Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-10
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Johnnie McLain, the halfbreed muir
derer, sentenced to life Imprisonment,
and four horse thieves of Conconully
have been taken to the penitentiary.
Farmers in eastern Washington are
being urged to make determined
fight against the spread Of wild mus
tard, which is getting quite a foot
hold.
Henry Cameron, farmer living
about two miles from Colbert, was
burned to death recently in his farm
house. He was about So years old.
He had been in town and was under
the influence of liquor when he went
home.
The loss in the fire which destroyed
the Farmers Alliance Warehouse
company's warehouse at Fallon sta
ton, four miles south of Palouse. is
much greater than at first reported.
Philip Low, agent in charge, reported
that 900 tons of oats alone had been
destroyed, entailing loss Of at least
$4,000.
The new brewery of the Ellensburg
Brewery and Mating company burned
to the ground recently with loss to
the company of $4,000, and only $1,000
insurance.
The general merchandise store Of
G. M. Taylor at Cornell was entered
recently by unknown parties and
robbed of $3.50.
The fruit crop is late in the Yaki-
ma region.
A movement to spend 100000 on
better roads is being planned in Yak
ina county.
On the Potlatch ridge for space
one-half mile wide and three miles
long hail fell recently as large as hens
eggs all over
Delays caused in the baling of hay
by recent rains in the Yakima coun-
try have caused a stiffening of prices
in that market.
Patrol Driver Ed Minnick and De-
tective Clancy Of Tacoma were both
badly hurt recently when Harry Nc
Cracken's automobile crashed into the
Central patrol wagon.
Joe Crock, a polish miner, shot and
killed Bakass Dieago and seriously
wounded Joe frankie recently at
Black Diamond. The shooting was
without provocation.
According to the summarized CEN
sus returns the figures given for the
lumber and timber industry in this
state as whole show that 1927 es-
adjustments, with combined capt.
tai of $517,224,12s, were manufacture
ing lumber and timber products at
the census of 1905. These establish
ments employed on the average 404,-
626 wage-earners, and they paid $780,
021, 519 in wages, consumed materials
costing $1s3,7S6,21O, and manufacture
ing products valued at $5S0,022,690.
Kiona celebrated the Fourth, being
the only town in Benton county to
observe the day with public celebra-
ton.
Through conditional purchase the
Yakima Mckee Valley Land company
has secured from P. M. Joice and Ida
M. Police 35,147 acres of arid land in
the Mckee valley, the price being
$780, 900.
Mrs. Laura Gibbons of Palouse re-
ceived the intelligence recently of the
drowning of her son Glen in the
Kootenai river at Wardner, B. G.
P. w. Madden, for 81 years resi-
dent of Wild Rose prairie, north of
Spokane, died recently.
The largest sale of sheep reported
in North Yakima in some weeks was
made in Chicago recently by Coffin
Brothers of North Yakima, the firm
disposing of 10000 head at $3.50 each.
Henry F. Baldwin, recently ap.
pointed chief engineer for the Oregon
& Washington railway, Harrimans
new road to the northwest and Seat.
tie, has arrived in Seattle and will
begin work at once.
The Northwestern Lumber com
pany, the principal stockholders in
which are Barley brothers and M. p
Quinn of Pennsylvania, have pur'
chased 10000 acres of timber land in
Western Washington. Consideration
L
100000.
Track laying on the Spokane & In
land is finished to the site of the depot
at Colfax. The ballasting gang is only
a few miles out and will probably be
in by July Is or 20.
Six new clerks have been granted
the Spokane postofice.
The rains of the last few days mean
a bumper crop Of hops for the state
of Washington. The only dishearten
ing influence is the market.
1t is said Congressman Wesley l.
Jones of North Yakima will be can
didate for United States senator from
the state of Washington against Sen
ator Levi Ankeny Of Walla Walla.
Considerable dissatisfaction is be
ing expressed among some of the
| water consumers at Colfax at the re
cent action of the city council in rails
ing the rates.
According to statistics compiled al
the Spokane federal land Office there
have been during the fiscal year com
mencing June 80, 1906, and ending
June 80. 1907. 222 homestead entries
II t. sc<r I'D Co.