Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
Washington, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-FaIl Trade is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
Rev. Myron Eells, D. D., died re-
Gently at his home on the Skokomish
Indian reservation near Union City in
Mason county. Myron Eells was born
at Walkers prairie, Stevens county,
about 80 miles from Spokane, Octo-
Der Z, 1S43.
New buildings erected during the
past year in Prosser footed up to an
aggregate of $125,950.
Seattle is working to secure the next
meeting of the Wholesale Druggists
association.
John Sampson, rancher, was killed
near Renton by log rolling over him
while he with others were clearing a
piece of land.
Yakima wants $50 workmen by the
first of March to work on the Tieton
canal project.
The Farmers Warehouse company
of Elberton has sold their two ware
houses to the Pacific Grain company
of Portland.
After two hours search the friends
of l.. B. Bergquist, who got out of his
sick bed and left the house at ~
o'clock at night, found him dead, face
downward, in little stream Of run.
ming water SO yards from his house at
Tacoma.
School has opened for the first time
in the fine. new brick schoolhouse at
Chelan. The structure cost, COM
pleted, about $1O,5OO.
I There were Is cases Of smallpox
in the isolation hospital at Spokane.
Fred E. Lucas. aged So, a we'll
know lumberman of Spokane died re-
Gently.
The year of 1906 has witnessed per-
haps the most rapid growth in the
history of Dayton. The population, &C.
cording to the school census, is 1000,
an increase of nearly 1000 since 1900.
]. C. Hillman, steward at the state
prison, has resigned. The vacancy will
be filled by appointment of J. W..
Oliver, former guard at the institu-
ton, who originally came from Ia
coma.
Unless coal can be obtained imme-
diately, the Seattle city schools will
have to close down for want of fuel.
Esther Mitchell of "Holy Roller"
notoriety,' who murdered her brother
George in Seattle. has been legally de-
clared insane, but she may not be de-
ported to Oregon because the law er-
dering deportation il invalid. Such is
the decision rendered today by a ma
jority of the state supreme court.
Peter Elmer, s'eamh.ier employ
ed on the Seattle Brewing K Mating
plant at Georgetown, died from blow
received during tight with X. Nc
Cloud, foreman on the work.
Laurence r. Battele, the IL year old
son Of Matron Lena w. BatIele Of the
Beta Theta ri fraternity house, near
the university, in Seattle, was shot
and killed by his brother Kenneth,
while the Battele boys and a number
of young boys of the neighborhood
were playing Indian and holdup at the
Battele home, in the absence of the
mother.
The fruit raisers of Okanogan coun-
ty have organized a permanent society
known as the Okanogan Horticultural
association.
Charles S. Tolmap, 80 years, a
brakeman on the Spokane & Inland
electric railroad, was electrocuted Sun
day morning near California creek, in
an endeavor to adjust the "panto-
graph" trolley to the wire. He was
thrown from the car by the shock of
the thousands If volts that entered
his body and fell upon his head, his
neck being broken.
After half hour of suffering, caused
by fatal dose Of carbolic acid, Mrs.
Perry D. Tull died Sunday afternoon
at her apartments in Spokane.
Thomas Redshaw, a young miner.
was accidentally shot and instantly
killed by John Dewinter, life long
friend, with whom he was hunting on
Lake Washington Sunday morning.
Starting from an overheated fur
mace, fire completely destroyed the
Lincoln school building at North Yaki-
ma. used for high school, entailing
a loss of $4,000. The insurance is
$4,000.