Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-08-17
NEWSOF NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding cOuntry-Numerou Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaes-FaH Trade Is Coed.
WASHINGTON ITEMS,


ed Bloom, who committed suicide
in the penitentiary at Walla Walla,
was we'll known in Spokane.
While at work with hay press on
the farm Of Mr.. Ramey, three miles
east of Tekoa, Leland Wheedon, a 49,
year-old boy, had his right foot caught
in the machine and crushed to a pulp.
Two men were killed and three Sc
verely injured by the premature ex-
plosion Of dynamite at railway con-
struction work camp near Kennewick.
An advance of 81 Is noted in the
price list issued Monday by the Spo-
kane lumber combine over the pre-
vious lists.
Grain bags are selling at higher
prices than for many years. The best
wheat sacks bring II cents, while oat
sacks sell for 10 IL cents. A large
number of farmers are preparing to
handle their wheat in bulk this season,
thus dispensing with the expense of
buying and handling sacks.
While Mrs. Getty, her daughter and
a woman friend were sitting in the
Getty home on the ranch 10 miles from
Ferry, a drunken saloon keeper at
tempted to force his way into the
house. Mrs. Getty warned him and
when he tried to crawl through win
dow, killed him with a rnle bullet.
More than $1,000 worth of stolen
goods cover a long table at the Ia
coma police station.
The farmers around Palouse are in
a quandary as to what variety of wheat
to seed on summer fallowed land this
fall.
Settlement of the death claim of
George H. Curtice, a victim of the
Camden wreck on the Great Northern
several days ago, has established a
precedent in the state of Washington
for death cases by that company. Mrs.
Stella M. Curtice, living in Spokane,
widow of the deceased, will receive
$4,000 Similar claims settled by the
Great Northern have not exceeded
$500.
Scarcity of hay in Kittitas valley and
high price of grain sacks force farm
ers to cut wheat which would run
40 to so bushels to the acre for hay,
which is now bringing $1S per ton.
The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany has filed with the railroad COM
mission formal objection to the order
of the commission relating to joint
wheat rates together with a brief in
favor of modification of the order.
Three miles north of Garfield the
engineer Of a passenger train discov-
cred a burning bridge, put on the
brakes and stopped the train in time to
avert an accident. AS it happened, the
tank car, baggage and mail and smok-
ing coaches were precipitated over the
bank and burned. No one was in
jured.
A fire (which is supposed to have
been started by tramp who took ref
uge in an occupied livery barn, swept
away number of wooden buildings in
Waterville at early hour Monday morn
ing, resulting in loss estimated at APP
proximately $40, 200. Besides the prop
erty loss, one man was severely burned
aud another was badly cut and bruised.
The latest reports are that both men
will recover.
kThe city buildings and five of the
principal business houses of Farming
ton were destroyed by fire at an early
hour Monday morning. The city build
ings destroyed are the city hall and the
city Jail. The total loss is estimated
at $25, 900. No lives were lost.