Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-04-26
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES,
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest states
of a Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

Chris Strohm, farmer. was badl,
injured recently in runaway acciden
! at Walla Walla.
The Milton Fruit Growers union ha.
organized as company with a capita
of $4,000, 400 shares at So each.
| II. J. Rand of North Yakima has un
der construction the first cold storage
| plant in central Washington.
The breeding of fine poultry is be
coming a prominent as wei las profita.
BILE Industry in the vicinity of Genesee,
A. Wakerbarth of Sanborn, Iowa, has
purchased Art Browning's farm at
Adna, in Lewis county, paying s3s25
for the 100 acres.
No further light has as vet been
thrown on the whereabouts of w. r.
carleton, the missing Insurance man
from Walla Walla.
A most interesting event was the
consolidation of Hiram and Amos
lodges, Free and Accepted Masons
which occurred in Colfax last week.
Gordon Burke, Ia years old. a SIN.
dent in the Tacoma high school. fell
from the bannister recently and struck
on his head, producing injuries which
1t is feared will prove fatal.
w. A. Lauder of Moscow, who is shin
ping apples to Seattle, has announced
that the 0. R. & N. and Great Northern
nave acceded to his demand for a 60
cent rate on less than carload lots.
1t is stated that the Washburn-
crosby Milling company of Minneapo-
lis, one of. the biggest in the world. is
about to get control of the plant of the
Washington Grain and Milling com
pany of Spokane.
The British turret steamship Cath
ness, IL days from Mororan, Japan, ar
rived in Port Townsend with seven of
her crew of % men down with small
pox, and will be sent to the quarantine
station for fumigation.
Frank Reich of st. Paul was killed
recently near Skykomish. He was a |
foreman of the Kelly Atkinson Con-
struction company, which is erecting
The steel bridges for the Great North
ern at Spokane and at points along the /
road.
W. +. Drugan, a well-known prospec-
,or OF Chewelah, was arrested at that
place recently on charge of assault
lpon a neighbor. While in Jail he set
he straw bed on fire, wrapped himself
n blankets and tried to burn himself
md the Jail. He is supposed to be in
ane.
A contract has been closed by j. A.
Sloan of Cleveland, Ohio, for a tract
# land with frontage of 900 feet on
he Puyallup river, in front of Tacoma,
or the plant of the Tacoma Shipbuild-
ng company. Title to property is con-
itioned on the investment of 100000
plant and material or the expendi-
ure OF $25O,000 in wages in five years.
democratic nominations at Spokane are
J follows: Mayor, DR.. p. S. Byrne; treas
rer, Harry Eggleston; comptroller, Floyd ,
aggett; councilmen, First ward, Leonard
unk, K. w. Hand; Second ward, Fred
aldwin, P. Sondgeath: Third ward, G. 4
uQuesnay, r. b. Laing Fourth ward, E.
!. Woydt, q. w. Burch; Fifth ward, Jul
$ Zittel, N. S. Pratt. This was the ticket i
by Spokane democrats Saturday
ght in a convention.
Rupert Mcclure, aged IL, was hor- I
bly, burned recently at Wenatchee. 9
q secured baking power can, filed Y
18th gunpowder and drove hole in
he top with a nail. He then dropped v
lighted match in the can. An ex- a
osion followed. Both his eyes were /
own out and he was terribly burned
bout the face, neck and head. His r
air was nearly all burned of. His 7
'ndition is critical t