Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-12-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Seattle wheat market was ex-
EXCEPTIONALLY strong last week.
The Harrington city council has
raised the saloon license to $1,000 per
year.
Harold Bush, aged z years, sick
from fever, was burned to a crisp at
Spokane recently.
Tacoma city council granted the In
dependent telephone company fran
cihse by unanimous vote.
Wenatchee Canal company contem-
plates an extension of their canal and
the irrigation of more land.
While coasting at Spokane Oscar
Oeschlagel, IL years of age, was killed
by sliding under a street car.
Judge Smell of the Pierce county
superior court has called grand
jury to investigate municipal affairs.
Nearly 5000 acres of land on the
Pend d'Oreille river near Bossburg,
Stevens county, will soon be opened
for settlement
The log rolling" held by the Wood
men at Colfax is ended. The meeting
was a great success, 376 new mem
bers being taken in.
Jeanne Brooks, vaudeville singer,
working at Tacoma, was left 100000
by the death of her husband, from
whom she was separated. He died in
South Africa.
]. H. Mason was killed in Belling-
ham recently by falling from box
car. Mr. Mason was a large property
owner and had a wide circle of ac-
quaintances.
Donations are needed for insane pa
tents at medical Lake. The superin-
tendent desires to make Christmas as
pleasant as conditions permit. Every
one is asked for a donation.
The recent purchase by the Grote
brothers of the G. B. Upton tract Of
wheat land of $500 acres, located in
the celebrated Eureka fiat district, for
which they paid approximately $780,
900, is considered a good bargain.
Angus McPhail, the murderer OF
Fred Anderson at Darlington, Wash,
May 1, 1908, paid the penalty of his
crime by death on the scaffold in the
prison yard at the penitentiary Fri
day
In a spirited and interesting orator
ical contest held in the chapel at
Whitman college for college orator
Calvin G. Thomanson carried away the
honors against five contestants. The
other speakers were Walter Felthouse,
Peringer and O'Neill. Peringer was a
close second.
Farmers are rejoicing over the
length of time the snow is staying on
the ground. They say that wheat will
grow under the snow since the ground
was not frozen. There has been more
sleighing since tins snow fell than at
any time since the winter of 1897,
when there was snow on the ground
for 20 days.
d. A. Griffin, a prominent hotel man
and pioneer politician of Deming, was
recently sentenced by Judge Neterer OF
the superior court to IA years in the
penitentiary for criminal assault on
J Winnie Johnson, 16 year old domes
, tic in his household. Notice of APP
, peal was given Immediately. yer
dict was returned September 29 and
caused a tremendous sensation
The Whitman county commissioners
have granted a franchise to the Wash
ington Water Power company of Spo
: kane TO erect poles and maintain an
electric power line on any public road
. in Whitman county. This is to be 6
power line and not railroad, but is
to supply electric power to towns
factories and private individuals il
: Whitman county.
DR.. j. Edward Hughes. awaiting
: North Xalrfp,a on oharQa M
+ bigamy, hanged himself in his cell dur
+ ing the night. Hughes was arrested
in Seattle on last February on seri
GUS charge preferred by Theophilu'
Hatch, a wealthy wheat raiser neal
u Almira, Wash, but this charge wal
later changed to bigamy. Hughes raj
away with Mrs. Hatch and her IA yea
old daughter. Hughes is claimed t.
: have married the daughter at Ogden
} Utah. She was granted a divorce a
/ Spokane three weeks ago. The tria
/ of Hughes had been set for the Janu
5 airy term of court.
While coming from tunnel on thei
u mining claim on the Colville reserva
ton about % miles from Wilbur. Lish'
Heady and Gus Pearson were fired UP
on from ambush. Both men were bad
Il ly wounded.
: Director Leach of the San FRANCHISES
+, mint, has established two facts in con
/ nection with the investigation of Cash
n Ter Adams thefts from the Seattl
\ assay office, both of which refute tn
Il self confessed embezzler's contention
and establish that his populations ez
tended over a period of FIVE years
Mr. Leach has ascertained that Ad