The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-12-31
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.


An interesting Indian mission is be-
ing held at Tutilla Presbyterian H.
dian church on the Umatilla reserva-
ton. and it is said the Indians are talk
ing a great deal of interest in the
meetings.
Roscoe Bridges. deserter from the
army and alleged forgerer. was ar
rested Christmas day by Sheriff Sap
pington on the Northern Pacific train
as it was nearing Kalama on it's way
south. He is now in the Clarke county
Jail at Vancouver, Wash.
Mrs. Minnie Clement arrested at Sc
attic, Christmas, charged with shop
lifting. has confessed and directed the
officers to her room. where 5000 worth
of stolen goods were found Mrs. Gle
ment refuses to discuss her identity or
tell where her family lives.
Fred Lewis, 14year son of
Wyndham l. Lewis of Port Townsend,
WISH, accidentally shot himself while
playing with a 3S-caliber revolver At
tending physicians have been unable to
locate the bullet. They give slight hope
that recovery can be effected.
IL an opinion just filed the supreme
court suspended Attorney j. w. Rob-
state courts for a period of six months
and ordered that he pay the costs OF
printing the brief in the disbarment
proceedings brought against him by
the attorney general.
Work has been suspended on THO
cabin being built on the national for
est reserve near Twisp on account of
the appropriation giving out. The men
have beer taken to Squaw creek, where
the second cabin will be commenced.
TheNmoney is divided and appropriated
SO much for each cabin
H. Zachman. who resides near Fish
lake, Okanogan county, made a re-
markable freak shot while out hunt
ing deer recently Aiming at a buck.
he was surprised, ont~running forward
to secure his game. that his shot had
penetrated the male and broken the
back of a doe standing behind.
Driven out of Tacoma a few months
ago by the police because he was
found guilty of vagrancy, Harry Brown
enlisted in the United States navy.
Two weeks after his enlistment he de-
serted and recently returned to Ia
coma, to be arrested Friday night by
Detectives Clancy and Mondeau for
desertion
With No. bird shot w r. Walker
of Twisp killed cougar under his
house, where the animal had secreted
itself and was making mince meat Of
one of Walkers dogs. The cougar
was driven from the surrounding hills
by hunger. 1t was a fine specimen and
measured six and one-half feet from
tip to tip.
The 3-year- old son of John Vaughn
Of Portland, Ore, saved his baby
brother from cremation the other day.
The house caught fire while the mother
was at the neighbors and the little
fellow tried to get the baby out but
was unable to do So He then ran to
the neighbors ana alarmed the mother,
who rescued the child.
Cattle manning outrages have been
reported at Matsqui, B. c., and the
authorities of that municipality are
taking active steps to discover the cul-
prit. In order to induce some person
to come forward with information
that will lead to the conviction of the
perpetrator of the outrage reward of
$3.50 has been offered.
Placing her small children in a bed,
Mrs. E. H. Hamlin, wife Of a we'll
known rancher at Deming. Wash,
seized a poker and attacked a mad dog
that suddenly was stricken with the
rabies while lying in the kitchen of
the Hamlin home. The dog was a fam
lily pet, a puppy, 6-months- old. The
husband and father of the children
was absent at the time.
Governor Mead is in receipt of a
numerously signed petition from
Northern Douglas county. forwarded
by the Commercial club of Park, ask
ing the legislature to appropriate a
sufficient sum to remove rocks ard
other distractions fromy the Columbia
river in Foster Creek rapids, three
miles above Bridgeport, thereby max
ing the river navigable to Box canyon.
Citizens of Sultan Wash, have
found way Of getting around the rule
that prevents the Great Northern
overland traiLs from stopping there.
When they want to ride to Everett on
the metropolitan train they get to-
gether lot of packages addressed to
themselves in Everett and register
them at the Sultan postoffice. TIE
packages make the mail sack too
bulky to be seized in the usual way
and the Hill train is obliged to stop.
The State Osteopath association con-
Guided two days session at North