Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-02-09
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A real census of Whitman county
by municipal officials shows the popu-
lation to be 31.373.
A good showing is made in the
treasurer's office of Douglas county in
the collection of taxes for 1904.
The MAYHEM grange is one of the
prosperous institutions of Garfield
county. It has membership Of 100.
The 50th anniversary of the we'd
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Loundagin
was celebrated at Waitsburg last
week.
Only one woman committed suicide
in Spokane county last year out of the
16 unfortunates who ended their ex-
istence.
That he was tired of life, is the cx-
PLANTATION given by Peter Thompson, a
Dane, who shot himself in the head at
Spokane recently.
Manager butcher of the Sprague
roller mills has received an order for
ALSO barrels of flour to be shipped to
Vladivosteck at once.
The state board of control will in
future not limit the sale of jute bags
manufactured at the state penitenti-
airy to use in the state of Washington.
The Harrington school board has de-
cided to turn the seats in number
of the schoolrooms half way around
to gain a better light for the pupils
at work.
A huge tree sprayer has been sent
to Spokane from the Washington State
college at Pullman to be used fol
the spraying of shade trees, which
have become affected by aphis anc
other pests.
Representative Jones has been as
sured by Secretary Wilson that east
ern Washington will receive liberia
appropriation of the general funds TO
the promotion of scientific farming II
the west.
The highest price ever paid for i
acres of fruit lands in Yakima count,
was recorded recently, when e. j
Haaeze sold a tract on Mob hill to Il
S. Wilkinson of Syracuse, N. T., 10
$4,000, or $1,000 an acre.
On the ground that her husband ha
not taken a bath for four years an
has not during the seven years @
their married life used soap for pei
sonal cleanliness, Mary Frederickse
commenced suit against Kristian Fret
erickson in the King county superio
court to obtain divorce.
No officer in the northwest is MOI
thorough student of the Bertfllon sy
tenn of measuring criminals and tn
finger print system than Deputy she
if Maxey of Ellensburg, and no ofiit
in the northwest is better equippe
for this method of taking and retail
ing measurements of criminals the
the sheriff's office of Kittitas count
About 1000 persons gathered at tt
Sunnyside barbecue to celebrate u
coming of the railroad. TWO beev
were roasted, with which bread, bl
ter. baked beans, pickles and coli
were served. The business men
Sunnvside acted as walters. A tel
porary table 300 feet in length
circling the barbecued beeves W
provided. around which the CUES
stood several deep. All the tow
from Prosser to North Yakima we
well represented.
Judge M. ]. Gordon of Spokane a
other lawyers claiming to have &C
1 tracts with the Colville Indians for
per cent of the amount received by
dams from the sale of their surpl
lands. are trying to secure an amer
ment to the bill for opening the Z
/; Vile reservation which will Prov
) for payment to them of $4,000. In
contract was approved by Hoke SIN
when secretary of the interior, but
is now claimed the contract was n
er made with representative citizt
of the Colville reservation.
q. H. Dunford, prominent citi7
of Prosser was run over by freight trs
Monday night died few hours aft
ward from the shock. He was tryl
to climb over the train, when it star
and he fell between the cars.
The entire seasons output of gr'
bags from the state penitentla
amounting to over 100000 has b'
sold. The present out look for hes
yield of grain may increase the pr
of sacks later in the season. The pr
fixed by the state is 61s cents. IL
thought the price of sacks may go &c
cents before the close of the season.