Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-25
ulsHEGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
md OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
s.w interesting Items Gathered
r,,,-.. our Exchanges Of the sur
..,ndInq country-NumerOus AccI.
~, and Personal Events Take
DI,o.-outIOOk Is Bright.
WARRINGTON NoTEs.

p,ob & Harris, railroad contractors
bankers of Prosser, have closed a
n contract for work on the Alaska
os..rol railroad. 1t consists of 400
Y, II tunneling, on which work will
.o.oed actively during the coming
cate Auditor Clausen has complet-
Al inventory of all the property
,.ned by the state Of Washington.
nis inventory shows the total resour-
u II the state to be $38.903. 154.37.
M liabilities are placed at $1,94s.-
me Fern Creek Lumber company's
,vmill at Frances, near South Bend,
u burned recently. The loss is esti-
.ated at 100000. Insurance $5000
origin unknown.
less than $11,00 remains to be
ased of the $4,000 which is need
for the construction Of the new
EM C. A. building at Seattle.
4 splendid edifice has been planned
b lake the place Of the Tacoma St.
atrick's Catholic church. which was
sCently destroyed by fire.
The navy department has assigned
eptaln w. T. Burwell to the com
usnd Of the navy yard and station at
PUGET sound, as the relief Of Rear Ad-
NAL C. ]. Barclay, who retires from
IL navy on September 8.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author Of
ID His Steps," is making a lecture
sur Of the Puget sound cities.
spokane Masons were at home to
Asr friends on Thursday, when they
0k possession Of their beautiful new
tnple, just completed at an approx
ne cost of 100000. The opening
us conducted with all the pomp and
asmOny usual to such celebrations,
hluding a dress parade, afternoon re-
option and large dance in the eve
ling.
olympia has eight public schools
% three colleges.
The telegraphers' strike on the Nor
bern Pacific railway ended Friday.
blowing the capitulation in regard to
d Great Northern, the strike ended |
aier 20 day fight.
Among the largest transactions in
Columbia county recently have been
he sale of a $4,000 farm by F. M.
Aeatherford, the purchase Of a $21,-
farm by Alexander Price, the sale
$4,000 lot Of barley by Jacob |
Rsinhard and a S21, 900 grain pur-
base from w. H. Richardson by L.
Atherton. Before the close Of har-
81 there will probably be large
aeeks drawn, as there will be. several
gam crops sold worth $4,000.
Elaborate preparations are being
ade for the three days log rolling of
Z Woodmen of the World to be held
Coltax this fall at a date not yet
Judge Warner Cobb reports the sale
ais farm of 800 acres two miles
fth Of Fairfield, where he has made
home for the past % years. The
lslderation was $4,000.
'ames B. Anderson, aged As years,
g suddenly under peculiar circum-
aaces recently near Colfax. He had
sened to a story by Mr.. began. He
'aenly stopped laughing and rose
SAYING: Jim, l have lost my sight;
blind" He started to walk and
forward dead.
The new steamer Columbia. built
ne Columbia Navigation company,
launched Saturday evening at Z
soCE at Wenatchee.
A'ery saloon in Colfax, for the first !
Y IN weeks, was tightly closed Sun ]
WIN the blinds drawn so that the \
Sslor OF the saloon could be seen ]
IN the street.
y unknown man was killed Satur- s
aternoon in one of the sawmills t
4 Chattaroy.
.4Oias Slnelnicow, special en-
~ OF the car Of Russia, recently a
' Y, day in North Yakima and sur \
'r1lng country. He came to see b
me Yakima people conducted t
system of irrigation. d
-a ~. Friday morning a newly thresh-
Se'lng Of wheat owned by Wesley
y - took fire and was destroyed,
davenport. The pile contained d
ascks. estimated to contain 900 1
sery. 4
~, ~. the Wenatchee valley is be-
n { famous for the fine quality Of Il
s.OWn is being demonstrated ey- n
I at Wenatchee. Saturday ten e
N 'ps Of watermelons alone left the o
Ossldes eight carloads Of mixed t
ana one thousand boxes Of cam +
w and fruits that were billed o
y express. II
greater part Of the fruit crop
~. zach country, in the Big Bend, v
~ sold. The entire output Of tc