Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-05-10
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA news.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaII Trade Is Good.
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 12, 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, a strug-
gle which in the past few weeks has
assumed large proportions in Spokane,
has been settled amicably.
Frank Jerared, man between 50
and 80 years of age, died at Medical
Lake. He could neither read MOI
write did not know his own age, and
had no relatives,
North Yakima. 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 a reappraisement where leases are
about to expire. Approximately, he
says, there must be from $4,000 to 80,
900 acres of state land leased fol
wheat raising in Benton county in the
Rattlesnake and Horse Heaven dis
tricts, which is now bringing the state
from to % cents per acre per an
mum, but Mr. Ross will probably raise
the appraisement to about go cents ar
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 fol
the expected record-breaking attend
ance en- the fact that Spokane is moro
centrally located than any city il
which the convention has been held
and that more societi = 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 de-
cision on the application for a receiver
for the Pacific Live Stock association
made by ]. 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
ci1c 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
$75O,OOO.
Whitman County Notes.
The state gives Whitman county
$7253.58 for roads in that county.
Beginning Sunday the churches will