Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-10
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA NEWS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous AccI-
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fal Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The explosion of an acetylene gas
tank of a picture machine caused a
panic in the Salvation army meeting |
a. North Yakima.
Judge Smell of Tacoma has decided
that Chester Thompson should re
main in the Pierce county Jail until
after June IL, when the new law
creating an insane ward at the pen
itentiary goes into effect, at which
time he shall be sent to that place
for confinement. Judge Thompson will
take steps to appeal the case.
The fight over the administration
of the Victor Dessert estate, a strug-
gle which in the past few weeks has
assumed large proportions in Spokane
has been settled amicably.
Frank Jerared, a man between 80
and 80 years of age, died at Medical
Lake. He could neither read nor
write, did not know his own age, and
had no relatives.
North Yakima-J. A. Orchard,
Hardwood rancher, has cleared up the
mystery for the two Bartletts, when
he declared that the Bartlett who had
been treated by DR.. Nywening was
alive Ou llc I1dZClWOOQ 1ohSh, "h~A
he is recuperating.
E. w. Ross, state land commission
err, is inspecting state agricultural
lands in the Rattlesnake district that
are used for wheat growing, and max
ing a reappraisement where leases are
about to expire. Approximately, he
says, there must be from $4,000 to 80
600 acres of state land leased for
wheat raising in Benton county in the
Rattlesnake and Horse Heaven dis
tricts, which is now bringing the state
from to rs cents per acre per an
mum, but Mr.. Ross will probably raise
the appraisement to about 60 cents an
acre.
The North Pacific Saengerbund con-
vention will be held in Spokane Aug
ust 29, 80, 81 and September 1. Mem
bers of the saengerbund throughout
the northwest base their reasons for
the expected record-breaking attend
ance en- the fact that Spokane is moro
centrally located than any city in
which the convention has been held
and that more societi Is throughout
Idaho and Montana have expressed
their intention of being present this
year than ever before.
Walla Walla-The funeral services
over the late B. l.. Sharpstein were
held Saturday afternoon at the resi-
dence. 1t was a large funeral. The
members of the bar association attend
ed in body. The Masons had
charge of the services at the grave
Judge Miles Poindexter of the super
ranpnt1u hon6Qd down q de
cision on the application for a receiver
for the Pacific Live Stock association
made by ]. l.. Edison, in which he sus
tains the demurrer of the association
and discharges the temporary receiver
Charles A. Murray. Notice of appea
was served.
A serious error has just been dis
covered at Olympia in house bill No
IT, which will be chapter 246, session
laws of 1907, which will probably in
validate all that part of the law in
creasing the number of road districts
that county commissioners may create
to "a
Announcement is made by the Pa
cifc Telephone & Telegraph compan,
of plans for the betterment of the Bel
telephone service in Spokane through
the ultimate expenditure of 100000
1t is possible that the total may reacf
$750,OO0
Tuesday and Wednesday Collar
entertained the 140 delegates sent t.
attend the Eastern Washington con
vention of the w. o. w.
Well informed grain men estimate
that the acreage in wheat, oats ant
barley in Whitman county will b'
about the same as last year, although
the yield per acre, owing to thu
thorough soaking the soil received
from the SHOWS of winter and the lat
spring rains, will be slightly in excess
of that of last year.
Whitman County Notes.
The state gives Whitman count.
$7253.5S for roads in that county.
The BARRIERS of Colfax deny tina
they have organized trust, but 1t Il
true that prices have been raised In
few particulars.
Beginning Sunday the churches vii
hold their evening services at
O'Clock instead of 1880.
IDAHO NEWS.