Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-04-27
NEWSOF NORTHWEST
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-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NorEa.

Charles Rossi died at Spokane as a |
result of the injuries inflicted on him
by Mazzareno Cixerchia at Trinidad, |
Douglas county. The latter is now in
Jail at Waterville awaiting trial on the
charge of murder in the first degree.
The entire plant OF the Emerson
Lumber company at Port Moody was
burned to the ground recently.
The plant of the Harrington Milling
company is now being run day and
night on large orders for -four for the
Orient.
Spokane within the next few days
will ship nearly 100000 pounds of In
land Empire -four to San Francisco to
relieve suffering humanity in that sec
ton.
William ]. Akers, financial secretary
of the Seattle Labor council, commit
ted suicide in the bathroom of his
home by inhaling gas through a tube.
He was temporarily insane brought on
by overwork.
From $4,000 to $4,000 will be raised
by the Odd Fellows of Washington for
the relief of their brethren of San
Francisco.
1t is reported there are over 100
cases Of acute dyssentery in Walla
Walla.
Tacoma shipped $4,000 worth of
supplies Saturday to San Francisco on
order of the governor of Massachusetts
and mayor of Boston. Seventy thou
sand pounds of fresh beef also left in
refrigerator cars for San Francisco at
tached to express trains.
The national aerie of the Eagles has
assessed every member of the order 25
cents for the beneft of the sufferers
from the San Francisco fire. Lieuten-
ant Governor Coon, state deputy for
the order in Washington, has been au-
thorized to receive the funds, which
will aggregate, it is believed, $65,OOO.
Ephrata, is all a buzz with the ex-
element of the coming roundup of
horses to be held this week.
An effort is to be made to get bill
through the next legislature increas-
ing the salaries of at least some of the
state officers.
According to the financial report for
March to the board of control, the cost
per capita to feed, cloth, lodge and
guard cOnvicts at the state peniten-
tiary, including light and heat for the
buildings and salaries of employees, as
well as medical attendance and burial
of the dead, was $1O24O month dur
ing the fiscal year ended March 81.
The average daily number of convicts
was 1853 and the cost for clothing
was 81 year.
Krupp is a town of about 100 in
habitants, located on the main line
of the Great Northern, 80 miles west
of Spokane.
The beautiful home of H. H. Morgan
of Albion was destroyed by fire re-
Gently. The fire started in the smoke
house where Mr.. Morgan was smoking
meat
The stock shipments from Garfield
for the past IL months will aggregate
$125,OOO
Within 10 days the so inmates and
attendants from the feeble minded
institution at Vancouver will be trans
ferred by special train to the new
building recently erected for the state
at Medical Lake.
Governor Mead has telegraphed to
Governor Pardee of California placing
the entire militia organization of the
state of Washington at the disposal
of the California executive.
State Treasurer Mills reports that
the state has to it's credit in cash at
the close of business Saturday the
sum Of $2,O42,71O.44 of which the sum
of $1.018,12 was received as March
collections.
Spokane's contribution to the Cali
fornia earthquake victims is close to
$4,000. Spokane shipped rs carloads
Of flour. The Masons have raised $1,000,
the Eagles $500, the Elks $500, the
bartenders $500 and the knights of Co