, has the distinc-tion of having shot and killed a fullgrown coyote.

The Bank of Winona has been re-incorporated to conform with a newruling of the attorney general.

The enrollment at the Winona pub-lic school this month is 89.

PUMiMAN.A. M. Durkee of Oshkosh, Wis., has

purchased 480 acres known as the

L.AMONT.

PARMINGTON.

Looney palce, five miles east of Pull-man for $27,000. He already owns466 acres adjoining and was so wellpleased with his investment that hedecided to get more Palouse land.

The annual military ball will begiven by the cadet corps of the Statecollege at the armory Thursday even-ing, February 22.

Pullman is planning to go in withMoscow, Genesee and Lewiston for aball league this spring.

The College glee club will appearat the college auditorium February17.

George H. Wallis, examiner for thestate board of accountancy, is check-ing the city books. The work willprobably take three or four weeksand will cost about $200.

A comfortable shed has been erect-ed in the rear of the Lament schoolfor the accommodation of the coun-try pupils' horses. The building is40 feet in length.

No school was in session at Reverelast week on account of the highwater.

P. O. Lathongue of Spokane hasbeen in town arranging to give amoving picture show here one even-ing of each week in a circuit withseveral nearby towns.

GARFIELD.James Williams, wanted for shoot-

ing a man near Palouse la6t week,came to Garfield immediately afterthe shooting to see his parents andleft before the officers were appraisedof his visit.

Robert Elder, Jr., has returnedfrom a trip to Alberta, where he filedon- a homestead.

An interesting musical programwill be presented at the Methodistchurch next Monday evening.

Special meetings are being held atthe Nazarene church by Rev. M. L.Baltezone, the blacksmith evange-list.

The council is advertising for bidsfor drilling a city well. The bids willbe opened next Tuesday.

Ten carloads of oats were pur-chased in this place last week by theCampbell-Sanford- Henley companyof Portland and shipped out.

Revival meetings in the Christianchurch began last Sunday.

H. C. Arbuckle has a new housenearly completed to replace the onedestroyed by fire a few weeks ago.Several of his friends have been as-sisting in the work.

A meeting of the Farmers Unionwas held here last Saturday.

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tOOLFAX GAZETTE, OOLFAX, WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 9,1912.

COLFAX 33YEAB AGO.FROM THE GAZETTE OF FEB.

7,1879.The janitor of the Baptist church

has placed a large tin bucket near thestove in the church, for the use ofthose persons who have heretoforebeen in the habit of spitting on thefloor. Parties who will persist inchewing tobacco and spitting out thejuice, are requested to sit near thestove and make use of the abovenamed bucket.

Wm. Oyster is a candidate for citymarshal.

Mr. Ed. Hall has completed a hand-some desk for the Probate Judge.

Mr. J. H. Horton is manufacturingsome handsome bookcases.

Sleighing on the lake has been asource of considerable amusementduring the past week.

Farm and fruit orchard to theright man, cheap for cash. For de-scription and particulars, enquire atoffice of Chas. R. Hill, Colfax.

Palls Victim to Thieves.S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., has

a justifiable grievance. Two thievesstole his health for twelve years. Theywere a liver and kidney trouble. ThenDr. King's New Life Pills throttledthem. He's well now. Unrivaled forConstipation, Malaria, Headache,Dyspepsia. 25c at all druggists.

Notice.All persons knowing themselves in-

debted to the late Dr. Wm. Clay Card-well will please pay their indebted-ness at the office of J. M. McCroskey,Attorney-at-law, over the First Sav-ings & Trust Bank in Colfax, Wash-ington; J. M. McCroskey havingcharge of the settlement of said es-tate.

Notice of Collection of 1011 Taxes.Pursuant to law I hereby give no-

tice to the public that the tax rollsfor the year 1911 have been deliv-ered to me and as treasurer for theCounty of Whitman, State of Wash-ington, I will recieve both personaland real taxes for the year 1911 onand after Monday, February sth1912.

Dated this 30th day of January1912.

W. M. DUNCAN,Treasurer of Whitman CountyWashington.

Farmers Union Meeting.Farmers Union, Colfax Local No.

48, willhold meetings on the secondand fourth Saturday of each month.

Sam Lyons, Pres.

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheumsets you crazy. Can't bear the touchof your clothing. Doan's Ointmentcures the most obstinate cases. Whysuffer. All druggists sell it.

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