Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-10-04
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA news.
n Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
sounding Country-Numerou Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Plaee-Crop outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

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In future all cars of lumber will
ase, weighed on scales provided by the
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacture
Ssrs' association before they cross the
mountains eastward bound.
A logging train on the England
tract, near Castle Rock, ran away
few days ago and demolished the
V0hoie outfit.
Lyle HOrnbeck was shot and in
astantly killed in the residence of
Jean Winterstein at Toppenish
HOrnbeck, who was a friend of Win
feFstein, went into the latter's house
late In the evening and Winterstein.
believing him to be burglar, fired
Adjutant General ortis Hamilton,
soE the National Guard of Washing
drm, has appointed board to revise
the military code and regulations for
1he state
John Z. Kennedy was hurled to
mis- death into the Columbia river
from the new bridge of the Portland
x Seattle railroad at Vancouver.
A line of boats is to be put on the
Columbia river between Pasco and
Portland, operating with the portage
railroad at Cello as a connecting
afhk
Congressman W. l.. Jones will be
"a Spokane to deliver the principal
sndress in connection with the lay
ing OF the cornerstone of the new
Federal building On Thursday, Octo.
Der 3.
Justice Palmer of Wenatchee has
closed his fourth docket as police
Justice, showing 1900 cases passing
through his hands the past five
years
Harvest work is near an end.
Jacob Kibler. 81 years old and
Tlin1eer of WaIla Walla valley is
a1eRd from stroke of apoplexy.
The week just closed has wit
messed the largest wheat sales at
WallR Walla during the present sea
8DM.
IA, H Tidd, an-Nld civil war vet
%a3a, was A1,l1 s,.ead in his room at
n Winchester Motel.
The twelfth annual state fair Sat-
NTtiay night closed the most success
1ul year in its history.
Clinton D, Town of Waterville has
'been nominated by Congressman
Wesley l. Jones to fill one of the
GWo vacancies as cadet at the An
napolis naval academy.
All southeastern Washington and
aise Yakima valley joined Saturday
1ilsnt IN the first annual banquet of
Ane kenneWick Commercial club
The event was also made the for
Er2A opening of the new Kennewick
MOTEL. The open river was the
aheme of the banquet.
Frank Doyle, aged 20 years. a
brakeman in the service of the
Northern Pacific, was crushed to
death under the wheels of a freight
car in the freight yard at Tacoma
Saturday.
The committee of the Toppenisb
Commercial club has made a call for
Dds Tor the construction Of a bridge
across the Yakima river two and one
han miles north.
The assessed valuation of all the
property in King county, real and per
sonal, tangible and intangible, as re- '
Etsed by the county board of euualiza. i
zion, Is $185, 468, Ash. /
Sufficient money has been raised in S
the state to purchase a set of instru- t
EFents and some music for the prison
hand which will ROW be organized.
Money is now being raised to start a +
prison newspaper.
The general opinion of grain deal
srs in Spokane is that the crop this s
year is but slightly damaged so far bv S
NE heavy rains, and that there is go
ing 10 be heavy yield. c
The total apple acreage in this state @
b near the 100000. and the trees are t
heavily laden. The crop is estimated O
oy growers and inspectors to be worth t
from 100000 ito $1OOOOOOO this b
season, and of this more than $4,000 I
boo viii be paid for fruit packed for o
export. p
GLADYS F. Baker, Of Seattle, has Sc s
cured decree Of divorce from Charles /
a Baker on the grounds of abandon f
ment. 7
John Sanger, who recently came Il
% North Yakima from New York r
hS "do q SUCK DTOkST, mas n
closed a deal for the purchase of the
p J. Flint ranch in Parker bottom for T
$50 900. :,
The steam schooner Santa Barbara n
bound from Seattle to Valdez, struck b
the rocks in Active pass, Puget sound, Il
tearing great hole in her hull. q
Prosecuting Attorney B. E. Boner .
Of HoQuiam has publicly announced
that dance halls must go. 9
Otto La Budde of Walla Wana n
1nAhs the record for the largest ?,
beaches which have ever been grown q
40 That county. Mr.. La Budde secured
SAree boxes Of peaches from trees in h
AiH yard which averaged one pound II
80 ana measured 10 inches in cir W
e1naIerence, A few of the peaches il
'ef exceeded the above figures. v