Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-01-27
FOUR N1RTHNESTEMS STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exehanses-cullInss
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oreson-NumsrOus Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

A basket ball league has been Iorn'
ed in Spokane.
A new Northern Pacific bridge is 10
be built over the Columbia at Pasco'
A cheese weighing 511 pounds was
received in Spokane recently from
St. Louis exhibit.
Governor Mead has signed the bill
repeating the libel law. The bill car
ried an emergency clause and Is IN
effect now.
The Northern Pacific has ordered
it's train crews vaccinated because OF
the smallpox in many Of the districts
along the railroad,
The president has assured Represen-
tative Humphrey Of the early reap
pointment of George M. Stewart as
postmaster at Seattle.
| A. P. Sawyer of Seattle has been ap-
pointed regent of the state university
by Governor Mead, vice W. E. Snriker
of Mount Vernon, who resigned few
days ago.
Seattle business men and capitalists
are to undertake the construction of a
railroad from Valdez through the Cop
per River valley to point on the Am
erican Yukon.
Efforts will be made in the state
legislature during ssthe present session
to amend the fish and game laws in
order to give sportsmen and fishermen
more open season.
A recommendation for the installa-
ton of postal car service between the
towns of Tekoa and Connell on the o.
R. & N. is expected to receive favor
able consideration at Washington.
The Washington State Funeral Di-
.rectors' association is formulating a
bill providing for the compulsory en-
balming and disinfection of bodies dy-
ing of contagious disease before inter.
ment.
Governor Mead has signed the bill
increasing the supreme court judges
from five to seven in number and ap-
pointed Milo A. Root of Seattle and
Herman D. Grow of Spokane as addi-
tional judges.
B. F. Reed of Ellensburg was re-
elected president, James Dick of Dun
geness was elected vice president and
Mrs. c. Carmichael of Yakima was
reelected secretary-treasurer of the
mems state dairy association.
Olympia, the state capital, almost
under the shadow of the building
where the law was passed making it
a felony, gambling is tlourishing. There
are roulette, poker and crap games in
the back end of every saloon in town.
Supply men and farmers of the Pa.
louise and Big Bend countries have
thousands of gunny sacks left over
this year because a large part of their
grain moved east in bulk instead of
west in sacks last fall The railroads
have come to the rescue and have civ.
en- rate on gunny, burlap and lutte
sacks from interior points to the coast
equal to the wheat rates from the shin.
ping points.
Andrew Jensen, tool sharnener
was instantly killed and viii Fisher .
aborer, was severely injured by an ac-
oldental discharge of giant powder at
the Mineral Hill mines, near Conoon.
nuly.
William Nettleton. a pioneer Of sno.
kane, met a tragic death last FRIDAY
morning by falling from the bi~S
bridge Of the Great Northern railwev
in the west end of the city.
The protected cruiser WASHINGTON
Will be launched at the Ship Buildino
oompany's yards, Camden. N T
March II. Arrangements are non,
being made to secure the presence If
4overnor Mead, and as many others
from the state as may be induced to be
" 10
BENJAMIN B. Allen, an emplove Of
the United States assay Office N
Seattle, is'dead at the age Of SO.
More than 825 citizens of Colfax ana
vicinity attended the mass meeting ~
meet Jay P. Graves and Fred p cr,U
lell OF Spokane, who are there to die
suss the proposition Of building an
electric railroad from Spokane to Mos
,oW' via Rosalia, Colfax and Pullman
rne meeting was attended largely hv
armers. Farmers were enthusiasficoi
y In favor of helping to build tba
'oad. u 'ne
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