Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-12-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections Of interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanses--cuIIinss
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The governor has appointed the fol-
lowing new members of the state board
of medical examiners: w. s. Durand,
Everett to succeed ]. 8. McIlhaney;
Charles F. Kalb, Spokane, to succeed
j. M. p. Chalmers; Elmer D. Ohm
sted of Spokane, to succeed G. E.
Grove. In each instance the term
had expired of the member succeed
ed.
The Elks' lodge of sorrow was held
at Spokane Sunday afternoon.
No minors are allowed in the Ritz
vile Bowling alley.
Will you help make Christmas
brighter for the unhappy folk at Medi-
cal lake asylum?
The Spokane city ordinance forbid
ding contractors. on city work to work
their. men more than eight hours a
day was held to be unconstitutional
by Judge KEENAN,.
Several prairie schooners, loaded
with people and household goods. have
passed through the Big Bend recently,
headed for Leahy and the Methow
country.
Davenport.-Alfred Long was acquit-
ted of the charge of assault with in
tent to commit murder after the jury
had deliberated four hours.
The board of trustees of the Belling-
ham state normal school decided to
ask the next legislature for total ap-
preparations of $148,500. OF this $40,-
900 is sought to erect a science hall
annex, completing the original plan
of the building. The estimate for
maintenance is $4,000. The last ap-
preparation amounted to $4,000.
Amateur safe crackers last week at
tempted to break open the safe of
Cox's planning mill at Walla Walla.
Cunningham.-G. B. Hildreth came
here five years ago without capital
only ambition. He worked by the
month for a while, took homestead
near town, bought a section of land
at $1.25 per acre from the railroad
hustled up some teams and dug early
and late. He sold out last week for
$18,250.
Columbia county stock Is all on the
winter ranges preparatory for the win
ter weather.
Fred Horch, farmer living about
IL miles northwest of Lind, was kill
ed while unhitching his team last
week.
Armed with double barreled shot
gun, /. Newman, a South Seattle butch
er, attacked burglar whom he caught
attempting to break into his place Of
business, and fired six shots at him
wounding him with load of buck
shot. The burglar made his escape.
A! Jones was cut and fatally injured
during a fight in the southern part o.
Seattle. Four men and a woman are
held on suspicion of being connected
with the crime.
Suficient rain has fallen during
the past few days to insure ample
crops for next season, If future wealth
er conditions are favorable.
Roy Rogers of Tacoma, a freshman
at Whitworth college, Tacoma, wal
badly injured in sophomore freshman
rush recently. He was taken up un
conscious from concussion Of the brain
but it Is thought will recover.
The Northport city marshal, ]. G
Dietrich, was shot twice by Lee Ra
gan, formerly of Muskrat. Wyo., II
Belle McDonald's house in the rel
light district Sunday morning. Bot
wounds are severe, but not necessaril!
fatal.
Officials at the department of agri
culture have assured Congressman
Jones that Washington will receive al
increase apportionment of money TO
irrigation and drainage investigation
in the state next year.
MONTANA NOTES.