Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-08
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, oregon
and MONTANA news.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding Country-Numerous Accl.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fali Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
The explosion of an acetylene gas
tank Of 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 ~, 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, 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, a
Hazelwood 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 on the Hazelwood ranch, where
he is recuperating.
E. W. Ross, state land commission
er, is inspecting state agricultural
lands in the Rattlesnake district that
are used for wheat growing, and max
ing reappraisement where leases are
about to expire. Approximately, he
says, there must be from $4,000 to 3d.
900 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
nun, 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 20, 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 SOCIETIES 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 large funeral. The
members of the bar association attend.
ed in a body. The Masons had
charge Of the services at the grave
Judge Miles Poindexter of the super
ior court recently handed down a de-
cision on the application for receiver
for the Pacific Live Stock association
made by j. l.. Edison, in which he sus-
tains the demurrer of the association
and discharges the temporary receiver
Charles A. Murray. Notice of appeal
was served.
A serious error has just been dis
covered at Olympia in house bill No.
II, 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
cific Telephone & Telegraph company
of plans for the betterment of the Bell
telephone service in Spokane through
the ultimate expenditure of 100000
1t is possible that the total may reach
$750,000.
Whitman County Notes.
The state gives Whitman county
$72535S for roads in that county.
Beginning Sunday the churches will
hold their evening services at 8
o'clock instead Of 1880.
The BARRIERS Of Colfax deny that
they have organized trust, but 1t is
true that prices have been raised in a
few particulars.
Tuesday and Wednesday Colfax
entertained the 40 delegates sent to
attend the Eastern Washington con-
vention of the w. o. w.
Well informed grain men estimate
that the acreage in wheat, oats and
barley in Whitman county will be
about the same as last year, although
the yield per acre, owing to the
thorough soaking the soil received
from the SHOWS of winter and the late
spring rains, will be slightly in excess
Of that of last year.