Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-01-12
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, MONTANA, IDAHO
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding cOuntry-Numerou Aeei-
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Fall Trade ls Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WA0t1ttNGt yin W. ! G9s
Ross R. Brattain of Spokane left
for Washington, d. c., the first of the
week to take an examination for the
consular service of the United States.
He has been advised that the presi
dent has appointed him consul at
Hangchow, China, subject to the ex-
animation to be given January Is.
At a recent meeting of the Chelan
County Horticultural association, it
was decided to hold a farmers insti-
tute on January IS and 10, in con-
nectiOn with a poultry show to be held
at that date.
The Washington State Poultry asso-
citation at it's exhibition, which will
be held at North Yakima February -
10, is expecting the entry of at least
1900 birds.
The Farmers Grain and Supply
company, with headquarters in Spo-
kane, will spend 100000 in SeaLde
in purchasing site and in erecting
an elevator.
The disappearance of c. ]. Hill, one
of Everett's prominent jewelers., is
still a mystery.
More mining development is plan
ned near Twisp than ever before.
Spokane, Seattle and Montana mining
men are investigating in the copper
and gold properties. Railroad trans.
portation for Okanogan county is now
! practically assured.
The Prosser commercial club is TAX
ing steps to secure a local station OF
the United States weather bureau
there. While Spokane and Ellens
burg have seen the mercury dOwI
close to zero this winter, it has moi
been lower at Prosser than five or siz
, below freezing, and the people want
the fact known throughout the north
: west.
-Four grade Jersey COWS, owned by
D H. w Eldred of Ellensburg made the
: following record of production las
r year: Milk, 24,459 pounds; butter
o 1892 pounds; gross income, $35S.61
cost of feed, $185.27 net income pc
!, COW, $43.32 The skim milk and thu
calves raised are not considered in fig
uring financial returns.
:. Ex-Governor Steunenberg of Idaho
who was assassinated at Caldwell, wa
: one of the Idaho men interested il
Z. the sugar beet factory to be built a
Ellensburg.
!. When the new cathedral at Seattl
@ is completed Charles Sweeny of Spc
kane will have borne one tenth of tn
d cost of it. He, on Thursday, sen
Bishop O'Dea a check for $4,000 TO
t that purpose. This is the largest de
9 nation made by any individual. TIL
, cathedral, when completed, will hav
. cost 100000. Father Emil KauteI
a vice chancellor, declares that MI
2 Sweeny's gifts and those OF his wifi
s. will probably never be known in thei
o entirety. He places the amount col
d .tributed by Mr.. Sweeny and wife
" Catholic institutions at $25O,OOO. Thi
is a conservative estimate, accordin
to the churchman.
&c Unless the Chinese boycott on Anne
lean goods is removed within the mex
80 days the plant of the Centennit
d Milling company, with a capacity {
If 2400 barrels of -four per day, and ths
g of the Hammond Milling compan,
with its daily capacity of 1000, will
'e forced practically to close down.
II A love feast, participated in by Il
d Dor leaders from all sections of tn
state, at Aberdeen, marked the clos
of the most profitable convention
70 the history of the state federation {
. labor.
# During the past year approximate
lie 1000 tons of fruit we're shipped frol
1t North Yakima.
er The county records show an int
lg esting improvement in conditions
y Whitman county during the year 100
On the Spokane Indian reservatiO
about 35 miles down the river frol
Spokane, lives the remnants of th
N once mighty tribe Of Spokane Indian
y Civilization and disease have don
their work, and from 5000 member
which it boosted 80 years ago, tn
a tribe has dwindled down to less tina
II 900.
u Bellingham is chosen as the ne1
place of meeting of the state labC
congress.