Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-19
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-crOp outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

. postmaster e. II. cooper at Lake
Bay has been conducting a blind pig
and selling booze on the sly as well
as stamps. His place was raided and
$500 worth of liquor conhscated.
Jealous because Of attentions paid |
his wife by other men, Henry Harrison,
well-known, North Yakima citizen,
shot the woman three times, succeed |
ing only in inflicting wounds that are
not considered fatal. After first TAX |
ing recourse to flight, Harrison re-
traced his steps and gave himself up
to the authorities.
John Green's plan of unionizing the
harvesters who have come to Walla
Walla to secure work among the
wheat growers of the district is not
meeting with the success he had
hoped
At the close of Saturdays session
of the State abr association in Seattle
A. G. Avery of Spokane was elected
president for the succeeding year, and
the city of Spokane selected as the
place for the holding of the next an
nual meeting at a time to be decided
upon later.
The Disappearance of H. E. Nicolai
Of Sunnyside continues to be mys-
terry. AS it now stands $3.50 is Of
fered for his return alive.
About 10 cars of steel rails and
$4,000 ties have arrived at Lind for
the st. Paul road. The report is that
the line will be completed and cars
running from Lind to the Columbia in
time to move a large portion of the
II wheat that will be harvested in the
Leone valley.
Because the clutch failed to work
as an auto driven by John Larson, a
wealthy man of Bellingham, was turn
ing into a narrow road, the machine
with occupants went over an embank
ment near Samisk lake. Larson re
ceived injuries from which he died.
While heating lard on kitchen
stove recently Mrs. H. S. Calvin, liv
ing near North Yakima, was badly
burned by the overturning Of the
grease upon her.
c. H. Sweetser, supervising engin
eer Of the state highway department
is investigating the ACCESSIBILITY o
constructing a road across the noun
3 tain into the isolated settlement in thu
8 southeastern part of Garfield county
r Karl Klenhover, laborer at Wall
s Walla, has received intelligence from
: friends in the old country that he ha
!. fallen heir to fortune valued at abou
/: $4,000.
o Frank Desmond, the 16-year-ol
/ son of H. ]. Desmond, a merchant G
+ Oroville, was drowned while swim
ming in the Okanogan river recently
: Thomas Prindville of Spokane die
= at Pasco about two hours after bein
e crushed between box cars Saturday.
Fire was discovered in Norther
+ Pacific bridge No. 10 near Hatton r.
II Gently, just in time to stop a Christia
"a Endeavor excursion train which we
" coming at high speed.
Whitman County Items.
1t The Pullman State bank has begr
le two actions against Eugene Ringer
a. Pullman to recover more than 81
e, 900 claimed to be due on promissol
ID notes.
Frank T. Abbott, who has be-
Ut agent for the o. R. & N. at Golf
for the last six years, has tender
n his resignation to take effect Augu
/, at which time he will enter Il
d. employment of the Spokane & Inlal
In similar capacity.
ed Five hundred divorces have be-
granted in whitman county sin
~ 1886.
The first market day was held
a. Colfax Saturday.
nd The grand prize OF $125 offered
10 the state college for the best mil
ia COW has been awarded to Thorn
no Matthews. The COW exhibited by h
Matthews is half Holstein and j
- sey and made an average Of three a
- one-half pounds of butter per day d
~ ing the period of being exhibited
the grange picinc.
'A Ten million bushels of wheat
Whitman county this year is the
e~ innate of Seymour Manning, gene
Oh agent for the Northwestern Wa
house company of Portland.
ros Two Pennington dealers have test
10 the Sunday Closing law to the exit
the of keeping open, for which they w
the arrested and fined $25 each. I
all complaining witnesses in both ca
were ministers Of the town.
hat The experts who have been go
ian over the books Of the city Of Seat
ore have figured out that ex-City Col
OF troller John Riplinger owes that c
$6S, 1881. Riplinger is said to be
Honduras, Central America.
. a