The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-08
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
Piace-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON T

and masons' unions of Washington
met last week for the organization OF
a state conference.
RMS. Neal Cheatham of Colfax, wife
of the former state auditor, is dead at
Puyailup.
General Manager j. b. Ingersol OF
the Inland Empire system, has placed
an order for $50 boxcars for use OF
the Spokane company. The cars are
to be delivered prior to July 81. They
will be 40 feet in length and OF So
900 pounds capacity.
Because his friend, j. A. Wallis,
with whom he had been drinking, a
laid down on his bed and was some
what slow in getting up when called
upon to do so, a young man named
Allan Fink struck Wallis three times
on the head with a heavy iron instru
ment, f~racturing his skull and caus'
ing his death at the town of Adna.
Fink escaped.
I'VE. the jury, find the defendant
guilty Of murder in the first degree
as charged in the information the
clerk read the foregoing words in
a Spokane court, thus fixing The brand
of Cain on Charles Fflpot, accused
of the murder of Mes Cole. The jury
was out two hours and 25 minutes.
Owing to the car shortage a great
many of the flour mills throughout
the state are closed down or are
operating only part of the time.
Nine hundred thousand people in
the state of Washington January L,
1907.
c. Arson, who for five years has
been working the 900 acre ranch OF
willard Crippen, tow miles from St
John. suddenly left for unknown parts
last week, after having made an as
signment to Mr.. Crippen.
One hundrede and twenty-five ma
tive Sons and daughters of Illinois
have organized the Illinois club in
Spokane.
People this week are viewing and
examining the beautiful silver service
presented by the state of Washington
to the United States armored cruised
Washington. The service, consisting
of SO pieces, is on exhibition at Spo-
kane. 1t is made from native silver
bullion mined in the state of Wash
ington and cost complete $4,000.
evening at olympia was an occasion
of a crush such as has been seldom
seen in the social hall Of the state cap
itol.
The second annual meeting of the
Inland Empire Implement & Hardware
Dealers association was brought to a
c.ose Saturday at Spokane WH,h a ban
quet.
The Tacoma Chamber of Commerce
and board of trade has arranged for
a business mems excursion to Los
Angeles on February 8, similar to the
me last year.
California viii not be the only STATE
to come In conflict with the federal
government over the situation of bar
ring aliens fro mthe public schools
IL a bill Is passed which Representa-
tive Hutchinson of Spokane expects to
introduce In the house.
A campaign of revilavl meetings is
now on at the Presbyterian churches
Of Spokane.
President Roosevelt has offered
Judge X. A. Ballinger of Seattle the
appointment as commissioner of the
general land office and Judge Ballinger
las signihed his acceptance after hav-
ing once refused.
Fire Sunday afternoon destroyed
the Berlin building. corner Eleventh
street and Pacific avenue, in Tacoma.
causing a loss of $4,000, mostly GOV.
cred by insurance.
After an illness lasting three
months. Eugene j. Fellowes, one of
the best known pioneers of Spokane.
died Sunday morning of dropsy of the
heart at his home.
The committee appointed by Gov
ernor Mead to investigate the soldiers
home at Orting found many conditions
existing that need immediate change,
Perhaps the most important recon-
mendation made is for a branch sol.
diers' home, to be located on Puget
sound. for veterans and their wives.
The Mata c. Hover and Elenor, a
steam fe%rryboat. broke away Sunday
and went down the Columbia river
without a man aboard either craft.
Both had been tied to docks at Hover
and were being watched by L. S. Shoe.
maker, when a sea of ice ground
against them and swept them out into
the channel, which is running full of
ice foes.
The state capitol is feeling the
effects Of the fuel shortage. On Mon
day the water was turned of and
elevators shut down. The lights are
OF, heat is of and but p hours fuel
supply is on hand and TO more in
sight.
Definite information of the route of
the North Coast railway into Spokane
il afforded by reports from Waverly,
which say that a right of way for the
line is being bought from Spokane
along Hangman creek as far as Wav-
erly, and from there to Tekoa.
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