The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-24

| reported exceptionally good
Fire has destroyed the sawmilI and
all the other buildings at Parkersburp
on the Coquille river, except the resi-.
dence of Manager Kronenburg and ono
other. The sawmill was valued at
SIS, 900 and belonged to the Doe estate
of San Francisco.
Il MONTANA NEWS.
The north bound flyer Of the Orc.
! gon Short Line railroad dashed
!, through an open switch at Lima, about
. 40 miles south of Butte, crashing into
a freight standing on a siding, kill
ing Freight Conductor Samuel Ewalt
and fatally injuring Engineer John
F'uce of the passenger train and Sc
riously injuring his fireman, Phil Sap
. pington.
The board of equalization has placed
!, the assessed valuation of Sanders
county at $3,253,128. A compromise
was effected with the Big Blackfoot
Milling company, one Of the largest
concerns in western Montana, increas-
ing it's assessment $103,291. The
county commissioners then held a ses-
sion and fixed the tax levy for the
lyear 1906 at IL mills.
Helena.-The jury in the Carroll
case returned verdict of not guilty
on the first and third counts and guilty
on the second. The first count charged
the willful enclosure. the second the
maintenance and control Of the same
and the third the assertion of owner
ship. He is charged with illegal fenc-
ing of public land.
level.
From Chinook comes the report that
w. e. Davidson, cattle man and
rancher, was shot and instantly killed
by crazy man, at his ranch on Cow
creek. The murdered surrendered.
Secretary Pace, of the Montana
State fair, has issued the premium list.
rules and regulations of the Sixth an
nual fair of the Montana Agricultural,
Mineral and Mechanical association,
which commenced in Helena Monday,
Sept. 81, 1875, and continued six days.
There was premium list amounting
to $3.50 and special premiums amount
ing to over $4,000.
The Earnest Stackpole jury at Los
Angeles returned verdict of first de-
gree murder and recommended life i'm
prisonment. He was raised in Butte.
1t is said the work of marking the
boundary line between Montana and
Idaho will be completed this year.
The Milwaukee railroad contractors
have begun grading for that road few
miles south of Butte.
Fred Baker. known to the printing
fraternity as "the pride of Montana"
is back in Butte after seven years OF
| wandering.
The official notification of the resig-
| nation of Col. A. F. Bray, as colonel OF
the Second Montana, has reached the
Governor.
IDAHO NOTES.
Few residents of Lewiston or Nez
| Perez county were too poor to pay
1906 taxes, according to the final re-
port of the county auditor.
Mrs. Agnes Staples. aged 43, wife
of Clifford Staples, who lives near
Forest City, may die from the injuries
received by being dragged down the
mountain side by one foot, which had
| caught in the stirrup of her saddle,
and lying exposed for "a hours before
being found.
The assessed valuation of the state
outside of railways, telegraphs ana
telephones is $6S,5O0,000 in round fig-
ures, an increase of $6.500,O00 over s
last year. The railway assessment last
year was $10,67S,O00, and the teie-
graphs and telephones 100000. inc
| latter will not be increased.
| All Sing, the only Chinaman In Oro-
fino, is minus his queue, and the citl-
| zens Of the Clearwater town are now
hoping that he will leave the com
munity. He lost his hair by !mplnins
too freely of whiskey and while "a
| boring under the delusion that II ne
cut off his queue he could secure
white wife.
The Indians about Spalding aio
about all gone to the mountains ioi
| the summer hunt or to Yakima :"
| pick hops.
The state board of equalization nao
| fixed the valuation of railways ~,
purposes of taxation. 1t increase
main lines in some instances pow
others $500 a mile and others Deine
left without change.
| While on a camping trip under tio
auspices of the Baptist church OF ioano
Falls, Harry Williams was shot III Inv
back by Roy Heller and instantly hiil
ed. 1t was purely accidental anu ~
blame attaches to the young man VIM
did the shooting.