Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-07-28
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding county-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaco-outlOOk Is Bright
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
]. j. Watson, switchman, shot and
killed Otis DeLacy in Spokane Friday
night.
At a recent meeting Of the directors
of the Lincoln County Fair association
it was decided to hold the fair the
week following the Spokane Interstate
fair. There will be four days-the
18th, 18th, goth and 21st of October.
Ike Harris was unanimously chosen
manager.
Walla Walla county has begun the
annual campaign to straw the dusty
roads of the county and make them
passable for the immense amount of
wheat that must pass over them in
the next two months.
One of the most interesting events
connected with the Odd Fellows or
der of Washington was the recent cell
ebration OF the semicentennial of the
Olympia lodge No. 1.
]. L. Johnson of EndicOtt commit
ted suicide in that town recently. Mr..
Johnson had simply grown tired Of
life and cut his throat.
Especially shocking was the terri
BILE accident on the United States gun
boat Bennington to the people of Col
fax. Amel Bensel, one of the war
ships dead, left COlfax about one year
ago for the navy.
Within 10 minutes after Frank
Nicholas of Colfax had sold a 5 cent
package of cigarettes to a small boy
of IL years he was arrested and paid
$22.40 in fines.
Charles G. Setter has sold his $50
acre wheat ranch 10 miles south of
Cheney, to T. W. Merriman, a recent
arrival from Lind, for a consideration
of $4,000.
The reorganized Palmer Mountain
Tunnel company, pushing the big tun-
mel through the huge mountain of nor
thern Okanogan county, has been
launched under the laws of Arizona.
Washington has no uniform meth
cd for the assessment of railway prop
erty. The matter is entirely in the
hands of county assessors and county
boards of equalization to fix the val
ues within their respective jurisdic-
tions.
The Tacoma chamber of commerce
has already taken action in the eff
fort to induce the government to use
Washington fir on an equal basis with
yellow pine in the construction work
to be done in the Panama canal zone.
DR.. Dean Richmond Babbitt, late
rector of the Church of the Epiphany
in Brooklyn, N. Y, died recently from
the result of an operation performed
to relieve internal complications, some
months ago, He was for 10 months
dean Of All Saints cathedral in Spo.
kane.
Italians in Spokane and Lewiston
Idaho, are asserting that Joseph Rossi
Duo di Rossi, nobleman, grandee
and alleged heir to $54,OOO,O OO-is a
fakir and owes sums varying from the
conventional IS loan to a board bill
A warrant has been obtained from 9
justice at Spokane for the arrest oil
Rossi on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
David Sullivan was accidentally
killed in the California Wine house al
Wenatchee by J. F. Murphy, a prin
ter, Sullivan was a well known ranch
er, residing only few miles from the
city. Without apparent cause, Sulli
van commenced to abuse Murphy, ant
finally struck him. Murphy in turf
struck Sullivan in the mouth with his
fist. Sullivan staggered over and fel
backward, and broke his neck by the
fall. The blow received by Sullivan
was not hard one, scarcely break
ing the skin on his lip.
The mountain climbing party, a!
finally made up for the start on las
Monday from Paradise valley to tn,
top of Mount Rainier, height 15,5
feet, consisted of rs -Mazamas from
/ Oregon and Washington, ITO Sierrai
from California, q Appalachians from
the east and six Alpines. Red fire will
/ be burned from the mountain tor
Tuesday night at 9 o'clock and shoulC
be visible with glasses for $50 miles
around. The elevation of the presen
camp is $500 feet.