Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-27
NORTHWEST STATES
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 STATE NEWS.

Dean Dell, charged with the murder
Of Addie Roper, found a verdict of
murder in the second degree.
The sawmill on Narcise creek, IL
miles east of Colville, was burned to
the ground recently. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The property,
valued at between $4,000 and $4,000,
was owned by John S. Gnagy and John
B. Slater, and will prove a total loss.
Prune picking around Elberton will
begin about the 25th, and from that
date ON to November 1 the big dryer
here will be pushed to it's utmost ca
pacity handling the immense crop.
The Elberton dryer is conceded to be
the largest fruit dryer in the United
States.
The Whitman county fair this year
promises to be the biggest event in the
history of the fair association.
A. e. Fowler, leader and secretary
of the anti-Asiatic league of Belling-
ham, has become violently insane, it
il supposed from the excitement at
tending the recent riots in that city,
for which he was charged with being
responsible.
1t is stated that many mills on the
coast are closing down on account of
car shortage. The statement is also
made that if the increased freight rates
go into effect more mills will be closed.
G. H. Plummer. for the Northern
Pacific Railroad company, has filed
with the county auditor of Stevens
county patent to 81, 154 acres Of land
in the state of Washington. The pat
ent was issued by virtue of the act of
congress, July 2, 1864, authorizing the
grant of lands in aid of construction of
railroad and telegraph lines.
The eighth annual convention of the
Washington State Grocers' association
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, G. e. Coon of Port Townsend ire
elected); vice president, u. G. Allen of
Spokane; secretary, ]. ]. Higgins of
Seattle (re-elected); treasurer, G. H.
Buelow of Tacoma. &. e. Coon was
elected as delegate to the national con-
vention to be held next May in Boston.
c. Anderson of Seattle, G. Ebert of
Tacoma, and H. G. Ryan of Bellingham
were elected as trustees for the Pacific
Coast association.
The first passenger train ever car
-ried over the Bovill extension of the
Washington, Idaho & Montana rail
road has arrived in Bovill, Idaho, bring
ing a special party of officials of the
road.
The Pierce county commissioners
have turned the cruising of standing
timber in Pierce county over to Asses
sor Railsback and he has full charge
of the matter.
The party of ten eastern Washing
ton girls, contest winners for trip to
the jamestown exposition, write that
they are enjoying the trip greatly.
The state fair opened Monday morn
ing under conditions which promise to
make it by far the greatest exhibition
that the state has yet given.
Toppenish is to vote bonds to build
town hall.
Estimates made on the hop yield in
the Yakima valley place it at about
$4,000 bales, which is slightly more
than half of the crop Of last year. The
production in 1906 was $4,000 bales.
]. G. Lawrence of Garfield, member
Of the state railway commission, has
gone east on important matters con-
nected with the railway commission
business.
A $5,000,000 corporation has been
filed in Seattle by James A. Moore to
improve the old university 1O-acre
tract near the business center Of the
city, which is held under a 50-year
lease from the board of regents.
Plans are to be drawn Immediately
for the first of the buildings, which
will face on Union street
The Pierce county commissioners
are now working on the county tax
levy for the coming year. They want
to make it 80 mills.
Travelling from Asotin to the state
penitentiary and without a guard,
Louis Eddy, who was sentenced to
three years in the state prison, ar
rived at the institution and was re-
fused admission because the necessary
papers had not been received, Eddy
says he will stay until the commit
ment arrives, for he is anxious to be-
gin his sentence that he may be re-
leased the sooner.
Mrs. Mary Stott, Sc years old and a
pioneer of the Walla Walla valley,
died recently.
man giving his name as James
Webster was killed in an accident
near Cheney, at Martin & Welsh's rail
road camp. The man was run over
by a train
]. w. King, the present postmaster
of Asotin. has forwarded his resigna-
ton, to take effect January 1.
Pullman is without mayor. Rather
than sign the ordinance cutting the
town into slices to preserve the saloon
interests, Mayor NJ. c. Gray has re-
signed.
The state railroad commission has
announced it will take up the COM
plant of W. R. Cunningham and Of
hundreds Of other wheat growers of
Adamas and other east side counties.
that present wheat freight rates are
too high.
The direct cause Of the Great North