Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA news.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
Howard M. Holman died Sunday at
his home near Dayton
Tacoma saloon men lose their case.
Judge Smell says the Sunday law is
constitutional
William Schwartz, tailor who open
ed shop five months ago in Cheney,
has disappeared
At North Yakima the other night an
incendiary attempt to start what might
have proved a disastrous fire.
All saloon doors. front and rear, in
Palouse City, were tightly closed Sun
day. the first time for five years.
Chester Thompson of Tacoma was
removed to the insane ward in the
Walla Walla penitentiary this week.
Plans have been perfected by the
Yakima Commercial club to entertain
Secretary James Garfield during his
stay in the city July 8 and 8.
The explosion of a defective gas
lamp at Spokane severely burned the
face of A. Kaselein, butcher, and
caused the loss of his eyesight.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a certificate authorizing the
Pioneer National bank of Ritzville,
capitalized at $4,000, to commence
business.
Yakima Fruit day." which is to be
featured as one of the attractions of
state fair week, has been set at Mon
day, September 20, the opening day of
the fair.
The case Of the state versus Sam
uel Pflugrath, wherein the defendant
and 10 others are charged with the
crime of libel. received a verdict of
mot guilty"
The loss sustained from the fire
which occurred recently in Palouse,
as estimated by the owners of the
property destroy, will total $17,918,
with S9118 insurance:
The comptroller of the currency has
the conversion of the Pend
d'Oreille Valley State bank of New
port into the First National bank of
Newport with $4,000 capital.
The steamer Enterprise, which plies
between Brewster and Riverside on
the Okanogan and Columbia rivers,
met with an accident recently, which
will disable her for several days.
At Hooper recently Charles Ander-
sen, foreman at Johnson & Andersen's |
'ailroad camp, was instantly killed |
md two Italians were badly injured |
1y the premature explosion of a blast |
County Treasurer Charles Adams
If Stevens county has filed his month |
y statement with the county auditor |
~ which it is shown that the col
ection of taxes from all sources
or the month of May amounted to
i1747S97.
For the first time in the history of
he grand lodge of Washington, F. &
\, M, one of it's members has been
PRESENTED with past masters jewel
The member thus honored is a Spo-
.ane man-E. F. Wagner, the retir-
ng grand master.
George Stephenson, a Toppenish
Merchant, was seriously and perhaps
atally injured recently. He was on
Northern Pacific freight train when
collision occurred. Mr.. Stephenson
lmpbed to save himself and struck
boxcar. His skull is thought to be
ractured.
D. F. Anderson, a leading citizen
f Rosalia and eastern Washington,
led Saturday. He returned from Pa.
iona, CAL. 10 days ago. He was there
We months. Three business men,
lose friends, place a conservative
alue of his estate at $25O,OO0, with
umerous mining interests not incIud-
d. He leaves a wife, four sons and
daughter.
While attempting to stand up in one
the cars of the scenic railway at
pOkane Sunday afternoon Edward {
-elson, railroad laborer, suddenly
lunged head first from the car to the
lclined tracks below, the heavy cable ]
n which he fell snapped, wrapped in
lany folds about his struggling body
nd in an instant he was entangled !
the big cogwheels, cut and crushed !
} death. Spectators differed as to '
neither it was a case of suicide or ac- t
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