The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-14
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

~Olh0ISIOuo Vi the new 7. M. &. A.
building at Spokane.
Considerable grain has been de-
stroyedI n-the- vicinity Of Pafouse in
he past few days by fire.
There is still a vast amount of har-
vest work to do in all parts of the east
ern half of Whitman county.
The state school for deaf and blind
at Vancouver has re-opened with a
largely increased attendance.
Franklin B. Gault of Tacoma has
been elected to the presidency OF the
state university of South Dakota.
The headquarters of the Occur d'A-
lene Indian agency will be removed
from DeSmet mission to Tekoa, Octo-
Der /.
Palouse city council has fixed the
evy on all taxable property In Palouse
At Is mills on the dollar for municipal
purposes.
The Hotel Donnelly at Tacoma was
partly destroyed by fire recently.
There was a panic among the guests
but all escaped in their night attire.
The Northwestern Woodenware fac
DRY at Tacoma was destroyed by fire
'%ecently. One dry kiln and one boiler
room were saved. Loss, 10000; In.
surance, $4,000.
G. e. Rusk of Chelan and A. L. Cook
If Lucerne have returned from a trip
turing which they made the uccess
'ul ascent Of Glacier peak, the fourth
highest mountain in Washington.
State Fire Warden ]. r. Welty re-
1orts that the rains of the past few
lays have closed the season of active
field work, and he is now checking up
10 find how his Office stands finan.
cially.
Mrs. E. @. Stanly, wife of a music
iealer in Walla Walla, received word
hat a fortune amounting to 100000
had been left her and FIVE other heirs,
in Germany. Her share amounts to
about So, 0ee.
Terrified at the burning Of their
homes. and by threats made against
their lives by the Bridges on Vashon
island, thirty miles from Seattle, prom.
inenr citizens of that place have Sc
cured warrants for the arrest of the
band.
N. f. Christie, a farmer from Iowa,
has purchased the old Steineger farm,
one and one-fourth miles northwest OF
Addy, Wash, in the Colville river val
ley. This is one of the most interest
ing historic farms in the state.
The home industry building at the
Spokane fairgrounds huns like a hive
these days, for in that building the
floats for the carnival parade that is
to be held the opening night of the
fair, September "a, are being built.
A number of soda water dispensers
in Walla Walla were caught recently
for $25 each when Internal Revenue
Collector w. e. Blow swooped down
upon them for dispensing claret with
heir soft drinks without first procur-
ing a license.
Railroad contractors have been in
formed that the plans and profile Of
the new Union Pacific road from Port
land to the Sound can be seen at the
Union Pacific engineers office in Sc
attic, and contractors are invited to
submit bids on the work.
Federal Judge Hanford has granted
a temporary restraining order forbid
ding the state railroad commission
from interfering with the o. r. & N.
or other state railroads n an attempt
to enforce the joint wi t rate order.
The temporary restrain g order will
continue in effect until :le CASE can be
heard on its merits.
According to Professor j. S. Cotton,
who has represented the government
at Ellensburg for several years In the
matter of conducting experiments
looking to the restoration Of ranges,
timothy has shown itself to be pre-
eminently superior for renewing ran
ges, ~excelling all other grasses in its
hardness, tenacity and general adapt
ability to adverse conditions. Red top
the professor finds to be a close Sec
ond. He has concluded that these two
are the ones that must be depended
upon to restore depleted ranges.
Ten cars of steel rails, part OF a
freight train, west bound, Sunday aft
o were derailed at the west end
of the G. n. Camden tunnel. No one
was injured. The cause Of the derail-
ment was a broken fiange on n OF
the wheels of a boxcar near the front
end of the train. The debris collected
about the scene and workmen were
put to work clearing it away at once.
The track will be cleared and ready