Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-05-03
WASHINGTON.

A strong cut in rates is looked fol
to Alaska points.
A move is on foot to install elevators
in the school house being erected a
Seattle.
The Great Northern engineers have
completed their preliminary survey
through Kettle Falls.
A fire occurred at Mount Vernon last
week, destroying six business build
ings, with loss of $4,000.
The prospects for an abundant fruit
crop. in the fertile gardens of Washing
ton, Idaho and Oregon, are exceeding
ly bright.
The sixth annual meeting of the
Washington State Bankers association
will occur in Spokane Thursday, Fri.
day and Saturday.
The Vancouver bank books fail to
show an alarming shortage. L. M Hid
den, director, believes the assets will
equal the liabilities.
The republicans at Spokane nominal
ed the following last week for city Off
cials: Mayor, DR.. Charles G. Brown;
comptroller, John J. White; treasurer,
Captain Joseph M. Moore.
The two women now in the peniten-
tiary, Mollie Vaughn from Seattle and
Alma Williams from Snohomish coun-
ty, who are about to become mothers,
must remain there as the governor re-
fuses to intercede.
All property, real and personal, of
every description in Clark county be-
longing to the Portland & Puget Sound
railroad has been levied upon by the
sheriff in accordance with writ of ex-
ecution issued out of the superior
court.
The free clinics of the veterinary de-
partment of the Washington agricul-
tural college, in which horses are treat
ed free of charge to the owners, are
becoming quite popular with the farm
ers and other owners of horses.
Ross R. Bratton, a Spokane boy, will
sail from Tacoma May to take the
position of assistant superintendent of
Tung Wen institute at Annoy, China.
This is an imperial institute founded
to instruct young Chinese officials in
western methods.
T. G. White and G.. S. Garfield of
Humboldt, Iowa, are making tour of
the Big Bend country with a view to
locating permanently. Both are men
of means and are considering the pro
position of buying tract of 10000 |
acres If suitable location can be |
found.
The board Of naval officials recently
appointed by the department at Wash
Ington to investigate the feasibility of
fresh water basin in Seattle locality,
have done so and the members of the
BOARD were most favorably impressed
with the splendid facilities of these
bodies of water.
The city council of Davenport last
week refused to grant a saloon license
o Leonard & Farley, turned down the
proposition of the Big Bend Electric
'oWer company to bring in light and
'ower from the Spokane river, raised
he saloon license from $500 to $1,000
'er year and wound up the session by
Indefinitely postponing the street
prinklng proposition.
The following lands in the Washing
ON forestry reserve are thrown open
settlement from the date of the pro-
lamation: Township 81, north, range
east; 80 north, range %; 80 north,
ange ~; 81 mort, range %; "a mort,
ange 81; 35 mort, range 81; the north
alf of township 33 north, range 81;
ne south half of township 80 north,
ange 81; three sections of township
north. range % east, and nine sec
ons in township 35 north, range 20
ist. These lands are all in the Me- |
lew region, in Okanogan county.