Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-03-16
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
Place-FaII Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

ing guards Esterbrook and Chalott
and Deputy Sheriff Chef Belding of
Seattle. There are 819 convicts serv-
ing sentences at the penitentiary and
"a out on parole.
Jay P. Graves of Spokane has pur-
chased the tremendous falls in the Co
lumbia river above Kettle Falls,
Wash, 100 miles north of Spokane,
for $4,000. He expects to develop it
into one of the greatest electric prop
critics in America. Although the falls
are so immense that it is exceedingly
difficult to estimate the flow, there is
believed to be minimum of 10000
to 100000 horse power at low water.
The supreme court, in a decision
handed down recently sustained the
lower court in finding L. M. Poole of
Spokane guilty of living off the earn
ings of fallen woman, and in SEN
fencing him to five years imprison-
ment.
The North Coast road is not only an
assured fact but it has been definitely
stated by President Robert E. Stra-
horn that North Yakima is to be the
main division point between the two
terminals. Walla WalIa and Seattle.
While lying fat on the floor Of the
first story of the Merle Heany Manu-
featuring company's building, with
their heads projecting over freight
elevator shaft, directing streams of
water into the basement where fire
broke out recently Lieutenant Charles
Kirk and Pipeman Herman Larson of
the Seattle fire department, were
caught under the elevator and receiv-
ed serious injuries.
The Tacoma republican convention
has nominated for mayor, R. L. Nc
Cormick; treasurer, Ray Freeland;
comptroller, John Mead.
The contract for the construction
of the new armory building at Spo-
kane has been let. Price $4,000.
In response to request for an
opinion on the subject. Attorney Gen
eral Atkinson has advised the board
of control that the grain bags manu-
featured at the Walla Walla peniten-
tiary can be sold only to actual con-
sumers who are residents of the
state.
A 'full-hedged opium den, with some
of the paraphernalia still in sight, was
discovered in Seattle recently in a
Chinese laundry.
The supreme court has declared
unconstitutional the so-called pedlers'
licene law of 1905, under the provi-
sions of which pedlers were required
to pay a license fee Of 5000 in each
ried on bushes.
Judge Moore, mayor elect of Seat
tie, says he will close all forms of
gambling down tight in Seattle.
The supreme court has rendered a
decision knocking out as unconstitu-
tiOnal the plumbers license law.
The supreme court has decided that
where boundary line between two
tracts of land has been fixed by mu-
tual consent between the owners and
remains the recognized dividing line
for a period of 20 years. in fact it
becomes the actual boundary, not
withstanding a subsequent govern
meQt survey finds it is wrongly locat-
ed.
Jay P. Graves has bought from
Frank P. Hogan the Bowl and Pitch |
er" power site, seven miles down the
river from Spokane, for $4,000.
A travelling man named Staulding |
was robbed Of $1O6 in cash and $1,000
in checks by burglars who entered
his room at Aberdeen.
The apples on sale at the depot |
news stand at North Yakima are a
great attraction to homeseekers in
transit. The medium sized apples
they purchased for eating, while the
larger ones, which are curiosity to
them, they secure for souvenirs. Some
of the travellers willingly pay Is cents
each for the large specimens.
The lewiston Charleston company is
employing 1875 men laying the new
pipe line from Asotin creek to irrigate
Vineland. Five miles of the work is
finished.
Tumbleweeds and Chinese lettuce
which have been long a pest to far
mers of Harrington section, are re-
ported to be worse than ever.
The state land commissioners Of
fee has made the regular monthly set
Element with the state treasurer with
a total remittance Of $137, 459.37, the
principal items being the current
school fund collection, $29, SS1.7O; the
permanent school fund. $50, 408,71, and
the tide land fund, which goes into
the states general fund, s45.097.4O.