Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-23
WASHINGTON NOTES.


An epidemic has broken out among
the horses in the Vicinity of Creston
New school buildings are being
erected at Rockford, Tekoa, and La
tab.
Joseph P. Ringo, one of the Pa
louse's oldest and most respected citi-
zens, is dead.
The entire family of L. B. Frazier
of Wenatchee was poisoned a few
days ago by milk.
William Parks, for many years a
prominent single manufacturer of
Centralia, is dead.
Secretary of War William H. Taft
will not stop off in Spokane during
his tour of the west.
During the quarter ending June 80,
the state has paid out 1851 in boun-
ties on wild animals.
A monster sea lion weighing 1,400
pounds was killed in a fish trap at
North Edmonds recently.
Ivan Jacobsen was terribly mangled
by being run over by an interurban
car near Tacoma recently.
An effort is being made by people
at Walla Walla to hold Chautauqua
institute at Walla Walla next year.
The annual convention Of the fourth
class postmasters of the state will take
place in North Yakima during state
fair week
The Colville public schools, with
Professor w. o. Cummings as city
superintendent, will open Monday.
September 3.
A building permit has been issued
at Tacoma for the erection of the CO.
lossal $6,000,000 Imperial building. 1t
will be 23 stories high.
Joseph Markere was drowned in the
bay near Tacoma Sunday in sight of
number of his companions who were
lounging about the shore.
The mayor of Everett has instructed
the chief of police to close all gam
bling houses in that city at once.
Dance halls are also to be closed.
Ben Gillian, formerly chief turnkey
under ex-warden A. F. KEGS, was
killed recently by holdup men while
defending his employers store at Co
bre, Nevada.
1t is said that Miss Mary Thomas
a 20-year-old girl, whose dead body
was taken from Lake Union near Sc
attic recently, did not meet her death
by drowning.
George w. Brown, who was arrested
in Seattle on the charge of forging
the name of Victor o. Boone to checks
has been sentenced to serve three
years in the state penitentiary.
The first market day in Seattle
Saturday opened auspiciously with a
large attendance, variously estimated
at from 10000 to 10000, between 3
m. the opening hour, and noon.
Samuel Patterson of Spokane, who
has been working with a threshine
gang at Spangle for the past week
was thrown from the rear of farm
wagon near that town and instantly
killed.
G. E. Mallory, who was shot in the
elbow recently by William Sloar
near Tenino, has been arrested OF
complaint of Sloan, charged with fel
onious assault upon Sloan's 15-yeal
old daughter.
Henry e. Nicholai, wealthy Sun
nYSlUG WIZ
appeared from home two months ago
and for whose discovery a reward o.
1000 was offered, was found on
ranch near Seattle by his son-n-law
John Hefferman.
Ten ranchers on the Wishkah rivel
have filed suits against the Wishkaf
River Boom company for obstructint
the river at Aberdeen, Wash. Dam
ages asked for vary from S1,7OO u
$500 in each case.
Six thousand acres of southwestern
Washington timber has been bougn
by N. B. Bradley & Sons, OF San fran
cisco. who paid the Pelton-Armstront
connanv 100000 for this fine Wah
kiakum county body of forest.
Miss Minnie Morton proved hersel
a heroine at Tacoma when she rescued
Lyle Froggatt, the 2-year-old son o