Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-03-01
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA news.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur.
rounding country-Numerou Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-FaIl Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES,


houses, with no prospect of shipment
before next crop.
Master painters of Tacoma have de-
cided for an open shop policy after
March l, regardless of the action of
the union.
Walla Walla county has been the
hardest hit of any of the eastern
Washington sections on account of
washouts, thousands upon thousands
of dollars worth of damage being done
the roads and farms, aside from the
damage the railroads have received.
Copies of the Indian war records for
the state of Washington have been
completed and forwarded from Wash
ington to Olympia. They contain a
record of all Indian wars in this state
With a roster of all those who took
part in them.
A. G. Steinman of Eliensburg has
assumed the duties as receiver Of the
North Yakima land Office.
Jack O'Keefe, pioneer of Asotin
county, died recently.
The seventh annual convention Of
the Washington Letter Carriers asso-
cation was held in Seattle Friday of
this week.
George Hubner was crushed to death
recently by rolling log in England's
logging camp near Castle Rock.
Tacoma has been selected by the Co
lumbia conference as their next place
Of meeting in the fall.
S. Gardner Yerkes, assistant general
passenger agent of the Great North
ern railway, has resigned his position
with the Hill line, to become effective
March 1.
Serving a sentence of four days in
the city Jail as a man, dressed in
mems clothing and confined in the
tank" with a dozen seasoned hoboes,
was the experience of Edna Elliott,
who, seeming to be unable to keep
out of trouble, was convicted Of petty
larceny in Spokane and sentenced to
bay a fine of $1OO and costs.
The Chelan Commercial club, at its
last meeting, passed resolutions in
viting the Mountaineering club of Sc,
attic to hold its first annual outing
on Lake Chelan, and pledged its mem.
bers, in the event of the acceptance
of the invitation, to do all in their
power to make the visit of the Noun,
taineers agreeable.
The Wenatchee valley has a new
fruit growers organization, which has
Just filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. The
union is composed of fruit growers
who have withdrawn from the Wenat
chez Valley Fruit Growers associa
ton. This detection from the olde.
association represents about SO per
cent of the members at Cashmere.
Judge James X. Kennedy, an old
and we'll known lawyer and former as.
sociate justice of the supreme court
of the territory of Washington, died
at mis- home in Walla Walla recently
aged 81. Death was due to heart dis
ease.
1t is claimed thai the interstate
commerce commission is likely to de
ci6e Spokane's contentious in the rate
case favorable to that city; that, if so
the railroads will carry the case into
the federal courts with the expedition
assured under the new law for ad
Vancing such cases to an early deci
sion.
The Palouse cornet band has JeeI
leorgani2ed after lying dormant fo1
9 year. The band will consist of "a
4 pieces and will be under the leader
ship Of Professor A D. Stal les. The
citizens will contribute literally to
ward its support.
The warm weather of the past few
days has drawn quite all the frosl
from the ground and many farmers
have started their spring work.
DR.. William E. Fifeld died recently
at Tacoma, aged so years He grad
uated at Bowdoiu college in 1851 ans
went to California in 1852 whore he
Iracticed medicine at SITTER Greek
IN the early mining days. He came
to Tacoma in 1889.
At the end of the sixth week Of the
10th Washington legislature 30 bills
have been passed by both houses and
signed by the governor, of which Il
originated in the senate and 20 in the
mouse. and three have been passed by
both houses and transmitted to the
governor, but not yet signed by him
or these three one originated in the
senate and two in the house. In add
ton to this 20 bills have been passed
by 10Th houses, but not yet trans
mtted to the governor, of which nine
originated in the senate and II in the
house.
William Hartman a veteran Of the