Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-08-11
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-Outlook Is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

There are eighty-three hundred tele-
phones in Spokane.
Homer WicKs was drowned recently
in the Snake river near Colfax.
New wheat is arriving in Seattle
TWO weeks in advance of last year.
A new jail for boys has been fitted
up in the court house at Seattle,
The records Of the burned court
house at Waterville are unimpaired.
The Olympia Trade Council has Sc
cured Governor Mead as labor day |
orator. September 4.
Chuckanul sandstone will be used in
the construction of the new federal
building at Seattle.
| George Rumens, an old time Palous- |
er and wealthy rancher and mine own
er, attempted suicide recently. i
1t is said the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway company has pur-
chased terminal grounds in Seattle.
The year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Mahart of Reardan was run over
by load of hay and instantly killed.
Straw day was observed at Cunning
ham last Tuesday to put the roads in
shape for the general hauling time to
come.
Mayor Clark of Sumas has instruct
ed the town marshal to close up all
gambling places and prosecute all Of
tenders.
A comparison with the tax rolls of
Lincoln county of the last year show
an increase in taxable property of
s31S,329.
1.-The Spokane Interstate Fair will
show an improvement over all previ-
Gus years this season." says Manager
: Cosgrove.
Property owners of Sedro-Woolley
are required by it's city ordinance to
cut the thistles from their places be-
fore August 10.
Federal Judge Hanford has knocked
out the state law prohibiting the sale
of trading stamps He held the act to
be unconstitutional
During the last 81 years the fire in
surance companies have paid losses in
a the state of Washington amounting to
t more than $15,125,65S
r. For the past month the demand for
labor at the Seattle city employment
|, bureau has been from two to three
r times as great as the supply.
?. The jewelry store of A. e. Sever OF
l. Palouse city was robbed of SIS worth
n of goods by man whom Mr. Sever
5, accidentally locked in his store.
It An unidentified man, supposed to be
2. George Shannon, was shot and killed
e yesterday morning at 4 o'clock a
/ Cheney by Marshall A. Blackman.
e The appointment of ex-CongressmaI
l. Sam c. Hyde of Spokane to be com
IT mandant of the state soldiers home a
Orting is announced by the governor
Washington's grain crop for thu
year 1905 will be between 33,000 Oh
81 and 35,000,000 bushels, is the state
a. ment of S. S. King. deputy grain in
n spector.
- The monthly financial statement is
v sued by the state auditor shows re
10 ceipts to the general fund amounting
in July to $751;, 24S and expenditure
n of $102,699.
st The national convention of railroa,
at commissioners and the interstate co n
a MERGE commission will visit the north
le west in the latter Fart of this mont
after the convention scheduled a
Deadwood, S. d. A day will be spen
in Spokane and the party will then g
n on to the coast.
IN Eugene e. Larimore, western Wasl
ct ington agent for a piano house, ha
ed been arrested in Seattle charged wit
~ embezzling 1885 in money belongin
as to his employers.
IT. 1t is announced an effort is bein
IT. made to organize citizens of Wasl
On ington who were formerly natives {
OF Michigan into an organization to b
known as the Michigan society.
Ex-State Senator C. A. Mantz, fC
Is years one of the most respecte
Ia citizens of Colville and one Of tn
by ablest constitutional lawyers in tn
ge state of Washington, died recently.
ill Harvest is in full swing now in tt
tie Waterville section. The farmers al
at still crying for harvest hands, al
he never before has help been so scare
M Grain sacks are now worth 91s cen
apiece in Waterville.
John B. Whidden of the junior clai
at the University of Washington, HI
of received word from the college a
cd thorities at the University Of Chicat
IN that he had been awarded a schola
,rs ship in the department of history
ed that institution.
of One of two whales that have bee
making their summer home in Pug
sound, wandered about until he caug
he a glimpse of Tacoma recently and ft
dead His floating carcass was foul