The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-21
WASHINGTON NOTE.

been obliged to close on acoo' has
the fuel famine. oult Of
The North Coast railway 10.
amended articles, showing ulea
OF its proposed routes. The Ielals
is to run from Seattle to SnoLarl Inc
miles, passing through the go COY
OF King, Pierce, Lewis, Yakimo ss
ton, Franklin, Adams, Wbitmon Den
Spokane. Branches are to no aaa
from a point in Benton or Uult
counties to Walla Walla. * ~n
from a point on the main line - Ines;
kane county to Pennington. op"
point in Adams county to Eureka T-a
ton; from a point in Adams corntp
Davenport; from a point in a..
county to Wilsoncreek. The inoo.--S
tors are: Robert E. Strahorn. = 9
Blount and R. j. Danson.
Because of the alleged increase
cost of living, practically evarv y
partment of the city governmen,
Seattle has received demands froOa
their employees for a corresnord,nu
raise in wages.
Organization Of a comnanv mia,
capital stock of 2,4OO, 900 and a.
erection of the largest and most mod
ern tement plant in the northwest =.
the plan of j. H. Spear, manager .,
the Washington Brick, Lime and Man
featuring company, and associates Tn,
immense factory will be located eth.
e. at Celville, Wash, or on Pend
d'Oreille lake, Idaho, extensive cement
beds having been secured at both IL.
cations.
With the election of D. s. Troy a.
president, Ira P. Whitney secretarv
and treasurer, and David Brown. 7 T
Durdle, A. NJ. Stevens and L. 6 Tho
mic directors, the 14th annual conven.
ton at Spokane of the Washington
State Dairymen's association has aa.
journed.
Ben Snipes, 20 years ago known as
the cattle king of the northwest
whose large herds ranged in Yakima
valley, died in Seattle recently.
There is a famine in building ma.
terial in Tacoma.
In mass meeting at Seattle, the
shingle manufacturers of Washington
5greed on a close down for a period
Of 60 days.
Students of the graduating class Of
the high school car not be compelled
20 wear caps ami gowns at the gradu.
ating exercises.
James Murray Coleman, Seattle's
wealthiest citizen and pioneer of 1872.
is dead, His wealth is estimated at
$4,000 900.
After a trial of two days a jury
found Eugenio Batinioella, alias Mar.
faudille, guilty Of murder in the. second
degree for causing the death of Mrs.
Emma Daley, his landlady, who was
shot by the discharge of a revolver
concealed in his trunk. The jury
recommended the prisoner to the
mercy of the court.
There will be no consolidation Of
the Farmers, and the Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph company'S
lines in Pullman.
Four children of Lawrence Talbert
burned to death, as the result Of a
fire that destroyed a farmhouse re-
Gently in Cowiche valley, IA miles from
North Yakima.
Another new steamer is to be built
at Hover to replace the Mata C. Hover,
which has bzeen leased to Wren &
Greenough, contractors, building the
North Bank line through Hover.
George Vivian, sentenced from Whit
mar county for assault with intent to
rob, has been released from the penf
Tertiary on parole.
Owing to the short crop last season.
residents of Garfield county have e1'
perienced difficulty in getting fruit for
winter use.
The immediate construction OF ar
mories at Seattle, Tacoma and Spo
kane, to cost respectively Sl25,OOO'
$4,000 and $4,000, and to be paid lot
from the state military fund, is recon-
mended in the biennial report OF the
adjutant general.
It is reported that eastern Washing
ton members-elect of the state legls'
lature may interpose vigorous opposf
ton to the appropriation asked for ny
Seattle for the proposed Alaska-i~
kon-Pacifc exposition if the joDoerS
Of Seattle continue to oppose eastern
Washington in the effort now oeins
made to secure a more equitaole ap
justment of transcontinental Heisn'
rates.
Exhonoratlng Captain P. H. Mason
master of the steamer Jeanie' Wnion
sank the Dix, and revoking the hcenoo
of Captain Percy A. Lermond, maS'el
Of the latter vessel, was the fndlns
the United States inspectors who III
vestigated the recent disaster.
While the newspapers are not unam
nous on the subject, the coal s'u
ton in Seattle has undergone an !"
nrOvament during the mast week.