Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-17
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
Place-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
At the home of Andy Riddle, an In
dian, near Toppenish, recently, Joe
Fiinne, a Sioux halfbreed, shot his
wife and himself, killing both instant
fy. The trouble is supposed to have
occurred over the fact that Mrs. Flinne
has left her husband and gone to the
Riddle home to live.
The state railroad commission, it is
stated, has decided to abandon the
joint wheat rate order made last
year, and is working on a new one,
which will include the electric as
well as steam roads.
1t is said to have been discovered
that many boys in the Tacoma high
school, instead of spending their
money for their lunch at noon, put
in the time of intermission in play
ing poker and penny ante.
On charges of having fraudently
converted to their own use timber
from government land, Peter McMar-
tin, ID. A. Martin and Walter Fair
banks have been fined in the aggre-
gate sum of s31,213 by Judge Hanford
in the federal court at Seattle.
The rivers of Yakima valley are
gradually assuming flood proportions
states a recent report
Most of the restaurants in Spokane
have advanced the average prices
to the consumer from 80 to SO per
cent on every order.
Indians and negroes were employed
IN Seattle on the docks in place of the
longshOremen who were recently lock
ed out.
Memorial services were held Sun
day by Spokane Aerie No. 2, Fraternal
Order of Eagles.
Homer N. Kennedy, chief clerk in
the office of Henry Blakeley, general
western freight agent of the Northern
Pacific, has been appointed to the po-
Sition of general agent at Spokane to
succeed George A. Mitchell.
James Anderson, a farmer and
Stockman living near Pullman, lost a
valuable driving stallion recently. An
other horse kicked the stallion, break
ing his leg. Efforts were made to get
him up and set the broken leg, when
1t was broken in another place and it
had to be shot. The horse was valu-
one.
Farmers in Pierce county by the
misinterpretation of a recent decision
by Judge Smell of the superior court
declaring the city poll tax law uncon-
stitutional, have refused to pay the
state poll tax, which is constitutional
Struck by a Occur d'Alene electric
train while trying to cross the track
ahead of it, r. E. Cable and his
daughter Sadie, were thrown from a
buggy and hurt, the former fatally in
jured, late Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Cable is a rancher living near Moab
and was driving his daughter to the
station at Spokane Bridge so that she
might take the inbound train to Spo-
kane. Cable died early Monday morn
ing at a hospital in Spokane.
The labor problem is causing much
uneasiness in the Palouse country.
The recent rain was welcomed by
the farmers, for the surface of the
ground was getting hard and dry and
needed to be softened in order that
late sown grain might come up.
According to the decision of the SUI
preme court, it looks as though Whit
man county would be deprived of a
fruit inspector.
An effort is being made to have the
Lincoln county commissioners and the
mayor of Davenport agree upon day
for strawing the roads leading into
Davenport.
Examinations for carriers and
clerks in the postal service will be
held May 81 in Colfax. For clerks
and craftsmen in the land offices
June 10 and 20 at Spokane, Seattle
Tacoma, WaIla Walla, Port Townsend
Bellingham; same places June fol
apprentices for the bureau of stand
ards.
The state treasurer certified that
there is $1,036,000 cash on hand to be
apportioned this quarter to the school
districts of the state.