Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-14
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-Crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Walla Walla crop will be sho'
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! the Okanogan Indian reservation COM
menced this week.
Within the next week old potatoes
will go up to $50 a ton, the Tacoma
commission merchants predict.
Mrs. William Hull, who was lost in
the mountainous districts near Alder
last week, finally reached home with
out aid.
The United States government will
be asked to appropriate $1,500,OO0 to-
ward the construction of the Lake
Washington canal.
Port Orchard, opposite the navy
yard at Bremerton, has been chosen
as the new site for the Soldiers home
in place of Orting.
The state grange has acted wisely
so far as it's own interests are con-
cerned, in rejecting G. B. Kegley to
the Office of master.
The newly completed mill of the
Dempsey Lumber company at Tacoma
burned to the ground recently. The
loss is placed at $250,000.
1t has leaked out that the discovery
of a case of small pox in the hospital
for the insane at Steilacoom early in
the week spread CONSERVATION among
the officers.
Nearly 100 bankers from all over
the state will attend the annual meet
ing of the Washington Bankers asso-
citation, to be held in Spokane June
20, 81 and %.
Eric Ness, a Swedish Finn, working
on the Portland & Seattle railway on
some station work, was seriously if
not fatally injured by falling about
100 feet from a cliff near Kahlotus.
J. P. Newell, who has held the po-
sition of chief engineer of the Oregon
Railway & Navigation system for sew
eral years, has resigned and william
Baldwin has been appointed to sue
coed him.
The jury in the case of Ernest Hes
Der, accused of murder for the Staying
of Alfred EVerman. a young man who
was in company with Mrs Hesner on
the shore of Loon lake, disagreed and
was discharged.
Old-timers, their children and chill
dren's children, to the number of 600,
gathered Saturday at Camp Comfort,
on the shores of Medical lake, for the
18th annual picnic and reunion of
the Spokane County Pioneers society.
j. A Davis, while intoxicated,
shot, with fatal result, John Nc
Gee, a reputable citizen at Leaven-
worth, without provocation. Davis
was arrested and taken out of town
by the officers, who feared trouble
from the enranged citizens.
In the appointment Of DR.. John Sem
pie of Spokane to the position of
superintendent of the Eastern Wash
ington Hospital for the Insane at Med
ical Lake. Governor A. E. Mead took
step that will practically take that
hospital and its management out of
politics.
G. Will Shaffer, secretary of the
state bar association, has completed
arrangements for the annual meeting
July II, IL and 10. in Seattle, and an
nounces that in addition to Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks, who speaks on the
18th, Chief Justice James F. Ailshie
of the Idaho state supreme court will
give an address.
Secretary of War Taft has signed a
document giving the Spokane & Inland
Empire railway right of way across
Fort Wright at Spokane. The Port
land & Seattle right of way was not
granted, as officials of that company
asked the department to withhold it's
decision, saying new route is under
consideration.
Whitman County Items.
The safe-cracker, the burglar, the
all-round crook seems to be abroad in
the land.
The lawyers banquet, an annual
event of the Whitman county bar, is
due June 25.
Colfax is putting on metropolitan
airs. Free mail delivery is another
convenience added to our list of bless
ings.
A program of sports, with prizes at
tached, for the big celebration in Col
fax on the Third and Fourth of July
has been arranged.
j. M. Risley has purchased the half
interest of his partner, w. F. Smith,
in the Electric flour mills of Palouse
City. The price paid for the half in
terest was $4,000.
Pullman will not celebrate July 4th
this year, but the citizens will give
away to the grangers, who contemplate
big three days celebration at Lyle
grove July 2, 8 and 4.
Sunday the Woodmen of the World
and the Women of Woodcraft of Col
fax marched to the cemetery where
the monument erected in honor of A.
L. Brown was unveiled.
The Whitman County Fair associa-
ton has commenced making arrange
ments for the annual gathering. The
fair will open Monday, October Z, and
continue for the entire week.
The capture in Alberta, Canada, of
]. c. Beasley, the man wanted in Lew
iston for robbery and the subsequent
jumping of his bond for $4,000 is of
special interest to Chief of Police
Waters of Palouse, as he is to share