Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
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-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

rTulI trees are pudding and al1aIa
foot high in the Kiona valley.
Many farmers say this is the most
backward spring in Adams county.
George Mattox's crew of II men have
just finished shearing 1900 head of
sheep near Kiona for Prior Il Son OF
North Yakima.
Thus far the free employment
bureau recently established in Walla
Walla by the farmers of that district
has proven success.
The proposition to vote $4,000
bonds for Latah school district NO.
60, to build new schoolhouse, was
carried recently at the election.
The wild animal industry cost the
taxpayers of Lincoln county $121 dur
ing the month of March; SIP for coy
ote and SO for wildcat and lynx scalps.
John Birnot of Spokane, formerly
farmer, has bought from ]. Brown 900
acres of land in the Saltese lake bot
tom, the price being $4,000, or 500
an acre.
A great deal of dissatisfaction exists
in the Columbia Flat county in regard
to the school situation, IS the nearest
| school house is 10 miles from the home
of some of the children.
A building of an entirely new type
is planned to be built in Spokane this
summer. This building will be an
apartment hotel, a 10 story steel struc-
ture, which will cost $250,000.
| General William Booth, founder OF
the Salvation Army, was in Seattle
Sunday. he embarked Monday on the
steamship Minnesota for Japan. Gen
eral Booth delivered three addresses
Easter.
At last plans are practically com
pletely for the erection of a $260,00t
hotel in Walla Walla The proposed
structure is to be seven stories, will
300 rooms, and modern in every de
tail.
The adoption of 1000 mile inter
changeable mileage book will b'
placed on sale in Spokane May 1, ant
which will be good over the Grea
Northern, Northern Pacific and o. r
& N. roads.
In the case of the state against tn
management of the Tacoma theateI
in which the defendant was charge
with violating the Sunday closing law
Judge Smell has rendered a decision
in favor of the theater.
Assistant Attorney General A.
Faulkner has decided that the in
crease in salaries voted at the last leg
islature will not take effect till Jun
IA, although the appropriations carry
ing larger salaries are availabl
April L.
Frederick Schaefer, a German col
bier, was run down by a streetcar il
Seattle Saturday night and instantl
killed. The body was practically Gu
in two. John Aiken, the motormar
was arrested on a charge Of mar
slaughter.
There is a large amount of wheat
, aggregating nearly 100000 bushels
still stored in the warehouses alon
: the w. G. G. r. railroad, which has no
been shipped out for want of cars, an
that the owners have been obliged t
pay insurance, besides losing interes
on their money by the delay.
ITO connect eastern and wester
Washington SO that the main tread Q
? domestic commerce may be give
, larger and broader ways of transpol
tation 1000 miles of wagon road ha
been projected in this state, which t
construct will cost more than $1,000
000," says j. H. Snow, state highwa
commissioner.
In an opinion to Land COMMISSIONS
|
eral A. j. Falkner holds that the Ian
commissioners having sold timber o
t state lands in Stevens county sci
4 arate from the land, where the timbe
e does not exceed 100000 feet to tn
: quarter, the land itself cannot also b
b sold until the timber is removed.
n To meet more than five millions
a appropriations made by the last legi
J. lature for state expenditures for tn
/, two years beginning Monday, there
r on hand in the state treasury gener;
fund less than $4,000. All told, tn
treasurer at the close of business Sa
urday holds about s1,625,000, accor
ing to statement issued by Treasure
IL George G. Mills, but of this a consi
8 cradle portion is permanent scho
funds, which the state cannot touc
II Whitman County Notes.
d The baseball fever is high in r
salia.
.e A move is on foot to organize a II
IS 600 club at Garfield.
a Albion will soon have a newspape
/. H. Hughey is to be editor.
c. Spring seeding throughout the P
lie louise country promises to be late tn
lie year.