Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-08-09
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
PIsce-crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

James Elder, an old pioneer of Col
umbia county, died at his home in
Dayton recently.
According to School Superintendent
Violetta Smiths annual report of the
census recently taken there are 1880
children of school age in Garfield
county. OF these 500 are boys and
637 girls.
The Ohio Society of the State of
Washington is planning to have the
old Buckeye state represented at the
Alaska-Pacific-Yukon exposition.
The total assessed valuation of Spo-
kane county this year is $54, 581, $50,
according to the figures of the county
assessor.
Joe StokoVitch, an Austrian, was
killed instantly near Milan by being
hit on the back of the head by fall
ing tree during a wind storm.
The price of coal in Tacoma has
taken another flight.
The steam tug Saretta was burned
at her dock Saturday morning at New
port. Loss $4,000, with no insurance.
The fire broke out about / o'clock in
the morning. Her crew OF three mar
rowly escaped from the burning boat
They lost their clothing. The boat
is total loss.
The first load of wheat of the sea
son was brought to Pullman Saturday
by Dick Booth, farmer living south
of town. 1t was of the Arcadia varie-
tU ha Sol viz ~Nf
between 35 and 40 bushels of wheat
to the acre. 1t graded No. and is
worth 65 cents a bushel.
The barley market has experienced
a great boom during the last few days,
and the bulk of the crop of Columbia
county has been sold at 81 per hun
bred pounds, an advance of 10 cents.
Contrary to expectations the supply
OF harvest hands has so far been near
ly sufficient to supply the demand
around Colfax.
The Rosalia chamber of commerce
has appointed Ralston McCaig, f. NJ
Campbell and L. w. Anderson as a
committee on the demonstration farm
project.
Many threshers started this week.
Near Palouse there will be 81 ma
chimes in operation.
Three towns in the Inland Empire
were visited by fire on Saturday morn
ing. At Winona the town was wrecked
and one man was killed by the ex-
plosion Of gasoline and powder in the
building of the o. R. & N. At Thorn
ton a bolt of lightning caused a blaze
that resulted in the destruction Of
property to the extent of $4,000. At
North Yakima two Japanese were
burned to death and another man is
so badly burned that he may die
There may be other victims. The
property loss is $4,000 at North Yak
ina.
While playing with a spoon in his
mouth, the 6-months-oId son of Ed
ward M. Bronson of Charleston fell
over on his face, driving the spoon
into the roof of his mouth, severing
an artery. Death resulted in a few
moments, as the flow of blood could
not be stopped
An unknown man was drowned in
the Snake river seven miles from
Pasco recently. The body was re-
covered
The state tax commissioner has
planned to meet with the county
boards of equalization in the chief
counties this month, when assess
ments of all public utility corporations
are to be considered. Today the board
requested meetings on this subject
with county equalizers at BeIlingham
August 9, Everett August 10, Spokane
August IL and 10, Seattle August IA
and Tacoma August 10.
The American rifle team from the
national guard of the state of Wash
ington recently defeated a picked
team, 10 on each side, in rifle match
at Richmond range, near Vancouver,
B. c., by total of Al points.
Out of total of is members of the
state rifle team to go east, North
Yakima will have five men, the largest
number from any one company.
A cloudburst II miles east of FL
lensburg, at the head of Johnson can
yon recently precipitated a wall of
water down the gulch 200 feet wide,
and at the bottom of the creek bed it
was Is feet deep. The furious rainfall
lasted but 20 minutes, and no serious
damage was done to roads.
VIII H. Morris has been retained
by John Riplinger to fight charges of
embezzlement from the city of Seattle.
Norris says Riplinger will return vol
UNFAIRLY and face his accusers, and de-
clares that no evidence against Rip
linger exists except a $4,000 check
which Rplinger cashed on the day he
gave up his Office and that this trans
action can be easily explained at the
proper time.
Western Washington is facing the
greatest forest fire hazard in all its
known history.