Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-26
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, idaho, OREGON
and MONTANA news.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding country-Numerou Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaee-crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Spokane was the second city in the
United States in increase of building
permits for June, as compared with
the same month in 1906.
The cutting and binding of grain in
the section east of Colfax has begun.
The Colfax band has been reorgan-
lied.
Tekoa has let the contract for a
$4,000 brick high school building, to
be completed by the nrst Of Novem-
Der.
Announcement has been made to
the effect that work will be started
soon on the erection of new build
ing at the state penitentiary for use
as jute mill
Mildred Marshall, the 2-year-old
daughter of Fred Marshall, living near
Spokane, fell into a tub of hot water
and soon died from her scalding.
Rev. John LeCornu, chaplain at the
state penitentiary, has started the or
ganization of brass band among the
convicts at the prison.
Walla Walla valley growers want
around IS cents for their wheat.
Four thousand sacks of barley was
the yield of N. B. Atkinson's lis acres
near Waitsburg.
The work of installing the machin-
cry in the new Walla Walla cannery
will Re fully completed this week.
The Walla Walla election, held July
8, was legal, according to a decision
made by Judge T. H. Brents of the SUI
perior court in granting writ of man
damus asked for by Chief of Police
elect Mike Davis to compel a canvass
of the votes cast. This decision was
made when the city did not show that
any one was deprived of voting be-
cause the polls we're kept open from
8 to o'clock instead of to o'clock.
Cutting grain has begun near Pull
man and Binders are running in many
of the fields.
On account of the unusually warm
weather that has prevailed the past
few days, the grain is ripening very
rapidly and harvest will be in prog
ress in another week or 10 days.
Search for Richard Berry and Peter
Leslie, the two prisoners who escaped
from the Yakima county jail still con-
tinues.
The cutting Of fall wheat COM
menced in the Hooper section this
week, with fine prospects for a good
harvest and good weather.
Plans perfected by Collector Of Gus
toms F. G. Harper for the relief Of
overtaxed facilities at the SUPPORT of
Seattle, announced recently, a calf for
the transfer of Inspector John Har-
Dor from Danville, Wash, to act as
night inspector in Seattle The Dan
vile vacancy is filled with the ap-
pointment of W. L. Nutter, Spokane,
as customs inspector.
Company E of North Yakima won
the Governors cup for crack shooting
at the regimental shoot at American
lake.
Ishmael Thomas, among the Oldest
pioneer settlers of Columbia county,
died recently at his cabin, IA miles
east on the Patti, of heart failure, at
The age of SO years.
While swimming with four friends
in the Spokane river near Davenport
Sunday afternoon, Marlin Parr, IL
year old boy, suddenly sank and was
drowned before help could be sum-
Pullman suffered the worst fire
since that of 1890 at an early hour
Saturday morning, when $40 900 |
worth of property burned, The fire
was most spectacular. The Pacific |
Coast Elevator company is the heavi- |
est loser, its loss being $4,000 on
building, $1,000 on sacks and 5000 on
grain. The Standard Oil company's
loss is between $500 and $4,000. Stew
are-Clure Hardware company lost
$4,000 on building, Irvine, implements |
and hardware and had $4,000 insur-