The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-18
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON news ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Aecl.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaee-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON T

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Bend, Priest Rapids, Palouse and Che.
Ian projects, have been restored to set
Element by secretary of interior.
Spokane will entertain the Washing
ton State Federation of Women's clubs
in annual convention next year.
David E. Gould of Boston has made
application to the city council at North
Yakima for a franchise for an electric
street car system there.
Preparations for the fourth annual
picnic and race meet of the Lincoln
County Pioneers association, June 10,
20 and 81, are now well under way,
and the affair this year promises to
be a great success.
Lying in the water of Mission creek.
back Of his fathers barn, the body of
W. P. Fly, son of c.. B. Fly Of Cash
mere, was found where it has lain
since the disappearance of the young
man from his home some two weeks
ago.
The annual basket picnic of the Spo-
kane County Pioneer society will be
held at Medical Lake on Saturday,
June 8, 1906.
Nazzareno Civerchio, who stabbed
Charles Rossi at Trinidad some time
ago, from the effects of which Rossi
died, has pleaded guilty in the superior
court at Waterville and was SEN
TO serve five years in the state
.penitentiary.
The Woodmen Of the World are to
hold a Monster meeting and competi-
tive initatory contest in Spokane
July 20.
Crops in eastern Washington. parti.
cereals. begin to show bad eff.
fects of the long continued dry spell
and the warm wave Of May.
Chief OF police Iva A. Brown will in
stall an up to date Bertillon system,
o which will be added a rogue's gal
cry at the Walla Walla police station.
The Albion State bank was organ.
zed at Albion recently with a capitali.
.ation of $25, 900.
1t is said hat the orchards from
.1llensburg down through the Kittitas
md Yakima valleys to the Columbia
comprises three quarters Of the
richard lands of the state of Wash
ngton.
strawberry growers at Kiona re-
emily engaged a party of 55 Yakima
indians to pick at 40 cents a crate. !
Jpon discovering the Urgent demand
DR. pickers in all parts of the valley {
hese up to date sons of the forest 7
truck for so cents a crate-and will $
ct it. /
Attorneys j. w. Brooks and GUY I
'artlett of Walla Waltz have MIR.
nased a one half interest N the old q
and Day ranch, near Chard
-ation, on the line of the o. R. g. N L
1ad between Starbuck and Pomeroy. '
are about 5000 acres in the s
lnch, which was purchased on the n
asis of SIS. 400. e
Typhoid fever is unusually ~nreva. o
mt in Spokane. p"
Reno Hutchinson of Portland has =
zen chosen general secretary of the Il
oung Mems Christian association
Spokane. ia
The president has sent to the senate :,
q nomination of Potter Charles SnIIi. l
N to be United States attorney for
estern district OF Washington. ci
One Of the future industries Of ID
a will be a shoe factory.
The judges in the recent inter. d
noiastic oratorical contest at Wash a.
ston State College, Pullman. decided al
ester Lehman of Spokane as winner is
the gold medal and the best orator
the nigh schools in the Inland g
1pire.
Harry Draper, slayer of the Ore. n
outlaw. Frank Smith. accom- 10
MED by Tom Hopper, both of spo-
ne nave gone to Kamloops. B.. G. 70,
ere they will take up the trail ms
Ihe TWO bandits who recently held
the Canadian Pacific passenger bo
lear there, securing nearly $40. an,
Mes" Cole, the aged rancber of ian
4 Mile bridge, who Disappeared :
% nome March %. was found mur. def
ed In the Spokane river 27 miles sur
DIV Spokane.
ne May term of the supreme court He.
an Monday with 164 cases to he be
rd' the largest May docket in the tin
DRY Of. the court. pan
he body of August Richards Of a.. But
q wen known stockman and cat -.
ouryer' was found in the Spokane loc'
Il In the heart Of the city last Tines. nav
search Of Robard's pockets gave and
ng evidence Of murder and robbery pee
silver watch had vanished sind NJ. 7
9 OF value except the bank book 70. Ken
neo' $40,
decl
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