Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-08
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Mead that he might expire in peace
and dignity in the bosom of his rela-
tives, is taken by the governor to be
a breach of the conditions of the par
don, and Spencer, because he overlook
ed this opportunity, is likely to be re-
manded back to prison to serve his
time.
Douglas county is to have fine mod
ern court house. costing $50, 900, at Wa
terville, the county seat.
William Gordon, a wealthy rancher
living on Spring Flats, five miles from
Colfax, lost IL head of fine horses re-
Gently. He took home a load of poi
soned wheat, which he left standing in
the wagon in his yard, and during the
night the horses got at the wheat and
ate it. They were dead next morning
when found. The animals were valued
at $1,000.
What is claimed to be the best Sec
ton of wagon road in Whitman county
has been completed near Pullman by
the expert road builders sent by the
federal department of agriculture to
construct model piece of road as
lesson in good roads.
A reward of $25OO is offered for the
capture or information of the murderer
of Elsie Milhuff King county offers
$1,000 and Renton city council $500,
and citizens of Renton have raised
$1,000.
Through the courtesy of the chief
engineer of the battleship Nebraska
about 100 students of the University
of Wisconsin will spend their summer
vacation ON board the big sea fighter
while she is making her trial speed
tests and cruises.
Now that the sugar beet season is
opening, there is steady movement of
Japanese section hands from the rail
ways to the beet fields.
Wilsoncreek men will put in a ferry
across the northern part of Moses lake
in a few weeks.
George Bonney, a farmer residing
near Deming, was killed recently while
blasting stumps.
The Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern jointly will build line from
Spokane southwest to the Snake river
to connect with the joint line running
from Portland up the north bank OF
the Snake river to Riparia, Wash.
One of the largest realty transfers in
the Kittitas valley for years was the
recent sale Of the Ramm ranch just
west of Enensburg by Mrs. So
phronia Ramm to Frank d. Scott, re
cent arrival from Billings, Mont, fol
100000. There are 25S acres in the
tract, which is mostly in hay.
Albert Welty, who was gored by {
wild bull at his dairy farm near Ellens
burg, will recover.
No trace has been found. of the body
of John Carroll, the milkman of Walls
Walla, who has been missing since thu
day of the flood. A reward of $50 has
been offered for the recovery of thu
body or information as to his where
abouts, if living.
c. B. Kegley, master of the stat
grange, has presented fine specimen
of the golden eagle to the Washington
State college, The eagle measures
seven feet and two inches from tip t
tip of wings.
OF the ISL applicants for certificate
to teach in the public schools of Spo
kane county, only about 70 passed.
Sheep by the thousands are vending
their way from the country about Trim
idad, Quincy and Ephrata toward tn
Cascade mountains, where they are L
be ranged during the summer.
The annual communications of tn
grand Masonic bodies of the state o
Washington will begin their sessions i
Spokane June IL and continue to Jun
81. There will be sessions of tn
grand lodge, Free and Accepted Me
sons; grand chapter, Order of the Eas
ern Star; grand chapter, Royal Arc
Masons; grand council, Royal and 81
lect Masters; grand commander
Knights Templars.
Chow Hung Noe and Chang T
Tsung, appointed by the viceroy c
Manchuria to visit the United State
with other special commissioners, ar
examining the irrigation system in tn
Yakima valley and the fruit raising II
dustry.
Representative of large railroa
contracting firms of Washington an
Oregon are at Conconully this week
look over the ground on which the go
ernment's Okanogan irrigation proje'
will be built, and secure informatio
on which to base bids.
Surveyor General Eggleston of ldah
has filed with the interior departmeI
a statement in which he denies in tot
all the charges recently preferre