The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-07
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, oregon
AND MONTANA NEWS.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acci'
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

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clared the poll tax law valid.
Much anxiety is expressed by farm
ers living near Pullman e the
threatened spread of wild mustard.
The representative business men OF
Oroville have purchased a t~wo-cylind-
er chemical fire engine to supplement
the waterworks system now being in
stalled.
Fire Chief Hauser of North Yakima
recently tested the city's new auto
mobile hose cart and was well pleased
with the demonstration. The cart
cost $4,000 and is guaranteed to make
20 miles an hour over ordinary streets.
Charles Daell committed suicide by
jumping in the Columbia river at the
old Fort Sheppard hotel at Manita,
B. c., Sunday.
While attempting to board a train
on the Medical Lake electric line at
Medical Lake Sunday afternoon Will
lam Clarke, a rancher, 29 years old,
residing at Waukon, Wash, slipped on
the rear steps of the first car, and,
losing his hold on the railing, swung
in between the first car and the trailer
car. and falling to the rails, was
ground to death under the front
wheels of the forward trucks of the
trailer and dragged a distance of Is
feet before the train was stopped. His
folks live in Kalispell, Mont.
The annual s~ynodical meeting of the
German Lutheran church for the dis
trict including Washington. Oregon
and Idaho is in session at Spokane
this week.
Ed F. Nassau of Spokane has taken
an option until June IS on the large
Coffin Brothers ranch on the Columbia
river at Trinidad station. The ranch
contains $4,000 acres and the deal in
wolves $500, 900.
The state assembly of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution closed
its session at Spokane with the cleo
ton of the following officers: Vice
regent, Mrs. c. ]. Lord of Sacajawea
chapter, Olympia; recording secretary,
Mrs. John A. Parker of Virginia Dare
chapter, Tacoma; corresponding sec
rotary, Mrs. w. o. Mckinley of Rob
cry dAdg CudplCl AB6i0CCu.
With slight chances left for a late
frost, there is every indication that
Clarke county will produce one of the
largest prune crops in it's history.
Ten bodies have been taken from the
river at Aberdeen within the past few
months and there are indications that
some of them came there through
foul play.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Bryan has revoked the Ger
tiicate of j. D. Elliot of Klickitat
county for failure of the latter to at
tend teachers institutes and prohib-
tied him from again teaching in this
state.
Miss Lily Pratt, aged % years, dau-
ghter of John Pratt of Tacoma, has
disappeared on the eve of her wedding
to Darcy Dawson of Seattle and no
trace of her can be found as yet.
The superior court at North Yakima
has decided that the Northern Pacific
Railway company is responsible for
damage TO freight in its warehouse
which was burned last year.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. O'Connor
has been arrested at Chehalis on the
charge of murder in shooting William
Gorkin, who he was trying to arrest
a short time ago.
The 29th annual session of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows of the state of
Washington, the oath annual session
OF the grand encampment of Washing.
ton, the 18th annual session of the Re
bekah assembly and the first annual
session of the department Council
Patriarchs Militant, all l. o. o. F. or.
CARNATIONS, convened at Spokane this
week.
Mrs. Hannah Mcdonald has sold so
acres of her farm, which adjoins TIE
koa on the northwest, to Bryan Westi-
cot Of Garfield for $4,000. Mrs. Nc.
DOnald's farm included about 80 acres
in all, for which she refused the sum
OF $4,000 at the time she made the
sale. She reserved 10 acres for her
home, which included all of the i'm.
proved property.
Within the past few DAYS the price
OF milling wheat has advanced from
76 TO so cents a bushel at Walla
Walla.
y movement TO raise North Yakima
from a city Of the third class into one
OF the second class has been launched.
Frank Sisle. a switchman in the
Northern Pacific yards at Ellensburg
recently met with an accident which
Eecessitated the amputation of his left
leg The unfortunate man in a pre-
yious accident lost a left arm.
Fire originating in a defective fue in
& private residence recently burned a
rumber of homes n partially destroy.
ed the business section of the new
coal town of Black Diamond.
Ground was broken for the Alaska.
Nukon-Paeihc exposition at Seattle Sat.
urday afternoon. President ]. E.. Chill
berg Of the exposition corporation for
mally turning over the first spadeful
I ~ 50 n##a-