Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
General Funston recommends that
large tract of land at American lake,
near Tacoma Wash, be acquired for
the purpose of drill ground and camp
for concentration in case of war.
]. E. Ballaine, formerly of Colfax,
chairman of the finance committee of
the Alaskan Central railway, who has
been before the departments at Wash
ington, D. c., for the past week on
matters connected with the construc-
ton of the road, has been successful
in his efforts. The projected road will
extend from Seward, on the southern
coast of Alaska, north to the Tanana
river, APO miles, and will open, when
completed, all of central Alaska to
daily communication throughout the
year. 1t is being built at the rate of
1875 miles year.
The consolidation of the Methow
Valley bank and the Commercial bank
of Conconully is announced.
The hop growers of the Yakima val
ley were surprised when it was an
nounced that the yield for 1908 would
reach at least $4,000 bales.
The disagreement between masters
and men in the Tacoma building trades
continues.
The Northwestern Home Finding
association has turned down an offer
of a large bonus for the establishment
of it's industrial school at Walla Walla
and will continue on it's present plans
for the establishment of the institution
near Hillyard.
Carpenters of Spokane are earning
nearly $4,000 every week day, accord
ing to officials of their organization.
AS the metropolis of one of the finest
farming regions in the United States,
Spokane has come to be one of the
most important distributing centers
for the sale of agricultural implements.
DR.. Sinclair, dominion quarantine Of
ticer at Northport, says information
has reached him that black smallpox is
epidemic among the Indians Of Ste
vens county in the vicinity of Che
welah.
A 30 foot addition is to be made to
the Northern Pacific deport at Pa
louise.
The Knapp irrigation canal, near
Entiat, has been declared open and is
now ready to serve water to the farm
ers holding lands under it. The ditch
waters 1900 acres of land.
Sentence of 25 years Imprisonment
in the penitentiary was imposed by
Judge Bell at Seattle upon Frank Van
waters, the dentist, convicted OF GRIM
inally assaulting child of years of
age.
whitman college walked away with
spokane high school by a score of 20
TO Saturday afternoon on a field
where clouds of dust made playing
disagreeable.
On the road between Chelan and
Pateros and about eight miles from
the former town, is a natural ice cave.
In which ice is to be had any month in
the year.
Walla Walla fair opened Monday.
superior Judge Brents made the OPEN
ing speech.
on account of the unsettled condi-
tions IN the eastern building trade the
output of the mills in the Inland Elm
pre- Is railing off considerably.
Inc farmers institute, held at Spo-
Kane this week under the auspices of
tne state agricultural college at Pull
man was a very successful affair.
Inc streets of Palouse are again
lighted by electricity.
"A sale OF a Whitman county farm
Tor 500 per acre has been made by L.
=. Irvine Of Pennington to a man
a a Fendleton, Ore. Mr.. Irvine sold
zoo acres lying on the state line near
bennington for $4,000. The farm is
well improved, with good buildings
and has five acres in orchard.
A daring holdup took place in Ia
coma about s o'clock Sunday evening.
The victims were Mr.. and Mrs. weeks
OF sO5 South J. street. They were
stopped on the street by a masked
man VINO, with drawn revolver, COM
pened Mr.. Weeks to part with his
pocketbook containing $22. The rob-
oery occurred Immediately in front of
tne brilliantly lighted Jewish syna-
gogue.
george Turner, native of Nova
Scotla, aged 20 years, was killed by
premature explosion of dynamite re-
recently. He was employed in digging
canal on the Honeyfenger place,
ABOUT 10 miles southwest Of sprague
ana was tamping some dynamite in a
mole ne had just drilled, when some
way the explosive was discharged.
the Ritzville business men have
united and organized a chamber Of