Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-09-08
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Outook Is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


The Garfield public schools will
open on the 18th inst. with S. M. Nc
Croskey in charge.
William w. Bailey, manager of the
Portland store of Tull & Gibbs, died
at Spokane Saturday night.
Granger is one of the new towns on
the Sunnyside branch of the Northern
Pacific railway, in Yakima valley.
Robert Colby, living near Reardan,
reports the banner yield of oats, his
crop averaging 100 bushels to the
acre.
The county superintendent OF
schools has apportioned $6429.2O of
school funds among the 122 districts
of Douglas county.
The Ritzville public schools opened
Monday morning with IA teachers
Three will teach in the high school
and IL in the grades.
Senator Samuel H. Piles has &C
cepted the invitation by the Walla
Walla County Fair association to make
an address during fair week.
Complaint is made by farmers liv-
ing in the vicinity of Oakesdale,
Thornton, Sunset and st. John, be-
cause of their inability to get grain
threshed.
b. A. Bickford of Mob Hill has sold
his 10 acre ranch near North Yakima
for $4,000 He paid $500 for it a year
ago. The purchaser is e. w. Hines
of Glendive, Mont.
"A. R. Arbuckle, who was at Wilbur
ha Son
tinel, has been appointed state organ
izer for the F'raternal Union of Amer
lea.
The IL year old son of ]. G. Parker
of Ora ger, was killed recently by thu
caving in of a cistern in which h
was working with his father. The lat
was dead before he could be rescued
Ferrets may become an importan
factor in agriculture in this countr.
as destroyers of the squirrels whicl
levy heavy tribute on the grain crop
of Whitman county every year.
Deaths during August as records
by the Spokane board of health nun
bered II, of which 3S were males an
SO females. For the same perio
there were 101 births, of which B
were males and 46 were females.
Alice Durkee, the 10 year old gil
who was shot by Harry Stanley, VIII
committed suicide, at Spokane,
dead. and the number of homicides
Spokane since January 1, 1905, nc
counting the large number of suicides
was swelled to eight.
With 200 passengers aboard, man
of whom were women and children
who almost created a panic, the sten
er Flyer at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoo
ran full speed into the Olympia Oystt
company's dock while making Ian
ing at her own wharf in Seattle.
Fire did $4,000 damages at Dayto
Sunday 1t destroyed the Great Yves
ern hotel. The residence of jess
Samuel was damaged to the extel
of $500. The Baptist church and pa
sonage were scorched. A general stol
and the residence of Mr.. Engel wei
burned.
A corps of engineers of the COVER
ment reclamation service is in Yakin
valley. They are making surveys, l
speeding pumping plants, pipe line
ascertaining arid land acreage, In Ia
gaining full and complete knowledl
of the Sunnyside canal, preparato
to a report to the government.
The steamer Jerome, loaded WI
1000 bushels Of wheat, consigned FRO
Kennewick to Cello, struck rock
the Columbia river when just apo'
the mouth of the Snake river al
sank in about 80 feet of water. II
cargo is ruined, but it is believed u
boat can be raised Captain DAM
was in charge of the boat No Of
was injured.
Following is a condensed report
the business done at the United stat
land Office in Walla Walla during A
gust: Cash entries for 162S.S4 acre
"a: receipts for same, s242675; desc
land entries for 2569.61 acres, 10;
ceipts. s642.41; homestead entries I
6424.S7 acres, receipts, $S31.22; m
proofs for 15l4.32 acres, receip
$64.07; miscellaneous fees, $lOz.SS'
OREGON NEWS.
James w. Young, one OF Weston