Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-03-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.


states that he will be in Butte in about ,
a week.
Honey Melody is going to night VITA
Jerry Mccarthy of Butte on st. Pat
rick's day.
Spring seeding is farther advanced
in Whitman county than for many
years at this season.
The glee club of the Washington
State college, Pullman, is on its annual
tour of eastern Washington.
The last legislature passed many
bills, but there were comparatively few
in which the state as whole will be
concerned.
Since the passage of the bill Great
ing Benton county, with Prosser as the
county seat, there are prospects of
quite a building boom.
Cyrus Victor came into Wilbur, on
his return home from Davenport, after
being declared not guilty of the MUIR
der of Charles Thennis.
For the second time Frank Taylor
has been found guilty of murder in the
second degree in the killing of B. A.
Mcintyre at Bossburg, July % lest.
The Whitman county commissioners
have appropriated $4,000 to prepare and
maintain an exhibit of their county pro-
ducts at the Lewis and Clark fair.
J.. M. Snow of Spokane has been APP
pointed highway commissioner under
the new road law. Mr.. Snow is the
present surveyor of Spokane county.
w. H. Babcock. the well known
wheat man of Walla Walla, says the
new wheat is in fine shape on Eureka
flats and in the Columbia river district.
Bee Hive Rebekah lodge, No. 70, of
Walla Walla celebrated the 10th ami
versary of the establishment of their
order at the 1. o. o. F. temple last
J Friday.
The Hastings shingle mill at Sumas
burned recently. In addition to the
+ plant, 100000 shingles were destroy
4 ed The loss is placed at $4,000 with
+ small insurance.
/ County Fruit Inspector Frank Morse
d reports a large number of spraying
outfits at work in the various parts of
= the county spraying trees with sulphur
, and lime for San Jose scale.
GONeT0OT Medu uOuOiSu TIC lCquioi-
r ton of Governor Vardaman, of Alissis-
2 sippi for William McPhay, a negro
d wanted in Pike county, Miss, for a
murder committed three years ago.
J. Five school boys of Georgetown, a
suburb of Seattle, have been arrested
e charged with robbing many houses
, and boats in the town. They range in
age from IL to 10 years and all con
5 fessed.
With his neck broken by fall from
the sidewalk bridge to the gulch below
+ H. A. Carpenter, aged 55 years. an
II inmate of the soldiers home at Orting
J. was found dead near the Tacoma 6
e Eastern depot
. The Walla Walla land Office has re
ceived a telegram from Washington or
~ dering township 9, range 43, which II
10 miles south of omeroy, opened III
: to enable the squatters who have set
- tied within 10 years on forest reserve
- to receive title to their homesteads.
n The chess tournament between tn
N Anaconda Chess club and the CONNER
N cial club of Missoula resulted on
IN game for each club, with tn
= third a draw The games we're playe
20 by long distance telephone, and tire
n chess boards we're used in the game.
n Not a single member of the congress
a sional delegation will attend tn
& launching of the cruiser Washingto
at Camden, N. j., next Saturday, an
the only representatives of the stat
present will be those designated by tn
governor to participate in the chri
Id tening.
10. The Prosser city council has instru
he ed the marshal to strictly enforce tn
". cigarette ordinance, which provides
fine of $25 and 10 days in Jail for an
hit boy under 81 years of age smoking {
of having cigarette material in his poe
er cts The same penalty prevails Il
in dealers selling the goods to minors.
at Charles Loriensky, the travelling mi
strel Snowman arrested on the chars
]. of attempting to kidnap the daughter
H. of ]. ]. Dawson of Zillah, was relea
In ed The father refused to appear al
es, testify against the prisoner, saying
ip- had enough notoriety over the affai
ur- He also refused to permit the childrt
to testify.
al The site for the new school fl
LA feeble minded at Medical Lake will
ras selected by the board of control al
he Governor Mead this week. On Il
on same trip the site for the new detach'
ch wing of the eastern Washington insal
asylum at Medical Lake will also
of selected. The legislature allowed IS
Id 900 for this wing.