Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-06
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
4 Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding Country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FalI Trade ls Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

recently. .Twenty-three cars piled up
in every direction, the main track and
all sidings being entirely blocked.
In the presence of a packed court
room at Davenport Judge Miles Poin-
dexter of Spokane rendered a deci-
sion that Attorney H. N. Martin,
against whom disbarment proceedings |
had been brought because of alleged
attempt to bride the court commits
sioner, had not been proven guilty.
The Tacoma strike, declared short
time ago by Italian laborers and Sec
ton hands employed by the street rail-
way company, was declared off to-
night.
The Inland Empire Railway COM
pany has started development of its
power site at Nine Mile bridge on the
Spokane river about nine miles below
town.
The omnibus public building appro-
priation bill as enacted into law. car
ries the following Washington pro-
visions; Tacoma and Spokane, $780,
900 each; Bellingham, $4,000, and
North Yakima $4,000. The last two
provisions represent OUTLAWS for build
ing sites.
The funeral of o. o. Peck, a Spo-
kane pioneer and one of the original
owners of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
mine, occurred at Spokane Sunday.
The supreme court has affirmed the
| judgment OF the King county superior
court which held that the election Of
April 20 to determine whether certain
property should be annexed to West
Seattle was null and void.
Three men, whose identity is I'M
known, are believed to have lost their
? lives by drowning in Lake Washing
ton, Seattle, recently.
Lieutenant Governor Coon was elect
e ed president of Eagles at the state
n convention in Seattle.
!. e. F. Waggoner, grand master OF
(, the Masons, has been requested to
}, convene the grand lodge at Davenport
). July 3, and lay the corner stone of the
t $4,000 courthouse there.
r The farmers at Dixie, who are
+ among the heaviest stockholders OF
e the new company formed to develop
S the oil fields in their locality, are ne
n gotiating with an experienced oil wei
driller from Los Angeles to come here
e with his outfit and put down a tes
p well.
Il There are now grazing in the Cas-
l. cade mountains, mostly in the vicinit!
e of Leavenworth, about 100000 head o
k sheep. These have wintered in thu
% counties of Douglas, Adams and Frank
}, lin and are driven there for summe
a grazing.
Mrs. Sallie Caller of North Yakimi
1t secured a verdict for $4,000 agains
k James Mcmahon and his wife, Gather
1t inc Mcmahon, which sum is alleged t
1t have been stolen from the plaintiff b.
the defendants during fire at he
N home about year ago.
al The prospect for wheat in Franklin
lie county is the best by far since the lam
IL has been under cultivation.
&c Attorney General ]. D. Atkinson, il
III an opinion rendered recently hold
ie that the railroad commission has ful
% authority under the law creating it t
y define reciprocity demurrage" as tn
e right of a shipper to demand empt
u cars within a reasonable time afte
N making application to the railroads 70
IT, them, and that the commission ais
re has authority to fix and enforce pena
% ties on a reasonable reciprocal demu
rage rule or regulation.
n The members of the Washingto
e State Beekeepers association have d.
lg cided to hold the next meeting 6
ie Pullman in January.
ly The wheat harvest has begun o
ay Badger mountain near Wenatche
the farmers in that locality havin
ne commenced to cut winter wheat. tn
as wheat now being harvested is we
On filled out and will thresh from rs
rC 80 bushels to the acre.
Governor Mead has received an of
nl- cial announcement Of the National l
OF rigation congress to be held in Bots
m Idaho, September to inclusive, wit
ng a request to give it wide publicit
Washington is entitled to Is delegate
he to be appointed by the governor,
"a delegates to be appointed by Il
"a mayor of each city having 10000 I
tly over and in addition to the delegat'
on from commercial clubs.
nd Blind drunk two Indians drove {
en- the railway track near Yakima eli
Sunday afternoon while the Yves
De- bound North Coast Limited was a
of preaching at high speed and we
di- struck. The engine threw them
lif- feet distant to barb wire fence al
at both were instantly killed. The me