Good Old Days

8 years agoThe Commoner June 9, 1893

Johnny Hawkins, the 14-year-old Palouse boy who was sometime ago committed to the county jail for forging the name of a Mr. Hammond to a check for $22, was arraigned in the superior court Tuesday morning, and pleaded guilty to the crime charged.

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Hotel Colfax may be opened to the public before many weeks have passed. Negotiations are now pending, which promise to result in satisfactory arrangements, whereby a successful and prominent and popularly-known hotel-man of eastern Washington will assume possession and give to Colfax the boon she has so long b...