The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-26
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-crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES. +
spokane was the second city in the
States in increase of building
nermits 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 10
be completed by the nrst OF NoVem-
Der.
Announcement has been made to
he effect that work will be started
soon ON the erection of a new build
ing at the state penitentiary for use
as a jute mill.
Mildred Marshall, the ~2-year-old
daughter of Fred Marshall, living near
| Snokane. 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
SANITATION of a brass band among the
%convicts at the prison.
Walla Walla valley growers want
around rs cents for their wheat.
Fonr thousand sacks of barley was
the yield of N. B. Atkinson's Ito acres
near Waitsburg.
The work of installing the machin-
Dry in the new Walla Walla cannery
will lie fully completed this week.
The Walla Walla election, held July
g was legal. according to a decision
made by Judge T. II. Brents OF the SUI
~nerior court in granting a writ OF man
} damus asked for by Chief OF Police
= elect Mike Davis to compel a V
: of the votes cast. This decision was
made when the city did not show that
2 anv one was deprived of voting pc
: cause the polls were kept open from
t 9 to 7 o'clock instead of 8 to 8 Z 'clocK
Cutting grain has begun near Pull
man and Binders are running in many
of the fields.
On accoun of the unusually warn
, weather that has prevailed the pas'
few days, the grain Is ripening very
{ RAPIDLY and harvest will be in prog
@ ress in another week or 10 days.
n Search for Richard Berry and Petel
Q 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 thl'
week. with fine prospectR for goot
harvest and good weather.
Plans perfected by Collector or Gus
toms F. C. Harper for the relief o
t. oyertaxed facilities at the SUPPORT o
or Seattle, announced recently, a call TO
~ the transfer of Inspector John Hal
n Dor from Danville, Wash, to act a
ed night inspector in Seattle. The DaI
in Vile is filled with the al
a. pointment Of w. L. Nutter, Spokane
as customs inspector.
er Company E of North Yakima wo
ar the Governors cup for crack shootin
on at the regimental shoot at America
no lake.
as Ishmael Thomas, among the oldei
ok pioneer settlers Of Columbia count,
wd died recently at his cabin, IA mile
east on the Patti, of heart failure, I
an the age of so years.
an While swimming with four FRIEND
in the Spokane river near Davenpo
Sunday afternoon, Marlin Parr, a
is year old boy, suddenly sank and W;
Use drowned before help could be SUI
sea mOned.
Pullman suffered the worst ii
since that of 1890 at an early ho1
saturday morning, when 5000
worth of property burned. The a
ale was most spectacular. The Pacii
Coast Elevator company is the hea'
,ul- est loser, it's loss being $4,000
act building, $1,000 on sacks and 5000
ale grain. The Standard Oil company
his loss is between $500 and $4,000. Ste
nds are-Clure Hardware company &c
ere Sc, 700 on building, Irvine, implemen
avs and hardware and had $4,000 insl
ance.