Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-09-15
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
Place-Outlook Is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

class.
State Grain Inspector Arrasmith
says Washington crop will aggregate
thirty millions.
Lincoln county farmers have never
known a period of greater prosperity
than they are now experiencing.
The machinery is being placed in the
new creamery which is expected to be
in operation within 10 days at Waits
burg.
OF the Is Sunnyside school teachers |
two are men, one a married woman
and IL unmarried. Eight own ranches
near Sunnyside.
The remains of Thomas Madden,
who was killed by a freight train on
the Great Northern, were taken to We
natchee for burial.
The body of an unknown man was
found Sunday in the river at Spokane.
The dead man was large, tall and
well built, and weighed about $50
pounds.
N. o. Baldwin has closed a deal for
the Jacob Ledgerwood estate. the
estate is situated eight miles west of
Pomeroy and consists of 1920 acres
and sold for $4,000.
Work has ben resumed on the fed
eral building at Seattle and will be
continued without delay says the con-
tractor. 1t will require about two
years to complete the building.
1t is announced that Major Gerhard
L. Luhn, United States army retired,
at his own request has been relieved
from duty as instructor in military tao
tics at Gonzaga college at Spokane.
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions shows that 976s
residents of the state of Washington
|; were on the pension rolls June 30
1905, who drew during the last tisca
year $1,27S,6 $50.
The body of Andrew Jackson, pic
; neer of Medical Lake, was found IL
Fernan lake, a small lake a mile ant
half from Occur d'Alene city Th'
:. deceased is supposed to have met hi
death by accidental drowning abou
) six days ago.
Friday night the most terrific rain
- storm known in northwest washington
since the establishment of branch
the government weather bureau a
e Bellingham eight years ago, occurred
e one and a half inches of rain fallin
n in two and half hours.
!. The best offer for supplying tn
" state with jute for the years run a
o the penitentiary jute mill submitte
o. to the board of control in response
If the call for bids was nearly $1,000
=, more than the board expected to pa
for the $500 bales required.
- A negro was shot and mortal
- wounded while stealing a ride on tn
- westbound freight at North Yakim
by Brakeman c. e. tombstone. Johl
stone claims that the negro attacke
him with a bar of iron while he wa
trying to put him off the train.
e. James Hamilton, who claimed to
an English nobleman, related to III
o. duke of Abercorn, is missing in Sea
n. tie and his best friend, Arthur Gam
IS a Dawson mining man, has reported
e, the police his belief that Hamilton hi
ID committed suicide by drowning.
&C. Burglars robbed me safe OF the &c
trail theater at Seattle, one OF the cha
en- of 10 cent houses, some time ear
in Sunday morning, and got 1928 in cas-
re The safe was not blown open, whi'
N. shows that the robbery was comm
ted by some one who knew the coml
ID nation.
Moritz Thomson, president OF q
nd Centennial Mill company, estimat
that California will use 100000 bus
ui- els of Washington wheat this yea
go He also states that orders for appro'
by mately 100000 bushels have been
ew ceived from the United Kingdom. t
oh present harvest in Washington is es
sci mated at 34000,000 bushels.
Japanese Consul Hisamiduz at Sc
tie has exchanged kilograms wi
Aimaro Sato, on Baron Komura's sta
in regard to the exact sailing date
lat the Minnesota. Baron Komura
&C sires to give public reception in
&c attic before leaving, as a mark Oh
I'd probation.
ew Bonds from the Spokane & lnla
per Railroad company have been sold
gas eastern firms and the road has
ers funds with which to build its III
ion from Spokane to Colfax and Palou
lar with provision for securing enou
Ieir additional money to extend the road
the Snake river or elsewhere when
compapy thinks such extensions wo
be profitable.
,hn The attorney general has given
led oniniou on the new law prohibiting
his running at large of stock in count
~ 1sh ara thrae-fourths under fer