Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-03-21

timber lands along the upper Palouse
river the price paid being in excessl
OF 100000.
The safe in Burns Brothers & Cox's
store at Nampa was blown open last
week. One hundred and fifty dollars
in cash, $40 in checks and some valu-
able papers, notes, etc., were taken.
The route for the proposed grain
tramway from Pardee ON the Clear
water to the head of Six Mile Canyon
has been found feasible and the tram
will be put in as early as possible.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Rockford parties are planning to put
in a sawmill three miles east of that
town.
Schultheis & Miller of Cotton have
shipped 81 cars of hay to Seattle this
winter, or nearly 1000 tons.
Articles of incorporation of the
Prosser State bank have been filed
and it will open for business this week.
The ground is being leveled off and
preparations made to start bottling
works on the west shore of Medical
lake.
Plans are being formulated for the
establishment of an additional manu-
featuring enterprise in Tacoma in the
shape of a pulp and paper mill.
Rev. George H. Jones, pastor of the
Spokane Vincent Methodist church,
has been nominated for the position of
chaplain of the United States army.
Senator Fosters bill to prevent tres
passers and intruders from entering
the Mount Rainier National park was
favorably reported by Senator Warren.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the s. A. A. G. and the Spokane
baseball club whereby the club will
play on the Natatorium park grounds
again this year.
Attorney General Knox has changed
his mind and the head Office of the
United States marshal for the district
of Washington will not be removed
from Tacoma to Seattle.
Senator Turner's bill granting $4,000
acres of unappropriated nonmineral
public land to the state of Washing
ton for the benefit of the soldiers and
sailors home at Orting was passed by
the senate.
The board of control has appointed
DR.. c. M Parks of Tacoma superin-
tendent of the Western Washington
hospital for the insane, to take charge
of that institution on April 1. He sue
ceeds DIR. Goddard.
1t is announced at Ellensburg that
Judge F. A. Rudkin, superior court
Judge of that judicial district, com
prising the counties of Kittitas. Yaki-
ma and Franklin, is to tender his res
ignation to the governor at once to
accept lucratives position in Buffalo,
N. Y.
The buildings of the Pacific Wagon
company at Seattle were Quilted by
fire last week. The damage will reach
total of $4,000. The fire is sup
posed to have originated in the var
nish and oil room on the second floor
and was caused by spontaneous com
bustion.
The steamer Cottage City last week
brought down from Juneau the body of
William Goldstein, prominent mer-
Cudut Vi JuHSdu, anu IOTH0Tly d well
known resident of Seattle, who was
killed near Juneau on March 8. as a
result of the accidental discharge of
a shotgun.
1t is announced that the Chewelah
Lumber company has purchased the
output of 16 mills in this section of the
country for the coming year. BY this
deal. it is estimated. there will be TO-.
100000 feet of lumber handled by this
company, most of 1t being destined for
tho eastern markets.
The largest sale of wheat in east
ern Washington in several months was
made recently by @. P. Coey of Rock
ford to A. M. Scott of Colfax for the
Interior Warehouse company of Port
land and San Francisco. The sale In
cluded 10000 bushels of wheat at Fair
field and Rockford and is among the
largest single lots sold during the sea-
son. The price paid is not made pub
lie, but is said to be about so cents
per bushel.